The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
CITY AND COUNTRY.


Ed. Ritter, while trying to part two
men that we're quarreling at Groton
Saturday, got a bad cut in the arm.
S. M. Dockstader's livery barn was
burned at Groton last Friday. Six
horses were burned including Saint
All and King Bob, trotting stations
of localnote.
Frank Clark, while burning grass
along the right of way on his section
Of the Milwaukee road east of town
was so seriously injured by inhaling
smoke that he was confined to his
house all this week.
John Helmka of Bath township is
busy excayating a pond of about an
acre in extent to have it ready for the
two inch artesian well which the
johnson rig is to commence the sink
ing of in a few days.
j. M. Sackreiter of Vernon twp,
this week received his new ditching
machine. This machine cost $1,000
and Mr.. Sackreiter will hire it out to
farmers o. .draining lands and work.
ing oads.-Grant Co. Review.
The Aberdeen High school foot ball
team went to Glendale on Saturday
where they played the Manual Train
ers, defeating them by a score of Is to
O.. The Highs have a clean record
thus far, no team yet crossing their
goal line.
The number of licenses issued this
year in Brown is 80, turning into the
treasury $3.50. Last year the number
issued was 81, but the fines help make
the revenue from this source as much
as this year. No fines were imposed
this year.
A. S. Lockrem brought in a sample
of apples yesterday raised in his gar
den, of the Duchess of Oldenburg
variety-a big red apple that would
put the Missouri kind out of business
in short order. Fruit raising in
South Dakota is no longer an expert
ment.-Pierpont Signal.
A good game of foot ball was play
ed on the..Normal campus last Friday
afternoon between the Huron college
team and the Northern Normal. The
latter team proved too strong for the
Huron boys, and although they play
ed a very creditable game lost to the
NormalS on a score of IL to O.
Fifty merchants of Huron have
joined in an agreement publicly an
nounced that they will duplicate the
prices in any of the catalogue houses.
They call on their customers contem-
plating sending orders away to come
in and get such goods as they desire
at catalogue prices with freight add
ed.
A party of young ladies in Madison
twp. formed a bee Tuesday and went
out and planted several telephone
poles. The weather was rather
stormy for such work so they did not
set out as many poles as they intend
ed. They say they are going to finish
the job when the weather improves.
Grant Co. Review.
This paper is in receipt of a hand
somely illustrated pamphlet mailed
from Everett, Washington, bearing
the autograph of Robert Moody on
the wrapper. It is wonderful adj
vertisement of Snohomish, a wonder
full county. A card to the secretary
of the chamber of commerce, Everett,
WASH, will bring it.
Rem Wheeler, local secretary of the
civil service commission conducted
an examination for rural carriers in
Brown, four applicants being present.
Vacancies may occur at any time on
the force and it is necessary to have
substitutes available. Next Saturday
Mr.. Wheeler will conduct an exami-
nation of applicants for the position
of clerk-carrier in the city.
The new bank at Hecla is to be
called the First State Bank of Hecla
and the directors are Charles Eyga-
broad, f. B. Cannon and Roswell Bot
tom. The latter will become a resi-
dent of Hecla, to the great gain of
the good little town up the Jim and
the loss of this city. He and MI.
Eygabroad spent several days at Hec-
la last week making preparation for
the opening of the new bank.
R. Z. Champlin has sold his dray
line, consisting Of 16 good horses and
eight drays, to Frank Huger, an en-
ploye Of eight years service. The con-
sideration was $500. Mr.. Champlin
has been in the dray business II years,
and gives it upin order tolgive his en-
tire attention to his hardware BUSH
ness. He will build new brick build
ing for his store in the spring on the
lot occupied by Hurley 8 Boardman's
new meat market.
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