The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-03-16
Consolidated April II. 1850
MIG stone CITY.

Co. Supt. Ramer was in town today
attending to some business matters.
Ed. Fahmer is assisting F. E. Pew
in the barber shop and learning the
tonsorial art.
Miss Elsie Borchardt arrived home
Monday after an absence of several
months in Iowa.
Mrs. E. H. Phillips left Friday for
few weeks visit with relatives at
Austin, Mimi.
Misses Edyth and Florence Gold,
who are attending Hamlin university
will arrive home Friday to spend
their spring vacation.
Joe Martens is moving his house
hold goods to Milbank this week
where his family will reside while he
is on the road.
Miss Carrie Trowbridge, a teacher
in our school, spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting her parents in Ver-
non township.
The ladies aid of the M. E. church
give their postponed entertainment at
the hall Friday evening of this week.
They promise one Of the best enter
tainments of the season.
The Betcher Co. is tearing down the
building formerly used for a planning
mill at the foot of Main st. and put
ting it up in the lumber yard for the
storing of lumber.
Presiding Elder Suckow of Scotland
held quarterly meeting at the Evan
gelical church in this place Saturday
and Sunday. Elder Suchow is one of
the ablest German ministers in the
state.
+. w. Thorndike left Friday for
few days business mission to the cities.
He instructed his friends here to wire
him without delay in case the lake
should break up and the fishing sea-
son begin, as it was his whole desire
to be among the first on the ground at
that time.
G. p. Niles and daughter Cora, are
selling out their property here prepar-
atory to removing to Montana, where
they expect to make their future home.
Mr.. Niles has resided in Big Stone
City for the past twenty years and has
been afamiliar figure in the growth of
the town.
Editor Aldrich is now at his place
of business here having filled his con-
tract with the farmers Institute con-
ductors. He expects to remove his
family from Milbank to this city with
in few weeks and be genuine citi-
zen Of our town. The Headlight is al
SO in need of his personal attention.
G. A. Yonker now has charge of
the hardware and lumber department
Of the Chas. Betcher business here,
occupying the position vacated by
Henry Santel1nan. Joe Martens also
resigned his place in this department
to travel for the Mccormack harvester
company. Glenn Martens now
occupies his position.
G. L. Lange has purchased the large
steam boat which was used on the
got too low to navigate so large a
vessel, and will bring it to Big Stone
lake. 1t will be thoroughly reiitted
and used as a pleasure craft here.
The boat is large enough to accom-
modate one hundred passengers.
The three year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. p. Worthen died Friday
morning, after an illness of several
weeks. The child met with an accident
while visiting at Red Wing a few weeks
ago receiving injuries from which it
never recovered. DIR. Kriesel of Mil
bank, DR.. Karn of Ortonville and a
doctor from Minneapolis were in at
tendance but medical skill was una
vailing. The remains were taken to
Red Wing, Mimi. Saturday for inter-
ment. The parents have heartfelt
sympathy in their sad bereavement.
The Big Stone City high school will
graduate class of eight in May.
The class is composed of Maude
breckenridge, Louise Seide, Kate
! Thorndike, Lettie Knowlton, Laura
Knowlton, Henry Moore and Albert
Phillips. The class is an exception
ally strong one and an honor to the
school. The board of education has
decided to add one year to the high
school course, making it full four
year course. This with new build
ing and a we'll stocked laboratory
will place our school with the very
best in the state.
II Judge Bennett s scheme Of great
water way connecting the Mississippi
and Hudson Bay is ever carried out,
which is probable, it means that Big
Stone City and Ortonville will compete
with Minneapolis and st. Paul for the
honor OF being the great twin cities OF
the Northwest, and Big Stone City
having all the natural advantages in
her favor will of course be the greater