Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-10-31
Fox SALE-Two secondhand stoves.
One for hard, the other for soft coal:
good as new; can be had ut a bargain.
p. L. KELLEY.

P. L. kelley.
Vote for w. w. Main for commis-
siOner.
Prepare for cold weather.
Will Comfy is home from Georgia.
Ludwig Lewison was Sioux City
visitor on Tuesday.
David Walters was q pleasant visitor
and added his name to those who have
paid the printer.
J. G. Knapp is home from Georgia.
where he went in the interests Of q
driving park association.
D Monday night was q very cold one
the thermometer reaching as low a
zero-according to reports Of observers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larabee and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson and family.
all of Sargent Bluffs, Ia, were the
guests of their sister, Mrs, j. II. Hat.
ter and family over Sunday.
Marriage licenses were issued during
the last few days to s. ID. Milliken Of
Lincoln and Miss Rosa Becker Of I'm
ion and E. s. Bates and Miss Ira G..
Robinson of Westfeld.
A number of Ell. Point republicans
went to Sioux City Wednesday night
to listen to Senator Allison's speech.
Among the crowd was no less person
than the editor who Is an ardent ad-
mirer Of Iowa's able statesman.
A. c. Terrence leaves in few days
for an overland trip to Denison, Ia, to
visit sister. Mr.. florence is one Of
our responsible and able farmers and
we know he will do Union county
splendid missionary work in that
section of Iowa.
Judge Fl. II. Blair sold last week to
A. p. Nelson forty colonies of bees.
Mr.. Nelson lives one mile west and one
mile north of the poor farm. He has
determined to start in the bee business
and believes that he has a natural feed
Ing place for the honey makers.
Huronite: Major. Picker is square
ItOed candidate for the United States
senate. He makes no bones of saying
this. To the suggestion that it seems
a little early to open up campaign he
answers, in substance, that his last
chance of calling upon his constituents
before the legislators will be nominated
is now. during the time intervening
between this and the assembling OF
congress. On the first Monday in l)e-
cember the new congress meets. The
session may not end until nearly u year
from now. The major has been q
valuable representative OF his state in
the lower house, and very many re-
gard him as the natural, logical, can
didate for the senate at this time.
Nobody doubts that he would make q
loyal, active, able senator.
1t is reported that A. J. Osborn, Sr /,
died, one day last week at his home
near Allan in Dixon county, Nebraska,
from the effects OF an attack of pneu-
monia. Osborn was one of the charac-
ters of Elk Point for over thirty years
and was known to every man here
abouts. Being one of the earliest
settlers he was fond of rehearsing the
scenes of former days, when money was
Lpaenty and everything booming in
consequence of the rapid settlement of
the country. About q year ago he lost
his farm, and Immediately thereafter
moved to Nebraska. A wife and u
number of children are left to mourn
the loss in case the report is true. A
letter was received by his son last
week that his father was very low and
Nthat il he expected to see him alive he
must come at once. The report is that
he got there too late and that he was
Just in time to attend the funeral.
A party of gentlemen friends called on
|. N. Flanagan on Tuesday evening and
surprised him so completely that his
breath was nearly taken away. Mr..
Flanagan some time ago reached the
age OF 50 years and his friends then de-
termined to make a surprise" for him.
They purchased the biggest and best
arm chair they could find and carted
it to his place on the Palmer farm.
After the delivery of the article they
marched into the room where they en-
ioyed several hours in social converse.
ton after which they parto0k OF q
lunch and wished for many happy years
to the old gentleman. There were
present: OlOf johnson, +. NJ. Gilmore,
Charles Krause. Charles Freeman,
John Clementson, John Reid. A. O.
Ringsrud, John Minis, John r. Wood,
w. r. buchanan. A. d. Keller, Ira
Nichols, Geo. II. Freeman, Geo. Kim
mel, F. I. Cummins, Ed Simmons,
Chas. I4ufkin, Father Kelley, ST. George
| Card Don Franklin and NV. Mulcahy.
A highly exciting scene took place
in Reresford last Saturday at tho trial
of Station Agent Tubbs upon the charge
of an attempt to kill Jack Wallace. F..
| G.. Ericsson was present as Tubbs' at
( tOfnAy. and after the Justice had dis