The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-02-03

attending circuit court.
Jas. Miracle has three good
farms for rent-two of them
within three miles of Milbank.
Harry Diets, the oldest son of
AL Diets, has been quite ill with
fever for the past two weeks, but
is now improving.
M IS. NJ. F. Guthrie entertained
the luemb bers of the degree team
of the Degree of Honor lodge last
Tuesday afternoon.
Willie Emanuel is building up
quite a reputation as an expert
unucrtaker, and last week was
caiied to Webster to take charge
of case Of embalmlng.
A letter from Santa Cruz tells
us that Mrs. j. A. Williams has
been very i'll and that Mrs. j. w.
Bell is suffering with a severe
attack of rheumatism.
G. A. Wood left for a visit to
California the fist of the week,
where he goes to see his son and
daughter, Albert and Charlotte,
who are attending school in that
state.
A recent letter from the Hawes
family at Santa Cruz, Cal. states
that they are all well and nioy-
ing the California weather. Mr..
Hawes is engaged in the real es-
tate business.
The Milbank Creamery Com
pany is paying 90 cents for but
ter fat. Remember you get
cash for cream as we'll as for
chickens, ducks, geese or turkey S
at the Round House.
Mrs. F. B. Roberts and Mrs.
A. G. Smith surprised their
husbands by inviting mum Der
of gentlemen in to play cinch
last Saturday evening at the
home of Mrs. Roberts.
w. E. Raymond, of Twin
Brooks, has been attending the
stock breeders and woolgrowers
convention at Mitchell this week,
where he will read a paper on
"Raising Sheep for Profit.
: The steel plates for the tower
and machinery for the new
system Of water works, has been
arriving during the week, but
owing to the cold snap the work
of construction has not been
attempted.
VII Phelan, who has been
working in the Milbank depot
for a number Of years, has been
transferred to Dumont on the
Fargo line, where he will have
charge of the station. Wills
friends dislike to see him leave
Milbank, but appreciate his
promotion.
The Modern Wood men of
America have created a camp
of Junior Woodmen, composed
of boys between the ages of Il
and Is years. An organization
will be formed in Milbank Satur-
day evening at Harmonic Hall.
All boys between the ages men
toned are invited to be present
and learn full particulars.
For real exercise these winter
days our young friend Ralph
Pike is doing a little stunt by
walking to and from his school,
which is located five and a half
miles out in Grant Center town.
ship. Ralph says his appetite is
is not in as hopeless u condition
as some people might imagine.
The night policeman at Apple
ton, Theodore Johnson, was shot
at by burglars who were at
tempting to enter store one
night the first Of the week. The
robbers escaped in the darkness
having landed one bullet through
the fur coat and under coat and
into a leather belt worn by the
marshal.
Nose Wakeman, a notorious
character of Roberts county,
who spent several months in the
Grant county Jail a year or so
ago, is again in the hands of the
authorities on the charge of sell
ling firewater to Indians. u. S.
Marshal Collins was taking him
to Aberdeen for safe keeping
until U. S. court convenes next
April.
One of the jolliest events of
the season. in the form of a hay.
rack party, took place last Fri
day evening when Rev. E. Fem
Lyman and his Sunday school
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