The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-07-03

will spend the 4th in MiIbapk
George Kasson, of Hector
was greeting his Milbank friends
Tor a day or two the first of week.
Sec'y A. F. Lindquist has lust
completed the school census
and has discovered 279 bows
and 1863 girls of school age in the
city.
Thos. Fitch went to the Hot
Springs the first of the week
where the soldiers home com.
mission superintend the transfer
of the home to the new
commandant this week.
Mr.. G. L. Wood received
intelligence the first of the
week of the death of a sister.in-
law, Mrs. Moses Wood, of
Racine, Wis, who died of
dropsy. She was 64 years of
age.
l.. l.. Vroman the train dis
patcher on the Milwaukee at
Aberdeen rendered his resigna-
ton, and gave up his position
the first of the month. Warner
+. Arntz has been appointed to
the place.
At the ball games on the 3rd
and 4th, gentlemen will be
charged % cents and the ladies
and children will be admitted
free. The ball games will be the
only sports for which any charge
will be made.
Miss Emily Patwell who was
the trimme at Mrs. Conright's
millinery store the past season,
was married at her mother S
home in Winnepeg on the 3Oth of
June to Mr.. Frank Gaffney of
Warrode, Canada.
A young man by the name of
Hale, who works on the Peter
klosse farm north of town
mutilated his left hand in corn
shelter and DR.. Kriesel was
compelled to amputate the first
finger at the second joint last
week.
E. Emanuel has been attending
the annual meeting of the state
funeral directors association,
which is being held at Sioux
Falls this week. Will Emanuel,
who is now working at Fair
mount, Mimi. also attended the
meeting.
Manager Ryger wishes it
announced that he will receive
milk from 6 clock until 9 O'clock
on the morning of the 4th, but
that he will not receive anything
after the clock strikes nine. So
if you bring milk on that day you
must get it in early.
There were $50 old soldiers
enrolled on the encampment
books at Big Stone lake and
there were quite number who
were on the grounds but who
failed to register. so that there
were probably over 600 old
soldiers who visited the encamp-
ment.
Mrs. Juliet Mcdonald and
grandson Louis Wald, and Mrs.
Henry Butler, all of Minneapolis,
were visitors at the home Of
Thos. Fitch for a few days last
week. Mrs. Mcdonald is a
sister of Mrs. Fitch, and the
party came up to attend the
G. A. r. encampment and ENJOY
few days at the lake
c.. L. Seine and Gunder Paul
son of Adams township were IN
town Monday on their to attend
the yearly meeting of Normanna
temperance society, which is
being held at the Falness church,
near Pierpont in Day county.
The meeting continued for three
DAYS, and the Grant county dele
gates returned home yesterday
M. L. Ecker returned from
Alameda, Assiniboia, where ne
had been for the past month
assisting D, B. Nichols in his
land business. Mr.. Ecker says
that the growing crops both
over ia Canada and in North
Dakota are away behind what
they are here, and that they
were sadly in need OF rain IN
the northern country.
The fifth division G. A. r.,
which held it's reunion at Big
Stone lake at the time OF the
state encampment, elected N. ,.
Leavitt, of Sisseton, division
commander; David Babo. OF