Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-19

/ will sell trimmed hAte from Is cents
and upwards. They can NOT be dupli'
Gated for the money anywhere In the
city MRS. ]. L. SMITH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Reynicl
were in the city over Sunday on
visit.
Mrs. A. Omdahl and daughte,
Sophia, departed today for Rochester
MINI.
There IL to be . wedding In Brule IL
q few weeks. THE COURIER has il
preparation the wedding stationery.
The school board considered the ap'
plications Of Donald Crawford Of this
county and Miss Maynard Of Hawardeu
for the position Of assistant principal
to the city schools. The latter was
chosen.
There will be q meeting Of the Con
gregational church society Monday
evening September %, 1895 at 8 o'clock
relative to the matte. Of calling q min
lister. All interested in the welfare Of
the society whether members or not
are cordially requested TO come.
Word was received on Sunday Of the
death Of Mrs. Ada Loucks, daughter OF
Rufus Shattuck Of this city, which took
place in the state of Washington, where
she was with her husband. Mrs. Loucks
had been i'll for some time. yet her
death was unexpected, and to her many
friends was q severe shock.
The coming session Of the circuit
court, which meets on next Tuesday,
will be the first term ever experienced
in this county without q grand jury.
Under the new law passed last winter
the services of a grand jury can be dis
pensed with by simply not asking the
Judge to order n out. The saving to
the county is considerable-probably
$500 to $500.
There never has been handled in
Elk Point before this year a tailor
made line Of clothing. Henry Henkin
of the Palace store while in Chicago
recently purchased q full line Of tailor
made goods. These goods are very
superior to the factory lines and II any
body il. looking for an advantage in
clothing this year they will certainly
miss 1t il they do not call at the Palace
store and inspect these tailor made
garments.
On Friday evening at s o'clock the
bank building Of the Union Banking
company of Beresford wal discovered
on fire by Cashier George Schaetzel.
It seems that someone had driven q
steel nail through the electric light
wire, and into the building, and thus
when the current was turned on it
formed q point for extreme heat, re-
sulting in the wood work catching fire.
An alarm was turned in, and the fire
department quickly responding the
flames were oon extinguished. The
datnageis estimated at $50, with plenty
Of insurance.
One Of those highly scented family
quarrels was thoroughly ventilated in
the room of the chief justice Of the Elk
Point police court, Amos X. Jameson,
on Monday morning. The families Of
r. Hart and Edward Stroud on Sunday
after finishing breakfast became en-
gagged in q theological discussion as to
the merits of their respective families
80 far as morals we're concerned. Stroud
could not see it in any other light than
that the Harris were below the standard
"a set by the Four Hundred in New
York, while Hart was very firm In the
belief that the Strouds were q little
lower than the Darwinian theory could
reach. Here was where they disagreed
the origin of man rs evolved In the
Four Hundred. Both became emphatic,
and while the discussion was ct Its fever
heat Mrs. Hart appeared ON the scene
with the leg Of their dining room table.
As q point in argument, it vas aclinch-
err. And she gave . very forcible IL
l~ustration Of the logic of her opinion
upon the metaphysical question under
consideration. At this point OF the de-
bate 1t was hard to determine just the
exact status Of the next movement.
Stroud, it Is claimed by the Harts,
picked up a brick bat, and proceeded to
pound Mrs. Harris Uranium, while
Stroud maintains that Mrs. Hart used
the table leg on his head in her con.
vincing manner. The neighbors de-
clare that In the melee which followed
they were unable to dissect the situa-
ton, except that . rip-roaring scrap
was in sight. Mrs. Hart was rolled
around over an acre Of ground, while
Hart madly gazed OF the scene with 4
horrifying look in his bright brown
eyes. Out came Mrs. Stroud "a
defend her husband. Then the two hua.
bands picked up threads Of the dis.
course, while the women pulled the
hairs out Of each others heads. When
the sheriff appeared on the scene the
ground looked like II had been culti-
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