Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-10

lnteodcoaaiy. but just taking a u IN
case where the law would not per.
mis O II. Some fellow shot Jack',
oos and ne followed the wagon track.
uexs day and founi In the wagon the
gun. He took it. as he says, for eyi.
dence. "
Tne county board Of commissioners
: ! n session this week settling m
with the county treasurer and othe,
on,cials. They have a great deal 81
WORK on hand, but are succeeding Ii
accomplishing highly satisfactory re.
suits.
}. E. Eddy. attorney a: law, in siou,
FAILS was In the city on Tuesday 10,
the purpose Of examining a title to 9
Piece OF land. MI. Eddy was the pop.
ullst candidate for county Judge In
Minnehaha county last fall, ind was
defeated.
The Union county Viking associa.
: ton had a very delightful meeting 8
lew evenings ago at the eommodious
farm home OF Mr.. Lewis johnson
The evening was spent In social pas
time, AS well as partaking OF an appe.
thing liiIch.
John Coverdale was seriously III
! from an attack Of la grippe last Sun,
cav evening, but Is now on the mend
For a time 1t was feared that he had
reached the end; but prompt urediea
attention and a strong constitution
pulled him through.
The Ar1ns-Leader hopes that those
= K Point capitalists who are FORMING
diving association to reacne u hundred
barrels OF whisky sunk ahirty.li,e
years ago in the Missouri river will
Meet with success before the legisla.
ture adjourns.-Sioux Falls Argus
Leader.
Owing to the fact that the oath Of
Office Tor county judge must bc iiled
with the secretary OF state at Pierre,
Squire Smythe did not quality at the
time the Other officers we're sworn in.
However, lie will deck himself With
the proper official regaiia some day
this week.
Through a misunderstanding Incl.
dent to the rush last week In connec-
tion with fitting NJ our new Office, we
state | in our last issue that Prof.
Rowtcy preached the sermon ut the
Stickney funeral. 1t was Rev. Geo.
Freeman who delivered the address
and it IL needless to state that he de-
livered IN able AMI impressive one.
A marriage license was the other
day issued by the clerk Of courts for
the marriage Of Prof. o. j. Smith, our
new county superintendent, and Miss
Josie Fritz, which will take place on
the 10th instant. Supt. Smitl, is
adopting the right course AMI all in
the city Wilt welcome tic bride .to-be
in an opcn-heartcd AMI royal manner.
r. T Kneee~, the w%el.-kaown driver.
was In tn cit during the past week.
the CUES, OF his oid-tiu ~ friend George
r. Freeman. Mr.. kneebs, as IL we'll
has Just returned from Ger
. 4ny. While here he presented Mr.
with . can. which, for novelty
tho world. 1t is \ combination
has \ Gig r holder. IN ink stand
and several other very useful chambers.
George r. Freeman started out with
a subscription paper one day last week
and raised "quite u bunch OF money!"
az we out west express it, to cut a
road through the Missouri river bank,
half 4 mile south OF the Cooper cor
ner, for the purpose OF letting the Ne
braska people have II chance to get
here. The work is now COM
plete and Elk Points Nebraska trude
is perceptibly increased.
Charles e. Lunt. ali expert, arrived
from Sioux City on last Friday night
to set up The Curriers' new gasoline
He SUI ,cee,iel in making the
work like q charm and compii-
mented The COURIER in having the
best outfit in the state that he had had
the pleasure OF examining. Mr.. Lunt
thoroughly understands his business
with reference,to gasoline engines and
demonstrated the fact in our new
Office.
The Modern woodmen lod ,e OF this
city held its annual meeting on Mon
day evening. The following officers
were iniuted under the leadership Of
Deputy Head Consul Charles II. Free
fian: Consul, Charles v0ln1sr, Clerk,
A. r: jun eson; Bunker, Jerry Ryan;
Camp Physician, DIR. Mulcahy; Escort,
w. r. Buchanan; Worthy Adviser,
John Dahlmer; Waterman, Ole Fl.
Oilon; Sentry, j. Harrison; Nun
ayers, ]. r. Martin, Joel F. Webber
and Joe Reynick.
Last Monday we sent to the Inter
Ocean company d list of twenty sub
scribers. The list included the follow
ing names: +. G. Ericsson, John L.
johnson, ST., o. NJ. Walters, Andrew
Anderson, VIM. NJ. Vinson. I hris
Lewisou, Thos. Halderson, John Raish,
John Mcclellan. ID. NJ. nickerson. Geo.
M. Linch, Alex Bovee, Joel Webber,
David oleman;' LUIS Larson, Mons
Lehne, NJ. Hoffman, Jr., e. W. Deane.
The new subscribers will receive their
first copy next week.
The free delivery OF I'LL express
matter received at Elk point Is con.
sidered a nice thing by the bnsin' ss
men of our city, but lack Of apprecia-
ton in u substantial way Is likely to
lose as the service, we ure informed
by one in a position to know. The ex-
press service In Elk Point IL excellent
and the charges are reasonable. FIX
pecially oi, small shipments weighing
100 pounds or less, aid we nr-e the
peo.,le in general to p%atronize the es.