Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-28

distance TO take advantage Of superio
market furnished by our %enterprisin,
dealers. The COuRfMR has AWAY
maintained that Elk Point Is the hes
n0g market in South Dakota aud 1t i
just such incidents as the above which
30 70 prove the statement. The mora
u when you have an. thing to sell "g,
to Elk Point
The action of the city caucus In re
nominating Mayor Gilmore for tn,
second term Is u highly commenda 81
one. During Mr.. Gilmore's adminis
tratlOn, the city finances have been han
dle with = due regard for economy and
we doubt II any better financial show
lngcan be made upon a similar situu
ton BY any city or town.
Sioux City experienced a serious fir.
on last Thursday. involving u loss. it i.
thought, Of $500, 600. The Wesier,
transfer Implement company ware
house, with its contents and the ware
house of the Linseed oil works went u,
IN the flames. 1t was a narrow escape
from a more serious contlagation AS ,
serious gale was blowing.
Sheriff Anderson served the neccs.
sary papers upon the Ballou Banking
company OF Sioux City through its Off.
GERS, who passed through this city or
Tuesday ON their way to Yankton 10 Sc.
cure the appointment OF n receiver fo,
South Dakota. The application calls
Tor the appointment OF the Iowa re.
ceiver, John L. Wcntz. L. c. Ericsson
will represent the receiver in South
Dakota.
Revenue Collector Wickham has de.
cided that in Gases Of partnership. the
income tax regulations will not apply,
except wherethe income of the part
ner or. partners exceeds separately the
$500 required by the statute. Mr..
Wickham rendersthe opinion after con .
ferring with the Washington authori-
ties. This will exclude the local banks
from that form OF tax as they are part
nership concerns.
The VermilliOn Freeman for the
forty -secOnd time has changed hands.
Kahl steps out and Goldie brothers OF
Sioux City step in. The senior r
prietor, w. s. Goldie, we note, last week
lost the diamond to his ring and offers
q liberal reward for the same. While
it Ia an unusual event for an editor tn
wear diamonds, still it will take such a
condition to run the Freeman-as long
as the diamonds hold out.
The old Missouri began shedding its
coat OF ice last week. The ice was a
triie late in going out this year, accord
ms to the story told by the river rats.
There is a larger quantity of floating
Ice than usual, but no danger is ap-
pretended from the forming of an ice
gorge. In 1890 the ice broke up on
March 20; In 1891 March 81: in 1892 on
March S; in 1898 March Il; in 1891
March 4; In 1895 March 20.
Hardly a day passes but what a num-
Der OF our patrons call to inspect our
Office and watch the machinery work.
THE COURIER has the best equipped
county newspaper In South Dakota. At
the least that is the opinion of all news
paper men who visit our place. We
employ a larger working force than
other printing Offices in the county and
present more original reading matter
each week than u competitors.
Mrs. Olive Bodia of McCook, this
county, died on last Sunday at 100 of, a.
complication of grippe and neuralgia of
the stomach. The deceased was As
years Of age and had been q resident of
the county for thirty years. She was
q sister of G. w. Kellogg, and leaves
q family consisting of u husband and
five children. The funeral was held at
McCOOk on Tuesday. the intermeut
taking place in the McCook cemetery.
Mrs. Ida Boden, daughter of the late
Jacob Kiplinger, died on last Thursday
at the home of her husband in Sioux
Valley township. The deceased was
born In Lena. Ill.,, and wal about 30
years of age at the time of her death.
She leaves a husband and two children
to mourn her loss. Mrs. Boden was
known 70 all the old settlers, having
come to the county when a child and
grew up in u midst. As to the cause
OF her death we are not informed.
An irrespectible female is visiting
some of the South Dakota townAselling
pants buttons, says an exchange. She
snaps u button ON the pants OF q mar
ried man and he is compelled to buy a
box to explain to his wife where he got
the buttons. In some instances she
will clip off two Or three buttons and
the victim has to buy q box or 20
around holding up his pants. II you
should see a female peddler you would
better fight shy as she may prove to be
this pants button fiend.
Sioux City Journal, March "a
Gus and Charlel Pecau: returned Fri
day from q hunt in the vicinity of Elk
Point. The marshal killed six Canada
geese with two barrels. He says he
was driving by q field and spied the
birds feeding. He crawled long dis
lance cautiously on all TOURS into range.
When he rose up to do business the
geese started against the wind, which
was blowing so strongly that it blew
the entire flock to the gums muzzle.
The first charge killed four and the
second two.
The new game law prohibits the kill
ling OF prairie chickens and grouse from
the lst Of December to the 18th day of
the following August; quail, partridge,
pheasant, from the lst day Of Decem.
Der 10 tho lst day of October following,
aquatic fowls of all kinds from the 18th
day Of April to the LIST day OF the fol-
lowing August. For 0ffense against
the provisions Of the bill tho Ane is not
less than go or more than 925 with
costs Of prosecution, for each bird
caught, taken, killed or had In possess
sion or under control.
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