The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-27
Mrs. W. L. Schroeder has

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gone on visit to her sister, MIS-.
J-'N. Johnson, of Minneapolis
! Look out for the "Rummage
Sale" to be held sometime in
January. under auspices of the
Ladies Episcopal Guild.
Charles Sieveke, of Cardova,
MINI, is making visit to rela-
tives here, Mrs. Emanuel and the
Liebing family. Mr.. William
SjevelIe, of Kilkenny, MINI, was
also here for a short visit bu has
returned home.
Rev. .atson of this city and
Rev. Boyce OF Big Stone made a
trip to Watertown yesterday to
eat dinner with Presiding Elder
Rifen bark. who was presented
with Il pew set of dinner dishes
by the preachers Of the district
as u Christmas remem brance.
H. W. Counter is enjoying
visit from his daughter, Miss
Elsie Counter, who is teaching
school at White Rock. Mr.. Coun-
ter had purchased a ticket and
was at the train to go down to
Ortonville, when the young lady
surprised him by getting off the
train this morning.
The illustrated edition of the
HERALD ADVANCE will be issued
next week, containing ten pages
of town and county write up
The regular edition.of the paper
will contain an excellent review
of South Dakota progress for the
year past, written by Doane
Robinson, and which ought to
prove good immigration docu-
ment.
The Schafer Bros. had a very
fine display of meats on exhibi-
ton for Christmas trade, decorat-
ed with rosetts and trimmed for
the occasion, making very pret-
ty display. Each customer also
was presented with a small pail
of lard, labeled with the compli-
ments OF the season as souvenir
of the 1901 Christmas.
/ A five mile skating race will be
given on new years day at the
dam for a purse of 500 divided
into three prizes. Handicaps
will be given as follows: Two on
scratch; two on one hundred
yards, three on one-quarter mile;
four ON one-half mile The win
ner of the five mile race will skate
one-half mile against time Con-
test will be free to all and will be-
gin at 3 p. m. A boys and girls
race will also be given.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Schroeder to the mum Der
of about 80 came in upon them at
the Madison home on the evening
of the 18th inst, and helped them
celebrate their tenth wedding
anniversary. The visitors we're
loaded with tinware. and the
Schroeder family will have
enough tin goods tokeep the house
going for another ten years,
while the visitors had enough
fun to last the same length of
time.
Nothing more acceptable in the
way of weather could be desired
than what was handed us out for
a Christmas day, and Santa Claus
had little use for his fur wraps
on his journey through South
Dakota. He could easily have
made his way with O duster and
straw hat and been perfectly
mfortable. The day was quiet
ly celebrated in Milbank with
home and neighborhood gather
Iings, and on Christmas eve the
children Of the several churches
were provided with Christmas
exercises the Episcopal, Cath
olic, Congregational and Meth
odist Sunday schools having
trees, the latter school providing
a very fine concert in connection
with the exercises and having an
orchestra with nine instruments.
The land cases entitled George
w. Murphy VS.. Henry Redeker
ct al and George w. Murphy VS..
]. 0. Pierce, which was tried at
the November term of court, has
been decided by Judge Camp
bell in favor of the defendants.
The cases involved the title to
land originally owned by In
dams, whom it was claimed had
no right to dispose Of their land
until certain number of years
had elapsed. The decision is in
favor of the owners and pur-
chasers of the land and adverse to
the Indian claimants. Had the