The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-10-21

ieoh Dulk oysters at Wed
dell S restaurant.
Wood Bros. advertise an un-
usually fine stock of lum Der and
building material.
I Mr.. and Mrs. H, J. Benedict
made an overland trip to Benson
last week to visit their son Ed
Doctors O'Ready and Robin
sou performed a surgical oper-
atlon upon Mrs. Jacob Ham
mond last Saturday.
Our Dakota sunshine has been
conspicuous by it's absence this
week, and rain, wind and snow
constituted the program.
The Masonic craft at Orton-
VILE celebrate the completion of
their new Masonic temple bv q
banquet and ball this evening.
The d. of Fl. card social, which
was to have been given Friday
evening, has been postponed one
week on account of the weather.
Attorney Bertin d. Gamble
was enjoying Il visit from his
mother the first of the week.
Sac was on her way from her
home at Ipswich to visit friends
IN Minnesota.
Arthur G. Phillips, late of
Sioux Falls, who is known to a
number Of Milbank people, is now
located at Kansas city, on the ed
ltorial staff of the Kansas City
World.
The infant child of Mr.. n. A.
Olson Of Big Stone township that
was mentioned last week as be
ing i'll with lung fever died on
Saturday, the remains being
brought to Milbank Monday for
burial
Senator PettlgreW. who was
billed to appear here on Tuesday
evening failed to putin an appear
ance, but the disappointment Of
the populace was not Of an incur
able character, and the prob
abilities are that we will survive
the shock.
Two extra pages in this week $
edition is devoted to a review Of
Gov. Lee 5 administration It
will be well for all voters, and
particularly our populist friends
to look over this record, and then
decide if it has indeed been one
Of reform
n. c. Ecklund, IL former resi-
dent of the county, now located
1t Nasa, Goodhue county, Mimi,
where he is postmaster and en-
gagged in the general merchandise
is visiting Grant coun
ty friends and attending to some
business affairs here.
The South Dakota Methodist
Episcopal conference IS being
held at Parker this week. On
account of this there will be no
preaching service at the Meth
,dist church IN the morning.
school and league meet
ngs as usual and the EpWorth
eague will have a bible reading
1t 7:30 in the evening, to which
he public are cordially invited.
On account of the inclemency
# the weather Tuesday evening
he fine musical entertainment
given by the Chicago Lady Quar-
5ette was not as fully attended
is it should have been, the quality /
# the entertainment considered.
The quartette is a wonderful col
ection Of vocal talent, and entire
Y worthy Of the encomlums
hat have been given it by press
md people.
The IT.. S. Government IS some
-imes a little slow il settling up |
IS accounts, but it gets there
.yentnally. A ease IN point has
8 do with our neighbor, Judge |
4. +. Abbott, who learned a few
ago that he had an open
account with the government
which had been running for the
,arst thirty-seven years. Upon
Investigation Mr.. Abbott dis
that the government |
books showed that he was the
.redltor of the government and
,ad been since the fall Of Of 1851,
when he was acting in the ca
mcity Of soldier for Uncle Sam.
rhe total amount Of the indeb'-
.dness was S93. S3, for which an
rider was promptly sent, and
he account closed. Among the
TENS was pay from Sept. . to
)ct 81. 1861, and shortage and
raveling expense and subsis-
enee from Little Rock, Ark, to
ookagon, Mich. Mr.. Abbott