Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-29
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The old settlers association will.
meet ut Onida, Sept. 20.
Bartlett Trip lectured to the stu,
dents of Yankton college the other
day.
Parker schools are crowded, and an
other room will be fitted up in the
| SchOOlhOuSc.
The McCook county Sunday school
convention was held mt Bridgewater
Thursday, Sept 20.
The fall term OF the state university
opened with an increased attendance.
A large percentage Of the old students
came back, bringing with them many
new ones.
The new ,lormitoly ut the Industrial
school mt Plankin,nn is progressing
finely and when cuini..:s'd it will be
one of the finest bui.,:i::.S of its kind
in The West.
The Womcn's rr!ice cnr,,3 of Aber-
deem have sent 500 lG 'l;.:::,.."ny # ut
Manila. as an c:IC:Geiit: iund to be
used in lie relief OF SICK soldiers OF
| the company.
Rev. DAVIS OF st. IaWrccCs will soon
| remove his publication, ti:,. l>akOtan
Witness az. Reporter, a ii:"nthly pa
per published ~ The inteIts SITS Of the
| Methodist church, from st. Lawrence"
to Huron.
Work OH the Hhw t,s"u -. ut Bry-
ant is progressive: i::.!;,:.'. it will be
the largest builulng L.. SIC town when
completed. and will est over $1,000.
| \ large amount of ot:,Sr building is
also being done, and everything is
booming.
| Nothing definite has yet been learned
as to the identity of the man who COM
mitted suicide near Erwin last week.
He was probably tifty-thrce years old,
and was clad in dark clothing some
what worn. He was seen in Erwin
early in the day.
A prolonged and quite heavy earth
quake passed through Hurley recently.
1t seemed to be much longer and more
distinct than that ofFeb. 1S, 1895.
Miss Matte Thomas, who recently
graduated from the Manning School Of
| Oratory of Minneapolis, has accepted
an offer from the trustees of the Red
field college to take charge of the de-
partment Of elocutiOn. Miss Thomas,
will enter upon her new work next
week.
Corporal Harry Barr has arrived
home ut Aberdeen direct from San
tiago on thirty-day furlOugh. He is.
still suffering from the effects OF vel
low fever and is very weak. He hopes
to recuperate so as to be able to re-
| join his regiment when his furlougn
expires.
| A correspondent of the Rapid Jour
nal from Custer says that that paper
was off in reporting that eleven inches
OF snow fell there recently. and adds
that the last measurement was four
teen inches. The water measurement
was 30 inches. which isn't bad for
the list of September.
A triple wedding occurred ut the
home of Mr.. Alderman. about strl
miles north Of Revillo. The parties
united were John \. CarSkic and Josie
Roberts. Maurice Stanford ans! Grace
Roberts. Elmer Thomas and Nellie
Ackerman Rev. Fitch. OF Millank,
performed the ceremony.
Burglars 90. red the store and post
office Il: l,:'r. Clay county, recently,
but ,Ic;.u:;''. very little money. The
mail bags ,.rIe cmp1iud and their con-
| tents scattered @n the floor OF the
store. in whi,u'the pOslOtficc is Sitllat-
| ed. The store was also ranSackrn and
articles Of clothing taken.
L. II. Smith of New York left Abe
ma recently with Il train load OF cattle,
which he had summcred in that vici.l-
| ity. Mr.. Smith is an extensive dealer
in stock, and summers cattle there cv-
cry year, as he has been able to get the
| best results from cattle Summcreu
| there in comparison with other places.
One of the i:Hest punches of cattle
from the cedan Sioux land range to 60
from Clam':.) ..;,;;l tits fall left recent
ly by {. s!.aciHi train OF eleven cars for
Sioux City. The entire train load was
obtained for Mallory Sons Il thinner
man Co., by their local agent, Mr..
Schilling.
| A horrible accident occurred near
Menno, wherein {; young daughter of
Jacob Mueller, some thirteen years cid
who was cutting bands for thIcsling
machine, met with injuries which
proved fatal She was caught by the
tumbling rod and literally manglcd be-
fore the machine could be stopped, by
being pounded against the ground.
At pcrpont. station seven miles
north of Andovcr, PARROTS store WIS
entered and robbed Of gloves. mittel>
underwear and watches worth about
$500. Tho thieves gained admission
by taking out Il light Of glass from the
! front. Mr.. PARROT offers !; reward OF
$50 for the arrest and conviction of
the thieves.
Grand Recorder J. d. LAWN has
sent to the various a. O. L. w. lodges
their proportion Of the $1,000 prize
received from the supreme lodge for
having shown an increase of - per
cent in membership during the year.
Sioux Falls took in 324 members and
gets $253.92. Aberdeen came next
with $40 new members and gets
$1SS.O0.
Mathew Flynn. chief consul for
South Dakota for the League of Amer
lean Whcelmcn. acting under instruc-
tons from Grand Consul Potter. has
ordered !; boycott against Hon C.. S.
Palmer, candidate for attorney gen
| rral upon the fusion ticket This is