Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05
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Capt. Holt, the temperance orator, 10
holding forth In the NJ. E.
Sheriff Anderson was In YanktOn on
Tuesday on business pertaining to his
farm In that county.
Geo. jackson, conductor on the C. NJ.
& st. p, was the guest of Geo. r.
Freeman q day last week.
Donald Grant Of Eairbault, MIMI,
and president Of the Citizens Bank of
this city, il announced a. q candidate
for district delegate to the national Re-
publican convention from the Third
district of Minnesota.
On Saturday, March It'll, the ladies
of the M. E. church will give q dinner
at Hoffman's Hall over THE COURIER
Office. Dinner will be served at II M,
sharp. All are earnestly requested to
to come.
Said q friend to US ON Wednesday:
"Do you want q good item?" and with
joy we replied Certainly" The. friend
said: "Well, Agent Cummins' pet bull
dog, Jack, has the distemper." An
item Of such vast Importance should
not be overlooked.
On Friday evening at the home Of
Miss Mary HAPPIER the senior society Of
the Y. r. s. G. E. will hold their quar-
terly business meeting to elect officers,
committees and attend to other neces-
sary business matters. All the MEM
are urgently invited to assebmle at 7:30,
sharp.
That noted and popular citizen Of
South Dakota William VanEps Is now
In Cuba and will make q personal In
vestigation as to the merits and de-
merits OF the almost international
imbroglio. His experiences In that
faraway place during his stay ought to
make Interesting reading.
: Fred Elce of Parker, a brother Of
State Senator Elce, has been In the
dity for q week or more, engaged In
experimenting the details to the con-
~struction Of u local telephone system.
Mr.. Elce is doing the work in q neat
and workman like manner and Is Civ
ing satisfaction to the patrons.
Geo. Kimmel, deputy county treasur-
or, has resigned his situation to engage
In the popular and profitable pastime
Of farming. That he will make an ex-
pert goes without saying. He has
leased $50 acres of land IN Civil Bend
and proposes to make q good run for
fame and fortune. His position in the
county treasurer's Office has been ten
dered to John L. johnson, Jr., q BROTH
err of Olof johnson.
Vermillion paid to the insurance
companies doing business In the state
but with their officers outside Of the
state the large sum Of S5,446.0 80.
Centerville paid q. 1885, "A. No Static
tics for Elk Point are given for the
reason that our fire company has not
completed its Organization, but it Il
fair to assume that at least $4,000 Ia
paid out every year. Practically there
never has been q loss In ten years OF
any size Dr. magnitude.
Last week Sheriff Anderson, accom-.
panied by two deputies, brought to the
city from Jefferson, James q. Gibson, an
insane patient. Gibson is q perfect
giant In strength and would not bulge
out Of the house, although every scheme
imaginable was planned to get him te
Elk Point. Finally the sheriff and
deputies had to oYerpower Gibson and
put the shackels on him. He fought
fiercely and with such strength a. II
rarely possessed by even the strongest
Of sane men. On Friday . guard from
the asylum arrived and he was taken
to Yankton. The cause Of his insanity
Ia due to an old complaint from which
he was thought to be cured, he having
been discharged from the asylym I
year or nor xgO.
Col. G. ]. Holt gave the first Of hi
| series of temperance lectures at the NJ
| E. church last Tuesday evening. HI
is a very strong man on the platform
keeping his audience deeply interested
all Of the time, In q state Of intens'
amusement much of the time, and ais.
adding much to his lectures by hi
strong personal magnetism. Last nigh
Today and Tomorrow" illustrated
Tonight he will talk on ''Ten Dollars
and Costs" The enthusiasm is increas
log. Thirty-flve signed the pledge tn
first evening, and moro last night
II 6uu 6lA WIZ ~
tend are sure to hear lots Of good thing
and to have plenty to laugh a.. Thes'
lectures will continue every night to
one week at least, and maybe longer.
It may he Of interest 10 the loca
members OF the Modern W00dmen I
know that In the annual statement 9
this worthy and excellent society, It
announced that during the year OF l69
the mammoth sum Of O laos, 466. 62 W
paid out for death losses. OF this sur
322, 600 was paid to South Dakota mem
bers, there being IL deaths. Their
are two deaths involving insurance I
the amount Of $1,000. Miller William
Of Aberdeen committed suicide on Jan
Is, 1893, while carrying 5000. Josep
Kindean OF Mitchell died on Feb.
1881, from some not reported an
had $1,000 worth Of insurance. N
proofs OF death have been furnished
the Kindean case consequently no p!
ments have been made. Union count
now has six local camps: Elk Poin
jefferson, Richland, Sphinx. Beresfor
and Alcester. While the Akron On