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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-16
BRULE.
from Cxr Hxss.ae Correspondent.

from Cwr Hsa.ar Correspondent.
The ground il we'll covered with
snow and sleighing Is quite good.
Some OF. the young men feel lonesome
without . cutter.
Albert johnson took in the sights In
Sioux City Saturday. /
T. Holdorson and A. Vaug visited
their best girls in Sioux City week sgo
Sunday.
liver Undlin, OF Lac que Pxrle Co.
Minnesota, 10 enjoying . visit with rel
atives and friend in this burg.
John Lokken, who has been very
sick for . while, 10 quite we'll again.
John Undlin, Of Roberts county. s.
D., 10 enjoying the climate Of Brule
very much. He thinks the girls there
are all right.
g. M. LeWison returned 70 Canton
Monday after attending his ~sister'i
Wedding.
The young people Of the 81. Paul
congregation have decided 70 have i
Christmas tree 10 their church Christ.
mas night. A good program has been
arranged for.
II 10 rumored that Brule will csle.
brate another wedding before anosheI
month u gone.
The people Of the Dales church afe
going 70 have . Christmas tree IL their
church near Sphinx on Christmas eve.
A. Lewison and J. 4. johnson, Sir,
have each got Z new Windmill.
Mike Holdorson and Carl Clement.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-16
MOUNT HOBS,

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Santa Claus will soon be here, and
the little folks are preparing for his
coming.
Swan Anderson. of Akron, visited up
this way Sunday.
Bernhard Peterson, Of Charles Mix
county, is visiting friends in Sioux
Valley township.
The Mount Hope scribe kept close at
home last week, and II there was any
thing going on to furnish news items,
We failed to hear OF IL.
Chas. johnson and wife and brother,
Aaron, Of Akron, we're up this way
Sunday for \ sleigh ride and visited
their brother Gust.
w. L. Butchers has settled on the
Dakota side of the Sioux once more
and has hung out his sign to drill wells.
Roy Smith, OF the Akron Tribune, is
very Ill. He is being cared for at
Uncle Dave Smiths, on the Union
county side Of the river.
w. G. Lillibridge shipped in another
consignment Of feeding cattle last week.
1t is time to commence to formulate
those resolutions for the new year.
The progressive farmer hauls the
MANURE out and distributes it on land
a. Il accumulates during the winter
months.
The fresh invoice Of snow which
arrived the first OF this week will en-
able the farmers to continue the use OF
the sleigh.
The early winter weather keeps
stockmen hustling 70 keep fattening
cattle from losing flesh.
Mrs. Erickson expects to start for
st. Paul Saturday. She will take her
two daughters, Louis , and Adena.
It Is rumored that y wedding Is on
the tapis for Christmas time. Our
Information 10 imagined from sikue
that are never failing, but we withhold
the nance for the present.
Miss Alice Stoutenburg, who has
been visiting at Akron for several
days, returned home Saturday.
John Hechler commenced an action
against A. McConville and wife last
week TO collect wages due . minor
child. The hearing Is set for the lSth'
before Justice Reeves. George Il
LETTERS, Esq Of Akron, Is the plaintlni
counsel.
Jack Tressler has appealed from tue
decision Of the Mitchell Land ONCE IL
the contest case vs. Mrs. Anderson
The case now goes to the Land Com
missioner at Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ruble drove Y
Cragthorn Ia Plymouth Co. Thursday
to attend the wedding OF their niece
Miss Gill.
John Ruble, Of Akron. was here sat
urdsy LOOKING for some fancy cattle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-16
County Correspondence
SPHINX.

