The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-11-22
MILBANK, S. D., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER q, 1901.
George Empson Sr. is acting as
deputy sheriff in charge of juries
during court.

George Empson Sr. is acting as
deputy sheriff in charge of juries
during court.
Mr.. [. |. Westby has been con.
hned to the house for the past
week with a severe cold.
The ladies benevolent society
Will give a chicken pie supper,
Nov. 22nd, in Wood Bros. block
Ed. A. Murray of Mazeppa is
acting as deputy clerk of courts,
assisting Clerk Rabbit during
court.
Mrs. b. Wise, of Alban, was
summoned the first of the week
to st. Charles, MINI, to attend
the funeral OF her mother at that
place.
M. M. Wartenbee came down
from his home near Marvin
Tuesday to get some mill stuff
and attend to other business at
the county seat
At a recent Methodist confer
enc1 in illinois, Rev. Nazarene a
former pastor in Milbank, was
returned to the charge at Mount
Morris for the fifth year.
E. Myers and N. K. Christopher
son, of Austin, MINI, are in the
city investigating the prospects
for establishing a tribe of the
Independent Order of Red Men.
Undertaken Emanuel was called
to Summit last week to embalm
the body of Mrs. Fay, wife of one
of the brick layers who did con-
siderable work in Milbank last
year.
Clint Nichols shipped his goods
to his claim in North Dakota last
week, taking along lumber to
build a house, and his brother
Arthur accompanied him to
assist in building.
The entertainment and supper
which was to have been given by
TIE Woodmen last Saturday, has
been postponed to Thursday
evening, November 20, when a
fine social time is anticipated.
A. V. Fisher announces in his
advertisement the arrival of his
Christmas goods. He will this
year have the largest assortment
of this class of goods he has ever
carried. YOu are invited to call
and see them.
County Superintendent Ramer
has issued the first number of
The School Messenger, paper
devoted to the interests of the
county schools, and designed to
serve as medium between the
superin lendent and the school
officers and teachers of the
county.
Frank N. Smith, of Redwood
Falls, was brought over from
that place last week, and had a
hearing before Justice Pasco on
a charge of taking cattle that
didn't belong to him from a pas
ture in the southern part of the
county. He was placed under
bonds to appear at the circuit
court.
Mr.. A. T. Hopkins of the
Watertown land Office was in
town the first of the week, having
come over to attend the funeral
of DR.. j. J. Fanset, as friend OF
the family. Mr.. Hopkins says
that business in the land office
was never so crowding, except
perhaps at the opening of the
reservation and in the first rush
of immigration to the country.
Mrs. J. M. Proud, OF Aberdeen,
was on board the west bound
train Sunday morning on her
way home from Faribault, Mimi,
where she had been called by the
death of her uncle, James Shonts,
who died at the home of his son
in Fergus Falls on the 18th inst.
Mr.. Shonts was So years OF age,
was one of the early residents OF
Rice county and a man OF con-
siderable wealth. He was quite
well known to many of our peo-
ple who came from Rice county,
Minnesota.
The Chase-Lister theater com
pary, now playing a weeks en-
gagement at the opera house is
one of best if not the very best
theatrical companies that has
ever visited Milbaak. Every
member of the company is away
above the average of the talent
seen in the ordinary theatrical
troupe visiting this locality.
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