The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-12-26
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STONE & SULLIVAN.

Henry Port, who has been sc
seriously i'll with sciatic rheuma
tism, is going to Chicago today.
Phil and Miss Corinne Saun.
ders entertained their young
friends at their home last even.
ing.
William Bohn and wife, who
have been enjoying a wedding
trip among friends in Wisconsin,
returned home last week.
Owing to the snow blockade
which delayed the arrival of our
patents, the HERALD-ADvANCE is
a day late ia going to press this
week.
Wallace Wood, who has been
working in Minneapolis, is among
the young men who haye come
home to Milbank to eat a Christ
mas dinner.
Grant Rlggle, the new super
intendent Of schools, moved his
household goods from Big Stone
Tuesday and has taken up his
residence at the county seat.
Go to Stone & Sullivan's for
books. You can buy so per cent
cheaper there than any where
else. 500 novels for 1Oc each.
Books worth so and Is cents for
25 cents.
August Port and Frank Hits
have come home from Brookings
to spend Christmas. August is
attending the Agricultural col,
lege and Frank is working for
the Brookings Land and Trust
company.
Announcements of the wed.
ding of Miss Edith M. Gold,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. R..
Gold, of Big Stone City, and Mr..
Charles H. Wallace, on the 10Th
inst. have been received. Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace will be at home
at Albee after February 1st.
Ray Kimball of Elmira, who
had been for several weeks with
his brother and sister, on their
claims in Ward county, N. D..
returned home Wednesday. He
is much pleased with the country
up north, and asserts that he
had to come home to get taste
of real winter.
The worst storm of the season,
and in fact the worst we have
had for several years, set in on
Tuesday and blockaded the rail
road west of here, so that the
afternoon passenger got stalled
near Twin Brooks, and engines
had to be sent to bring the train
back, and it was taken east again.
The night passenger finished its
run when it got this far, and re
turned east in the morning. The
morning train on the MILESTONE
branch made its way to Sisseton,
but got stalled within a few miles
of Milbank on the return, and an
engine and plow had to be sent
up to bring it in Wednesday
afternoon.
Two young men, Gale Russell
and Louis Craig were captured
while burglarizing Browns
jewelry store at Ortonville
Thursday morning about
o'clock. Craig was said to have
come from Minneapolis, bu
Russell has lived in Big Stont
City and Ortonville all his life
and is a son of Taylor Russell
one of the first settlers il
in this county The sheriff
and marshall had beer
secreted in the store during tn,
night, parties having suspected
that burglary was planned, ant
in the struggle of capturing tn,
burglars. Russell was shot in th'
hand by the accidental discharg,
of the sheriff's self cooking re
volver.
The various Sunday schools
of the city, Notwithstanding tn,
cold storm, had the usual Christ
mastide festivities. The Meth
odist church was very prettily
decorated for the occasion ano
the distribution of presents was
preceded by acharming program
of we'll rendered music and rec
itations by the members of thu
school. The exercises were helt
on Christmas eve. The Congre
gational Sunday school also hat
it's exercises on the same even
ing, the church being handsomel,
and elaborately decorated will
| evergreen rope for the celebra