ok 14N1Ae
From Our REGULAR Correspondent.
Our snow disappeared as fast rs it
came. We want nor soon, or Santa
Claus can't make his annual round so
easily. unless he takes to the wheel.
Sam Klopstad, who is building a
d yelling house In vermillion. was home
Sunday. He returned to his post on
Monday.
I. j. Malmgren, the teacher in the
Sphinx school, Sundayed with his
parents in Union Creek.
On account OF the deep snow the
mail carrier between Sphinx and Elk
Point was unable to return on Friday
week before last. He carried a double
load o%nsaturday.
Miss Anna Klopstad is staying in
Akron.
Albert Omdahl and Dan Olson took
In the sights Of Sioux City on Monday
and Tuesday. Sioux City seems to
have special attractions for Daniel.
Mr.. Behlmeyer, Of Richland, was in
this neighborhood last week buying
cattle which he feeds. MI. Behlmeyer
is one OF the successful cattlemen OF
Union county.
Ole Klopstad, our rustling agent, has
engaged to rustic for Disbrow & Co., OF
Hawarden.
Peter Petersen, Jr., OF Charles Mix
Co., is down visiting his uncle, Emil
Peterson.
We can slick" the man who says we
v have sleighing in S. d.
Albert Omdahl and Dan Olson made
a trip to Sioux City. Daniel goes 70
Sioux City quite often. Wonder what's
the matter:
The Sphinx school has closed for q
vacation until after the holidays.
Bernt Peterson, Of Charles Mix Co.,
has been visiting with relatives in
Sphinx. Bernt was . little fellow when
he left Union Co., but he is now a
grown man, and from his appearance
seems to thrive we'll in Charles Mix
Co. He reports everything. we'll in his
neighborhoOd.
The Orphelian society, OF Sphinx, at
its last meeting adjourned to Jan. 3,
'9s, at which time the society will
again resume ito work.
Horse-shoeing 10 the order Of the Gay
ut the Burg.
Thos. Ryan, our genial deputy sheriff,
passed through Sphinx on his way from
Beresford to Elk Point the iirst of the
week.
Mrs. S. A. Omdahl and Miss Sophia
Omdahl returned Monday from q visit
to Beresford and Alsen.
John Hegg and wife returned 10
Dalesburg, Clay Co., after = visit with
relatives and friends.
Everybody fortunate enough TO pos
sess q cutter or = bOb-sled will surely
have q chance to use it this winter.
Miss Clara Lund Of Sioux City is
here calling or her many friends.
Mrs. Lara Larson Visited with Mrs.
Lewison Tuesday.
Quite 4 number Of our sports ara out
early and late sitter game these dayt.
N. Roman Of Emmett brought our
school ma,am down LIST Monday. Be
good % yourself, Maurice.
The infant son o. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hanson died last Sunday. The Re.
mains we're buried q the Norwegian
Lutheran church Wednesday after
noon.
AndFsw Andsrson q Richland "a,
visiting with Sphinx irisads Int week,
M. ]. n. Fickbohm shsllsd out 1901
l h,.shAa ~ cnrn 49, uan
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-16

VIM. Kerr and wife, one-half dozen decorated
plates, cups aud SAucere.
Ole and Theodore OfstAhRgen. one half dozen
decorated plates, cups and saucerx.
Andrew Ven, bed spread.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-16

lay special stress upon the full and
complete showing Of Merchandise at my store,
Ia the lines that meet the wants Of the trade.
that are standard, with the new ideas shown.
my store offers every inducement to careful
buyers during the Holidays.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
A uoRsEI.ESS WAGONS PLUNGE.
Goes Over "A Thirty-Foot Emhapk-
meut With Eight Occupants

PittsbGrg, Pa, Sept. 29.-Pittsburgs
only norselPss carriage came within an
ace OF ending the lives OF eight persons yes.
tcrday. Mrs. William Mccartney, wife
Of restauratear, is lying at her home Vn
Squirrel Hill in a dangerous condition,
while seven other persons are nursing cuts.
bruises, and scratches.
The carriage has steam as a motive
yower, and is a local invention 4 party
OF quests assembled at AFR. McCarthey's
home, aud tile carriage was brought down
TO give them a ride around the grounds.
On one or the trips was p. J. Fitzgerald.
of the detective bureau: his wife, Mrs
MCCartley, her sister, and four children
A new street is bsing cut through one end
ar the property. As the carriage was
running In and out or the grounds Mr.
Fitzgerald lost control of it, aud the
vehicle ran over an embankinent into the
new street, thirty feet below. AS the car
riage rOlied over steam cylinder ex-
pioded \ heavy piece OF iron struck Mrs.
Met Ca.thsy, cutting ner about the back and
injurinC her internally. The doctors at
tending fear her injuries will prove fatal
The others viii recover.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
ADDICKs ASSERTS HIMSELF.
His Faction Makes Vigorous War
On Regular Repu blicans.

