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THE COURIER By C. R. BRUCE

Published on Every Thursday

Tharsday. Feb. 4, 1904.

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O. M. & ST. P. RAILWAY. •AST—Passenger.

No. 32 Sloux Gltyfarrtre 10:00, depart 10:20 a m No. 6. 8:25 p ni, No. 106 4:00 p. m.

BAST— Freight. No. 82 Sioux City stock Lwn 2:56 p n No. 94 Sioux City and Cblc&go " 4:10 p m No. sa Leave S:45am •N|», 64 " 2; 15 a. in.

WBST—Passenger. No. 1 Mitchell and Yaofcioa Leave 10:20 am N^t.3 Yankton »• 5:46 p m

••'.> WMT—Freight. WO. fl3\* avfr«tg|it UlTO 8:60a rn No. 61 Freight ** 10:06 p. m.

NORTH. Ko, 101 ?t.raul.Seattle andBloux

Fall? passenger . _....„ Leave 9:45 a m tSO. 08 Way freight " li:00am So.es Leave n :00 p m * to. Cf—Sunday, Tueslay and Thursday, t No. 93—Monday, VVednesdsy and Friday.

Tickets for sale to any point on the Kioto#.

BLK POINT MARKBT TODAY ti&gs 94 50 Wheat, No. 2 72 Wheat, rejected. 67 Wheat—ao grade 60-58 ®8t! 30 Corn 31

Hay.. ...;. 5 00 Butter 12 Butter, Separator 16

local Hems.

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Dr. A. 0. Phillip's phone number ia 147.

Com cobs for sale at F. M. Slagle A Go's Lumber Yard.

Miss Madge Wertz of Woonsocket is visiting Rev. W. P. Minty and family.

Mrs. A. B. GOS8 has been visiting relatives and friends in Hawarden this week.

.> SALESMEN HAWKS NURSERY CO.

- WAUVVATOSA, WIS.

John Hodges was down from Ver­million oyer Sunday looking after his parents. . Wyoming ooal, the good old kind, at

Slagle's Lumber Yard, Urs. M^iry Kapfer Ryan is teaching

room No. 4 two weeks Sot* Miss Jessie Hoffman.

The COURIER and the Dakota Farmer, both for $1.50 a year, to all paying a year in advance.

Alfred Ringsrud returned Monday to his school at D^lafietd, Wis., after nearly two months' vacation at home.

Mrs. D. L. Riley, who has been giv­ing her son, H. P. Beck with.a ten days' visit, returned to her home in Lake-field, Minn, yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Eriotiofc of Big Springs came down Tuesday to visit his brother, E. C. Ericson and family. Yesterday they visited Sioux City, re­turning home today.

Prof. H. H. Hunt gave one of the most successful of his dances Tuesday sight. A goodly number attended, ail declaring they had a fine and dan­dy time. The music was excellent.

Ladies' suits, jackets, skirts and shirt waists, misses' and children's coats, men's and boys' suits and coats, men's and boys' fur coats, fur robes, hoise blankets, etc., at less than first

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Local musical talent has been at work for a week on the comic opera, •'Pinafore," which it was hoped could be rendered next week for the benefit of the lecture course deficiency of the Woman's Wednesday Club. It has been found impossible to prepare it in suitable shape as soon as that, so it will be postponed until after Easter. The public should bear it in mind and give it a hearty patronage when it is an­nounced.

Miss Mary Kennedy, who 13 teaching school in district No. 14, three miles southeast of town, is now on her sec­ond year and is giving the best of sat­isfaction to pupils and patrons. She has trained the children for an enter-tainmentyobe given tomorrow, Friday, night, in connection with a basket lunch. The proceeds will be devoted to securing a globe for the use of the echool. Everyone in the vicinity should attend and help along the worthy cause.

An accident this morning catnlfi? a breakdown in our cylinder press has put us behind half a day and makes the COURIER late this week. ThiB is a se­rious loss to ourselves as well as an an­noyance to our readers, as we are at present almost swamped with jobwork. Within a week we have turned out an abstract of 141 pages, 170,000 trading stamps and several minor jobs. We have two weeks' work ahead of us on the hook, including 4,000 copies of a pamphlet finely illustrated with six or eight half tone cuts. Please use no festination in pounding the editor un­til you have been in his place a day or two.

