The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27


somewhat better.
Miss Carrie Cannon was on the sick
list this week.
NJ. S. Fink, of Big Stone. was ir
Milbank Wednesday.
S. A. Herrick Of Corona. was a Mil.
bank visitor Tuesday.
L. 2. Barryman, Of Wilmot. was a
Milbank visitor Friday.
James Bailey of Hastings. Mimi.
was IN the city during the week.
Miss Adele Foss is visiting at her
home in Wilmot during the week.
q. w. Silcher, the optician at Bles-
err drug store Saturday, Oct. 18th.
A. X. Crawford was on the ndis.
posed list the fore part of the week,
DR.. Thos. Hicks was i'll the first OF
the week but is able to be about again.
The sick people at the VIM. Enos
home are able to be up and around
again.
Hon. A. @. Somers of Strouston. was
greeting his Milbank friends last Sat-
urday.
T. b. Newell of Sisseton transacted
business in this city the first of the
week.
John Henley of Revillo, was tran
sactlng business in this city the first
of the week.
w. Fl. Buck is again at his work at
the MCGOWAN lumber yards after a
few days illness.
c: d. Crary, of South Haven, Mich,
is the guest Of his nephew, Mayor
BOuck, this week.
A. r. Button, of Sioux Falls, sup
erindent OF the Children's Home, was
tn town over Sunday.
Robert Heidtke has reopened his
restaurant on Second Avenue and will
be glad to have his friends call
L. L. Kenyon, of Sherwood. N. D.
has been in town during the week
looking after business matters.
Mrs. B. F, Vosburg is enioyinc a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Hartley,
OF st. Paul, who arrived last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Card, of Lang
don, N. D., were in town between
trains Wednesday, on their way to
visit friends on the branch.
Work on the library building is
progressing nicely, nearly all of the
granite found alton being laid. Work
on the rest of the building will be
pushed as fast as possible.
Mrs. George Ishman of New JERSEY,
who has been visiting friends in this
vicinity for some time left for Wiscon-
sin Tuesday night where she will visit
friends before going to her home.
Editor Downie and family are en-.
joying visit this week from Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Pendell, the latter being
sister of Mr.. Downie. The visitors
have long been residents of Saginaw,
Mich but are now on their way to
Los Angles, CAL. to which place they
have recently removed.
Friends in this city have received
word from Lloyd Shaw, formerly of
this city, but now at Battle Creek,
Mich, where he is working on the Re-
view & Herald, stating that he is
getting along nicely with his new work
and that he would soon go on the
regular force of linotype operators.
The county commissioners at a
special session the first of the week on
petition resolved to reduce the assess
ed valuation on merchandise 314 per
cent where application was made be-
fore the lst of November. The origin
al assessment on 40 per cent basis
was raised so per cent by the state
1,,.;, -
ment to 80 per cent.
The citizens of Milbank regret to
learn that Rev. E. Fem Lyman, who
mas fllled the pulpit of the congrega-
tlonal church of this city for the past
tour years. is about to remove to
Montana, where he has accepted call
from the Congreg ational church of
Great Fails Mr.. Lyman enjoys the
respect ano confidence not only of the
church OF which he is pastor, but of
the Christian community and citizens
OF Mllbank generally. who wish him
every success in the work of his new
Held. he expects to leave for Mon
tana about the middle of November.
provided satisfactory arrangements
can be made with the local church for
his departure at that time.
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AT the annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church held at
w atertown last week, the ministers of
the church received appointments of
the charges for the year There were
not a great many changes made Pre-
siding Elder Hall, of the Aberdeen
district, who had served six years in
that capacity, was transferred to the
pastorate of the Brookings church
and @. ). Hopkins, of Brookincs was
made presiding elder of the Aberdeen
district. The appointments of the W ater-
town district were as follows, Rev. S.
A. Chappell being returned to the Mil
bank charge:
Watertown District: w. l. Graham.
presiding elder: Arlington, A. c..
McLane: Big Stone, Thomas Sander
son; Bradley, FL. l.. Hastings: Brook
ings, E. II. Hall; Castlewood, Nels
Fauebust; Clark, w. l.. Meipzer:
Clear Lake, J. L. Allen; Corona and
Wilmot, e. E. Saxton: Elkton and
Aurora, G. J. Gall: Garden City. 4.
w, Darling: Gary, Hall X. Wallace.