The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-29

John Croatt Is now pulling the rio'
bons on the Carter stage vice Frank
Boyle who has been promoted TO head
stable boss ut Shaw's barn.
Miss Cresa Green who has a bone
stead eight miles North east OF town
left Wednesday morning for Superior,
Nebraska, 10 visit with homo folks
for a while.
Dan Feeney who lives four miles
uorth Of hese, left on the stage We'd
uesday morning 10, Sioux City, Iowa
where he goes to visit with couple
OF daughters.
DR.. Edmonds got mixed up with
the fan on his automobile engine last
Sunday noruing, aud as Result the
lllIic tuser pn his right hand was
pretty badly cut.
Chris hicken who is head stable
uian at Shaw's barn left Tuesday for
M,dland, South Dakota, where he
goes TO visit home folks awhile. He
Vas accompanied by his sister Miss
May.
A. c. Miller of Pierre, S. D., sort
of travelling evangelist, was here last
Friday night and billed Rev. Russell
to preach at the school room here last
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
For some reason unknown to thu
writer. Rev. Russell did not appear.
The Culberson building, occupied
by the Draper Mercantile Co., has
beeu plastersd this week and work.
men are now busy installing the shelly,
ing and counters, and this firm will
now soon get their stock in some re-
gular order and feel more at home.
Since opening here they have labored
under some difficulties on account OF
the building not being finished.
Married:-John Sherwood OF Els
ton and Miss Nellie Weeda Of Tingley
were united in marriage Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Christian parsonage 10
Mt. Ayr, the pastor, Rev. G. L. Swan
officiating. The young couple left on
the evening train from Tingley for
their new home at Wood, S. d. The
young people certainly sprunga sur
prise on most of us, but the Vindica-
tor joins with the host of friends in
extending hearty congratulations
TYngley, Iowa, Vindicator.
Carter and White River both had
big Thanksgiving balls while in
Wood there WAS nothing doing in n
social way. The need of an Auditor
ium in this town is felt almost daily
and II behooves our people to get
busy on this proposition. We must
provide suitable building for dances
and other entertainments and meet.
ings, If ~e want to keep the young
people in the habit OF coming 10
Wood. Ii is FOLEY TO delay this en-
terpri.e aud real public need We
ought to b.. nble to havr swell ball
in the new Auditorium either Christ
mas or New Years.
Libbe- Meyer Of Paxton, 5. d., and
Amey +. Gleason of Dallas, who
have claims eight miles Uort east OF
here, while returning from White
River Tuesday, when about mile
out OF that town, something went
wrong with the harness on their tam
and they began kicking and broke the
tongue aud did some other damage
10 the rig. About that time the
Wood stage came aloug aud Sam
Mudliu the driver. rendered first aid
10 the ladies in distress by getting
them aboard the stage and trailing
the wrecked buggy, and team, to
Wood, where the damage was repair
ed.
c. K. freeman OF Sibley, Iowa was
here Sunday. He has been out on
his homestead eleven miles north
west of here the past month building
. house, putting down we'll, doing
some fencing etc. He has leased four
additional quarters adjoining his
claim which he will fence, giving him
a pasture of some 500 acres, and next
spring he will come out to live on his
homestead with his family perman.
emily, and will stock his big pasture
with cattle. He informs MS that they
have fine neighborhood of settlers
up there and that he is we'll pleased
with bis homestead and that he has
great faith in the future OF Mellette
county. Atpresent he is travelling
on the road in the interest OF the Mar
tin Manufacturing 90, of Mason City,