I Rev. C Stanley Pope, Field Secretary of Yankton College, will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational ehureh next Sunday morning.

Prof. H. H. Hunt will give another of his popular dances, Friday evening Feb. 12. There will be an orchestra of four pieces and several new dances will be used. This in all probability will be the last dance before Easter.

The C. E's. of the Congregational church were entertained at the home of Miss Nellie Nichols last Friday night. The evening was enjoyably spent playing flinch, board of trade and other games of like nature. Pop­corn and fudges were served during the evening and all departed wishing the hostess many happy returns of the evening. About thirty young people were present.

The entertainment last night oon-tained several interesting little tricks but was hardly up to the average of the sleight of hand performances exhibited by street fakirs a dozen times a year. It is the universal opinion of this com munity that the ladies have been im posed upon in the course this winter In several points the lecture bureau has failed to keep its contract, notably in the inferior substitution palmed off on the public Wednesday night. The Interstate Lecture Bureau of Kansas City should be held to a strict account­ing for Its dealings with the Woman's Wednesday Club this

'ike Sekwtzei Parties.

Mr. and Urs. Julius Schaetzel enter­tained at a six o'clock dinner last Thursday night, fourteen couples of the married members of the two Whist Clubs and the night following thirteen couples of other friends. The menu was changed each nigbt, each being an elaborate and delectable dinner. Menu cards, hand painted by the hostess and neatly printed, were presented to each lady, red and pink carnations be­ing given to each guest Thursday night and liberty roses Friday night. Partners were obtained by drawing from a plate cards containing the name of a lady, the gentlemen progressing from one table to the next after each course until each bad visited all the tables. ^

Thursday evening card games were played, a different game at each table and th3 players progressing at the end of each game. One of the games was "Grand,"a new whist game, which was never played here before. Mrs. M. H. Gill received the lady's prize for win­ning the most games, a beautiful Havi-land China sugar and creamer. F. D. Smythe won the gentlemen's prize, a decorated stein. Consolation prizes were also awarded, for which there was a lively competition among several tail enders.

Friday evening the guests were en­tertained by guessing the names of presidents and prominent cities from their popular nicknames or description, a list of each being furnished. This contest was so near a tie that no prizes were awarded and an old fashioned spelling match was organized to settle It. Mrs. Ira L. Nichols and Mr. E. C. Ericson chose sides, the former win­ning, although going down hereelf on the first word given her. Mrs. M. Hoffman, Sr., stood the longest of the ladies, receiving as a prize, a dainty cameo cracker jar. Geo. Hasson was left standing and was rewarded with

beautiful picture. Both entertain­ments were greatly enjoyed and will certainly be regarded as easily among the best of the social functions of the winter.

RINGSRUD MERCANTILE OOJ

flat'refl Concert at the Baptist church, Sunday even­ing, Feb. 7th, at 8 o'clock, by mem­bers of the Midland Concert Co. Miss Rae Steinman, Violinist; Miss Lueline Logan, Mezzo Soparno and Accom­panist.

PROGRAMS. Invocation. Hymn by choir and Qoag™t*ttan. Scripture. ! ,

1. Tne Day is Ended ' Bartlett (With violin obligate) Lurline Logan

2. Reverie Vieuxtemps Rae Steinman

3. With Verdure Clad. Recitation and air from "The Creation"

Lurline Logan 4. Legende Vieniawskl

Rae Steinman 6. For all Eternity Mascheroni

(With vioim obligato) Lurline Logan 6. Cavaileria Bunticana Mascagin

Rae Steinman ?. Hymn Choir and congregation 8. Legend* Bohm

Rae Steinman The Resurrection SMHey

Lurline Logan 10. Serenade Slwbert

Rae Steinman O f f e r t o r y ^ \ . " 7 \ Benediction ^ ^

Admission Free

. Til* Shook Hingsrad CM* Costlsasd. A. O. Ringsrud and E. C, Ericson, of

Elk Point, S. D., were in Sioux City yesterday conferring with the local attorneys in the damage suit of Leonore C. Shook against Mr. Ringsrud, the vicious horse case which has been pend-iug in the district court here for some months.

Because the plaintiff was unable to secure the attendance of William Shook, husband of the plaintiff, Kate E, Brown, of Elk Point, and Dr. Wil­liam Jepson, of Sioux City, on the date set for the trial, the court granted a continuance of the case until the first day of the next term.

