The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03


Herman Crowl, who has been
living IN Nebraska for the past
few months, is home on a visit.
Lyle Benedict left for Brook
lngs last Saturday to complete
his course at the agricultural
college.
Miss Seide of Brookings
visited over Sunday with her
sister, Miss Minnie Seide.-
Aberdeen News.
Is there drill on the market
as good as the Superior disc
drill? Ifs you will have to show
it to Farley the machine man.
Erlandson & JohnsOn's expert
tailor will be here two days,
Friday and Saturday, April 10th
and 1lth to take your measures.
Burt Fuller of Summit was on
the tram east yesterday morning,
bound for two or three weeks
visit to Washington and the coast
country.
f. D. Miller, of Big Stone, who
is working for the Pew Imple
ment Co., expects to move his
family to Milbank if he can make
satisfactory arrangements.
John Burgan announces in an
advertisement that he now has
his feed mill in operation, and is
prepared tC grind all kinds of
feed, aud also keeps a stock on
hand.
Phil F'OOte, an old time resi-
dent of Ortonville. now living
in Minneapolis was in town last
Saturday, as agent for the Con-
solidated Granite company of
Ortonville.
A paper was circulated during
the week to secure su bscribers for
an independent telephone stock
company. Some 223 shares at
| $40 a share, was subscribed,
I with the provision that all the
business men of the town should
take hold of the enterprise, and
some sixty odd phones were sub
scribed for under the same con-
ditions. Just what further may
be done in the matter is as yet
uncertain.
A hundred or more Workmen
were present at the special meet
ing in the A. O, U. W. hall Mon
day evening to help initiate
thirteen candidates into the mys-
teries of the order. This was
the last meeting before the close
of the contest between the local
A. O. U. ". and D. Of H. lodges
and as the Workmen proved TO be
the best hustlers, an oyster sup
per will be the next thing in or
der, at the expense of the Degree
of Honor mem bers.
Theremains of Peter Daugherty,
a former section foreman on the
railroad, were brought to Milbank
for burial last Monday afternoon
and inferred in the Catholic Gem
etery. The deceased was a resi-.
de At of Odessa, where he kept a
hotel, and had been taken with
quick consumption some months
ago, aud was on his way to New
Mexico, in hopes Of benefiting
his health. While in the Min
neapolis depot on his journey
south he was suddenly stricken
down and died in his wife's arms
Mr.. Daugherty was a member OF
the A. O.'U. w., and a delegation
of the order met the remains at
the depot and escorted them to
the CEN etery.
Mr.. J. G.. Wood, who has been
spending the past three months
in visit to The West India
Islands and Cuba, returned
home the first Of the week. Mr..
Wood visited the islands Of st
Vincent. Martinique, Dominica,
Guadeloupe and Jamaica, but he
was unfavorably impressed with
what he saw in the tropics until
he reached Cuba, where he spent
some six weeks in the city OF
Havana, and vicinity. He was
very forcible impressed with the
prospects for development in
Cuba. The island had been dev.
astated with war; the ravages OF
which were visible on all sides,
but it has already begun to show
signs Of improvement, and with
guaranteed peace and stable
government, the wonderful fertil.
! ity of the soil, equable climate and
natural resources Of the country
no axnectS to see a wonderful de.