Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-30
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.


LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
A heavy shower of rain was OK.
perienced on Tuesday.
Miss Beebe Of Ipswich, this state. i.
the guest OF Mrs. George r. Freeman
II will not be very long before school
election will be the next topic for con.
sideratiOn.
The new city council met in Mayor
Ryan's office last Monday evening, but
no business W as transacted.
The schOlarsof the high school will
hold their graduation exercises In the
opera house, somewhere near the date
Of May Is.
Lyman County Leader: Clarence
Jensen and family, Jacob jacobson and
family and Erick Larson will leave
soon for the eastern part of the state
where they go TO secure work for the
summer.
The Hawarden Building and Loan
association made report last week
that shows up fairly well. The first
payments were made April l., 1888.
These shares are now worth $9i 81.
The association has $40, AS in bills
receivable.
The contracts for the construction of
q telephone line from Sioux Falls tO
Parker by way of Canton, Lennox and
Harris have been let. At Parker, it ia
understood, the line will be come cited
with the one which connects the town
with Elk Point.
The Elk Point Fire company is en-
titled to &56. Is from the state fund pro-
vtded by the tax of per cent on all
premiums Of fire insurance. Vermillion
gets &lO4; Yankton S27l; Canton S97:
Parker SAB: Scotland S62. This is the
first state money Elk Point has ever
got ahOld Of anu the fire lad1ies can
utilize IL to an advantage.
Hon. M. Greedy of Duel county, cam
didate for the nomination OF governor
on the republican ticket, was very
agreeable caller at THE COURIER Office
last week. Mr.. Greedy is the foremost
man in the state In the sheep in
dustry, is thoroughly in touch with the
farming element, keen OF foresight.
Yankee In makeup and good man in
q good state among gOodly people.
Lis visit was enjoyed and If fate should
be so ungraciOus to us rs to not select
our fellownsman MIR. Ringsrud, it
would not be an i'll advised step to take
an inspectory view OF Mr.. Greeley's
qualifications.
The orchestr~ boys are working
hard these days" says the Vermillion
Freeman, preparatory to the Chau-
tauqua. G. D. Lufkin and Joe Henkin
OF Elk Point were present at the Tues
day rehearsal. They are both excellent
players Of their respective Instruments,
the cOrnet anu the violin, and add
great strength to the leading parts.
They will both go with the boys to
Madison. This increases the number
Of pieces to twelve and with the adj
ditiOn of two or three other players
that are in view the VermilliOn Orches-
ira will be right in in front row this
summer. The new music just received
Is Of the highest order and is very
taking.
Thos. Duran who was taken to the
Sioux Falls penitentiary on December
last on q life sentence for the killing of
City Marshal David RoOse Mt Tyndall
In July last, died on Wednesday, April
is, at p. m. Of tumOr Of the liver, and
was buried in the Sioux Fails Catholic
on the Thursday morning
following. Mrs. George TrumbO. OF
Tyndall, sister of the deceased, left for
Sioux Falls on Wednesday but did not
arrive In time to see her brother be-
fore he died. Through some mis-
understanding his mOther who was ut
Pierre and q sister living at Omaha
came TO Tyndall instead OF going to
Sioux Falls, and therefore were not
present at the funeral. Dut'ran was
born In Union county and his life WINS
An III one from the beginning to the end.
Our readers will remember the
arrival here of Annie Dewar Ut Madelia,
Mimi; the arrest o. Steven Scales OF
the same town 1T the fremont House
by Sheriff Anderson on the charge Of
bastardy; the subsequent trip to st.
James, MIMI, accompanied by the
heriif; their marriage etc. Well. the
Madelia Messenger suites In it's last
issue that: miss Ann Dewar Scales
has been quite sick at the Woods
Hotel during the past week, with nerv-
GUS pr0stratiOn. The excitement incl
dent to the scenes she bad passed
through lately and the refusal Of her
husband TO live with her is the cause
OF her present condition. Her un-
fortunate condition IL worthy Of
sympathy."
Mrs. Louis Beylnire Of Richland
was last Friday thrown out Of car
riage In runaway and broke her ~ m
just above the wBist while 10 Sioux
City. She st once took trolley car
and went % the Office Of the police
surgeon, where the broken. arm WIS re-
set. Mr.. and Mrs. Beylmire bad
just driven 10 town and were going down
Pearl street, when in front Of Bruen's
grocery their team took fright at q
l,assing trolley car and got beyond con-
troll. The wagon tongue broke loose
and fell catching In hole IL the pave
ment and slipped the carriage nearly
over. Mrs. Bsylmire partly fell and
partly jumped, nlighting on her hands
and ku0ee. Besides breaking her
arm she sustained several bruises.
The many friends 81 the lady are glad
70 know the AcCident Was no worse and
"a $50 800 n i. n 49, L.