Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

handler to his farms than If he had
decided to move elsewhere Times.
The Guild will meet with Mrs
Lotus next Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Nellie Barker attended the
state educational meeting at Water.
town this week.
The Congregational Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. j. O. Purintun
next Wednesday.
The Methodist Ladies Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. Crane next Wed.
nesday afternoon.
L. E. Callahan came down from
Midland Monday for a short visit
with friends. He will return the
first of the weeks
level Ostrander came down from
Miller Friday for a visit at the D. H.
Lotus home. The little gentleman
makes Uncle Dan two visits each year.
H. V. Foxton moved his office
furniture into his building north of
the Germania State Bank where he
will continue in the real estate bust.
ness.
Mrs. Minnie Goodrich, of st. Paul
better known to old friends in the
southwest part of the county as Minnie
Guhl, visited in DeSmet Thursday,
going from here to visit friends near
Esmond.
The II. V. Foxton Land Co., by
mutual consent of the two leading
stockholders H. V. Foxton and j. n.
Carroll, has gone out of existance.
Each Of the gentlemen will continue
in the real estate business for them
selves.
Ed Ruskell expects to load a car
with stock and other personal prop
erty the first of the coming week and
ship to Midland. Ed has a claim
about three Mills north of that town
and is going out to make his perma
nent residence.
-Thos. Thornber left Iroquois
Wednesday of last week for a trip to
his native land old England. The
scenes of Tommy's childhood will
hardly appear natural after an alb
sence of fifty years but he had 10 sat
isfy the natural craving to once more
visit the Chief.
james Heffner. convicted of adul-
terry at the last term of court and
sentenced to TWO years in the peniten-
tiary, wa taken to Sioux Falls Mon
day by Sheriff Goodwin. This case is
to go to the supreme court on appeal,
but Heffner failed to furnish the re-
quired bond and is Their fore obliged
to commence serving his sentence.
Christmas was the day upon
which a very happy family reunion
occurred at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w H. Albright in this city. Their
sons, Frank and wife, of Huron, and
Clyde and wife, of Nolan, and their
daughter, Mrs. Fred Cox, of Sioux
Falls, accompanied by her daughter
Marie, were present. The reunion
was complete and it was a very happy
event for all.
A letter from l.. l.. Losuutter
complaining because he failed to get
a copy of the CHIEF, states that he
expects to leave Chicago about Jan
uary 10 for the west. He will be
accompanied by Mrs Lostutter and
Miss Grace Hall aud it is quite prob
able that he will look up a business
location somewhere in the west and
locate permanently. Old Iroquois
friends are expecting that they will
come this way and stop for a visit -
Chief.
Cards received by DeSmet friends
Wednesday told of the marriage of
Floyd Coolidge of this city to Miss
Abbie Paddock. of Augusta Wis, the
marriage taking place at Minneapolis,
Monday. The happy couple were ex-
pected to arrive in this city Thursday.
Floyd grew to manhood in DeSmet
and enjoys the friendship of all ac-
quaintances. The bride is a young
lady quite well known to DeSmet
people andis a lady of estimable char
acter. Their many friends unite in
wishing them a happy journey through
life.
j. E. Holtz, for many years a res
ident of DeSmet, has decided to he.
come a resident of Sioux Falls. Mr..
Holtz had abOut DECIDED to remove