Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-23
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The county board meets on Saturday.
Hon. e. w. Miller and wife are home
from Sioux Falls.
Read the second chapter OF M. Hoff-
mans Break for Liberty"
J T. Scrogge OF Alcester 10 in the
city. called here on court business.
Elk Editor Kelley Of Alcester was q
pleasant caller at The COURIER Office
on Tuesday.
Secretary Vav Tassel Of the Yankton
whist club passed through the city on
his way to Yankton.
L. z. Sweezy was elected mayor Of
Vermillion on Tuesday by q majority
Of votes. There were $40 votes cast.
We are in receipt OF copy Of the
Dickson County Herald published at
Spirit Lake. la. At the head Of its
editorial columns are the names OF
Fred Linch and deacon" DOMAIN. It
10 neat looking sheet.
Capt. JIM. I'alcott, our chief builder,
has commenced the erection of store
building on Main street adjoing that Of
Mrs. StrOud's millinery store. The
captain proposes to make the building
q satisfactory one In every degree.
Quarterly meeting services will be
Geld at the M. E. church on Sunday.
Rev. D. Rifenbark, a former pastor,
will be here and conduct services morn
ing and evening The business meet
Ing will be held Saturday ut 8p. ne.
The ladies OF the Congregational
church and society will give a"Meas-
ure" supper at the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. M. Hoffman on Friday even
ing Of this week. A change In the
place for holding the sociable was
necessitated by the fact that Hoffman's
hall is In use as jury room.
On Wednesday Thomas Ryan, the
popular SON of Mayor Ryan, had the
misfortune to break bone in his
shoulder, which will lay him up for
several weeks. He was out riding on
horseback when the spirited young
pony managed to land him against
barb wire fence with the result stated.
One day last week Judge Smythe
married Miss Osty Wise and 3. F.
Hirschman. The bride came here with
Mrs. Nora Smith to engage in the mil
linery business, but changed her ideas
and married Mr.. Hirschman, who is q
travelling man, and whose folks live in
Polk county, Iowa. The couple will
live at Des Moines.
In q private letter to the editor from
Capt. James III. CrOwder OF Bethany,
ILL.,, among other things, he saye:
mckinley chickens are Matching eys9y
day, some coming out of supposed -tO-be
CullOm eggs. But let her hatch. /
like the chickens that are mothered BY
a protectionist hen. Altgeldism and
anarchy are Hopping over to free fuss
and free silver" That's the captains
sentiments to . dot.
On last Thursday night there was q
very fair attendance at the Episcopal
church to witness the confirmation SER
vices as conducted by Bishop Hare.
The bishop has just returned from a
continental tour, and looks very much
improved In health. There were but
two candidates to confirm. The SER
mon delivered by the bishop was an
excellent one, full of thought and good
advice. From here the bishop went to
Vermillion.
Reedy brothers made their annula
visit to this section and purchased 100
head of fat cattle OF the farmers here
2b0uts, Howard Mosier sold them 10
head OF as fine q lot Of steers as ever
graced the market, while Dan Flannery
I1o1d So big fat fellows. Herrity Bros.
GlsO sold bunch. The bunch sold BY
MOsier weighed exactly %, $50 pounds,
averaging /, 499 pounds piece, He
sold them at 4 cents q pound and got
the neat sum of o. ,139 for the 10 head
With the. exception of four head he
raised every one Of them ON his own
farm. As a farmer and stock raiser
Mr.. MOsier IL q success and during his
life has never failed TO make good"
money out Of cattle.
Notwithstanding the difficulties In
the way, the attempt to secure the re-.
lease OF Bob Kneebs, the American re-
Gently sentenced to q term OF tmprisOn-
ment In Germany for the alleged ring
ing OF fast horses on tracks ia Berlin,
has by no means been a6AndOned. DR..
Schneider. Kneebs' German attorney
has notified j. M. C1eland Of Sioux
City, his American counsel, that q Pc
titiOn 10 about to be fled with the
Imperial cnurt asking the appointment
of commission To take testimOnyAn
Sioux City. This move 10 the outcome
Of the recent order Of the superior court
remanding the case tn . new trial be-
fore the Judge who first heard 1t. The
instructions which accompanied the
order, however, required the pr0duc-
tion Of flfty-0ne American witnesses
and the mare Bethel, on whose iden-
tity the whole case hinged. The ex-
pense Of the previous trial had prac-
ideally bankrupted the old horseman,
and these additional charges he WAS
quite unable to bear The hearing In
America would obviate this difficulty.
The German authorities would have
the option, II 10 true, Of rejecting the
commission's findings II IL considered
that manufactured testimony had been
introduced, or II the commission itself,
which could have no authority 70 com.
psl the attendance of witnesses or force
them to testify except voluntarily,
1900 .,~P~A~1,, $40 sx,I1 Nt,nsao "a 13kk1n