The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-06-02

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Mr.. and Mrs. D. Goddard, of
Goodwin S. D. are visiting with
their daughter Mrs. Geo.
Hocum.
Landlord Guthrie of the city
hotel, is enjoying a visit from
brother E. l.. Guthrie and his
wife, o. Alliance O., who are out
looking at the South Dakota
country.
Chris Oehler, who recently
moved from Big Stone to Hallock
in northern Minnesota, came
down last week to look after
some business interests at bis
old home here.
Mr.. VIM. Graham of Alban
township, who went to North
Dakota some weeks ago, has
taken up a land claim near
Anamoose, N. D., and is break
ing up the land.
The many friends of Mrs. w.
H. Jordan, of Sioux Falls, will be
pleased to learn that at last re-
ports that lady was improving
and the doctors give hopes of a
complete recovery.
A number of the pupils, to-
gether with the orchestra of the
high school went down to Big
Stone City last Friday evening
and attended the commencement
exercises of the Big Stone City
schools, when a class of six re-
ceived their diplomas.
John Neuenpurg, while having
a deep well bored on his farm in
Grant Center last week, struck
strong flow, and now has an
artesian well on the place. The
machine had got down toa depth
of 422 feet when the flow came
up, the pipe being Pinch casing.
Prof. |. D. Aldrich, started
last Friday night on a trip west
to Mosco, Idaho, where his
brother J. M. Aldrich is engaged
as professor of biology and en-
tomology ia the state college at
that place Mr.. Aldrich expects
to be absent for two or three
weeks.
We have received a card an
nouncing the commencement ex-
ercises of the college of medicine
and surgery of the university OF
Minnesota on Thursday, June
lst. One of the graduating class
is Milbank boy, j. Homer Bur
gan, and on behalf Of Homer S
friends here we extend congrat-
ulations.
The presentation of "The Vol
unteer" by home talen last Tues
day evening, attracted a large
house, and the play was very
satisfactorily rendered, with the
exception that some OF the actors
made the mistake SO common to
amateurs, Of failing to give their
lines loud enough to be heard
throughout the hall. Otherwise
the play was more than ordl-
narily we'll presented, and some
of the young people gave evl,
dence of considerable histronlc
talent, which was brought out
under the instruction OF Mr..
Cooley, a professional actor, who
is at present making his home in
Milbank.
Both morning aud evening
services were union meetings at
the churches last Sunday. The
morning service was held at the
M. E. church, a memorial ser
mon being preached by the
pastor, Rev. @. Williams, in com.
memoration of the soldier dead
It was an address burning with
patriotism and splendid tribute
to the self lf-sacrificing devotion
Of those who offered their lives
for the perpetuity OF the
union in the great war OF
the rebellion and of those who
are today upholding the national
honor and giving the world an
evidence of American valor and
devotion to duty in the faraway
Philippines. In the evening al
the congregational church Rev,
G. N. Filth, the pastor, preached
the baccalaureate sermon to the
high school graduating class,
pointing out the high ideals that
should govern their lives and
lead them out into lines Of use
fulness and happiness, ano
making them successful in the
larger and truer meaning OF the
word and prompting them tt