Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-24

N. H., Thursday morning to spend
Christmas at home.
The snow and the extra business
preceding the holidays combined to
make all passenger trains late the
past week.
Miss Harriet Jennings arrived
from Roston Saturday evening to
spend the winter with her sister, Mrs.
C. III. Tinkham.
M. Bryed Wilson, manufacturing
optican of Huron, over Bank of De
Smet Tuesday, Dec. %, one day only.
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
The Christmas entertainment of
st. Stephens Episcopal Sunday
school will be held in the Odd Eel
lows Hall on Friday, December "a,
at 7:30 p. m.
The crew in charge of the freight
going east which passed through Ar
lington without orders and caused
the wreck near Voiga three weeks ago
has been discharged from the service.
Miss Lulu Wing, a former De
Smet young lady, has been rendered
the position in the primary depart
ment of our city schools made vacant
by the resignation of Miss Harriet
Howard.
Midnight high mass will be cele.
brated at st. Thomas Catholic church
II o'clock Friday night. Mass at
500 a. m. Christmas day, High mass
will also be celebrated at 1870 a. M,
followed by Benediction.
The two year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. R. Allen, near Manchester,
is very low. 1t is particularly sad for
Mrs. Allen as her husband was out on
the Pacific coast and as yet has been
unable to reach home.
Flax STRAW WANTED-The Stove
Atwood Co. will buy all dry flax
straw, reasonably free from weeds,
that can be obtained in this vicinity
Price $500 delivered. Apply to f.
H. Leu at the Farmers Elevator.
The entertainment by Miss
Schlosser, of Sioux Falls, at Odd Eel
lows Hall in this city last Thursday
evening netted $3.50 for the Chill
dren's Home fund. The night was
stormy and many could not attend
who otherwise would have done so.
The Esmond Herald reports hat
A. N. Barber and family, Mr., and
Mrs. Wilson, of Wolsey, together with
quite a party from Wolsey and Huron
left Thursday night to spend at least
the greater part of the winter travel
ing in California. They expest 10
cover a good bit of country before
spring and anticipate a very pleasant
trip.
The basket ball teams of the
Lake Preston schools are feeling good
over recent victories. The Times of
last week said:
1.-TWO more victories were added
last Friday to the already notable
string achieved by the Lake Preston
high school teams. Our girls defeat
ed the Clark girls to the decisive tune
of II to 3, while the boys, hungry for
a victory, satisfied themselves with
thhe overwhelming 0 OF 555 to H.
Rev. A. III. Seymour, of De Smet,
spent Tuesday here in attendance
upon the Federation of Churches. Mr..
Seymour, aside from being a most
excellent citizen and preacher, is one
of the foremost educators of the state.
He is superintendent of schools for
Kingsbury county and as such has
made a splendid record. Few men
are better qualified, in every sense
of the term, for such a position than
Mr.. Seymour.-Huro Herald.
Search Lights of a Great City,"
is one CT the mos. pleasing comedy
dramas p~icturing everyday life written.
Its naturalness and simplicity and
with all its great human interest
makes a play that charm and facinates.
One moment you are sailing along on
a sea of sentiment when along comes
a wave of merriment which makes
you forget the pathos of a moment
ago, but the author has so well con-
structed the play that the interest
never wavers. At the Opera House.