The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-11-03

spent Sunday with her par ent!
! at Big Stone.
John MADEIRA, who has beer
very I'LL for some time, is con
siderably improved.
Dr. Vos sburgh made a profes
sional visit to Wilmot last Satur
day, returning Sunday.
Mrs. M. B. Wiseman is visit
ing friends at her old home il
, Blue Earth county, MINI.
Mrs. e. Emanuel and Mrs. w
W. Downie were visiting Wilmo,
friends Tuesday the guests o1
Mrs. d. Cable
The W. G. r. u. will meet with
Mrs. Vandervoort on Tuesday,
Nov. 7th at 3 d. m. A full at
tendance is desired.
Grandma Hocum ACCOMPANIED
her son Harry to Minneapolis
last week, and she expects to
spend the winter in that city.
&. W. Small. of Webster. state
food and dairy inspector, was in
Milbank Tuesday on official busi-
ness.
Mr.. Schimming returned to
his home at Big Stone last Sat
urday, after several days visit
with his daughters, Mrs. Joe and
M. L. Martens of this city.
Miss Marie Theodorson. of
Minneapolis who has been doing
dressmaking here for some
months returned to her home
Monday morning.
Judge S. S. Lockhart last Sat
urday, Oct. 28th, tied the nup-
tlal knot that made one of two.
The parties who took the oath O f
allegiance to each other were
James G. Donavon, of Douglas
Ward Co., N. D., and Ella B.
Erickson, of Leeds, Benson Co.
MINI.
Our people awoke last Sunday
morning to find mother earth
covered with a mantle Of white.
ness, and it looked as if winter
had settled down for steady
work. For the past few days,
however the snow has not been
able to stand the climate and has
taken its departure. Flowing
and threshing had to besuspend.
ed for several days.
George Rix and company of
Ortonville hunters had the large
steamer up the lake for a day or
two during the cold snap, and
the lake partially freezing over it
looked as though they might
have TO anchor there for the win.
ter. However, they secured a
large number of ducks and got
their boat down for winter
mooring in its proper place.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Merry re.
turned from Cresco, Iowa last
week. Mr.. Merry had been
spending several weeks in that
locality, completing new barn
on his farm, while Mrs. Merry
had been at Mazomanie visiting
her mother and other friends.
Mr.. Merry says the early winter
weather has caught the farmers
OF Iowa with unfinished work as
well as those. of this portion of
the country.
Manager b. E. Templin, of the
Farmers telephone line, reports
a crew OF men at work on the Re
vlllo line. His men will be kept
at placing poles until it freezes
SO hard they cannot dig, when
they will be put at work string
ing wire. About 200 miles of
wire is already strung, which
figures will reach 800 miles by
the trst of the year, when some
ooO phones will have been ,
placed. AT present there are
about 2oO phones connected. .
The mbers of the high
school foot ball eleven went to {
Aberdeen last Saturday. where {
they played with the Normal
team. They We're done up to t
the tune OF 30 to O, which was g
oot such bad showing for the
Mlloank team as they have had t
Title or no practice this fall.
They went to Aberdeen expect
ng to get done up even worse |
han they were. The local teams
ire in hopes that the weather I
may be such as to permit of a
aome game Thanksgiving day.