The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-02-28

John Finn is making arrange
ments to open tin and bicycle
repair shop in Summit.
| Taxes not paid this week will
com mence to bear the one per
cent a month for delinquency.
Mr.. James Pament has sold
his half-section farm near Coro-
ma for $4,000 to parties from
Iowa.
Emil Johnson has been visit
ing the cities this week in the
interest of his mercantile
business.
Wood Bros. advertise drills
this year in rather loud letters,
but they have fine stock equal
to the "ad'
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Bailey
went down to Minneapolis this
week to consult a specialist in
regard to Mrs. Bailey's eyes.
John Schad, who had been east
with a car load of cattle, stopped
off Wednesday to visit his family
and other Milbank friends while
on his return to Summit.
G. A. Merritt, the general
merchant, in another column
calls attention to some of his low
prices, and invites you to call
and see what he can do for you
in bargains.
j. F. Boom and F. V. Fremmer
two young men from Aredale,
Butler county, Ia, stopped off
yesterday on their way to Sisse-
ton. They.are out to get South
Dakota lands.
A report comes that William
Mathews, a fireman on the H. &
D., and resident of Milbank
some years ago, has been ar
rested for holding up a cashier
in the bank at Plato, and taking
$500 from him. Mathews got
on the 10 a. m. train i'm mediately
after the robbery, but was arres
ted at Glencoe, aud the money
and a mask found on him.
During the illness of Mrs.
Ditt5urner, who lives some
eight miles south of town, she
sent for her mother, Mrs. Al
bertine Yeske, to care for her,
and the latter was taken down
with bronchitis and died last
Saturday. The deceased woman
was 63 years of age.
| The Quaker Male Quartette
which appears at the opera house
Saturday of next week, under
the auspices of the free reading
room and library com mittee, are
first class singers and enter
tainers. You will do yourself
good and help the reading room
by getting ticket. Reserved
seats, soc; gallery, 35c.
The free delivery mail routes
will commence to be operated
tomorrow. Parties living in
the vicinity of the routes and
desiring to avail themselves Of
the free delivery, should have
their mail addressed to Milbank,
''Mail route No. /" on all mail on
the south route, and "Mail route
No. 2" on all mail for the north
route
E. J. Hinman, the driver on
mail route No. 1, Thursday re-
ceived nicely fitted up mail
wagon for his new work. The
rig is lightly built, but covered
on all sides for stormy weather,
and has number of pigeon holes
and box for mail matter distri.
button, ard the rig is nicely
painted and presents a pretty
appearance.
! G. B. Burnette, the district
agent for the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life insurance company,
while in town last week stated
that he had just made out a policy
for an applicant that he seldom
gets chance to duplicate in
South Dakota, and that it was
the first one he had made out in
the state with this peculiar fea-
ture. This unusual feature was
that the applicant, Roy Larned,
was born in the city where the
application was made. He thinks
from this showing South Dakota
towns are getting along in years.
The G.. A. r. and other friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jennings,
to the number Of thirty five
or more, came in upon that
worthy couple last evening about
curfew time without sending
any lawful notice of their inten-
fiOn and offor nrnvinr hv ovor