Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-13

For Fence Posts IL Diamood Willow,
Oak and Red Elm cali on
r. L. KELLEY.
The Elk Point Recreation society 10
the latest social applicant for pleasure
and enjoyment A number OF our lead.
ing ladies' mel recently and organized
Hoffman as president ana Mrs. J.. F.
Reid as vice-president The society
will gather nce every two weeks At
the home Of one Of its members, and
enjoy the afternoon In social converse.
zione, incidentally discussing those
subjects which will benefit the mind,
the home, and our native land.
A Washington dispatch dated last
Sunday states that: Senator Pettigrew
and Congressman Picker and Gamble
| were before the house committee on
rivers and harbors today In the interest
| OF appropriations for the Improvement
| of the banks and channel Of the Mis-
souri, river. They ask for SlOO, 900 for
this purpose at Pierre, q little sum 1t
Yankton, and 40, 600 at Elk Point and
there seemed 70 be = disposition on the
part of the committee to give at least
f portion, il not all. Of the sum de-
sired.
For upwards Of two years the publish
ers of McClure's Magazine have been
| quietly gathering material and pictures
for q life Of General Grant. They
believe that they have made q larger
| collection OF portraits of Graut imany
| of them rare) and other pictures relat-
lug to his life, than has = q been made
before. This biography viii bring out
the real Grant in the same vivid,
thorough, and interesting manner Is
Lincoln 10 presented in the Life nov
running in McClure's. They have been
fortunate in securing the cooperation
Of Col. F.. d. Grant, who has most OF
his fathers papers.
Mrs. James Walsh on receiving q tel
| egram that her father, James Fox. was
hourly expected TO die departed on
Thursday for Orilla, Ont, Canada. The
next day q telegram was received that
he had died, and her husband, James
Walsh. and Mrs. M v. Mulcahy, also
. daughter of the deceased departed to
be present at the funeral. The de-
ceased was So years of age and for
many years had conducted . clothing
store in Orilla- He was born ia Col
bridge, Canada, and was possessed Of
many virtues, being noted as . man Of
sterling worth in business circles-
Seven children are left to his
loss -four sons and three daughters:
Mesdames Walsh and. Muicahy will not
return to Elk Point until April.
In 1884 Eugene Field wrote q story
which. he called 1.-THE Werewolf"
When it was finished he laid it aside
and . year afterwards entirely rewrote
it. In 1885 he again took IL up and re-
vised it. and during the nine years be-
tween that time and his death in No
vember last, he rewrote 1t eight times.
His last revision pleased him and he
decided to print it. But death came
too suddenly, and the STORY VA found,
unpublished, among his effects. Mrs..
Field, concluding to have the story ap-
pear gave il to the editor of the Ladies'
Home Journal, in which magazine all
of Mr.. Fields work, outside Of his news
paper articles, va presented to the
pnblic. The story will be printed In
the next issue of the Journal, striking
~ illustrated by Mr.. Howard Pyle.
In reply to . letter written to the
| general land Office at Washington on
the subject, I. S. Smith, of Springfield
this state, has received the following
in regard to the question of ownership
Of what is known as made land
which will be Of interest locally. I'm
reply to your letter dated December
S, 1895, / have to state that 10 the cas-
| of New Orleans VS.. United States no
Peters I'LL the supreme court OF the
! United States laid down the general
principle Of accretions As follows, viz:
The question is we'll settled at common
law that q person whose land is bound
ed by q stream of water which changes
its curse gradually by alluvial forma-
tions, shall still hold by the Same
boundary, including the accumulated
soil. Every proprietor whose land IL
thus bounded is subject to loss by the
same means which nay add 10 his ter
ritory: and as he is without remedy
for HE loss in this way, he cannot be
held accountable for his gain.'"
We believe that the selection OF Will
| Comfy, Jr.,as secretary Of the Elk Point
/ Driving association is d good one,
Certain it is that Mr.. Comfy will leave
nothing und0ne to make the meeting
the decided succes II deserves. II the
town will pull "a q unit-and It general.
~ does in such matters-we will be en-.
abled to witness the finest reason ol
racing W seen here. Something like
5000 in purses is hung for the horse
men and the times are entirely toe
close for them not to take advantage oil
good purses and the absolute guarantee
that they will be paid. A committee
from the association will call upon the
citizens TO contribute In due time Il
make the meeting q substantial aud
satisfactory one In every particular.
Hon. A. o. Ringsrud has secured no
tel Accommodations In Aberdeen fol
the Union county delegation, 90 thai
they will not he withOuta place TO sleeI
1t the next state convention 70 be held
on July 8. Mr.. Ringsrud IL n0w IN %
tive candidate for the republican nom
inatiOn Tor governor. So many Of the
leading republicans Of the state during
the past few mouths have by letter and
i conversation r00u0atAd him To enter