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

Judge A. w. Campbell is in Pierre
for a few days this week attending to
legal business before the supreme
court.
Thor f. Fossum, one of the most
promising young dentists in the state,
opened for business in the good town
of Groton Monday this week.
H. S. Young, who practiced dentist
nv at Groton since 'S3, died there last
Saturday of paralysis, in his64th year.
He leaves a wife and two sons.
Truman A. Zimmerman returhed
this week from Madison, Wis, where
he has been in the employof the Crow
lev Lumber Go. since last April.
Chas. Edwards is receiving many
compliments on the brick work on
the Appel building. Charley had the
contract and he says he is a little
proud of the job himself.
The remains of Ferdinand Wage of
Ferney. who died at St. Luke's hospl-
tai Tuesday night of typhoid fever,
are to be sent to Groton Friday where
the burial will take place.
The most positive and delightful
musical creation of the present sea-
son is ellis Highness the Bey,' which
Manager Gottschalk has arranged
to appear Wednesday evening, Oct.
25th.
The burning of farm houses is rare
but for some unknown cause the
house on the old Van Horn place near
Hecla burned during the absence of
the tenant of the place one day last
week.
The grocery stock of f. W. Ray
mond purchased by w. II. Kearney
will be sold in a lump this week, posi-
bly,, if not so sold will then be retailed
from the store where it is at bargain
prices.
The grand chancellor Of the Knights
of Pythias, John Wade. went to Huron
on Wednesday to attend a meeting of
the lodge in that city when an especi-
ally good time was had in celebration
OF the Initiation of twenty new
knights.
Notwithstanding the sloppy walks
and a snow storm prevailing most of
the evening a packed house turned
out to see the Rogers Lyceum Com
pany's picture entertainment at the
Sacred Heart church Wednesday even
ing. Expressions of satisfaction were
universal.
L. 7. Van Slyke went to La Moure
county, North Dakota, to prepare for
the %contesting a motion for a new
trial on behalf of Frank Coburn.
This motion will be argued about the
first of the month. If denied an APP
peal will likely be taken by Coburn's
attorneys. Pending the disposal of
this motion Coburn is out on bail.
O.C. M~atteson, we'll known breeder
of black polled cattle, has a great
piece of yellow dent corn on his place
near Westport. A photograph of the
corn with Charles Agor, of Kankakee,
Ill, standing in it shows stalks three
feet higher than his head and ears as
high as his shoulders. MIR. Matteson
will take his oath that there is not a
soft ear in it. 1t is wonderful how
corn grows in Brown county.
On Wednesday morning at t h e
church of the Sacred Heart the funeral
Of Mrs. Moser, wife of Zeno Z. Moser,
a farmer residing north of the city,
occurred, Father Dermody officiating.
The remains were buried in the
Catholic cemetery. She was As years
old, born in Denmark. Her husband
and five children survive her. She
was a member of the Royal Neigh
bors, and a delegation of that order
attended the funeral.
A.. r. Clark, the Hecla banker, made
a run from Hecla to Faulkton, lOS
miles, against a head wind, one day
last week, with his auto, and on the
following day went to Highmore,
where he traded it away for a quarter
section of land, coming back by rail.
This week he went to Bowdle where
he bought DR.. Edwards auto, of the
same make as his old one, coming as
far as this city Wednesday through
the mud.
The dirt loader being operated in
excavating the basement for the
Breene & Sauer block to be built on
Dakota venue is attracting much at.
tention. This wonderful labor saw
ing devise was furnished by J. b.
Mattice to Contractor William Zeller
and is an invention of great merit.
Under favorable conditions this i'm.
plement has a capacity of 100 wagon
loads of earth per day operated by one
man and team, with an additional
team and two men, 200 loads of one
square yard each OF earth can be