The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-08-12

oaher wagon is the best on earth,
Tor sale at Wood Bros. 81
Mrs w. B. Saunders and Miss
nan are enjoying the sights of
the Trans Mississippi exposition.
The great newspaper of the
great west is the Omaha Bee.
1t will be sent to your address
I'LL Jan. |, 1899, for % cents.
Mr., and Mrs. j. B. Stone left
on a business trip for Chicago
yesterday, and will visit their
daughter, Gertrude, in that city.
: John Birch, who has been liv.
ing down at Albee the last few
months, has gone up to his
Blooming Valley farm to attend
to the harvesting.
The Union hotel under the
proprletorship of Mrs. John
Walsh, has recently been re-
painted and had other improve
ments and repairs added.
Mrs. r. Bell and family go to
Minneapolis today for several
weeks visit with friends and to
see a nephew who has recently
joined the Minnesota volunteers.
Charley Tunell, the Orton-
vile miller, was in town Wednes-
day morning on his way home
from Webster, where he had
been on business trip.
The driving park association
are making arrangements for
two days races the latter part Of
next month in connection with a
circuit formed in western Min
nesOta.
The Congregational young
people invite everybody to a
sociable at the church and par
sonage lawn Friday evening.
If unsuitable weather for an out
of door occasion, the parsonage
will be open for their use.
VIM. Lumbrict, who was work
ing as a farm hand for Mrs. +.
Schultz, seven and one half miles
north of Revillo, was found
dead Monday morning near the
barn. The circumstances all
pointed to the fact that the man
had fallen from the barn window.
breaking his neck, while intoxi-
Gated.
The dedication of the new NJ.
+ church at Corona will take
place on Sept. II, or the second
Sunday of the month. Rev
Burdick sends us the announce
ment as above, because Sept. t
had been by mistake given out
as the date in Wilmot papers.
A new bell has just been placed
in the tower, aud the plastering
Of the building has been about
completed.
The Milbank high school alum
nj consisting of the young people
who have graduated from the
city schools at various times,
and their friends to the number
of about thirty held a reunion
and banquet at the st. Hubert
last evening. An enjoyable eve
ming was had renewing old as
sociations and discussing the
very inviting spread pr pared
by Messrs Mehegan 4 Fairchlld.
On a visit to the farm of John
Hicks in Melrose township last
Monday we had the pleasure OF
seeing a very fine apple orchard
of Duchess and other hardy va
rieties. The trees are all N a
most promising and healthy con-
dition, and nearly all have con
siderable quantities OF fruit.
The orchard is well protected by
wind breaks of cotton wood and
box elder trees and adds charm
to a south Dakota farm that is
not frequently met with, but
which gives beauty and practical
value to the surrounding land.
Some people are 50 very pecu
liar that they never tell the
printer about themselves or their
families and yet if they are visit
ed BY relative or friend or make
a trip to the city they expect 1t
to appear in the paper with dates
and names all right, and It It
doesn' t their mad. Don 7 think
that the editor will believe you
over anxious to "get your name
in the paper" if you tell hlm
about Yourself, your family or
uonr business. This is a mistak-
on idea. The editor always es-
teens it special favor to him
self to get an item of news for
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