Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-09

NJ. "a MI. Henry Jones arrived
from MadisOu. this state. last Monday
for : feW woeks, visit with their daught-
81, Mr.. Ernest Joy.
Henry Raish of Brule township, Who
lives Cd the Nixon farm, MAS Ia the
city yesterday, having been called here
BY the serious illness Of his mother,
Mrs. j. N. Raish. !.
AT the annual meeting Of the mend
|bers Of the congregational society Jesse
M. Complain was elected trustee; N. j.
| Wallace and Prot. II. r. Miller
deacons, e. G. Joy treasurer; and Alva
HassOn clerk.
DR.. Warren Of Sioux City was in
Elk Point on Monday being called here
by the fatal illness OF Paul Mnngan,
SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Mangan,
whose death occurred on Wednesday
morning at an early hour.
Jay Edeerton OF Sioux Falls passed
through the city on Monday ON his way
home from Vermilli0n, where he en-
jOyed his holiday vacation. Mr.. Edger-
ton IL engaged Ia pursuing q course OF
study in the law department at Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Conductor Connolly o has the
Sioux Falls run, taking SCOTS place.
Mr.. Scott now makes the runt to Yank-
ton. Both we immagine r dissatis.
a. - C~~AA11,. hAr kIe hA~n4 L. VnS0~-
ton and Scott has q home In Sioux
City.
l.. w. Runyon, formerly Of Brule
county, 10 writes from Hammond,
La, to w. "a. Cross of Kimball, in part
saying: This is the last country In
the world to come to looking for work.
az wages are too low and work too un-
certain for a laboring man. The soil
10 q gray clay and worthless until fer
tilted" Farmers, remain on your
South Dakota land.
The social circle of the Congrega-
tional society will give q missionary
tea at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Steckman on Friday evening, January
10. Tea will be served from four UNI
til seven Every NJ h cordially In
vited. Scalloped oysters, cake, tea,
coffee. ETC., will comprise the bill Of
fare, and judging from past experience
it will be well worth the price asked,
Is cents.
Fully q dozen new subscribers have
been added to The COURIER scbscrip-
ton list since the first Of the month.
The lucky fellows are: n. T. Shepherd,
city: August Frohman, city; Mrs. NJ.
Goss, city; ]. r. Kent, city; Henry
Spalda, Richland; w. G. Mallov, city;
J. B. Ferris, city; X. johnson, Fftz-
gerald: J. A. Conover, Hudson; Dever
Brown, Calliope; James Anderson,
~Chatsw0rth; A. r. Rogers, Beresford
That was a good deed done on
Christmas by Grocer p. L. Kelly
which we failed to chronicle at the
time yet we do SO now. To every
customer he gave q can Of pitted cher
ries which for deliciousness were
simply delightful. We know whereof
we speak for two or three dishes we're
scarcely enough to satisfy our appetite
when they were placed on the label.
1t Is never too late to give thanks and
THE COURIER appreciated the kindness
OF Mr.. Kelly as did all his customers
of which he has q large mum Der and
very thriving business.
August Olson, who has been farming
on the FrOhman place for the past few
years, announces an auction sale of his
personal property, to take place an the
I'D Of this month. tits Mr. lsOn's In
tention to move south, his health being
not Of the best In this vigorous climate.
He will locate either at Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, or at Vicksburg, MISSISSIPPI
pi. He will engage in farming and de-
clares the land he examined In the sec
tiOns mentioned was very good. His
brothers Carl Oles0n and John Swan
son expect to leave sOOn for Alaska
where they will join another brother
now engaged in business in that far
away country.
Now that most OF the lovers of the
Georgia colony in this neck of the
woods have taken their departure the
Louisiana contingent will be the next
to make their trip, which will occur on
January Ia. J. T. SmOck shipped his
household effects from Sioux City leav-
ing last week. His wife left on last
Friday. The HammOnds leave on the
4NVA3 OhV ! 10 0NOOtA " MAh p
Dillner. B. M. Brink left last week
and Ia now in Hammond looking over
the land and towns. He is also affect
ed with the fever somewhat, but his
good common sense no doubt will en-
able him TO look through the situation
with sufficient perception to under
stand that Union county can not be
beaten.
We have had two important visitors
this week from the north end Of the
county Jesse Aiken and Eugene CoveJ
two OF our Oldest and wealthiest farm
ers. The occasion OF their visit wal
due to the securing Of m appropriation
for the repairing Of the bridge across
the Big Sioux at Calliope, la. Messrt
Aikensand Convey : heavy tax pay
ers In Union county, own q large body
Of valuable land on the Sioux bottom
and they we're listened 70 very atten.
lively BY the board Of county com
missioners before whom they appeared
with reference TO the needs and de.
Stree Of the citizens OF Virginia town.