Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-04-13

winter, the thermometer not REGISTER
ing lower than 40 degrees below zero.
They are having an early spring out
there, as farmers begun blowing the
first OF March in the Gallatin valley.
Mrs. CHM gave him reception prior
to his departure. Being member OF
the Bohemian orchestra, he had many
friends who were sorry to have him
leave.
The Baptist church of this city re-
Gently extended call to the Rev.
Jerome Campbell of Weston, Nebraska
to become Its pastor and he has now
accepted the same. He will be here to
begin his pastorate May LIST, the church
In the meantime being supplied. We
understand that Mrs. Campbellis some
thing of preacher also and that be-
tween the two, both Elk Point and
Burbank will be we'll taken care Of 1t
Is expected that Mrs. Campbell will
soon visit here. We welcome these
good people to our midst and trust that
their stay here may be both pleasant
to themselves and greatly blessed to
the field they have chosen for their
labor.
Last Saturday we corrected our mail
ing galley and found that since the
last change few weeks ago ten new
paid subscribers had come Ia without
any special solicitation. This is about
the way itgoes, the drift recently be
ing decidedly in our favor. In week
or two we shall make an unusually at
tractive offer 10 new subscribers, which
will doubtless be taken advantage of by
q large number. Following are the
new subscribers enrolled Saturday:
Samuel Dickson, w. J. Fink, w. o.
SWEET, c. NJ. Dunwiddie, Lee Blake,
Elk Point; Frank Rickstein, Rural No.
/; Martin Larson, Rural No. a; ALT
Morgan, Rural No. 2, Hawarden; Geo.
s. Murtfeldt, Minneapolis; Mrs. T. F.
Dack, Seneca, S. D.
The union service in the M. E.
church last Sunday afternoon, in com
memoration Of the fortieth anniversary
OF the surrender of the Confederate
army the same day, was well attended
and interesting. The G. A. r. and Re.
lief Corps attended in body and there
was also good general attendance.
Rev. w. B. Stewart conducted the
opening exercises, the principal ad-
dress being by the Rev. I. ]. Wood
cock. 1t was scholarly discussion of
the meaning OF Appomattox, as illus
trating the development of our nation
al constitution from the Articles OF
Confederation in 1877, up to the Civil
war settlement. Henry Nearman, Sr.,
we believe, claims to be the only Elk
Point veteran who was present at the
surrender at Appomattox and he Is
naturally and properly quite proud of
1t.
E, G. Vincent, government engineer
at sioux City under Major Chit
tendon, was In the city, and in COM
pany with A. o. Ringsrud and Sur
yeyor vinson made survey OF the
Missouri river yesterday morning at
the point near r. J. Hayes where it
has been doing the most damage lately.
Mr.. Vincent was surprised at the
rayages the river has made since the
last government rip rap work was put
In and secs the absolute necessity of
protection work being made at once.
Mai. Chittsnden will probably recon-
mend the building Of ten or . dozen
dykes at this point, which will break
the force Of the current and tend to
throw il away from the damaged shore.
Only s75 900 Ii available this year for
the Missouri river from Sioux City up
and q third Of that amount ought TO be
axnaudad here.