The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-12-28

oSOhD LII OCh tudI, lHo FlpnI-
hand man in the HERALD office
has been laid up for few days
during the week with a cold and
eczema.
Miss Achsa Wiseman has been
up from Montevideo for a few
days during the week enjoying
the Christmas holidays with her
Milbank friends.
Messrs. Clarence w., Fred l..
and Elmer Mennie. brothers of
the late Mrs. Miner, who were
here to ettend the funeral of
their sister, returned to their
homes near Candy Wednesday.
Now there's our friend f. f.
Smith of Big Stone sends up his
subscription price with the word
that he wants to start the new
century right, as he thinks from
the way he is feeling at present
he will hardly live through it.
The officers of the G.. A. r..
post desire to state that the in
stallation of officers and memor-
ial services, which were to have
been held Thursday of next week,
have been postponed until fur
ther notice is given.
If there are any of our sub
scribers who imagine that be-
cause we carried them through
the present century that we are
likely to be as lenient the next
hundred years, they should ban
ish the thought AS we grow
older We are getting wiser aud
sadder, and even if we should not
feel like taking extreme measures
the fellow who is running the ma
chiue in the year of our Lord
, 600 may feel like treating his
family and creditors more kindly
than we have done. Come on
boys and start the century right
if you expect to go through it
with flying colors.
! Among the young people who
have been away attending or
teaching school and who have
come home to spend the holidays
are: Miss Nina and Miss Josie
Fanset from Watertown, Miss
Olive Mcbride from Minneapolis
and Miss Hattie Lockhart from
Luvern, Miss Hattie Prevey from
Roberts county, Messrs. Lew
is Mcbride, Ben Bradford, Allie
Fuller and Fred Poppe from the
Minnesota University, Wallace
Wood aud Guy Stafford from the
Pills 5l;ry academy at Owatonna,
and Pit Saunders from the Shat
tuck academy.
A novel shipment was that Of
Messrs bennett & Roberts, com
mission men who have been buy
ING rtp chickens in this part OF
the country. From west OF here
they had shipped several car
loads of live chickens to Seattle,
aud the present car was to be
sent to New York. The car Was
divided off with s or 9 floors
and a passageway in the center
lenghtWise and across the car.
The farmers We're all day bring
ing in and loading the chickens
on the car, which when filled
contained some 5000 birds. The
most of these were secured
through William and Alfred
Schafer, who contracted with
the com mission men to supply
them with so many chickens on
the day of shipment
TheChristmas festivities usual
| " held in the churches were not
had this year on account OF the
prevalence of scarlet fever IN the
town and surrounding country.
While there were but a few homes
ia town that were affected, it was
deemed expedienu by the board
Of health to prevent as far as
possible any spread of the disease
through public gatherings Of any
kind, and the lodges, churches
and other institutions were for
hidden 10 hold gatherings OF any
kind until all danger Of spreading
the disease has passed. Con
sequently there was very quiet
observance Of the Christmas an
niversarv, the celebrations being
entirely confined to neghborhood
and family gatherings The weath
.er was clear and cold, and al
that could be desired for /
| Christmas day.
Aberdeen News: J. II. Mccoy wen
/ to Sisseton last night to act as referee
/ -. .Ln t,l1;,,r pf avi1anra in the ease