The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-01-27

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u cliff which had been ailing fol
some time, died last night
Hon. VIM. Schafer made fly
= ing trip home from Pierre las
: week, and spent Sunday with his
family.
L. V. Warning and family
started on their return home
last Monday, going by the way OF
Beardsley, Mimi.
A. P Ryger, the buttermaker,
. has been at Sioux Falls this
week attending the creamery
butter makers convention.
Mrs. l.. Haven's, wife Of one
of the wellknown farmers in
in Alban township, died Wednes
day night after short illness.
A bran new girl at the home of
John Nichols and a boy at the
home of Henry Eikman were an
nouncements made the first of
the week.
The Milbank Band will give a
dance at the Opera House, Friday
eve., Feb. 10, 1899. Proceeds
will be devoted to new music
and instruments.
Mrs. John Neuenburg, of
Grant Center, who had been
visiting with friends in Minneso
Ia for several weeks returned
home the first of the week.
A Pierre dispatch says that
J. L. Lockhart has purchased a
stock of groceries in that city and
will stay there, at least until the
goods are disposed of.
VIM. Bethka, of Adams was in
town Wednesday accompanied
by his brother in law, Henry
Evans of Redwood county, Mimi,
who is making Mr.. Bethka
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Smiley
returned from their visit to
northern Minnesota recently
and We're accompanied by their
daughter Agnes, and her daugh-
ter, who will remain until spring.
Messrs. Robert and Will Hicks
have formed partnership in a
collection and real estate busi
ness, and all matters of this kind
left in their hands will be care
fully and promptly attended to.
Mr. Everett Jackson, of Min
neapolis and q son of County
Judge Jackson of Roberts coun-
ty, was in Milbank Wednesday,
talking up an ascetaline gas
plant which he is introducing for
a Minneapolis firm.
A quartette consisting Of
Alderman F. E Philleo, ex-Sher-
if Williams, Policemen Sutcliff
and Merry and other noted sing
ers, such as Prof. Prevey and
Thos. Meehegan will assist in the
elecutionary entertainment to be
given by Prof. G. Fredrickson at
court house Tuesday evening,
Jan. 81. The services of the
Milbank band have also been Sc
cured, and this organization will
reproduce old and familiar tunes.
It would have been a revela-
tion to those people in the states
east Of US who generally imagine
South Dakota to be blizzard
swept section, if they could have
spent the winter with us this
year. With the ground perfect
ly bare Of snow during the entire
season and the bright sun shin
ing most of the time, the winter
has been so mild that even those
who talk of Florida and Califor-
lid DIS WlAUCl lCSOA l1 AA0N0 AAeNA
no desire to go there this year.
Milbank Camp of NJ Cd ern
Woodmen was making arrange
ments the early part of the week
with an agent of the Slayton Ly-
ceum Bureau for a course OF
three entertainments to be given
in the near future. This bureau
handles only high grade enter
tainments, and if the proper
amount of interest is shown
by a liberal purchase of tickets,
three first class entertainments
will be secured. The three at
fractions to be put on here will
be Marc, the master OF legerde-
main, whose wonderful perform
ances have convinced the public
that he has no superior in this
line; The Chicago Lyric Ladies,
and Elias Day, the humorist.
The last mentioned will be the
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