Dover, Del, Sep. 80. The joint confer
ence tesweeD the rival factions of the Re-
publican parry IN Delaware, which endeu
here yes erday, crossed ingloriously for the
future of the party III the Diamond state.
The union, or Au,iicks, Republicans charg-
cd tie regulars. or Higgins men, with bad
faith, and also accused + K. Bach, one of
TIE Higgirs oourcrees, OF insult and vilifica
tim. They said that Nc. Bach had TN justly
criticised them, and had also held them up
10 ridicIle. The AddiCks uIen stated tbcif
psi ia writing as follows:
We see 10 occasion % remain longer IN
conference with such an irresponsible body,
tG be sub biected 70 personal abuse, vilifica tim
and insrI'. even FOR the good OF the party.
and when This conference adJourns we viii
recommend to the State central committee
OF thc I'Hion Republican party OF Delaware
thai State CUHventioh he called a. pro-
posed, and q; that convent ton new party
rules aud regula iJus lie adopted for the
futurc GDyeihment OF the Republicans of
Delaware I'm harmony vf.h the conditions
now eVis.ing, trouRht about by the adop-
ton and prUmul,- cation II the new coastitu.
ton. All ovcrtures In the future must be
made :" the Uni N Republican party. AS to
tli,' nF,:iN NcS thdt govern us aud the feotitutle
of our mentions, we appeal To the Republi-
cans II Delaware and or the nation for al
iudica len
The evening times., 1897-09-29

Aaerit ans who are familiar with the
siDuosities % Oriental diplomacy, and
there are tot many of them, will not share
in rle general sa tisfaction which the latest
adviccs from Hon,dulu are likely to spread
around Our minister reports that the Jap
anese government Is as peaceAble as a
dove 3Usi at present that AZ would take
S10o 900 in gold and call it's differences
with the little republic all square, AID that
the Japanese cruiser Naniwa has steamed
for Yokohama sure enough. That being b.-
lieved, the American cruiser Philadelphia
will come home to be scraped, and on her
atIival the Baltimore win be prepared To
take her place. All this sounds too good
altogether to be true. Whether the Nam
iva has gone home in good faith % not,
the disguised Japanese troops on the isl
ands have not, and IL is quite likely that
some OF her naval vess Il is ON the waytor re-
place he Naniwa- When IL comes To ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain.''
the ordinary Western Intellect is not up
to tie mark OF the WHY children of the
East Our authorities ought to see to il
that no chances are taken by their people
IN Hawaii, Or the waters thereof.
The evening times., 1897-09-29

OF absolute freedom The letters from
the other Cuban leaders breathe the same
determined ana unreienting spirit. and it
is the spirit which nlumines the whole
Cuban people. The Hanna Administra-
tion should take note Of the fact, and
amend its international policy as wen as
its iE,orals. If yet it entertains any iinger-
ing thought OF being able TO induce the
Cuhans 70 accept autonomy and hope
less cebf as the price OF peace with Spain.
We are afraid that there have been perhaps
few cuhdns In this country who, for q
handsome slice OF the plunder expected
out of The McCook- olney Atklns- Roths.
child bDnd deal, have been willing to
lend themselves TO the autonomy and rob-
berry scheme. In the light of the letters
which we publish, pcnned by the men who
alone have tho first and final right 10
speak Cor tie revolution, Mr.. Mckinley
should take warning, and cease to treat
with people who, whatever they might
pIcnhise could do nothing in the way Of
performance.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
diI'oticy

