The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-12-22

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Select your hats all at cost at
Mrs. Ii. NJ Sullivan's.
Nelson wants you to look over
his line Of holiday goods at his
new store in the Bouck building
Miss Edna Wood, who has
been attending school at Hamline,
is enjoying her Christmas vaca-
tion at home.
Ii you want some of the nicest
canned goods on the market for
your Christmas dinner you
should drop into Druecker' S.
1t is worth while to stop in and
examine the beautiful Christmas
goods in silverware, lamps, cary
ers, etc, at Wood Bros.
Williams & Malsed, the stock
men, on Wednesday received a
registered Poland China boar for
their swine pens.
DR.. Robinson and wife leave
this week for a visit to South
Bend, Ind. They expect to re-
turn about the last of January.
George Le.tman, who has been
working IL Milbank for the past
two years, returned to his Wis
consin home this week to spend
the winter there.
Miss Emma Nixon, who has
been attending the university at
Mitchell came home yesterday
to spend the Christmas holidays
with her Milbank friends.
Miss L. Stafford, who has been
visiting the family of her uncle,
County Treasurer Stafford, left
the first Of the week for a visit
with friends at Aberdeen and
Rosco before returning to her
Wisconsin home.
Mr.. Philip Hevener aud wife,
Mr.. D. r. Hevener and wife and
Mr.. Jamison, all of ST. Paul, ac-
companied the remains of Mrs.
Amos Hevener home to Milbank
last week and remained to attend
the obsequies.
Mr.. A. Robinson, who has been
working in the vicinity of Mil
bank for the past few months,
has gone to Wisconsin for the
winter, where his wife is living,
and expects to go into the lumber
woods.
Harry Pawson, who has been
at work over at Gary on the
blind asylum building, returned
home Wednesday. The new
building is 38x40 feet in dimen
sions, three stories and substan-
TALLY built and heated with
steam.
Miss Anna Rodgers has gone
to Montevideo and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rodgers will also go there to
spend Christmas at the home OF
Mr.. Will Rodgers, after which
Miss Anna will be joined by her
sister Miss Laura and make a
visit to the cities during the
holidays.
Thursday evening of last
week the friends and neighbors
of Byron Davis gave Mr.. Davis
and wife a surprise by gathering
at his home and spending the
evening socially Byron's S moth
er also arrived home the same
day from the east, and altogether
he says it was an interesting day
for him.
Mrs. Miller, of Chickasaw Co.,
Iowa, who had been spending The
past two months on visit with
her sister, Mrs. James Cochrane,
of Alban, returned to her Iowa
home Tuesday morning. Mrs.
Miller said she learned from let
tiers received that they have
about two feet Of snow at her
home, and her friends will prob
ably want to doubt her word
when she tells them about the
weather we have been having IN
South Dakota.
The family of Charles Skoog,
who live in the third ward on the
north side, were awakened about
four o'clock Thursday morning
of last week by the smell OF
smoke and discovered that the
upper part of the building was
on fire. By the heroic efforts OF
Mr.. Skoog and a number OF
neighbors who we're hastily sum
moned to the scene and proceed
ed to drench the building with
water in pals, the building was
saved though damaged consld-
erably by the fire. Some cloth
ing and household effects were