The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-08-18
CITY AND COUNTRY.


day morning for a ten days trip to
Denver and vicinity.
James Wright, formerly water COM
missioner in this city is now holding
a similar position at Wahpeton, n. D.
Mrs. E. P. Marlatte has gone to
Portland, Oregon, where she will
meet her husband and reside in the
future.
A. r. Goodale, a pharmacist in
Griftis' drug store, has gone to his
home in Brookings for a couple Of
weeks visit and regeneration.
P. II. Guhin, of the firm of Guhin
Bros. has returned from his farm in
Mcpherson county, where he went to
breathe the ozone for a time on his
homestead.
Miss Della Kraft, whose home is in
Groton, has been in the county hospit-
al for some time. suffering from an
attack OF appendicitis. An operation
was not necessary.
Gid Granger, brother of the late
VIM. Granger of Claremont, from
Linden, Genesee county, Michigan is
here to look after the harvest on the
Granger farm in Claremont.
A tennis tournament, open only to
local players, will begin next Monday
in this city at the association grounds
south Main street, to continue even
ings through this week. Nine prizes
are offered.
G. N. Perry, late of Ipswich where
he has for two years been in charge
OF the Edmunds county abstract bust
ness, has succeeded to the place in
the Coe s. Howard Abstract Office so
long and ably filled by the late Chas.
Hermance.
James Collins, who has been held
for some time on charge of passing
worthless checks, was tried Monday
night before Judge Mccoy. He made
no defense and was fined $50, which
he paid, and a sentence of 60 days,
which he is serving in the county Jail.
Another musical organization has
been added to the others which char
acterize Aberdeen as a musical city.
1t is a string orchestra consisting of
the following young men: f. w.
Smith, Fred Duden and Artie Mar
kin, first mandolins, J. E. Brown,
second mandolin and Harry Walker,
guitar and director.
l. n. Wells went out Tuesday
morning over the new rural route to
the southwest. The route goes south
west TO and along the east town line
of Highland, across to the East by
Rudolph and back along the Milwau-
kee track. Wednesday he went over
the route to the northeast to neal
the Lincoln ranch, west by the Thor
son place and in from the north.
The butter business is becoming an
item on the roads. Tuesdays freight
on the North Western carried a re-
frigerater car which was nearly one
third filled with tubs at Hecla,
Houghton and Columbia, before
reaching Aberdeen. The conductor
said another would be put on and
both would be filled by the time they
reached Tracy. Consignments we're
to New York City.
Leslie Neuman the young son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Neuman, was
seriously scalded last Friday while
helping about the house with the
family washing. He attempted, with
a brothers help, to lift a boiler fun Of
boiling hot water off a gasoline stove
and in doing it he either stumbled
and fell or let it slip and the contents
struck him about the waist. He was
burned badly from his chest to his
feet. 1t is not thought that the
burns will result in serious injury
though the lad will be laid up for
some time and he naturally has suf-
fered severely.
The banks 0 their case against
the express companies before the
state railroad commission at Sioux
Falls, recently. The action was in
stituted by the Aberdeen National
Bank Of this city, through it's attor-
neys, Judge A. w. Campbell and j.
H. Perry, and was brought to compel
the local express companies to accept
shipments of currency during bust
ness hours instead of requiring the
banks to send it to the trains for
shipment. Nearly all the banks in
the larger towns in the state were in
terested and watched the case closely.
The local bank scored a complete VIC
tory though they may have to fight it
out in the courts as the express COM
panies e determined not to give
in Until forced to.