The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-17

came wednesday night about 1880.
The ground and buildings were
covered this morning, but the
bright sun which showed up soon
melted it. AS one man remarked,
"I'll bet the coal dealers are get
ing telephone calls this morning
about their winter COAL"
Mrs. Minnie Blackie, of Wayne.
Neb., and who is an old friend Of
Mrs. VIM. Raebel. the two women
having attended school together
when they were girls, spent a
couple of weeks with Mrs. Rachel
recently. returning to her Nebraska
home last Monday.
The Bagdon brothers, Messrs.
Ed, Otto and Chris, have pur-
chased a general store at Olivia,
and will open up a business for
themselves at chat place. Their
sister, Miss Martha, who has
been in the GRANDSON & john
son Cos store for a year or SO
past, will clerk in the store.
f. H. Lindsey returned last
week from a trip to Wisconsin,
where he visited his son George in
milwaukee, for several weeks and
also paid his mother a visit at
N%eillsville, in the north part Of the
state. While away he stopped for
a few days with his son Harry at
Sleepy Eye, MINI.
Mr.. A. G. Smith left Wednesday
evening for Plainfield, Iowa, where
he has a brother and sister living,
and where he spent some Of the
earlier years Of his life. He X
poets to spend the winter there.
and in the spring will 60 out on his
farm near Dupree and look after
t ,ings in that locality.
People who happened to be down
to the station Friday morning, saw
the first snow Of the season when
the flyer from the west pulled in.
1t appeared as tho it had run the
guntlet of a real South Dakota biz
card, as the blinds and vestibules Of
the cars carried some of it here.
Passengers said that they had had
a real snow west of the Missouri
river.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Preston, Of
st. Paul. Minnesota, spent the week
, end with Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Cahill.
Mr.. Preston is a cousin of Mr..
Cahill. Mr.. Preston is a sewerage
contractor and has just completed
a contract at Brookings. The town
of Wilmot is contemplating a
sewerage system and he has been
z there giving them estimates of the
job.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings
took their departure for Oregon
l last week. and expects to spend the
winter in that state. and may pos
: sibly decide to remove to some part
Of the coast for a permanent resi-.
4 dence, but still owns his farm in
this county. Williams old friends
. who have known him from the ear.
l ly settlement Of the county, regret
!, to see him 20 else where to make
his home, but wish him all possible
good fortune and happiness where.
, yer he may decide to put down his
!. stakes.
Ed. Johnson, the water man,
who poses as something of a
; weather prophe,, speaks for
an open winter because the
! musk rats are not doing any
building SO far this season. He
: says the lack Of these houses is
more noticeable than he has ever
! seen it in any past years, and he
says it is either because the wise
rats have got a tip that there is
to be an open winter or because
of the high cost of building ma
, terial this year.
Rev. w. j. Calfee returned from
Aberdeen where he attended the
annual Methodist conference. He
will hold services next Sunday
morning at the regular time, but
wishes to cali attention to the
change Of time for the evening SER
vice. Hereafter the Young Peoples
meeting will be at $50 and the
evening worship at 1880. Rev.
Calfee reports a very fine confer
ence, with Bishop Wilson Of New
York presiding. Bishop Wilson
was in the War Work service dur.
ing the war, part of which time
was spent in actual service on the
frcnt. His subject, THE War and
After was extremely timely and
was a wonderful address. He