Itl'otitN.
wheI a man comes home quite late, I'm a
rather hoozy state,
How his wife viii welt il to him with her
tongue
He will sit there, calm and mute, while She
tells hirn he's a butte
Just tie greatest fiend that ever vert
unhung
Let him hint he has his eyes on wheel
about l.er size,
Down her cheeks the damp, repentant
tears viii flow;
In her arms shell clasp him tight; tell him
he's her heart s delight
1t is policy to do it, don't you know.
In her home a pretty girl, one you'd think
priceless pearl,
Will be spiteful. cross, and surly a d
bear,
She VIII snap at her mamma, scoi,i her
venerable pa.
Ana will pun her little brother tousl III
hair.
But when Chawley comes to WOO she will
smile ard bill and COO,
Not trace OF ugly temper will she show.
She II Ire gentle as dove, sweet as angel
II is policy to do IL, don't you know.
When q man meets with reverse and has
nothing In hts purse.
And he dresses in worn and shabby suit,
All the friends he ever had say he s going
to the bad,
And they help him on the journey with
the boot.
But should fortune light his track they win
pat li,n on the back,
Every evidence of love for him tbeyll
show,
And viii tell him how they bet he would
win the battle yet
1t is policy to do it, don't you know.
Many man engaged in trade lays his
srruples in the sha de-
And Will heat his fellow man In every
deal.
He viii play his cards to win, even to the
verge Of sin,
And the slightest prick of conscience
never feel.
Then upon the Sabbath day to the church
he'll wend his way,
And the praises from his pious lips win
flow;
He viii sing ana lead in prayer with
humble Christian air
1t is policy to do it, don't you know.
Thus IL is tile wide world Ger, IL you probe
them to the core,
Many men you'll find who lead a dual
life,
Yet they think they're doing right; that to
win the earthly fight
They Must use deceptive weapons in the
strife.
When their final race is run, when their
moral work is done,
And they hear the summons calling them
TO go,
II should &c their last request in asbestos
10 lie dressed
Twill be pol:cytJ do it, don't you know.
The Denver Evening Post.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
Glen Echo
Concert Every Afternoon and Evening
by the
Royal Hungarian Band.
ADMISSION FREE
Service a la carteat city prices.
A Diplomatic Failure.
From the Detroit Free Press :.

tFTOTn the Detroit FREE freSSb
The n:aa with the red necktie and the
raveled shirt eGffs smiled brightly as he
entered the grocery carrying a paper tag.
Good morning. lie seid, cheerily; you
remember. bought two dozen eggs from
you last night. Well, after I had reached
home ! found there had been a mistake.
and -"
"Fritzr' called the grocer, who was do
iug some figuring OFT a piece OF wrapping
paper @tth stumpy pencil, 'gif dis gen
tlcman one dozen more of eggs riyhd
qwick.''
Tie grocer's boy started to obey, but the
man with ,hc red necKtic beamingly inter-
posed.
No, no. he said; you don't understand
EN- The mistake
"Fritz-' said the grocer, without looking
up, "cir dot gent lerIial two dozen more eggs,
und you don't better make any more mis-
da k,s, or I wire you."
"But, my dear str, that ism t right yet.
When I counted the eggs l found there
was"
..Gif der gentleman dose fife dozen eggs
voU you sheated him out NIT righd away
dell you, Fritz said the grocer sternly, as
he bit the end OF his pencil and frowned,
''or l discharge you at vonce."
The man with the red necktie laughed
softly and looked sidewise dt the canned
goods or the shelves.
THE mistake was the other way" he
said. ''He gave me six eggs too many,
and have bro1ghf them back to you. iJ
is a small matter, but 1t has always been
NY rule to lie correct in samll matters
as well as large. Your store is convenient
on my way nome, and we may be needing
some more things in a day or two. Those
hams, now look very NICE
Fritz ~ said the grocer, ''you gif dis
gentleman six dozen Wrist class eggs in a
bag, und drow in two oranges und hant-
full OK dose nice dried currants. We al
ways correct dose mistakes ven We makes
dem. You ycost trop in, mein friend on
your way home ds often as you blease und
bay dose hams uni oder groceries, und you
will hlease remember dot dey vos spot
cash on der counter efery time. 1 vos
very sorry apout dot mistake We make nit
dose eggs. We dries to blease our cash
customers in efery way dot We can
The evening times., 1897-09-29
JUST FOR FUN.

