The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-07-17

Goi Sc iduJ reports the ar
rival OF fine little daughter at
his home last Tuesday.
Jas. Mcdowell, of Marvin
was down at the county seat
Tuesday and reports the crop
conditions No. 1 in his neighbor-
hood.
The frame work of Henry
Mitchell's new home is now
enclosed, and the carpenters
are busy getting ready for the
plasterers.
WIN Boice, of Mazeppa, was
a Milbank visitor yesterday.
He says crops all the way west
to his place never looked more
promising than they to at the
present time.
Miss Bessie DOwnie accom-
panied her cousin, Mrs. Stephens
and children, on their return to
Minneapolis last week and will
make a short visit in that city
and at Morristown, Mimi.
State Oil Inspector Ed Moul-
ton was in town Wednesday.
going up to Sisseton the next
day. Mr.. Moulton was one of
the early day settlers in Milbank,
and his friends are always glad
to see him.
Mrs. G.. L. Wood and daughter
Marion started for visit to her
old home in Michigan the first
of the week. She was accom-
panied by her cousin, Miss
Jessie Hicks, of Sisseton. They
will make portion of the trip
by water, taking the boat at
Mackinac for Detroit.
J. D. Burkhardt with his
house moving apparatus, lifted
and placed the granary Of God
frey Stengle back in place. The
building was rolled over in the
wind storm last week. Mr..
Burkhardt has been called upon
to get several other farm build
jngs back to their proper places,
a number of them having been
but slightly moved.
One Of the painters while at
work on the Farmers bank
dropped screen from the
window of the second floor one
day last week. Miss Ettie Nc
Bath, Of WatertOwn, who was
passing at the time was struck
by the screen as it fell, and
was momentarily stunned, but
very fortunately was not per
manently injured.
The farm home of County
Commissioner Ben Moser in
Alban, was struck by lightning
in the storm Thursday morning
| of last week. Although the
lightning left considerable
evidence of it's work on the
building, fortunately none OF the
inmates of thehousewere injured.
The house of Ne]s Johnson in
Twin Brooks, was also struck IN
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]. E. Veon, who was for a
number of years teacher IN the
schools of the county, but who
went to North Dakota four or
five years ago, has been visiting
with friends in Milbank and
vicinity. Mr.. Veon has been
publishinga newspaper in Flngal,
y. D.. for several years, and has
recently sold out and will look up
q new location. Mrs. Veon, who
is also here, is daughter or
S. r. Taylor of Vernon township.
G. F. Rushton, who is out here
from Illinois looking after ms
land and stock business in the
hills, received word last week
that A. L. Wright was drowned
on the 4th at Lake Crystal, III:
The young man was about u
years of age. and had accom-
panied Mr.. Rushton here, but
returned to Illinois to spend
the 4th, and while sailing on the
lake named the boat was capslzeo
and he lost his life. He was a
son of Hon. A. L. Wright, VINO IS
a member of the state ooaro OF
charities of Illinois.
The baseball game last Satur-
dav between a nine from lps.
wich and the Milbank CLUB, and
which was played here attracted
considerable attention as an
evenly matched game Inc
locals were not able for some
reason to do as good work as
Id ncuallv done hereto