The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-07-27
MILBANK, S. D., FRIDAY, JULY 2Y49oo. Con

Miss Bertha Thorndike, of Big
Stone City, was Milbank visi-
tor Wednesday evening.
Mrs. E. P. Brockman of Big
Stone City, has been visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Ramer,
during the week.
Prof. Ramer went to Huron
! Wednesday toattend the Epworth
League convention being held at
Huron this week.
Miss Lettie Smith of Sisseton
and Miss Lena Fortune of An
dover, have been visiting Miss
Emma Nixon during the week.
Judge Campbell came down on
the train yesterday on his way
to Aberdeen, having held court
for q couple of days in Roberts
county.
S. B. Eddy, a brother of Mrs.
d. B. Nichols, who is travelling
for a Minneapolis furniture COM
pany, spent Sunday with the NJ
L. Ecker family.
| Eugene Bleser came down
from Waubay the first of the
week and accompanied his mother
| to Foster on the lake for a few
days recreation.
Harvesting operations which
were started on the earlier grain
more than a week ago, have now
become quite gen eral, except per-
haps in the hills and western
part of the county.
G. G. Barney, of the state land
Office, came from the west
Wednesday to look after tres
passers who are reported to
have been cutting hay on state
lands not leased.
Mrs H. r. Drum of Aberdeen,
was spending a couple of days
| the first of the week with NJ S.
William Ross, and left yesterday
morning to visit friends in Min
nesota before returning home.
S. A. Thomas Of the Ortonville
Journal, was Milbank visitor
Wednesday, while attending to
some personal business and also
talking up matters for the enter
tainment of the Dakota editors at
| the lake next month.
0. H. Bowman. the harness
maker in Antelman has leased
the building occupied by Jas.
Watson as a tin shop and will
carry on the harness business
| there. Mr.. Watson will next
week move his shop to the
Schnable building lately oc-
cupied by the cycle repair shop.
Mr.. John Sullivan. one OF the
early settlers near the county
line in the vicinity ofCorona, and
who recently sold his farm there,
left this week with his family for
South Kaukauna, where he ex-
poets to make his home. Mr..
Sullivan has lived on his late
farm for about 90 years having
taken it as government land.
We have received copy OF the
Manila Times, a daily printed IN
English and devoted to general
news and Philippine affairs. The
paper contains an bis torlca
sketch of the Third United States
Infantry, in which our young
friend Herman Crowl is now
serving his country in company
H. The regiment is stationed
along the line Of railroad.
Mrs. L. E. Ranous last week
received a letter from her hus-
bank. who is at Nome City,
Alaska, stating that he would un-
doubtedly be home in the fall.
He said that the recent arrival OF
steamers at that port landed pro
badly 1900 people there within
a few days. Number OF them
seeing the condition OF things,
Simply returned with the boats
Mr.. Ranous says that he gets a
reasonable amount of work at q
S1.5O an hour, but that living
expenses are corrcspondlngly
high, and he has little left to de
velop his claims.
Mr.. George Johnson, started
from Ortonville Saturday eve
ming about Z o'clock on bicycle,
intending to come to Milbank tc
remain over Sunday. On com
ing down the hill at theWhetstone
bridge just west Of Big Stone, he
unfortunately had a collision with
a team, and was thrown from his
wheel to the side Of the road, IN