Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-16
Stroud
viab1e Reputation
several new subscribers this week \

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Four inches Of rain, SAYS the weathe
clerk, have fallen In Union count
since April !. '
i L. z: Cavalier, representing the Min
neapolis journal, was In the CITY on
day last week. IVY ""
Mrs. M. W Mulcahy will arrive to
gay from Orilla, Ont, where she ha
Deen on visit for several months.
! c.. M. Lokken of Charles Mix county
formerly OF UniOn-we note bv tn,
Eagerton News-is putting in zoo acre.
Of small grain. "
Yankton gets the state fair. It hav
rag been located there for nine years
Inc dates for this year are Septembe,
%, ~ and October !, 2 and 3,
It was thirty.two years ago on
on Wednesday that Abraham Lincoln
died In Washington. His last Official
act was TO sign, the day before. the
commission of SOloman Sphinx as secre.
tAry OF the territory of Dakota.
Word was received at Sioux Falls
last week Of the safety of Jacob Scbaet-
Eel, Jr., brother Of julius Schaetzel Of
tnls city. Mr.. Schaetzel has now ar
rived at the Queen City, having made
quick trip from New Orleans. where
he arrived as quickly as letter would
reach home.
Herbert Z. Murphey left on Wednes-
Gay Tor Sioux Falls having been en-
gagged by the Deering people to do field
and repair work. There are few men
In the state that understand the in
tricate details Of harvester better
than Bert Murphey, and the Deering
people will find that they have secured
the services Of q valuable man.
Fitzgerald Leader: Col. Thos. Will.
SON and wife of Elk Point. S. D.. ar.
rived in the city last Saturday evening
TO make this their future home, The
colonel Is the colony director from
South Dakota. He Is more than ever
pleased with the colony, and will soon
commence the erection OF a fine resi-
dence on west Ocmulgee avenue.
Sioux Falls Press: To emphasize the
defeat of Sioux Falls whistles at Yank-
ton, the Elk Point COURIER calls at
tention to the fact that while the
twelve players from this city lost twen-
ty-eight points, four players from Elk
Point won eighteen points from Yank.
ton players In the same game. What
Elk Point have won had her
players been pitted against Sioux Falls
instead OF Yanktonp
Last Monday week Mrs. w. T. Blu
chanan, was taken suddenly III at her
home in Cherokee, La. Her husband,
the editor, was telegraphed for, and
Immediately left to be at the bedside.
Through the skill of the attending
physicians all the dangerous symptoms
were fully checked, and THE COURIER
Is happy to state that its better half is
now on the mend. Mrs. Buchanan will
not be able to 60 out Of the house for
several weeks and hopes to be able to
be at her home on or about June l.
The Sioux Falls Forum thus gives
one Of Elk Points favorite sons q send
off, the material for which the re-
lp0n his imagination: Tommy Ryan
# Elk Point, one of the best boys on
,arth, is In the city acting as juror
pr Uncle sam. Tommy Is an old Uni |
'ersity of South Dakota boy, and ia
laving good visit with his old col
eye chums. This is the first big town
Tommy ever raw. He was going to
top at the Cataract house, but when
hey took him up in the elevator he
bought they were trying 70 run u con
Jane on him. He quit the house and
Ook up his abode ut the Merchants.
lie was here street car day tuesday,
md observed the cars pass the public |
at two o'clock. Tommy says:
This ere town is right smart one,
md I'll be burned il it don't beat Elk |
Point all hOller!
>On April County Treasurer JOhnI
on had $39. 1873. 50 ON hand. The bond |
ID indebtedness OF the county Is Sl5,- i
OO, so that practically the county has !
- 600 more than enough TO wipe out |
he debt. However, Of the ss9, 379,
Yearly 1000 belongs 70 school dis
riots; 5000, state school land find;
i 900 to the state. There 10 OF, 267 in
he county general fund, and 81 $3.50 |
n the bond interest fund. The Kline |
Itch fund has balance OF S1O3.24, SO
hat evidently the ditch has been paid
or by the property holders whose land |
vas benefited and those who petitioned
Or the improvement. In looking oyer |
he quarterly statement it will be OBJ
erved that the total liabilities are @54,- |
40, Of which $40, $50 represents money |
oaned to farmers and school districts |
rom the state school fund. OF course
he security In each case Is abundant,
nd theoretically the county Is resp0n-
ible yet the assets are equal TO this |
liability and therefore the county only
ives the els, 600 worth Of bonds.
Sioux Falls Argus-Le A move
nent was started today by United !
states Attorney r. w. Miller and
Judge John 81. Burns to secure the par
lon of four Indians now serving terms
n the penitentiary here. The indiana
ire Cross Good, In The Center, Part
Rope, and Alex. Fast Elk, sentenced
ast year TO terms varying from q to 8 |
ears, under the criminal intercourse
Ict. The Indians are all dying as the
esult OF their confinement, and 1t Is
probable that they will not live over
hree or four months whether released
n not. There is something very Pc
about the way all Idians who are
,Onfined will waste away and die. At
Irst small and shifting lump appears
"a, the back OF the neck, and soon the
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