Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-16
Ahead
having the Finest and

George Il. Freeman was in Sioux
[City on Monday.
South Dakota will have the biggest
crop Of its life this year.
iTbe county graduation this wear wifi
take place In Elk Point some time in
July. Supt. Smith reports growing in
terest in the county course.
John j. Frainey, the Shakespearean
reciter-whO cannot read for sour ap-
ples-got gloriously drunk at Hawar-
den, at least the newspapers there say
SO.
The Hawarden Driving and Fair as
sOciatiOn was sold II week ago at sher-
IFS sale. Adam Scott and another gen.
>tleman bid it in, paying S2,94s for the
same.
In the Aberdeen Star, one day this
week, there appeared column article
from the pen Of Hon. Louis N. Grill OF
this county He devoted most OF the
article to a review OF the political stu
alton in South Dakota.
The wife of Rev. w. II. Thrall died
on April 9, at her home in Huron from
heart disease, Her husband is we'll
known here, having frequently made
Elk Point a visit, usually stopping with
Captain TalcOtt and wife.
The ladies of the Congregational
church and society will give Measure
supper at Hoffman's Hall Friday, April
"A, 1896. Look for particulars in next
weeks paper, and prepare for some
fun. BY order of the society.
The markets are going down. A
slump has been made in wheat, 80 that
the local price is soc. Eggs bring &:
per dozen; butter lOc(6l:c; hogs, $685..
Hay there is some demand for. Baled
hay is worth about s. I. O. b.
Bishop Hare arrived at New York on
April 8, and on Friday he will make a
visit to this city, confirming a class at
the Church of Our Savior. The bishop
is reported to be greatly improved in
health, and will enter into the work of
his diocese with renewed vigOr.
Among the new subscribers this
week are Henry Schaetzel, Of Alcester;
Miss Minnie johnson, Iver Hottie. G.
A. Williams, Mrs M. A. Stroud, and G.
Hansen, Elk Point: Fl. p. Hoard, AL
cester; and I. A. PaulsOn Of Sioux
Valley. Eight in all.
The Oregon Medicine Concert COM
pany, which is holding forth at the
ArmOry, has been playing to crowded
houses, and must give abundant salts
faction or the people would not SO reg
ularly attend. The members OF tha
troupe are good performers, and some
Of THAR ri n no fino
The Yankton Gazette very properly
that: ''An injustice has been
done the Elk Point team in the tele-
graphed report that. they played
against our poorest players. On the
contrary they were matched against
some of our strongest men, although
they were weak in not having practised
together asa team"
In this issue will be found very in
Hoffman, in which he relates his ex-
periences in ying to escape from the
rebel prisons during the war. The |
irst installment, only, Is published this |
week, and the whole story will be read,
by all our readers.
William E. Hazen and family are
hack on their farm from their trip to
EldOn, Missouri. Six weeks ago Mr.,
Hazen, who is one OF our Oldest and
)est farmers sold out a portion of his
property, packed two car
Dads OF goods, and after renting his
arm lef. for Missouri to make that |
tate his future home. On arriving
here he found things SO different, the |
prospects SO unlikely, that he made up
his mind to return. There is no |
county like Union," said Mr.. Hazen,
Ind it is vastly ahead OF Missouri. | |
I'm glad am back, and my wife and |
hall now remain here until the end of |
'ur days." III
The new city council met on last /
ut which time Mayor Ryan
vas installed with appropriate cere-
nony. Ex-Mayor Gilmore, In q speech |
N behalf Of q number Of admiring |
riends Of the newly elected mayor,
him with an Office chair and
i gold pen. The chair" said the ex
mayor, ia for comfort and ease, while |
;he pen is TO assist in keeping the
oeace In the community The council |
hen proceeded TO business. The APP
,Ointment Of Fl. M. Wallace as city al
Orney was made, but the same was re-
ected. A the matter now stands, the |
present city attorney will hold until an |
is made. The council ad-
burned TO meet one week from next |
Monday. "a
Prof. I. G. Hise Of Akron, Ia, was
n the city on business several days
his week. The professor Is an orig
nal DEMOCRAT, and last fall made red
lot chase for the position Of superin-
endent Of schools of Plymouth county,
OwO-just across the Big Sioux river.
After u vigorous campaign, full Of hard
york and skillful maneouvering, he
vas declared elected on the face OF the
'eturns. But the returning board did
lot seem satisfied with the face OF
,hings, 50 on application delved down
ntO the ballot boxes, counted the bal
OTIS over, threw out several hundred
ind declared Prof. Wernli, Hiso's OPP
,onent, elected by Is or 30. Prof.
Hise did not permit the matter to stop
there, and appealed to the courts, a de-
,ision from which is expected today.
Marvellous Resalts.
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