The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-03-18

The Ladies Aid Society will
meet with Mrs. NJ. L. Ecker next
Thursday afternoon.
John Malsed, jr. came up from
Appleton to celebrate st. Pat
ricks day with Milbank friends.
DR.. Ferguson reported the ar
rival of a fine little son at the
home of Virgil Sarff Thursday
morning.
Rev. Chappell and wife have
been holding a series of special
meetings at Twin Brooks during
the week.
Mrs. J. G.. Reeve, of Melrose,
has been spending the week
with her daughter, Mrs. Camp
bell, at Ortonville.
Ed. Trexler, who has been Wis
iting in the city during the win
ter, took his departure for Fargo
Wednesday evening.
Adolph Henkelman and. wife
of Correll, we're visiting their
brotherinlaw, G. Stengle, dur
ing the week, returning home
this morning.
The friends of Mrs. Lizzie
Bachus, now of Portage, Wis
will be interested to learn that a
little son recently arrived at the
Bachus home.
John Truran, deputy commits
sioner Of school and public lands,
came over from Pierre Wednes-
day and is visiting among his
Roberts county friends.
Eugene McGovern, of Mitchell,
spent couple of days in Mil
bank the first of the week visit
ing his sister. Miss Mary Nc
Govern. the music teacher.
The republican county commit
tee met yesterday afternoon and
issued the call for a county con-
vention for March 80. The call
is. published in another COLUMN.
Fred Wendland has purchased
the dwelling house of Mrs. Fl. w
Bailey, and Mrs Bailey is max
ing arrangements to move to ST.
Paul. where two Of her sons are
living.
James Moore, who divides
his affections and his time be-
tween Canada and South Dakota,
came down from TIE north last
week and is looking after his
interests in Grant county.
Mrs Mary Conright desires
the ladies to attend her opening
March 81 and April 1st and I'd,
when she will have a fine assort.
ment of the celebrated Gage
Bros. hats and millinery goods
on sale.
"a Royal Slave" company
which is to play at the Milbank
opera house Friday evening,
the 25th, has large amount of
fine scenery. The inadequate
facilities of the opera house are
to be regretted as the scenic
productions of the company are
very fine.
The NOrthwester university
at Evanston, ILL.,, has offered one
hundred scholarships in the
college of liberal arts free TO
candidates nominated by the
faculties of high schools, acad-
emies or other preparatory
schools In the selection of
names not only class standing
but "those moral and intellectual
qualities which would seem to
indicate likelihood of success in
after life" are to be taken into
consideration.
We are now ready for spring
business. Come early and get
the choice Of our fine assortment.
STONE & SULLIVAN.
The members of Esther Chap
ter, O. E. S., celebrated the
eleventh anniversary of the chap
ter, at the regular meeting Mon
day evening. A short historical
account Of the organization and
progress of the chapter was Civ
en- by the secretary, Mrs. M.
H. Wiseman, and this was fol-
lowed by several musical selec-
tions and readings that were
nicely rendered and heartily APP
preciated, and the reading OF a
letter from Mrs. E. S. Healy, OF
Glen burn, n d. About fifty sat
down to refreshments of escal
loped oysters and coffee, a large
birthday cake being cut by the