Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-16

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on Wednesday.
E. G. Ericsson has been suffering for
the past week from ar attack OF rheum-
atism.
Capt. Hodges has moved into the resi-
1eDce recently purchased Of A. B.
Burdick.
Uncle Hiram" "A dramatic per-
Torrance will occupy the opera house
on the evening OF the 2lst, next Tues
day.
There will be a Union Temperance
meeting at the M. E. church Sunday
evening next. All are cordially In
vited.
An infant son was born at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Comfy on Mon
day night. /
A light fall Of snow was experienced
ION Tuesday night. 1t was the first
since Christmas time.
On Monday E. A. Moles of Sphinx de-
parted for MaquOketa, In. Its quite pos
sible that MIR. MOles will make that
point his future home.
VIM. Hazen and son William. and
Charles GoOdroad left on Monday for
Missouri to look Over the country with
q view to future settlement.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
give 2 New England supper for the
Denenit OF all who deserve u square
meal on next Friday evening in the
opera house.
In this issue will be found the notices
Of the commissioner of school and pub
lie lands for the sale and leasing of
school land In Union county. The sale
takes place on the 2Sth. of March and
the leasing on the 3Oth.
Mart Moles leaves in a few DAYS for
NOquOketa, Ia, to reside permanently.
Ed MOles left a few DAYS ago after
having sold his eighty acres Ia Sphinx
to Harvey Noggle and Henry Gardner
each securing forty acres.
II have had enough experience in
the merchantile bushes" said Martin
Mnles OF Richland to a friend the other
day "and | am going over to Elk Point
and secure the services of Buck to
write q book entitled Nineteen Months
In He'll" ! can give the pointers and
guess The COURIER man can fix 1t
up SO 1t will sell like hot cakes.
Through a MISUNDERSTANDING The
COURIER stated last week that The
normal music curse in use in this CITY
was used In only four cities-ChicagO
Kansas CITY. Washinptnn and Eli
Point. As q matter Of fact Il IL now in
use In 300 towns and cities and tho
fact that 1t Ia used in the three large
cities goes tn nrove that g. nossnsaes
high standing among the critics If tha
land.
oupt. y. J., smith concluded last
school fund between The Various dis,
in all The total ann recaivad from
the state was a 2aH re and from tha
county 81. az. 6Ormakinr a total ~ - !,
$40 I6. The Fiji Point dist,.;ct sec,,ros
ali told S274.72 having q chilaren ~
school ACE. Reresford 0ets a137 n and
Alcester SAG 80. thew have 1a7 and %
children Of school ACE r~es,.ectfa,lv
henry IA. Stanley, 10 an article on
me "Developement OF Africa" which
ID 70 appear In the tebruayy Century,
recalls the lact tnat troubles with the
6oefs In southern Africa first induced
Davio Livingstone TO travel TO the
nOrsn, 2 80 leo the way 70 the OPEN
ing o. Equatorlai Africa. Livingstone,
VINO was 9 missionary at kOlObeng, &C.
the rat;vas Thaa no ~ I ~ -
s-eraro" .na .h.n.saS s AZ iuv
f.nrr a. 1 oo, 1.A'eueu - urlve nm
misdaads ~ ~ y, ~ puDr.neu sne.s
h;s house so. - h,,.npS !. spssp r MI
led - his Las 1;rms o".harr se Ia
co;.U ~ . rac;ng .,hnna et IL AT. a.iica s., nna
Is nieoe h,s ynoat,an .s oou.u aolIu"
nrmo eH nv tha rs 10 = m~asslonery
~ VIC Doer ar"eFs
Charles Bovee received on Wednes-
day \ letter from Col. Thomas G. Will
son who Is now in Fitzgerald, Ga. On
his way down he met with q very pain
full accident ct Manila. la, by stepping
Oh the depot platform breaking . bone
in n OF his ankles. Several years q
he broke the other ankle from which
he never fully regained the former
strength of the member. When he ar
rived In Chicago he had hia ankle