The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-24

James Brannon wasa twin city
visitor last week.
F. j. Paddock came up from
Big Stone Tuesday.
Several focks of ducks and
geese have been seen flying
, north the past week.
! The w. G. T. U. will meet in
the library parlors Tuesday
afternoon, March q, at 2:3O.
Everybody welcome.
Miss Siers was an arrival from
Milbank yesterday, and went out
to visit Mrs. Charles Miller at
Hanse.-Sisseton Courant.
Judge Seward of Watertown.
was guest of Judge Leckhs II
Monday, while on his way to
Siseton to hold court in place
of Judge1McNulty.
Father O'Neilrwas in the twin
cities the latter part of last week,
and from there he went to Roch-
ester. He returned to Milbank
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller of Sisse-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Artness
of Clear Lake, were guests of
the ladies' brother, Ed. Schleis
man, Monday.
Capt Van Etten, the temper
ance speaker, gave a lecture on
the "battle of Gettysburg' at the
congregational church, Tuesday
evening, to good audience.
A peculiar feature of the Sis
seton train, when it pulled into
Milbank Wednesday evening,
that out of it's 25 Or 30 passen-
gers there was not a lady or girl
among them.
The dinner given last Thurs
day evening by the Catholic lad
les was a grand success-netting
the ladies over 500. This din
ner is an annual affair, given by
these ladies and each year is just
a little better success than the
previous year
| Summit Signal:-O. B. Slentz
and the Wiley Bros. of Big Stone
have purchased several acres
east of town of Gold Bros, &
Lee. The tract includes the old
| Cartridge and the Aasen home
stead. They intend to run an up
to date stock farm and will have
about $50 head of COWS and
young stock here in few davs.
Mr.. Slentz is already on the
ground making preparations for
the care of the stock.
The readers will remember
that a year ago last December
the Anderson store at LaBOlt
was robbed, and a few DAYS
later two men were arrested
who gave their names as Henry
Blair and Dan Berrette, who
plead guilty and were sent to
the penetentiary to serve year.
They were released last Noyem-
Der and it seems Berritti again
fell in with his kind and short
time ago, with several others
committed burglary at Hudson,
Wis. The states attorney who
is to prosecute them wrote to
Clerk of Court Liggett, sending
him two photos Of Berritti. which
both Mr.. Liggett, and Fred
Cross who arrested him recog-
nized. The case comes to trial
next Monday, when Fred Cross
expects to 60 to Hudson as
witness, to identify Berritti.
A little truck may mean much
'truck" some times. Webster
says truck, low wheeled
vehicle or barrow; a small wood
en- cap having holes in it; a
freight car; truck (of uncertain
origin), to exchange, to barter,
as to truck knives for gold dust
a master of ship who deceived
them all; and garden truck. "
Then Webster says that truck
man, is one who does business
in the way of barter or ex
change. Then there is fol.
lowing this the word strucuIent,
fierce, savage ferocious. barbar
Gus, etc. All this leads up to
last Saturday, when little
: trucking was done in Justice
Blesers court. John Kon tant
living north of Twin Brooks, was
quite "truculent," Qook up the
word) over the fact that he had
some time previous to Saturday
sold Barney Lam brecht. of Twin
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