Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-01

}. M. IalcOtt was called TO GanktOn
last week by the serious illness of Mrs.
Talcott. but she is now rapidly i'm
proving.
Joseph ID. Tucker passed quietly
away yesterday morning, and the fn
neral we understand. will be attended
from The NJ. f. church at p. III. today.
The watch charm and fan, advertised
IN the COURIER last month As lost. have
been found and returned TO their own
ers. IT you want to reach the people
advertise in the COURIER.
Dyspepsia Cured. Shilohs Vitalizer
Immediately relieves Sour Stomach,
Coming up Of Food Distress, and is the
great kidney and liver remedy. Sold by
w. j. Conley Il Son.
The Congl. Sunday School announce
patriotic concert exercise entitled
Our Country for Lext Sunday morn
ing, the 4,h. Everybody cordially
invited to attend.
Pres. Warren of Yankton college is
in the city this morning between
trains on his way to Canton. He de-
livers the Independence Day Grafton at
Hudson SATURDAY.
The Elk Point list OF prospective
voters has been increased by two in as
| many days. a son WAS born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Langdon Sunday. and
one to Mr. and Mrs. +. Caldwell Tues
day. The -parents have our hearty
congratulations.
The lecture at the NJ. T.. church
Thursday evening was well attended
and gave excellent satisfaction. An
other lecture was announced by re-
quest for Friday evening, which was
poorly attended but said to have been
| o. even greater merit than the first
one. Entertainments OF this character
are worthy Of most hearty support.
Mrs. James Steckman and her two
children started for California Tues
| day night She has a brother living
at Los Angeles. whom she will visit
| for a time in the hope that the change
of climate will benefit her health. Her
many friends sincerely hope the visit
, will bring to her all the Improvement
| she expects.
The graduating exercises for the
eighth year pupils will be held at Elk
Point, Friday July9 H.k. Warren, of
i
t" deliver IA lecture adapted to the oc.
casion. Let me urge all members of
| the class to he present.
Don. \. Crawford.
Co. Supt.
A subscriber can't escape paying for
| his paper if the publisher chooses to
push his claim The sgd Dakota
| Ekko. OF Sioux Falls, got after one
! Eolskness, OF Flandreau, who owed 81.
| He was sued and the entire bill ,includ-
ing costs. amounted to $50 hen he got
| around to pay it. That gentleman
now wishes he had been IA little more
willing to pay his just debts.
The Driving Association has engaged
the NJ w. a. Band of Wakanda to fur
! nsh music for the race meeting here.
The boys come uniformed and wsth
! the r own band wagon and horses.
| There are eighteen members altog other.
ana they come well recommended.
| They arc expected to prove as great
au attraction and render as good SER
vice as any band ever employed here.
All gentlemen and ladies who are
willing to take part in the bicycle pa
rade Saturday are requested TO report
such fact to Nell Kent. Trim wheels
with red wEi,e and blue. 4 50 prize is
| offered for the best decorated machine.
All wheclmen are invited to be at the
| depot at 10 o'clock to act as escort for
the visitors who arrive on the excur-
sion train. The parade will form at
that time and place.
Call and sec tao 500 Art Co.'S Novelty.
| Something ncw.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Hoffman. with the
the Two eldest children. Alice and
Charles, Miss kittie French and Alvah
| HassOn started yesterday morning for
the Christian Endeavor Convention in
San Francisco. They will be gone sew
eral weeks. and will spend some time
in visiting friends before returning. 1t
was happy company that started
away, quite n group of their friends
being at the depot to see them Off. We
expect TO publish during the summer
several interesting letters regarding
their jonrneyines aud sght-seeings.
1.-THE people OF Sioux City are still
wondering about Donald McLean's rail
road: how he keeps in funds and where
| the first dirt will be stirred. Since
he has encouraged Ponca to expect to
become the terminus. with shops and
other intercontinental equipment OF a
great railroad, SinuxCitv may well
| wonder whether it will be on the line"
Tribune. ELK Point too has been
standing by with bated breath to see
The deed done, but we have now de-
cided out Of the goodness Of our heart,
| to let Ponca and Jefferson have all
there is in the Trans-continental,
| ED COURIER
Shortly after one o'clock Friday
morning Uriah Wood was awakened
by the sound of horses in distress, and
found John Cnrry's barn to be on FIRE.
An alarm was quickly rung, in but the
fire was so far advanced when discov-
cred that nothing could be saved from
that building. Four fine horses. one
a high grade Percheron, and one large
hog were destroyed. F. NJ. Gilmore's
store house adjoining was also burned,
containing two single and one double
cutter nearly new, two or three set OF