The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-01-13

The official report of the pro
! ceedings of the board of county
commissioners will appear mex,
| week.
The city is repapering and
renovating the council room in
the old library building.
The tiremen are talking Of re,
modelling the upper floor of the
hose house and transforming ii
into gymnasim.
Hon. N. |. Lowthian returned
from Pierre Tuesday last, hav-
ing had good visit with a mum
Der of his old friends in the legis-
lature.
On our inside pages will be
found a summary of Coy. Lees
message to the legislature and a
resume Of the proceedings of
that body.
Grandpa Diets returned last
week from a visit to his old home
in Rice county, Mimi, and while
away took in the sights at Mime
apolis.
Mrs. Atkins was called to Min
neapolis Saturday last by the
announcement of the serious i'll
ness Of her mother, who is not
expected to live.
j. w. Waddell, the new travel
ing agent Of the standard oil
company was on his rounds this
way last week. He takes the
place of Mr.. Utley.
Miss Eddy of the city schools
was compelled to abandon her
work for a day or two during the
week, on account of illness, but
has again taken charge of her
classes.
Mrs. w. F. Rust received in
telligence yesterday OF the death
of her neice, a daughter Of a sister
who lives at Anoka, Mimi, and
Mrs. Rust left for that place
last evening.
The ladies aid society will give
an entertaining sociable in Wood
Bros. glass block on Friday
evening, Jan. 90. Refreshments
ice cream and cake. All are cor
daily invited.
DR.. Ashton, who is chorister
at the Congregational societ was
recently presented with $40
gold piece on behalf Of the society
as an evidence of their apprecia-
ton of his services.
Col. A. B. Smedley of Melrose,
has been quite i'll for a week or
two past. Just before going to
press we learn that this illness
has proved fatal, Mr.. Smedley
dying at II O'Clock this moring.
N. J. Bleser, who is president
of the state board Of pharmacy,
was holding a meeting of the
board at Sioux Falls this
week. He left the first Of the
week and had in charge the
little son of E. P. Dore, who is
the deaf and dumb
school at Sioux Falls and who
had been spending his Christmas
at home.
The grippe which had al
ready become epidemic in the
east has been gradually moving
westward, and an increasing
of people in Milbank are
complaining, and quite a number
of them have been compelled to
suspend their usual avocations.
The disease is of a lighter char
acter here than in the eastern
states where the humid atmos-
phere has tendency to develop
pneumonia.
Mr.. Charles Funk, a young
man of Alban township, gave
quite an interesting exhibition
of miniature traction steam en-.
CINE and threshing machine yes
terday at Farley's store, the little
machines being entirely OF his
own construction and handiwOrk.
The engine has a boiler 8 in long,
drive wheel 4 in. high, wheel
lin. diameter and a cylinder I
in. long and with J in. stroke.
The sperator is five inches long
exclusive of feeder and stacker
to correspond and one inch fan.
The engine is supposed to be
.O0l2 horsepower, uses wood al
chol for for fuel and gets up
steam from cold water in about
five minutes, and is without flues.
It responded to the steering
apparatus with wonderful
promptness and would turn or
back up in a manner that drew
the admiration of the threshers
and farmers who were watching