The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-08-10
Lawyer Bentley makes farm
loans at Z per cent straight. Can
pay as you wish.

Lawyer Bentley makes farm
loans at Z per cent straight. Can
pay as you wish.
In another column appears the
call for the republican county
convention which will be held on
Sept. 18th.
Thomas Fitch has received no.
tice of the reunion of his old reg
iment, the Second Minnesota, at
st. Paul, Sept 5 and6.
DR., Daniels reported a case of
diphtheria in the family of Jacob
Bear in Grant Center. AS it
was taken in time the boy is now
out of all danger.
The Relief Corps will serve
five o'clock dinner to the mem
bers of G.. A. r., Thursday the
10th inst. All the old soldiers
are cordially invited.
The organization of a lodge of
F. B. w.. which was to have
taken place last Wednesday has
been postponed to next Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 18th.
r. J. Colony, the wagon maker,
was laid up for two or three days
the first of the week, the result
of getting too much of the sun one
day last week while out in the
country.
Miss Hattie Lockhart, who re-
Gently graduated from the nor
NAL school at Winona, has been
appointed a teacher in the Lu
vern, Mimi, schools, and will
commence her work there next
month.
The lawn social of the Ladies
Benevolent Society Of the Con
gregational church is to be held
at Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Randall's
Friday night, this week. All
who enjoy ice cream and cake are
invited.
Mr.. Charles w. Harris, of
Aberdeen, refereein bankruptcy,
was a Milbank visitor Tuesday,
the guest of Clerk of Courts
Prevey, who was all old friend
and schoolmate, in Wisconsin in
boyhood days.
Doane Robinson was in town
Wednesday afternoon, having
come down from the agency,
where he had been interviewing
a number of Indians and secur-
ing some histori Cal data for the
South Dakotan.
The hottest day of the season
was last Sunday, when the
mercury went up to 1O2, accord
ing to Weather Observer Bailey S
thermometer. This was the
highest temperature of any OF
the stations in the Minneapolis
district.
During the dry weather Of last
week, wheat field in shock just
this side of Corona was set on
fire last week. The fire spread
rapidly over the ground and but
for large force Of men, that
gathered from Corona and the
adjoining fields it would have be
come serious matter.
William Dahlman, one Of the old
stand bys in Twin Brooks, Wao
moved up to North Dakota in the
early summer, came down the
first of the week for a short stay
here. Mr.. Dahlman thinks the
country where he is located is all
right, though the season this
year has not been very favora-
BILE in a great part OF North
Dakota.
Quite g mum Der of casualties
are reported from the country by
the lightning of Monday night
Commissioner George Mitchell
had q COW killed, one of his best
Jerseys, which he found lying
close to the wire fence the next
morning. The barn OF Fred
Koepke in Grant Center and that
Of Chas. Hawkinson IN Stock
holm, were also struck. The barn
Of Jacob Schuerer in Blooming
Valley was struck and somewhat
badly wrecked, heifer being
killed and a COW injured.
The automobile belonging to
Brown Bros, Of Aberdeen, came
through town Tuesday afternoon
on a trip from Big Stone to Aber
deem, manned by one OF the own
ers and a young man assistant.
They had expected to get start
ed in the morning and make the
trip to Aberdeen in one day, but
<hse 0V,6 thnr