Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-19
" RENT-My residence in Elk
ONT Enquire OF George Hasson

"ouudy Oh business,
howard Mosher and wife are home
from their sojourn in Iowa a,oono
friends and relatives.
The court calendar is now in the nro.
cess OF preparation in our lob rooms
ana Will be ready for delivery BY Sat-
urday.
a infant child of John Cooper died
vi sunday. The funeral took place on
MONDAY Rev. Carhart conducting the
exercises.
The Elk Point merry.go-round met
with only fair success over in ponca
oo' enough to more than pay expenses
~ was being moved oyer to the fair
grounds in this city yesterday.
Mrs. B. Frank Knapp departed on
Tuesday for Winterset. Iowa, for a visit
with her parents. Mrs. knapp's health
mas been very poor of late aud her
visit Is to secure the needed rest for
regeneration.
sam Halliday and James Knapp
were in Harrington last week taking in
the races. They witnessed Will
Conly's horses win several purses.
Hudnut and Platutude are developing
into first-class speeders.
NJ. Hoffman returned Monday from
his visit to Marshailtown aud Des
Moines, la. While in Des Moines he
attended the annual reunion OF his reg
iment, and was honored by being elect
ed secretary OF the association.
Warren Goss and Henry Nearman
rode the goat at the camp of the local
Modern Woodman of America on Mon
day evening. They successfully ac-
complished the task, although they
are willing to confess they would have
preferred a saddle to the bareback.
There will be a Harvest Home
Festival" at The Church of Our Savior
( Episcopal Friday evening at s o'clock.
The Rev. Albert f. Fillmore of Yer
million will preach. The service will
be similar to a Thanksgiving day
service. All are cordially invited.
Last Friday night about thirty
upon invitations sent out by
Misses Matte Coverdale and Josie
Smythe, assembled at the handsome
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Smythe
and proceeded to spend the evening in
the most enjoyable anu possible.
Refreshments were served, and dane
ing and card playing were INDUCED in
until Il seasonable hour, when one and
departed for their homes happy in
the thought of pleasant evening well
spent.
There mover was within our recolec-
ton such a hot September in South
Dakota; several times the thermometer
has reached 9S in the shade, even in
July in ordinary years we never ex-
perienced such a heated term. Tues
day this week was a scorcher. The
wind was blowing gentle breeze laden
with furnace heat, enough to scorch
the hair on u bobtailud cow. No dam
age whatever was done. Simply be-
cause every kind OF crop has been
harvested or stands ripe in the field.
Our Hicks and Higgins followers with
their accustomed acerbity Of feeling
~ told you So" If Hicks or
Higgins are in any way responsible for
the heated condition OF the atmosphere
hope they will enjoy Il similar con-
lition in eternity.
James, the 2~-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Steckman, died on last
Wednesday after Il lingering illness OF
weeks from q complication OF
diseases. Eight weeks ago the little
fellow was taken i'll with the prevail
ing plague-whooping cough--and be-
ing frail from birth he was unable to
withstand the severe assaults made
lpon his strength. 1t was not long be-
pernicious remittent fever set in
ana also typhoid symptoms oil Of which
made the Ease a very complicated and
one. In consequence OF the
constitutional d~yscrasia which afflicted
him the physicians were unable to bring
him back to health, although they
made heroic efforts to do SO. The
took place on Thursday there
being a large attendance OF friends and
.elatives. THE COURIER extends its
sympathy to the Borrowing parents
md while the loss seems very hard to
,ear there is consolation in the thought
heir little one is now in heaven and
with the angles stand
A friend handed as a copy OF the Ga
.ette. published at Triton. Ga. It con-
aims q column and and u half OF clip
pings from the Alison Bovee interviews
The COURIER, and the editor re-
marks that 1.-THE Gazette has nothing
10 do with the controversy further than
i directly concerns Tiftonss' and there
by acknowledges the soft impeachment
that Fitzgerald is doing the colony
members to the queens taste. In con-
clusion the editor publishes the follow