The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-04

CITY AND COUNTRY.

Aberdeen grocers are selling pota-
toes at retail for 70 cents per bushel.
Jos. BARTLETT, wheat buyer from
Hecla, and A. e. Clark, the robust
banker from the same town, were
being shown about the new court
house on Tuesday, 5easting their eyes
on its spacious elegance.
The only Brown county parties to
whom a marriage license was issued
this last week were NJ. August Fouts
of Claremont and Mrs. Ethel G. Fouts
OF the same-p!ace to whom the doc
ument was handed on March Sd.
E, n. Carbon of the New Aberdeen
hotel is around again after a severe
ILLNESS and the hotel which had to
be closed down on account of the
steam plant being out of order, is
nov open to the public in far better
condition than ever.
The Northwestern railway Com
pany is issuing a circular advising
farmers to be careful Of their seed
wheat. Not only to use care in des-
troying smut germs, but to change
for seed raised farther north at least
once every three years. .
/ P. d. Sollie of Highland township
was in Thursday. He thinks his taxes
are pretty high but he is not kicking
on the new court house which pleased
him very much. He says hay and all
sorts of fodder are very scarce in his
part Of the county. In fact the same
condition exists quite GENERALLY.
Rev. John Nelson, Union Sunday
School missionary went to Melette
Saturday last returning Monday. In
L the forenoon he addressed the Meth
odist Sunday school at that place and
in the afternoon addressed the Wesley
an M E. Sunady school at the Blair
school house east of town.
The genuine DR.. Wards Liniment
b and Remedies are changed in name
3 &c Watkins Liniment and Remedies
and have J. r. Watkins picture on
wrappers and labels as trade mark.
Sold at the branch office by T. H.
Moen, Aberdeen. Beware of the inn
ttations that claim to be genuine.
Grin Conley, Of Columbia was down
d to the city Tuesday attending busi-
ness and taking IN opportunity to
q look the new courthouse over. Grin
is n Of the heavy taxpayers of the
couutG and expressed himself as well
satisfied that the building had been
& made so fine; in fact he is proud Of it.
q Coal dealers in this city who are
= being supplied over liz
road are having a hard time to keep
II any coal in stock. IT blockadesshould
occur the shortage might
serious. Frederick, Houghton and
y Warner have been out. Herman Pref
ger reports he is gettinghs orders
IL filled satisfactorily on the Great
sS Northern.
It was expected that one of the new
business bnilding to be erected next
season in Aberdeen would be one to
81 accommodate the expanding business
of the Dakota Farmer. Now it has
been determined that no build
ing will be done next year, but that
ga the brick, stone and iron fer a build
ss ing 80 foot front to replace the present
q building will be all placed on the
d ground ready for quick work in the
Following spring.
Mrs. Amos Bacon came down on the
train from Hutton Monday in response
a message stating that Roy, heI
sH son, wa worse because of .erysip,
elias which had set in as a result of an
s attack of appendicitis. His condition
# is rather precarious, but hopes are en-
@S tertained that the diseare may run
s8s it's course and a change for the better
result before many days. Later-As
the paper goes to press it is learned
that he is much improved.
The monthly report of Observer
Gallett to the weather bureau shows
athatduring February the temperature
f 4 was below zero nineteen out Of the
tWenty-nine days during the month,
and that there were seven days on
which the temperature did not at
any time during the t%wenty-fou1
hours get above zero. The lowest
point touched Wasr32 beloWenthe 9Th.
and the highest was on the 9th. when
20 above was reachsd.--Daily News
sM D. @. Washburn, city engineer and
counvy surveyor. has now ready for
delivery his new c~ityatlas upon which
he has been working for nearly ayear.
t is substantially bound with plats
Reproduced upon the finest blue print
paper obtainable, and the book is 50
shaped as TO be easily handled. al