The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-07-21

Df. Daniels Is spending a few
days at the lake.
! Mrs. Jas. Kerr will go up to
SlSsetOn tomorrow.
Dan Conright is working up
at Wilmot.
Mrs. John Ross, mother of
VIM. Ross is very sick.
! Thos E. Let's, of Vernon was
a caller at this office the first Of
the week.
| John Farrell, of Appleton, was
shaking hands With his old Mil
bank friends yesterday.
Mrs. J. Fanset was taken SER
iously i'll last Saturday but is
much better.
VIM. Mount made trip into
the county Wednesday to do
some paper hanging.
Dr. Homer Burgan is enjoying
a portion of his vacation at
the Chautauqua grounds.
The W. r. G.. will sell ice
cream Tuesday July %, at Mrs.
Conright's Millinery store.
Geo. Fanset the Mccormick
man made trip up the Wilmot
line Tuesday morning.
A Merry go-round south of
the M. K. church has been the
feature of amusements this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winters and
daughter, of Granite Falls, Mimi,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. L. Bouck Saturday last.
Burt Lundburg, has moved
his barber shop into the Hodge
den building where he is now
ready to meet his customers.
The Washington dispatches of
the 18th announce that Philip
Silcher of this city has had his
pension increased from S6 to S8
Eugene Bleser, of Waubay,
who had been spending a few
days at Hartford. was shaking
hands with friends in Milbank
this week.
Mrs. G. P. Nash, of Lime
Springs, Ia, is visiting her
neice, Mrs. Geo. S. Rix. Mrs.
Nash is accompanied by her two
children.
Mrs. Wesby received card
from her cousins, of Renville, that
they will arrive on Saturday for
a visit. This will be their first
visit to Milbank They are near
neighbors Of Mr.. A. J. Fairchild,
who formerly lived in this city.
John Lutz returned few days
ago from Oregon. Mr. Lutz is
one Of Grant County's earliest
settlers and after a long absence
is glad to get back to his old
home again.
Mr.. F. r. Schneider who will
be head salesman in the clothing
house of E. II. johnson & Co. has
arrived. Mr.. Schneider is q
young man of pleasing appear
ance and one with whom the
public will be pleased to trade.
The Milbank Dramatic Club
went to Wilmot Tuesday and was
accompanied by portion of the
band. They returned after the
play that night arriving at Mil
bank about $50 Wednesday
morning. We understand a
good time was enjoyed by all
and especially by the party who
went TO sleep and woke up to
find their team feeding in a farm
er s wheat field.
While the South Dakota Edi-
toral association was in session
at Clear Lake Iowa last week, a
party Of about twenty-five went
out on the lake in a sail boat.
Among the party was Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Volkmar. After
going out about four miles the
boatman was turning the boat
around for the return trip when
one Of the wire cables used as
stay lines f,r the mast, broke
letting the mast, with full sail
over into the water. For an in
stant it was feared that a hole
had been torn in the bottom of
the boat in which case the whole
party would have found them
selvs in a very dangerous posi-
ton. AS it was, no harm was
done beyond giving the party a
bad scare which, however, did
not begin to compare with the
scare the people on shore had
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