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


Capt. Joe Reynick has been made
deputy sheriff.
The new county officials were sworr
in on last Tuesday.
The first train to arrive from Abber
deem was on Tuesday night at 1880.
4Grant Reid of Chicago is here on q
LIT with dis brother, John F. Reid.
FIG. Buchanan was the guest OF THE
COURIER firm on Saturday and New.
Years day.
The art of ''snow shoveling" was in.
dulged in by all lovers Of home on
Tuesday morning.
Public school opened on Tuesday,
( there being no session on Monday on
account of the storm.
A sister OF Rev. A. H. Lyman,
formerly OF this place was married last
week in Beadle county.
The newspapers report that many of
the Legislators were snow-bound and
unable to reach Pierre.
Hawarden has organized new
building and loan association. A. b.
Maynard has been selected as secre-
tary.
Chicago g. Northwestern railroad
earnings for the mouth of November
decreased 5000 1874 and from June l, de-
creased 81, 1929.
Gross earnings OF the Milwaukee rail-
road for the third week in December
were $500, 52s, against $653,sl7 for the
same period in 1895; decrease, 500, 289.
Misses Gertrude Hagen, and Kit
Ryan of Sioux City, and Kate and Anna
Connors, of Jefferson. attended the
dance in this city on New Years eve
ming.
James Olson, Of this county has been
chosen watchman for the Legislature.
Mr.. Olson is good fellow and Is
thoroughly deserving of populistic
honors.
I John Sellberg of Sioux Valley, wSs
in the city on Saturday on business, in
tending to return on Monday, but, ow-
ing to the storm he concluded to stay 4
day longer.
We have large number OF old
papers which we will sell at Is cents
per hundred. They are just the thing
for pantry shelves or to paper room
to keep the cold away.
The Parsons-Pe.etier dry goods
stock, In Sioux City, which was closed
recently on chattel mortgage was sold
on Tuesday to Geo. NJ. Shelley Of
Kansas City for $4,000. ~
No trains passed through Elk Point
on Monday on account OF the storm.
The Tuesday morning passenger, one
hour late brought the first mail re-
ceived from Chicago since Saturday.
Hon. L. N. Grill, OF this county, has
been chosen president of the senate.
Now if the legislature will make him
U. S. senator we will say "well done
thou good and faithful servants OF the
people,"
Another fire broke out in Fitzgerald
last week entailing q loss OF $1,000.
Col. Wilson is engaged in building q
big hotel. In January denizens OF the
soldier town will vote on the question
Of prohibition.
On Wednesday our college students
returned to the various institutions
which they are attending. Miss Nellie
Freeman and Will Talcott went to
Vermillion; Miss Lydia Hoffman, Alva
Hasson and Harry Joy to Yankton and
Ray Carhart to Mitchell.
We have placed folder in The
COURIER Office and it will be in opera
ton within week. 1t folds THE CoU.
RIER by machinery leaving nothing to
be done by hand except to grab a
bundle and place the name Of the sub.
scriber upon it. It is . peculiar ma
chine and we'll worthy Of inspection.
Miss Nelson of Aberdeen will act as
stenographer for Gov. Lee, while Tom
Ayers-the beautiful and irridescent
Tom, whose scintilations and IL
Nominations Of the body polite have
thrilled Clay county of and on for ten
years, will act rs private secretary.
Tom is bright boy, and with balance
wheel he may be success morally,
physically and politically
G. r. Mallahan was In Winnebago
City this week, looking over the town
and it, people with view OF locating
there and again enbarking on the sea
journalism. The Press. Of that city is
for sale, and nothing would please ~
more than ~ aea Mr. Mailman hoOnmA