Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-10-24

Fox SALE-Two second hand stoves.
One for hard, the other for soft coal:
good % new; can be had ut bargain.
P. L. KELLEY.
N. "A. Kirk paid his family in Sioux
City visit on Sunday
DR.. Blunt, the Sioux City dentist,
will be in Elk Point Oct. 30 and 81.
Conductor jackson was the guest Of
George r. Freeman one day last week.
A. r. Weston is said to be making
money with cotton gin which he has
established near Triton, Ga.
Father Kelley has new buggy horse
which Is now in the hands Of that ar,
tistic horse trainer, II. A. Franklin.
~&Onr telephone line will soon be con-
dected with Vermillion. 1t will not be
q month before we can say Hello" to
the Republican, Freeman and Plain
Talk.
Mrs. w. T. Buchanan returned from
Cherokee, Ia, haying been called there
by the sudden and serious illness of her
sister, Miss Racnel Cochrane, who is
threatened with an attack OF typhoid
malaria.
J. +. Norton, our worthy Justice of
the peace, has been appointed by Judge
Edgerton of the United States court
for this state to the position of court
commissioner for this section of the
state. 1t is Il good appointment, and
Mr.. Norton will perform the duties of
his Office with dignity and honor.
Mrs. Ira L. Nichols and children left
last Thursday for Yankton, where she
remained the guest Of her old friend,
Mrs. L. G. Mead, wife Of DR.. Mead,
superintendent of the state hospital.
On Saturday evening Mr.. Nichols fol-
lowed, spending Sunday with his fam
lily. They all report very happy
time.
The Beresford Republic declares that
the tax sale printed in The COURIER
will cost the county 500. We are
willing to cut the figure in two and
then discount it 50 per cent il the senile
and sycophant scribbler thinks there is
money in it. He can have margin
from $3.50 to 500 to work on. But then
a difference of nearly 500 per cent is
about as near the truth as he can geA.
"A young lady walked into AN Abef'
deem store, says the Aberdeen Demo
crat, and on selecting piece Of goods
asked what it was worth. -Four kisses
per yard" said the polite clerk. The
young lady stood ahashed for moment
and then said she would take four yards.
The cloth was cut off and nicely wrap
ped up, and handed TO the fair pur-
chaser, who received it with smile
and said: ''Send the bill around to my
grandmother she will pay it."
Will G. Burdick next week will start
colony land, about which SO much has
been heard locally. He recently pur,,
chased IL span OF mules, covered
wagon and an outfit. The trip, he
thinks, will occupy his attention for
two months, maybe more, as he ex-
poets to carry on business OF peddling
along the route. He will follow the
Missouri river to Kansas City, and then
take shoot across towards the country
where he expects to make fame and
fortune.
Captain james TalcOtt now owns the
entire block on which his lumber yard
is located with the exception of the
city lot. Last week he purchased
Thos. KerrigOns residence and lot and
is having the sidetrack extended
through the block, thus giving him an
to unload his lumber and
coal right in his yard which will result
in considerable saving during the
year. Besides this he has erected
new rolling gate, and other improve
ments which made his establishment
as convenient as any 10 be found in the
state.
By one of those unfortunate mis-
takes which do occur, regardless OF
the amount of care exercised to avoid,
The COURIER in printing last week
the bills allowed by the county COM
missioners stated that $3.50 was given
TO the registed of deeds, Nj. Mangan-
for postage for the month of Septem,
Der. OF course the absurdity is at oncg
seen, that no officer could ever use
$50 worth of postage stamps in one
month. 1t should have been $3.50
nothing more, nothing less. We doff
our chApeau to our readers and apollo
Rize for the error.
Mrs. J. Griffin Comfy entertained
some thirty-five or forty ladies'
friends and auld acquaintances-at tea
last Friday afternoon. OF course the
reporter wasn't there being man, but
the ladies declare that they never had
a more deliciously delightful or de-
lectful time in their lives. The re-
freshments were lovely-and there is
no gainsaying the fact that Mrs. Comfy
has the mack and ability to prepare q
feast fit for an epicure. After the APP
petizing lunch had been disposed OF
the evening or afternoon was finished
in social conversation and recalling the
days Of yore.
It may be OF interest to our christian
science friends to know that Mrs. w.
v. Lucas has nearly recovered. We
CLEAN the following from the Chamber
lain Register: THE many friends Of.
Mrs. w. v. Lncas will be glad to know
that she is recovering her health.
After decline ol over two years, and
the doctors at Hot Springs had done