Refuting charges which were m&4« in an affidavit by W. T. Foley, of Bev ington & Foley, attorneys for the plain tiff, to the effect that the defense had been seeing witnesses of the plaintiff in Union county, S. D., to influence them not to attend the trial here, counter affidavits were placed on file by A. O. Ringsrud, the defendant; by E. C. Eric­son, the Elk Point attorney for Mr Ringsrud; by Charles Stickney, who is Mr. Ericson's law partner, and by W. H. Farnsworth, of Sioux City, and by Kate E. Brown, of Elk Point, a wit­ness for the plaintiff.

Kate E. Brown denies absolutely in her affidavit that she was Induced not to attend the trial. She declares she was not seen by anyone with relation to the case until Mr. Foley called upon her and asked her about an Instance wherein It was reported she had once been attacked by the same horse in­volved in the lawsuit. She swears that she does not knovr that it was the same horse that attacked her four or five years ago.

Messrs. Ericson and Stidkney deny in their affidavits that they called upon her before Mr. Foley came to see her.

An affidavit by Mr. Ringsrud says that he has at no time talked with any of the plaintiff's witnesses and that he does not even know who they are; that he has not talked with Kate E. Brown referred to in Mr. Foley's affidavit and did not know she was a witness £* the oaae.—Sioux City Journal. i

flo6s4vott Docnmeats Mr. Rib's "Theodore Roosevelt, the

Cltizetn," in addition to being a biog­raphy of the most unconventional type, will contain a series of human docu­ments in the way of an admirable col­lection of portraits of Mr. Roosevelt during the various stages of his career. He will be pictured as a Harvard student, an Assemblyman, a Police Commissioner, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Rough Riders and as Vioe-Presl-dent. The Sargent picture will be in­cluded, and the latest portrait drawo especially for the Riis book by Mr. George T. Tobln. There will be also a number of famil ? groups. The book is to be published this spring by the Outlook Company.

captains on many seas NEVER WITHOUT PE-RD-NA.

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(Mre Me My Compass and Pfc-ru-ua and I Will Steer

\) Gear of All Wrecks."

Lost.

A medicine case containing a set of instruments, some medicines and other articles of no use except to the owner. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving the same with Dr* I* R. Burlingame.

BMIUOM Opportunity. : Grand opportunity offered oa small investment; send for free booklet giv­ing full details. Dan Smith, Suite 530, World Building, New York.

Notice. To our Patrons and the Public: Here­

after we will not extend credit longer than 60 days' time unless special ar­rangements are made at time of sale.

% M. A. MOOR* & Oo.

For Sal*. A Webster's International diction'

»ry. Used a short time but as good as new. Two-thirds price if taken at (Mice Enquire at this office.

Notice. jaai received, two cars of smokeless

and Bootless ooal. M. A. Moore & Co.

The Rkotea-Harhaess Waddisg. Married, at the bride's home, three

miles north of the city, at 11 o'clock this morning, Feb. 4, by the Rev. T. A. Denton of Missouri Valley, Iowa, Geo. T. Ilhoten and Lela Harkness, both of Elk Point. Only a few relatives and near frieuds were present. The young couple will make their home, after March 1st, on Robert M. Crow-der's place two miles northeast of the city. They have the best wishes of many friends, with whom the COURIER joins in heai tf congratulations.

SALESMEN I THE HAWKS NURSERY CO.

WAUWATOSA, WIS.

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CASTOR IA For Infests and Ciiildren.

Til Kind YN Have Alw<;$ Bought Bears the

SigMtweof

BURNING A WIDOW.

ItMr •< a Wltaeu of Thi» Cnel Indian Cniton.

I had the opportunity of seeing a young widow burn herself by the side of her deceased husband. The funeral pile was about ten feet high. In the middle of the pile lay her deceased hus­band, an old and miserable looking man. The devoted victim was a young creature about seventeen, dressed in white, with all her jewels on. There was a confused noise of singing and shouting, intermixed with the sound of tomtoms and at intervals the hollow and sonorous sound of gongs and trum­pets. The priests and her friends crowd­ed round her, all speaking to her at once, apparently to distract her atten­tion and to prevent her shrinking at the last moment from sacrificing herself.

