The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-26

week.
Dan Kippen went to Clear
Lake, Wis, last week, where he
expects to remain until spring.
Miss Edna Scribner of Spring
Valley, Mimi, is making visit
to her aunt Mrs. Thos. Fitch of
this city.
Will I. Lowthian of Melrose,
who has been quite ILL with
rheumatism for several weeks
is now improving.
William Wendlund of Melrose
township is very happy this
week over the arrival of bright
little daughter at his home last
Monday.
N. I. Lowthian has been laid up
for a week or more witha kidney
trouble, but we are pleased to
say is now recovering and we
trust will soon be around again.
G.. G. Middlebrook returned
last Monday from Wisconsin,
where with Mrs. Middlebrook
he had been enjoying vacation
from business for the past
month.
The ladies of the Episcopal
guild tender a reception to Bish-
op Johnson this evening from 8
to 10 0 clock at the home of Mrs.
David Gamble. All Milbank peo-
pie are cordially invited.
We understand that Karl
Theimer has resigned as cashier
of the Twin Brooks bank, and
that George Kelsey, the present
deputy county auditor, will take
his place in the bank.
The ladies aid society of the
M. E. church will give chicken
pie supper in the new Bentley
building adjoining the First Ma
tional bank, on Tuesday even
ing, between the hours of 5 and
clock. Supper 25c.
A cold snap set in last Satur-
day night and inaugurated a
change from the balmy weather
that had marked the month of
January so far. The mercury
dropped down to IA below Mon
day morning according to the
government thermometer, and
this we believe was the extreme
reached by the cold spell.
The members of the Junior
class in the high school enter
tanned the seniors and faculty at
the home of Louis Saunders
Tuesday evening. The senior
class was also entertained at a
six clock dinner at the farm
home of Calista Cunningham in
Melrose, last Friday evening.
The pupils of the fifth grade
in the city schools gave their
teacher, Miss Celia Vandervoort,
a pleasant surprise last Satur.
day afternoon, when they came
to her home in a body and spent
the hours from two to seven
o'clock, having an enjoyable
time. Before leaving they pre-
sented Miss Vandervoort with a
pretty souvenir spoon.
S. Blacketer of Ortonville
the agent for the F. p lighting
plant was in town one day last
week on his return from Sisse-
ton, where he has been putting
in one of his gas plants for
Burns & Wolff. There are now
eight of these lighting plants in
Sisseton, all put in since the
electric light plant has been in
, operation in that city.
Thomas King, locomotive en-
giner, who was taking the pas
senger train west Tuesday even
ing was quite badly injured by
an accident that happened just
| west Of Groton. The train was
going at a good speed when the
main axle of the driving whee
broke, and drove the wheel uI
, through the cab. breaking a
; steam pipe. The engineer s
hands were badly scalded and
his left leg was broken ia two
places.
, Last Friday was Grandms
Robinsons 85th birthday. Ir
; the evening twenty-five Of her
! friends for med surprise party
and called on her at her home
with her daughter, Mrs. David
Gambl The evening was
> spent with cards and other en-