The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1897-09-10

"A little seven year old girl in
town who has been promised
something new, is having a hard
llme to make up her mind what
her choice will be. She is undecid-
ed betW en- apiano, a bicycle or a
babE, with the advantage slight
ly III favor Of the baby.
Among the other improvements
recently made by DR.. Rose in the
ilNlng up OF his store building, is
the putting in of gas fixtures for
the new illuminant, acetylene,
Will.h he purposes to use in
lighting the building. The gas
Is sad to give most beautifully
clear light, free from smoke and
Las no dangerously explosive
qualities.
Rev. S. G. Updyke of W7aseca,
Mlnn, who is spending yaca-
tlon at Big Stone Lake, will
preach in the Congregational
church next Sunday morning
and evening. Mr.. Updyke was
pastor OF the congregational
church at WatertoWn fu4. several
years and was afterward Senator
/ kyles successor at Aberdeen.
Mr.. L. @. Aldrich one Of the
very early settlers in Vernon
township, has leased his farm to
John Black, and will move into
Mllbank next month, having
rented Mrs. Maynard 5 residence
IN Bartlett S addition for his town
home. Mr. Aldrich is advertis-
| ing an auction sale Of stock and
farm implements for Saturday
the 18th at the farm, and will
offer horses. COWS, heifers,
calves, wagon, ploWs. drag, drill,
corn ploW, harvester, and other
tools.
Some time ago when we were
taken into Wood Bros are-house
to see their bic stock OF the New
Deere Gangs, we expressed as
tonishment at the large mum Der
and wanted to know what they
intended to do with them all
We have just been invited to see
their floor again and find that
the last plov has been sold and
that they are just getting in
new ear load.
Frank Constantine OF Twin
Brooks, was again in court yes
terday before Justice Preyey.
The complainant was August
Tasslar, who wanted F-ank
placed under bonds not to shoot,
as the latter had threa ened to
put bullets into Tassler because
he as engineer Of threshing
machine had run over a watering
tub. The intlammable character
Of Frank S liquor and an un-
goyernable temper is constantly
getting him into trouble. He
would do we'll to make an i'm
proyement along both Of these
lines.
Rev. S. G. Updyke, who
breaches in the congregational
church next Sunday is an old
Dakotian, having been member
of the state constitutional con
vention, and for some time pro
fessor of Rhetoric and English
Literature at the State Agricul-
tural College at Brookings. Mr..
Updyke was elected Chaplain Of
the National G. A. r. a few years
ago, at that time the first Dako-
tian ever elected to an Office in
that body.
A goodly number OF our citl-
zens are this week making st.
Paul and Minneapolis their head
quarters while taking in the state
fair and incidentally doing busi-
ness in the cities. Among these
are: Mrs. E. D. Ely and son, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Ranous, Miss Car
rick. Mrs. w. NJ. Thomas, Mr..
and Mrs. E. McCollum, Mr.. Eek
er. Mr.. ]. G. Wood, son and
daughter, Mrs. Thos. Fitch,
Thos. Kippen, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. King, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Fanset, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Staats,
Mr.. G. w. Merry, S. NJ. Pasco,
Harold and George Ashton,
Merit Wiseman, D. B. Nichols,
Mrs. l. Conright-