The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-08-25

CITY AND COUNTRY.

field Tuesday.
T%hreshing is being done all ovel
Brown county.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fluke, of Westport, on Aug. 81, a son.
List your land and city property
with the GOODWIN LAND Co., corner
OF Second Ave. and Lincoln St. ind
Old Major, Alec McDiarmid's dog
that has been we'll known to Aber.
deenites for over a dozen years, died
Tuesday Of old age.
Otto e. Mueller has returned from
Detroit where he represented Babel
Wed temple of the D. o. X. K. at the
national convention.
A team belonging to E. Mespell of
Bath created some excitement Mon.
day by running away and soaring a
few people but they finally concluded
to stop.
Murray Dickey of Garner, Iowa,
was in the city this week. Mr.. Dick
ey was a. pioneer resident of West
port and later Of Frederick but left
Brown county some years ago.
The nights of late have been cool
enough to remind people that frost is
an unpleasant possibility at any time
and the days have been warm enough
to remind them of other things.
0. +. Waller, who is very ill with
an attack Of typhoid fever at St.
Luke's hospital, is said to be on the
road to recovery, though it will be
some weeks before he will be able to
leave the hospital.
Word has been received in the city
from John Wade to the effect that
Mrs. Wade's health has been much
improved since they left Aberdeen.
They are at present visiting in North
Yakima, Washington.
Miss Eva Austin, sister of w. w.
Austin, and Miss Minnie Owen her
cousin, have left for Bentley, Alberta,
Canada, the home of Miss Austin.
Miss Owen will teach in that far off
country the coming year.
Wright s. Holmes, proprietors of
the City Hack line, have recently re-
ceived a first class ambulance for use
in the city. 1t is fully equipped for
the purposes of an ambulance and
ILLS a long felt want. to say the least.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. II. Pond returned
Tuesday night from their trip to Port
land. They are enthusiastic over the
beauties OF Yellowstone Park, which
they visited on their trip westward.
They returned by way of Victoria and
Vancouver w the Canadian Pacific.
The North American Storage Com
pany will hereafter have a superin-
tendent of creameries in this section
of their territory. M. J. Caspers, of
Chicago, will cover a part of the two
states and regularly visit and inspect
creameries belonging to his company.
He will probably travel out of Aber-
deem.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Wells have left
for the Portland exposition and a Wis
it with relatives and friends who now
reside on the Pacific coast. Mrs.
Nina Silliman, the niece of Mrs.
Wells who has been visiting them.
leaves with them for Minnesota
points where she will visit for some
time.
Two COW boys dashed up Main
street Monday night at regular auto
mobile speed, only they were riding
ponies. One of them lost his hat and
in trying to recover it was nabbed by
Officer Ryan. He was locked up and
scared somewhat and then let go with
an admonition to get an auto if he
wanted to make such fast time.
A stranger in the city was sent to
the pest house Monday. He has a
fully developed case of small pox, the
first that has been seen in the city for
some time He was undoubtedly in
fected before arriving at Aberdeen as
the case was we'll along a day or two
after he reached here. He gave the
name of Hunter and said he hailed
from Kansas.
One of the best games Of ball played
yet this season was stopped by order
of the mayor Sunday. The game was
being played at the usual place on the
North side when Officer Harrington
told the boys that a complaint had
been registered with the mayor and
that he deemed it best for them to
call it loft. This they did, somewhat
reluctantly, but cheerfully. The
game was between the Ward and
Sherman hotels and was closely con-
tested. Engler and Heating for the
Sherman hotel were matched against
Wright and Davis, for the Ward.