Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-01

In OH Cuo atu VI august AT
the invitation of the commercial club
Of that city.
A. s. Durgin, a prominent business
man of Wadena, having q wife and
two children, sold out his business
very suddenly and left for parts un-
known. Mrs. Eugene Winslow, a
handsome young woman, and her little
son, left about the same time and it is
now known they went together.
Iowa Items.
The jefferson Souvenir is now issued
twice q week.
Cedar Rapids is having trouble with
the tramp nuisance.
1t is claimed that Mrs. Maria Lith-
gov of Iowa City is lOl years of age.
The ~postofice at Armah, Ia, has
been discontinued. Mail will 60 to
White Pigeon.
LeMars is happy over the fact that
she failed to secure the state asylum.
LeMars people are philosophers.
E. ID. Chassell, of the LeMars Sen
tinel has been mentioned as q coming
candidate for secretary Of state.
The past two years have been pros
porous one for Des Moines. The city
has had a gratifying growth and bust.
ness is in q first class condition.
At the Clear Lake regetta this week,
medals were given for contests and re-
suited in the Sioux City team winning
five; Dubuque, four; Cedar Rapids.
two; and Ottumwa, one.
About twenty representatives of
building and loan institutions recently
held q meeting at Des Moines, and
decided to draft a bill for presentation
to the coming legislature, for a Law
for their government.
Near Eldorado thousands of acres of
corn was destroyed by hail.
r. S. Towsell, living near Nashua is
under arrest for posing his wife.
N. M. Rogers, of North English, was
killed by being struck by lightning,
during q recent thunder shower.
There is some talk of the Mason City
l. TT. Dodge railroad building toward
Council Bluffs, over the old Northwest
ern right-of-way.
Two hundred cadets from the Iowa
agricultural college are to go to Des
Moines in the fall and participate in a
sham battle at the fair there.
The heaviest rain and hail storm in
20 years passed northeast of Marshall
town last week. The hailstones were
as large as walnuts neal Bromley.
John Gillian, a switchman on the
Rock Island road went to sleep on the
sill Of his third story window and
rolled off, falling to the pavement. He
was killed.
Eva l.. Gregg is school superintend-
ent of Cherokee county and she de-
clines to be Il candidate for another
term for the reason that there are
Others who have expressed a desire to
hold the office.
The state mine inspector believes
that there is o coal in sight 10
than vel before in the history of Iowa.
New and rich fields are being opened
up, and during the past year q number
of e mines have been put in opera
ton.
Miss Florence E. Moore, daughter Of
r. H. Moore of the Ottuma Democrat,
hes been selected by the committee of
arrangements to break the bottle of
wine and christian the beautiful new
steamer Ottumwa Belle at Fort Madi-
son next Friday.
The survivors of the Th~irty.second
Iowa volunteer infantry will have q re-
union at Eagle Grove for three days,
commencing September 5, and before
that time . history of the regiment
will De published in book form, giving
portraits of many of the more promi-
nent members.