The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-04-27


Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Herrick
OF Corona were III town Tuesday
on business.
Royal Blue is the best SC smoke
made. Ask N. j. Bleser, Drug
gist, about it.
Quite a nice spring rain came
down Tuesday night and We'd
nesday morning.
l.. H. Bentley, the attorney, is
digging a we'll and putting up a
wind mill on his resid ence
property.
Attorney Rix and wife go up
to Sisseton this morning for a
visit with the family of Howard
Babcock of that city.
Frank Gfrorer, the ice man,
calls attention to the delivery of
ice for the summer in another
column of this issue.
George Fanset has commenced
work on the foundation and cellar
for his dwelling on Fifth street
north of the school house.
Rev Webster. of Wllmot, came
down last Wednesday and con-
Quoted the funeral services of
Mrs. Diets, returning home next
morning.
w. Weddell, the baker, has
newly papered and painted his
restaurant and store, which gives
nice fresh appearance to his
surroundings.
Mr.. A. l.. Abbott is making
considerable improvements on
his home by erecting an addition
to the house and making a num-
Der of inside changes.
Thurm Craigo, of Monroe, Wis,
came in on Wednesdays train on
his way to Wilmot, he having re-
Gently purchased large tract
of land in Roberts county.
The county commissioners and
assessors of the county meet at
the court house tomorrow for the
purpose of considering and
adopting rules Of assessment.
Miss Nina aud Miss Josie
Fanset, who have been employed
in the Watertown schools, have
been re-engaged for anotheryear
by the board of education Of
that city
Jas. Watson has recently pur-
chased from N. j. Schafer the
twenty-five acres upon which the
slaughter house stands, and ad-
joining the Watson farm just
east of the city.
Henry Schafer has just put in
new Buffalo chopper and a gas
oline engine for his sausage
works, and now has very prac-
tical and convenient outfit for
cutting up meats, which works
like a charm and saves great
deal of manual labor as well as
time.
Two men by the name Of Lake,
who live west of Hartford, were
arrested last evening, charged
! with catching fish with seine IN
Big Stone lake. They were tax
en- before Justice Pasco and fined
s25 and costs. It would be well
for other towns in the vicinity OF
the lake to be on the lookout for
violators of the game laws.
Attorney Ivan W. Goodner, OF
Pierre was sojourning in Mil.
bank Wednesday afternoon,
while on his way home from
Sisseton. Mr.. Goodner was one
of the attorneys for Wilmot IN
the county seat case before the
supreme court, in which a favor
able decision for Wilmot has re
Gently been secured. Mr.. Good
| ner will be remembered as court
reporter in this district in the
eighties, and by many OF the Odd
Fellows as secretary OF the
grand lodge for a number OF
years, and his Grant county
friends are always pleased tc
hear af his success.
The ladies of the Relief Corps
desire to return their thanks to
the friends who composed the
| cast in the drama "True Blue
recently presented. The Relle1
Corps is endeavoring to raise
funds for the purpose OF enter
tainm of the G. A. r. visitors
to the encampment in june
which both post and corps desire
tn make a most successful anC