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

uelltS VI 1HnktOu cOlleSC tne Otner
day.
Parker schools are crowded, and an
other room will be fitted up in the
schoolhouse.
The McCook county Sunday school
| convention was held Mt Brldgewater
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.
school ut Planllintnn is progressing
finely, and when ccini...,.td it will be
one of the finest buildings of its kind
in the West. ....
The Womcn's RELIEF corps Of Aber-
deem have sent 500 lG 't;.:::...'ny # at
Manila. rs an c:nc:,cnr: ioHd to be
used in the relief OF SICK soldiers OF
the company. .....
Rev. DAVIS OF St i.awrcCCs will soon
remove his publication, It's. pakotan
Witness aI.;, Reporter, n I:":ithly pa
per published ~ The Interests Of the
Methodist church, from st. Lawrence
to Huron.
Work on the Kew t,wu ~! at Bry-
ant is prOgrCSS.'-- i::.!,,:..'. it will be
the largest builuing L.. SIC town when
completed. and will est over $1,000.
\ large amount Of otosr 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-three years old,
and was clad in dark clothing some
what worn. He was seen in Erwin
early in the day.
\ prolonged and quite heavy earth
quake passed through Hurley recently.
1t seemed to be much longer and more
distinct than that ofFeb. 10, 1885.
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 fUrlough
| 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 III the
home of MI Alderman. about etrl
miles north Of Revillo. The parties
united were John \. Carskie and Josie
Roberts, Maurice Stanford and Grace
Roberts. Elmer Thomas and Nellie
Alderman. Rev. Fitch. of Nilhank.
performed the ceremony.
Burglars ca. red the store and post
office Il: l>'., Clay county, recently,
but .'c;u::,. very little money. The
mail bags acre emptiud and their COR
tents scattered IN the floor Of the
store. in whi.;rthe pOslottice is >tua'-
ed The store was also ranSackpn and
articles of clothing taken.
L. r. Smith of New York left -Al,e-
ma recently with Il train load OF cattle,
which he had Summcred in that vlcil-
| 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 summcred
there in comparison with other places.
One of the i:..cst punches of cattle
from tho cedaa Sioux land range to go
| e 70 10
| ly by {. s.ariai train OF eleven cars for
Sioux City. The entire train load WAS
obtained for Mallory Sons 4 thinner
man Co., by their local agent. Mr..
Schilling.
A horrible accident occurred near
NlenHo. wherein a young daughter of
Jacob Mueller, some thirteen years cid,
who was cutting bands for a thrcslling
machine, met with injuries which
proved fatal. She was caught by the
tumbling rod and literally mangled be-
fore the machine could be stopped, by
being pounded against the ground.
At picrpont Il station seven miles
north of Andover, PARROTS store WIS
entered and robbed of gloves. mittcls.
underwear and watches worth about
$500 Tho thieves gained admission
by taking out Il light OF glass from the
front Mr. PARROT offers Il reward OF
$50 for the arrest and conviction OF
the thieves.
Grand Recorder J. ID. 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 :}24 members and
gets $253.92. Aberdeen came next
with $40 new members and gets
$1SS.O9.
Mathew Flynn. chief consul for
South Dakota for the League of Amer
lean Wheclmcn. acting under instruc
tons from Grand Consul Potter. has
ordered Il boycott against Hon. c. S.
Palmer candidate for attorney gen.
cral upon the fusion ticket This is
caused by Mr.. Palmer's having defeat
ed Il measure to compel railroad COM
panirs to accept bicycles as baggage,
while he was chairman of the senate
cOmmittc on railroads during the last