He Where are you going. my pretty
maid? SLe-Im going TO mind my own
business. and yuu had better do the same.
-SoniervIlle Journal.
"Thcy say there aIe no birds in the Klon-
dixie regiohs.'
""h. bat there are gulls .''-ChicagO
Tribute.
Mick twriiingb-near Bridget: IL / ain't
hack before comes, I shall arrive as soon
as get there, don't miss me when We
meet Chicago News.
..Bcosseepers seldom get a day Off"
That's SO: their employers think they
get exercise enough running up and down
their columns Of figures Chicago Record
Twin Difficulties. Fair visitor-I sup
pose, Mr. Palette, that true art is very diff
cdlI 90 :Iu,lcrst and MI. Palette About as
difficult to understand. madam, as it is
Ia s,iI Detroit Free Press.
What was the most you ever was
WORTH
Waywc;n Watson-'-Lemme see. think
the biggest reward ever offered for me
WAS SIC. Cincinnati Enquirer.
IL come TO tell you, said tenant to his
Wei, responded The Landlord, Indignantly,
"what do you expect to getfor 81 amonth-
a cellar full Of beer? : Wichita Eagle
Clever lightning change artist, isn't
he?''
Can't hold a candle to my wife. She
can change her mind twenty times in
twenty seconds wit hout leaving the
room cleveland Plain Dealer.
And now some iconoclast denies that
Nero fid.Iled while Rome was burning be-
cause fiddles Were not invented in that
day. Perhaps he merely sang, ''Thereri
he a Hot Time ~ The Old Tine Tonight
Chicago Times-l!eraid.
lie gust tintoducesi,-whata very homely
person teat gentleman near the piano is,
Mrs. Blacx?
She-Isn't he! That is Mr.. Black.
How true it is. Mrs. Black, that the
hoia,ly men alwa Y get he prettiest wives?"
'.Thc lips that touch liquor shall never
touch MINER
Was the theme of the spinster's song,
And all WHO occasionally look on the wine
Applauded her loudly and long.
Chicago Tines Herald.
Said the grave gray goose to her gosing
gay:
Don't walk SO queer and jerky!
Just glide, or people along the way
May mistake you for a turkey"
Quoth Madam Turkey: Don't walk So
flat;
DO move with more animation
Ms sonl They'll think you're goslIngl
That
Would be such a modification.
-Independent.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1897.
Notes of the Day.

Once mare the Hon. Thomas c. Plats has
acTnonsEatcd his absolute control over the
Republican voting ard fat frying machine OF
New York. His con zen zion last night nomi-
pa.cd his sons law partner, Gen. b. f.
Tracy. for mayor, and the Hon. A Ashbel r.
FTsoh. a guld-bolter Democrat for comp
trollcr This was done that il should come
Go pass a. H. was written There is no
.lisceruiile difference bcsween a Platt Re-
publican and d Cleveland Democrat" In
the contention, when il came 10 voting on
nomiIa q ions for mayor, the ballot stood,
2e7 FOR Tracy, AZ for Low, and . for ex-
Mayor Schroeder of Brooklyn. The plat
form an honest aud dstraightforwarddJcu-
men. wf'ich does not attempt To eyade ma
tionsi issues, but declares them % he in
vogvcd il. the present fight for control OF
Amcric.' $ greatestcits. The st. Louis plat
form, gold monomesallic oppression of the
masses the robber trust and monopoly tar
irf- all are heartily indorsed IN vigorous
language. Is is a platform and ticket
upon which ell enemies 3f the people can
unite. and together they present an issue
which the New York Democracy VIII have
TO meet with equal party e bur ageani frans
ness, whether Tammany Hall is willing to
do - or nO..
The evening times., 1897-09-29

