The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-03
Local and Personal

There will be a lutefisk supper at the
Lutheran church Friday, February II.
Miss Cora Venegor of Watertown,
was here the first of the week visit
ing her brother.
Rev. R. F.. Olmstead departed Sat
urday morning for Pipestone and other
points to be absent several days.
Miss Clara Baker of Magnolia, Mimi,
a former college student, arrived the
last of the week for a visit with
friends.
On Tuesday, Huron held a special
election to vote on the commission
plan Of city government and it carried
by a majority of over four hundred.
Reports from Father Shean, who
was operated upon last week at Battle
Creek, Mich, indicate that he is not
very much improved, but his condition
is not considered dangerous.
All those who took part in Teddy's
minstrel show last week are requested
to meet at the opera house tomorrow
evening between seven and eight
o'clock. There will be something to
eat and other doings.
Mrs. w. H. Murphy returned home
Tuesday evening from Milwaukee,
where she has been staying with her
daughter, Mrs. Juneau, the past two
Juneau has almost entirely recovered
from her recent severe illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. O. Hill are now at
Atlanta. Georgia and will leave there
this week for Jacksonville, Florida to
spend the balance of the winter. Mr..
Hill is establishing agencies for the
Brictson Manufacturing company of
this city, and they have visited most
Of the larger cities of the south.
c. II. Brown, who has been foreman
for the Iowa Bridge company in the
southern part of the state, arrived
from Tyndall Saturday night and will
spend a week or ten days visiting
friends here. He will go from here to
Portland. Oregon to take a position
with the Portland Glazed Tile and
Pipe company. in which G. II. Bullen
and f. ]. Carlisle are interested
Little Johnny Jones" at the opera
house Saturday night was one of the
best shows OF the season, and one of
the biggest musical comedies that ever
visited Br%ookings. There We're about
forty people in the company and they
carried a carload of special emery,
not all of which, however. they were
the best houses of the winter was
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Johnson arrived
from Pierre the last of the week and
yesterday Mr.. Johnson took charge
of the Youmans lumber yard, succeed
ing f, j. Ray who resigned. Mr.. John
son is a former Brookings boy, with a
large number of friends here and
should make the company a popular
and efficient agent. Mr.. Ray expects
TO move away from the city, but as
yet is undecided where he will locate.
NJ. G. Carlisle is the owner of a
COW and although he has been her mas
ter for a week he is undecided yet
how it all happened. Mart attended
the stock sale at the pavilion on Thurs
day and as the bidding dragged at one
time he sought to liven things up by
putting in a bid of $40 for a COW. Be-
fore he could take it back the auction
eer knocked it down to him, and now
he is undecided whether to keep Bossy
as a family pet and defy the milk trust
or slaughter her and boycott the beef
| packers for awhile. The cows sale
number was 23 and Mart is of the
opinion that she Is hoodooed all right,
as on Friday she was shipped by mis-
take to De Smet and he had to pay
her railroad fare back home.