Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-06-27

Mrs. A. o. Ringsrud was in Sioux
City Tuesday.
| George Webber of Vermillion was IL
the city Monday.
DR.. Blunt and Miss Julia Freeman
were passengers on Mondays train fol
Akron.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. v. Mulcahy were
passengers on Tuesday mornings train
for Sioux City.
John Hutchinson, a leading attorney
OF Hawarden, Ia, transacted buiness in
the city Monday.
George Main, the hustling merchant
Of Westfield. Ia, transacted business in
the city Monday
Webster 4 Williams shipped 1900
dozen of eggs last Wednesday. The
price paid was 8 cents.
Burt Munson spent Sunday in Yer.
million attending the camp meeting
now in session at that place.
Sid Morrison OF Vermillion visited in
Elk Point over Sunday. the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs. Will Lawton.
Mrs. w. T. Buchanan left on Mon
day afternoons train for Cherokee, Ia,
tO attend the funeral OF Robert Blu
| chanan.
Misses Mary Kapfer and Cora Hasson
returned Monday morning from a few
days visit Mt Yankton and report very
pleasant time.
The Elk Point Driving association is
building new barn 13 by 100 feet at
the Driving park. 1t will contain ten
No. box stalls.
st. Johns day was appropriately
observed by the citizens of Jefferson
last Monday. A large number of Elk
Point people attended.
The front Of the court house is being
improved by new and artistic railing
around the front steps. Geo Havcr is
doing the carpenter work.
Tom Ayers, editor of the Vermillion
Plain Talk, and Charlie Runyan. a ris-
ing young attorney of Vermillion, made
this Office a pleasant call Tuesday.
George Fry and George Palmer of
VermilliOn were in the city for a few
hours Tuesday. They are on their way
to Sioux Falls and Canton respectively.
The ladies of the Epicopal church
will serve hot dinner In large tent
| on the court house square from IL till
o'clock on July 4. Price Of dinner
| Is cents.
M. V. Mulcahy was in Sioux City
Monday TO assist DR.. Warren to per-
form an operation on Andrdw HayhOme
who is now an inmate of St. JOseph's
hospital ut that place.
On account of the wet season the
wild mustard plant is making a rank
growth this year, and many farmers
are Of the opinion that it will be a
help In one way-that it will keep the
grain from lodging.
In the storm of Saturday night light.
ming struck the science hall of the
Yankton college and damaged it to the
extent OF several thousand dollars. bOr-
ing hole ten feet in diameter from
roof to cellar.
Miss Edith Borton, who has been
visiting in the city for the past two
weeks, the guest OF her sister, Mrs.
Jason Carter, departed Tuesday after
noon for Valparaiso. Ind, where she
will take course In college.
Children's day exercises were apprO-
priately observed in the Bapsist church
last Sunday evening. A very pleasing
programme was arranged and success.
fully carried out, and the church was
handsomely decorated. A very large
audience was present.
In speaking OF the crops of Union
RIER reporter that on Sunday last he
corn. OF course we don't for one
moment doubt Georges veracity, but
he may have been effected by passing
one of the Elk Point ''soup" houses.
Last Thursday when Tom Flannery,
proprietor of the Merchants hotel, re-
turned from the noon train he found
Mrs. Flannery lying at the bottom of
the stairs in an unconscious condition.
She remained irrational up to Sunday
noon. She is unable to tell how the
accident happened, and it is presumed
that she had fainting spell to which
she is at times subject. At the present
writing she is as we'll rs could be ex-
pected.
On June 20. in Alcester, Ole Berntson
swOre out a warrant against Enock
Nelson and Albert Andeberg charging
them with the larceny of suit Of
clothes. They were arrested by Sheriff
Anderson and brought before Justice
Bennett of BeresfOrd, with ten or
twelve witnesses. Our worthy states
attorney compelled Berntson to put up
bonds for the costs. and as testimony
sufficient to warrant their conviction
could not be had the case was dismiss
ed and poor Ole or his bondsman Pop"
Taylor. will have TO pay the cost, which
| amount to about 375. Mr.. Anderberg
is one OF the leading business men OF
Alcester, and great many are of the
opinion that 1t was put up job, as
ten witnesses could not con vince the
| Justice that suit of clothes had ever
been stolen, and from the evidence it aD-
| pears that the cause Of all the trouble
was considerable bad blood growing
! out of the recent election difficulties in
Alcester.
In answer to repeated inquiries from
readers as to what to do with estray
stock taken up and uncalled for, we
give II summary of the law, herewith:
| Withinl5 days after taking up, notice