Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

Man.
Messrs. Lars and Ole Lenning were
down from their farms Monday tran
sacting business in the city.
The arrival of baby boy is an
nounced to have occurred Tuesday
morning at the home of d. H. Camp
bell.
Jesse Dimond returned from H.
inois the latter part of the week ac-
companied by several prospective
land buyers.
DR.. Spafford, Of Flandreau, was in
the city Tuesday looking after his
duties as state regent and returned
home Wednesday.
Geo. j. Robbins was over from
Bushnell Tuesday and called to sub
scribe for the best newspaper in
Brookings county.
Mr.. Peter Boldte and Miss Mary
Schultz Of Winsor township were un-
tied in marriage by Justice d. j. Dar-
row IN this city Tuesday.
The W. G. II. u. will meet with
Mrs. II. III. Youngman next week
Thursday p. IN. March 2, at 3 o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
W. ID. Covey, Of Belvidere, H., was
in BrOokings this week looking after
his interests. He is pleased with this
place and the country along the Big
Sioux valley.
More precious than pure gold be-
cause it never fails to cure your head
ache, indigestion, constipation, pimp-
les, bad blood. A great system re-
gulator. Z. N. Aldrich.
A. r. Murphy who has been in the
city some weeks visiting his daughter
Mrs. G. A. Skinner and many old
time friends returned to LIE Mars
Iowa, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Gustie Carley arrived from
Rochester, Mimi, Tuesday evening
and will visit her mother, Mrs. Thos.
Stedman, and her daughter, Fern,
for three weeks or more.
Southern Wisconsin papers report
that the "oldest inhabitant" states
that he had never known such cold
weather as they experienced during
the late spell. There are Others.
Ralph Sherwin lies very sick at
home in east BrookingS. He had
been ailing for week or more and
was finally compelled to take to his
bed. The REGISTER trusts that he
will soon recover however.
Lovely spring-like weather followed
the "late unpleasantness" and up to
Tuesday it was predicted that farm
ers would be able to sow grain this
month. A cold wave came that night
and kinder knocked our calcula-
tions" for few days at least.
Charlie Smith who has been work.
ing at the Hotel Leon for some time
has severed his connection with that
house and is now employed at the
Commercial. Charlie is a faithful
and trustworthy young man and has
made many friends among the travel
ing public.
Levi d. Wait, formerly Of Howard,
was in this city yesterday in the in
terest of j. F. Kelley s. Co., Webster,
who are book binders. Mr.. Wait has
been known by the writer for several
years and is trustworthy gentleman.
He represents reliable firm and is
deserving of liberal patronage.
j. Hegeman returned from New
York state Saturday evening and re-
ported that they had been having
snow storms and billiards there that
would put to shame any the west ever
had. Floods always follow heavy
snow in that state and Mr.. Hegeman
thinks that there will be some scratch
ing for high ground when spring
comes.
A printing house in Chicago heads
a circular with the puzzle sentence:
THAT that is is that that is not is
not" The sentence is another Illus
tration of the occasional value of
punctuation. AS printed above the
sentence seems mere tumble of ir-
relevant words, but few marks
change it into very clear statement
of fact: "1'hat that is, is; that that is
not, is not"
Rev. B. B. Haugan, who was pre-
vented from filling his appointments
in this city and other places in the
county by the recent cold weather,
will speak ia the Norwegian Luth-
eran church, Brookings, next Satur-
day evening, Feb. 25, and again on
Sunday evening. Sunday forenoon
he will lecture at Volga and in the
afternoon at Lake Campbell.
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