ON the evidence of the returns, the
yellow fever epidemic is on the wane and
win soon lose general interest, barring
unforeseen circumstances i iS yet SIX
weeks 30 the time when We safely can
count upon frost in the FAR South. and,
until then, there viii I've some danger of
new 5ubreaks. But that peril would he
far greater in fever year when the
disease was as virulent and fatal as il
was IN 1873 or even in 1888. As fire.
Quentlv mentioned, this season the die
ease appears in about the Ightest form
ever known. New Orleans reported / q new
cases and 2 deaths; Mobile, 10 new cases
and no deaths; Ocean Springs, 1 new
case and no deaths, and Scranton, 4 new
cases and no deaths so the nioriaiitr
for the twenty-four hours cHding at g
p. ia. last evening, amounted only 60 2.
Attention Us being directed TO the strange
frcat OF the eTderic in leaving Ocean
Springs where IL originated. Although
there are still 900 persons LEFT in the
town. oi,Iy four are i'll, and they IL. con
valesCent The negro population of New
Orleans gives tie physicians some snN
ICtk Negroes are having the fever in
such q light form a. to make il almost
impossible % diagnose, aud their un-
restrained movements have Il tendency 10
spread il The general situation il quite
cncour ging.
The evening times., 1897-09-29

bis anxious w--craw-cra-w-" anj
goes to sleep. the rooster is nuisance.
The hea rs not Sd noisy, but she is quite 80
In dustrious, and the two OF them co.
gether have q talent for extracting bulbs.
seeds and young sprouts from the soft
earth of ones garden, which can only be
the result of meny generations of total
deprav!ty in this direction. Yet there are
always citizens no have the farming in
stinct SO strong within them that they
will raise chickens, even in the city. II
they were put into flat in New York
tenement they would have a chicken
coop under the kitchen sink, and win.
dow-box of tomato plants and potatoes,
and raise pumpkins or the roof, musf.
roci.is in the cellar, and Cain in the breasts
of the other tenants. The farming in
sinct In souIe men is like the housekeeping
instinct in some w,men-it is SO strong
that 1t will work under diSouragemeflts
as substantial as q thousand of brick. But
all the same, it is hard on the neighlDrs.
Perhaps, IL every man wakened by the
ROSTERS halle;ujah as he tiptoes on the
fence at half past three a. m, would get
up and play 1.-The Maiden's Prayer on
the -eornct, IL might be effective as
revenge.
The evening times., 1897-09-29

Letters from Gems. Maxine Gomez Ca
lixto Garcia, Jose Maria Rodriguez, V. Du
caSse, and Alejsndro Rodriguez, giving their
views on the woodford negotiations, and
correspondents I'm Cuba. We're published
IN our news columns today. The mess AZ.
they send TO the people OF America we
comrn snd as well tuthe Government. Gen.
Gomez writes that ne has often expressed
his opinion that America is morally hound
10 give Cuoa bellige-c,3c rights and in this
opinion tie general may rest assured that
nearly every American citizen heartily and
indignantly concurs. The grand old Lib
erat0r adds that Cleveland when i'm power.
was quite aware of his views. and Presi
dent Mckinley is no less so. What less
can the great American Republic do fur
an American people fighting for it's in
dependence against the most cruel and
most back ward OF European nationse"
The united voice Of American citizenship
and patriotism answers: Nothing less!''
Simple justice and national duty have de
maE,lec that it sIiouid be done long ago.
But for the foreign and domestic holders
OF Spanish Cuban bonds and the Sugar
Trust it would have been done. While
Trey control the Republican party it will
not be