The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-06-02

| John Phelan was up from Min.
neapolis, Sunday, to visit his
Milbank friends.
Miss Kate Lee, of Minneapolis,
arrived Sunday morning, for an
extended visit with her sister
Mrs. f. A. Croal.
The mbers of the Nj. H. S.
nine are trying togeta game with
the Aberdeen nine, for next Sat
turday, at Ortonville.
Rural Mail Carrier w. E. Nor.
ton picked up a small boy near
the home base Wednes day, and
will keep him the usual ten days
for Identification, if not longer.
| D. w. Conright has accepted
the position of car repairer al
Gravel Pit, for the summer,
where the Milwaukee has q
boarding train and a large crew
of men at work.
There is no greater pleasure
for young man than a drive in
a handsome rubber tired turn
out with real nice girl. The
latter you will find most any
where in South Dakota, and the
former at Wood Bros.
G. A. Kern, the harness man,
yesterday received from Toledo.
Ohio, a paper mache horse, for
display purposes. Mr.. Kern
Immediately decked the dummy
up in one of his own make har-
ness, which added very mater.
tally to it's good looks.
The enter tainment given by
the members of the M. H. S.
base ball nine. under the auspices
of the G.. A. r.. Tuesday evening,
at the opera house, was very
we'll attended. The young peo-
pie did their parts admirably
and deserve much credit.
Hurrah for the M. H. S. nine
yes, and we shouldn't forget the
boys of the city nine who played
so hard; but then. The first two
innings were a complete fire.
works, the M. H. S. nine gaining
their victory during the pyro
technic display, running in five
or six scores. This start the
city nine were never able to
make up, although the score
stood 8 to II at the finish in favor
of the H. S. nine. During the
9th, 9TH and 9th innings it looked
bad for the victors, score stand
ing 8 to 9, but in the first half of
the 9th they run in two more
scores with the above results.
The members of both teams at
times did poor work, and again
they would get down to business
and deal out genuine ball, many
of their plays doing justice to
league games. Occasionally the
boys would give the spectators
a little piece of juggling with the
ball-just for recreation, you
know. One thing very evident,
the crowd was in sympathy with
the high school boys. The gate
receipts were over 800.
The Santa Cruz, California,
Surf of May 18th gives the fol-
lowing write up of birthday
party given by Mrs. J. A. Will
liams a former resident of Mil
bank who entertained mum Der
of her old South Dakota friends
now living in California:
| Mrs. J. A. Williams celebrated her
birthday anniversary by dinner par
ty yesterday afternoon at her home at
96 Plymouth street, from to 5. The
| invitations were novel and unique,
and the friends there were all friends
in South Dakota, it being their first
reunion since their coming to this
| ClUys A0 0lAO00u l6ulll0S I0HECS0uUe
ed, with three exceptions. all hail
from Milbank, s. D., the others from
the adjoining city of Wilmot. and all
have arrived since the coming of Mr..
| Williams, eighteen months ago, which
shows good missionary work has
been done.
They congratulated themselves that
they were here, and they especially
enjoyed the wealth of floral bloom
| that was about the house as decora.
tions. Mrs. Williams had arranged
every room with q wealth of roses, of
carnations, ferns and the many other
flowers that are growing in such pro-
fusion in the gardens at the present
time.
It was like partaking OF her old
time hospitality, for which she was
noted in the eastern home, and she
proved loyal host, and received
many tokens of appreciation from the
assembled friends.
! The dinner was an elaborate course
affair and there were covers laid for
fifteen. The table decorations were