Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

The report from Minneapolis in
to Miss Mary Wright is that
she will probably be able to leave the
hospital and return to her home the
first of next week.
A number of the friends of Mrs.
j. w. Burdick gathered at that lady's
home Monday night, taking her COM
by surprise. Report is that
all enjoyed the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Dodge and
Miss Sadie Dodge, took
Sunday evenings train for Lodi,
Wis. having received a telegram
that Mrs. DIS father was seriously
sick with small hopes of recovery
Times.
On Wednesday, January 23rd, p.
A. O'Hora will hold an auction sale
OF personal property at his farm in
Mathews township, 6 miles south
and 2 miles west of De Smet. Cattle
horses, machinery, hay and feed will
be sold to the highest bidder.
A Letter from Yankton states that
Miss Autie Davis, who has a host of
friends in this city, has gone to Omaha
Neb., where she has accepted a posi-
ton as instructor in history at a sal
airy of $1,000 for ten months in the
year. De Smet friends are glad of
the success of the young lady.
AT the M. E. church last Sunday
it was announced that the series OF
revival services to be held in that
church had been postponed on account
of the illness of Mrs. Harbridge, wife
of the Rev. Mr.. Harbridge, who is to
assist with the meetings. The lady
has since recovered and the meetings
will be commenced next Sunday
morning as was first announced. The
meetings will continue for at least
two weeks, and will be continued the
third week if interest warrants.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Staudenmaier
arrived from st. Paul last Friday
evening. They will again make this
locality their home, although the bal
ance of the winter will be spent with
their daughter, Mrs. John Hoffman
in the south part of Clark county. Mr..
Staudenmaier bought a pool hall in
st. Paul and operated it about two
months, but that was enough for him.
Says it is too sporty a life for an
old farmer. He was located on 7th
street just west of Sibley, a locality
noted for everything, but being slow.
M. G. Carlisle this week purchased
the interest of his partner, c. w.
Goodman, in the B~rookings Land a.
Trust Co., and he will continue as
president and manager. Ed. FL.
Carlisle has bought stock in the COM
pany and will become it's secretary
and treasurer. The relations between
the me nbers of the firm have always
been highly satisfactory and all con-
nected with the company regret Nh.
Goodman's retirement. Mr.. Good
man has not as yet decided what he
will do but contemplates a trip to the
coast to look over the country.
-BrUokings Press.
-Four eclipses of the sun and moon
are scheduled for 1907. Two for Janu-
ary on the IA and 10Th and two in
July on the 10th and 25th. The star
event of the eclipse line will be a par
hal eclipse of the moon from 1870 to
l1:5l on the night of July rs. Easter
will come early this year, falling on
March 3lst, and all the other days in
connection with it are correspondingly
Palm Sunday m on March
"a and Good Fridayon March 20. The
first Sunday in Lent is February IL,
and this makes the social season quite
short. The holidays in most cases
come on the same dates.
Thanksgiving and Labor Day, how
ever, are two days that are set differ
Thanksgiving this year comes
ON November 2S and Labor Day on
September 2.
1T will be learned with deep re-
greet by the people of this city and
surrounding community that E. p.
Sanford, for nearly twenty-five years
cashier of what is cow the De Smet
National Bank, is about to move from
this city to Bellingham, Wash. Mr..
Sanford has secured the second high
est position in one Of the largest banks
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