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

Mount Hope, Jan. 4, 1S97-How many
times have you failed to write it 1897?
Did you swear of as usual?
Quite sudden change In the weather
up this way.
We got considerable of the beautiful
Sunday, but it was piled up a. usual.
II. r. Stoutenburg got . bran new
baby girl for Christmas and New
Years present, born Sunday, Dec. q.
Miss Alice Stoutenburg Is. home from
her holiday visit at Akron.
T. j Reeves and family returned last
week from Christmas trip to Seney,
Iowa.
Rev. Mattson went to Nathaniel to
spend New Years and conduct services
at the church there.
Mr.. John Sellberg was passenger
for Elk Point Saturday where he had
some business with the county COM
missioners. He will return today.
The several schools in this locality
start up again today after the holiday
vacation.
Miss Tillie Olson came home from
the university to spend the holidays.
The Lutherans had their Christmas
festival week ago Sunday night and
the church was taxed to it's utmost
capacity to hold the crowd. From those
who were able to attend we learn that
the entertainment surpassed all previ-
GUS efforts and called forth much mer-
tied praise. Chas. johnson and wife
and Ben Aaron of Akron assisted in the
choir and Miss Hilma Olson had q reci-
tation about Santa Claus which was e.
pecially praised. Many nice presents
we're distributed from the tree and
everyone had good time.
Rev. MattsOn came here just before
Christmas to spend the holiday vaca-
ton, and is preaching in the Lutheran
churches here and at Nathaniel. Mr..
Mattson's many friends are glad to have
him here again.
A sad accident occurred here Satur-
day evening, December 26, In which
Herman jacobson was killed. He had
been at the Lutheran church during
the day assisting in decorating the
room for the Christmas festival, and
returning home after dark found Il
necessary to get some hay for his team.
He hitched his horses to the wagon
and went to the meadow. shortly after
the team ran to neighb0rs and be-
came entangled in q wire fence.
August Anderson discovered them and
reported to Mr.. John Ericsson, where
Jacobson boarded. A searching party
soon found Jacobson unconscious about
trirty rods from the stack, where he
had been loading hay, severe cuts were
found in his forehead and arm and his
back was also injured. He was taken
to Mr.. Ericson's. and Drs. Clark aud
Cilly OF Akron called. They succeed
ed in restoring him to consciousness,
but he soon expired without being able
to throw any light on how the accident
happened. 1t is presumed that when
he got the hay in the wagon box that
he undertook to get on the wagon BY
climbing on the tongue, and while do
ing SO the horses became frightened,
and that he slipped on them and was
kicked to death. Herman jacobson
was single man and had only been In
this county few years, and was In
dustriOus and made friends with oil.
He has only one relative In America,
Mrs. j. E. Ericsson, sister. his other
relatives being In Sweden. The funeral
was held Monday at the Lutheran
church Of which he was q member,
Rev. Mallson conducted the services.
The interrnent being in the church
yard. His surviving sister has the
sympathy OF . host Of friends.