The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-05

Editor Croal of Sisseton was in
the city Saturday night, euroute
east.
DIR. Goodman is having his
residence beautified by the appli.
cation of paint.
The city council as a board of
equalization, wound up it's work
last Friday night.
James Watson is having sewer
and water connections made with
bis property occupied by Prof.
Clark.
Street Com missioner Sutcliffe
has had force of men at work
on east Fifth street filling and
grading.
The Merchants National
Bank, is the words displayed
on two fine new metal signs chat
adorn the bank building.
H. G. Spanton, who was tried
at Madison, Mimi, on a charge
of burning an elevator at Mar.
rietta, was acquitted. He will
be tried on several more indict.
ments charged with burning
other elevators.
The big picnic will be held at
the old Indian church in Stock.
holm, next Sunday, July z. Rev.
John p williamson, the well.
known missionary among the
Indians will be there. A re-
freshment stand will be provid.
ed.
Andrew Runnerstrand of the
News force got his right hand
caught in the large press at tho
News office last Saturday, bruis
ing the ends of two ofhis fingers.
and lacerating the flesh on an.
other quite badly.
Mrs. Fonder of Sisseton. was
in town Monday the guest of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Kockx, sr. Mrs. Fonder had
been to Ortonville with her three
months old baby, who has been
ailing since birth.
The grounds around the new
school building are being filed
and graded up even to the side
walk: after which grass seed win
be sown. In a little time Nil.
bank will have as pretty and well
located school and grounds az
any city of its size in the state.
Sisseton people are i'm mensely
enjoying the new postal service
recently put on the branch. The
service is not as complete how.
ever as it might be, for the mail
clerk makes but one trip a day.
coming and returning on the
noon train. L. is hoped that an
order authorizing the clerk to
make both runs will be issued by
the department soou.-Sisseton
Banner News.
Considerable wheat has been
brought TO market thepast week.
Several farmers who raised both
durum and blue stem wheat
last year, claim he Durum
wheat has netted them the most
money-one farmer bringing in
a load of fifteen sacks, some OF
both kinds, claims his Durham
wheat netted seven cents a sack
better than the blue stem.
|. D. Stuwe, a relative of Mrs.
Chris Schu macher was visiting
the latter the frs: of the week.
Mr.. S. is clerk in the treasury
department at Was hington and
has recently returned from =
visit to Germany, where he en-.
joyed a touring trip with his
mother. Mr.. Stuwe went out to
his old home at Bowdle the arst
OF the week, accom- panied by his
neice Eloda Schumacher, who will
make q visit to friends at that
place.
Complaint has been made that
the boys who 20 in swim ming at
the pond are not wearing any
kind OF bathing suits, and that
some are in the habit Of running
around the shores, or going out
IN q boat and using indecent
language. The matter has been
brought 10 Sheriff Murray's at
tention, who says that while no
one will prohibit the boys from
bathing and swimming they must
wear some kind Of 8 bathing
suit and cut QUE their bad
language.
Jane . July
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