Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-11-04

surprise for her husband Tuesday
%evening by inviting a company of
gentleman to join him at supper. A
lovely supper was served and the
evening pleasantly spent with cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Flindt are the
happy parents of a girl who arrived at
at their home Friday.
Boast & O'Hara will have a car
of cabbages on track in this city
Saturday. Price, 2 cents per pound.
w. G.. O'Brien was over from
Carthage Tuesday. w. G. is running
an elevator at Carthage.
Mrs. Jacob Kammerer returned
Wednesday morning from her visit to
a daughter in Minnesota.
Earl Palmer has received word
that he has been appointed to the
railway mail service. We congratulate
him upon his appointment,-Hetlan
New Era.
Senator Coe l.. Crawford will
speak at Lake Preston Saturday
ing, Nov. 9Th, This is the last politi-
cal speech scheduled for this county
in this campaign.
The Catholic society has com.
mcncod tho work of improving its
cemetery. What has happened to the
movement for the improvement of
cemetery adjoining?
Miss May Murphy returned Mon
day from a ten days visit to Plattville
and Milwaukee, Wis. While at the
former place she attended the
marriage Of her brother to a young
lady of that city.
Mrs. l.. E. Wigton and children
left the first of the week to join Mr..
Wigton at the claim near Provo. The
exodus TO Provo is now at an end and
Esmond folks are left to mourn the
loss of so many good neighbors and
good friends. -Esmond Herald.
Henry Jones and his niece, Miss
91sshhefia Thompson, arrived from tne
west last week to spend a little time
visiting the old friends of the former
while he looks after his North Preston
farm. Miss Thompson lives at
Seattle aud it is her first visit to this
locality. Mr.. Jones is still located at
Edenvale, California, but has not lost
one bit of his love for South Dakota
and especially for the old home locali-
ty. Lake Preston Times.
Those who have paid subscrip
ton since our last mention are Albert
Anderson, Hetland Hospital, Geo.
West, Thos. Caulfield, w. Ell. Ruth,
p. X. Crothers, j. l.. Gebman, Mary
A. Bowes, HI. G. Norman, j. A
Dowden, Hattie l.. Straight Lindan,
SamJ Veale, Sherman Sanderson, G.
Madison, G. l.. White, j. r. Wills,
Carl Larson. n, V. Larson, Wiley
Glessner, c.. Rettig, A. G. Bankert, o.
c, Banker. w II Meyer, " G.
OBrien, A. w. Bowes, Pat Nordland,
John Pagan.
-Chas. Olson returned Wednesday
from Belle Fourche neal which place
he filed on a claim. He will visit
relatives in Minnesota and Illinois for
three or four weeks and then go to
his claim to erect suitable buildings.
Mr.. Olson thinks be was fortunate in
being able to get a good piece of land
and one that can be irrigated by con
structing a dam across a creek run
ming through the claim. His claim
is twenty-eight miles from Belle
EEAourels, but two railroad surveys
within a few miles of his claim leads
TO the hope that IL Will not DE long
before he is within a reasonable dis
taDce of town.
"A wrestling match between Zene
Cummins. of this city, and Guy
Elliott, of Minneapolis, was pulled off
at Floto Hall Saturday evening for a
purse Of $4,000. The two first falls
went to Elliott, the time being, first
fall in 2 minutes and 10 seconds,
second fall, % minutes and 80 seconds
| Cummins weighed in at IA pounds,
while Elliott weighed in at 156
pounds, AN advantage of twelve
pounds in weight over our home man.
Elliott secured the first fall in abort
order. but twsnty-two and q half
minutes for the second fall shows that
Cummins put up q stiff game and