Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05


l. new trial has been granted in the
ROsemOre case.
Mrs. J. s. Talcott is rapidly improv-
ing and will soon be able to be up. !
\ Everybody who had a cutter was enN
YOying an elegant sleigh ride on last
Tuesday.
Mrs. George Hasson spent last Fri
day and Saturday visiting friends in
Sioux City.
Judge Smith rendered judgment
against Schmidt in favor of the Nation
al Bank of Sioux City.
The weather bureau at Sioux City
declares that there has been 81 inches
of snow fall since Saturday.
Miss Mariah e. Lucas who was sent
to the asylum three weeks ago is to be
returned cured, SO report declares.
Rev. A. E. Carhart is in the north.
west looking up matters pertaining to
the Non-P artisan Prohibition Union.
Clerk Omdahl is very busy these
days fixing and arranging the new Gle
case recently purchased by the county.
l. Judge Haney of the supreme court
declares that a watch" carried by any
person for q period of three years Is
wearing apparel and exempt from
execution.
E. G. Ericsson and Walter c. Fawcett
left on Tuesday for Yankton to present
argument in connection with the
Peterson McInerny case. The Peter
son side have moved for an enforcement
Of the judgement.
The sudden cold weather seems to
have given an impetus to applications
for marriage licenses. On Monday
J0han Rudluf II. Kruse, aged "a, and
Miss Johanna Dorotha Reemts, aged
u, were given q permit, as we'll as Mr..
Victor Gardner and Nettie Fenton.
Dan Meyers of Vermillion was in the
city on Tuesday, the guest Of Judge
and Mrs. II. II. Blair. MIR. Meyers is
on his way to Cleveland, which city he
will make his future home. Mrs. Mey-
ers is at present in that city, having
secured a position in the public schools,
while one of their sons is attending the
medical college located at that point.
Attorney Buell. Of Rapid City and a
member of the law firm OF Wood &
Buell. was in the city one day last week
In the interest of Capt. LaGro Of Rapid
City. According to Information im-
parted to US. Mr.. Buell's visit here was
particularly for the purpose Of looking
up Capt. LaGrO's claim to some land.
What the charter OF the claim of LaGro
may be or in what way he was interest
ed our informant refused to divulge.
The first meeting Of the local camp
Of Modern Woodmen Of America to be
held in their new hall occurred last
Monday evening. There were fully
fifty wood-choppers present, and with
on the camps 'sg0at" everyone enjoyed
! meeting. The hall 10 one of the hand
| soonest In the city, being all finished in
hard pine, thoroughly oiled. The
| lodge extended q vote Of thanks to Mr..
Schaetzel, the owner of the building,
for the tidy manner, workmanlike
shape, and convenient arrangements
possessed by the hall.
State Auditor Nipples annual report
Just received ct this Office Ia q very in
teresttng document. It IL full Of facts
facts and figures, and we do not remeln-
her of having examined a more com;
| plete and satisfactory report from q
state auditor. One Of the interesting
features is the list Of tax levies made Ia
each Of the counties. The COURIER IL
proud to state that Union county has
the smallest levy Of any county IN the
state, except four counties which dc
not have any less, but the same figure
10 mills. Pennington county, in the
Black Hills,- tops the list with 20.e
mills-big enough to break the back Of
q rhinocerous. Clay has q levy Of 1874
mills; Lincoln, IL; Yanktou, 81; Tur
ner, 10; Hutchinson, 14.4; Bon Homme
Is; Douglas, ia; Charles Mix, 1876
So It will be seen that the taxpayer
Of this county have occasion t0congrat
ulate themselves upon the successful
management OF their finances by tn,
board Of county commissioners.
On Tuesday afternoon at $50 p. m
Mrs. Nancy Crum diedafter Q brief i'll
ness at the home OF her son, Peter, Il
this township. Her illness was du'
, purely to her advanced age, she havini
passed her SGD birthday. II was TIL
hickering out Of the candle Of life, AMI
having reached thr socket, she passe,
into the world beyond without
tremor, believing fully that she woul'
be greeted In the New Jerusalem Wit
oil the honor due q faithful and earnee
christian. The deceaeed was born l
Virginia, and came from Worth county
. Iowa. to Elk Point on June 9, 1891
l whore she has since continuously RI
sided. Her husband died several year
) ago. and Of her immediate family bu