There was a small tank of water close to the funeral pile. They led her to this. I was very near her when I saw her quietly take the jewels from her ears, her nose, unclasp her gold bracelets as well as the bangles from her ankles and every ornament she had on, which were received by her rela­tions.

She then stepped into the water, di­vested herself of her clothes of pure white and replaced them with clothes of a yellow color. She then performed her ablutions, came out of the water and, unassisted, walked three times round the pile, followed by the priests and her friends, who at this period np peared to be more urgent and loud in their discourse to her to distract her attention. She then, unassisted, mounted the pile, laid herself down by the side of her husband and put bis head under her arm, turning herself toward him.

Then they sprinkled large quantities of oil and straw on the pile. The fa­tal fire was then applied, and amid loud shouts and while the fire reached her 1 distinctly heard her utter the words "Nirva! Nirva!"

I was very near her during the dif­ferent parts of the ceremony and eouM have saved her life by merely touching her, as she would then have been do filed and would not have been permit ted to have the honor of sacrificing her­self.

But la saving her life I stood tbe chance cf being torn to pieces, and I certainly should have been brought to a court martial for disobedience of or j ders, for the English in those days ) were strictly forbidden to meddle with : the customs and prejudices of the nn tiv«i.—Georg Ebers' "Memoirs.* i

Advertised Letters. Following is a list of advertised let

ters in the Elk Point, South Dakota, Poet Office, Feb. 4, 1904:

Mrs. H. T. Anderson Michael Bolonger Miss Oliver Belanger Joseph Demarce G, O. Olsen Miss Nora Smith Ed Welch Sam Whiteker Persons calling for the above, please

aay "advertised." JOHN F. REID, P. X.

Watson

Pa-ru-na Known and ffaised on Land

< and Sea. MA sick sailor la ~a

pretty helpless man. T have found that Peruna will do more to restore one than any other medi­cine I know, and I have carried a couple of bottle# *m tonttft! for many seasons. Seven years ago Peruna eured me of bronchial trouble in a few weeks and gave me such new life and nerve force that I certainly believe in tolling you of it.

"Give me my compass and Peruna and I will steer clear of wrecks of all kinds and land in port safe and well with vessel and men."—Capt. L. T. Carter, 123 10th Avenue, PenHacola, Florida.

Capt. E. A. Watson, M. 48 Elisabeth street, Ottawa, Ont., writes:

"Peruna has my heartiest endow­ment., If there is any place that you are helpless when ill it is on board a Steamer, at sea, miles away from any assistance. Sometimes two or three of #iy men would be sick at one time and Seriously cripple the force, but since we liave learned of the value of Peruna, by taking a few doses they recuperate very quickly. We use it for colds, lung

trouble and kidney diseases, and hav* alKo found it very line for |a gripp«. ; " Peruna is always one of the most ii*> I

portant supplies of my steamer."—E, %, Watson. ^ * bottle of Pernna aboard sailoig'

have a remedy on which they can reljy * Commodore 17. S. Navy.

Commodore Romerville Nicholson, Af the United Statee Navy, in a letter froflt 1887 R FT*., N. VV., Washington, h. GV ' *»ys; *

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If you do not d«»rt ve prompt and satis^ factory results from the use of Porun** write at once to Dr. 11 art man, giving i full statement of your case and he will be pleaded to give yon his valuable ad» vice gratis.

Address Dr. Hartman, President of Oh? ®M*itarium,

Ask your druggist for a Peruna almanac for 1904

r Bargains Bargains Bargains Bargains

At BARGAINS Bargains

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M.CLOUD'S store We have great bargains in

Sho g m Ovenshoes LsOtintins

Gloves Jfrlittenm .1

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Hianliots unci Undorwear

These goods will all be sold at prices that will surprise you, as they must move to make room for the spring stock. Just come and get our prices regardless of cost. Our loss is your gain, so come get these bargains before they are gone. v.* ^

In Groceries We Lead in Bottom Prices for Cash

9 bars best soafc for ...25c

& lo. package rolled oats, fOT, , , ........ itaiiMfityM VV

The very best maple syrup. We sell smaller amounts in proportion.

$5.00 Self rising b

3 packages for

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V. ...25c ..35c

flour,

•: 25c «e matches 4QC 50c package matches

for

cans ries for..

Bine Ribbon blueber-

.,25c 25c 2 cans golden drop

plums ..

ft CiSi4S.<> ' •mil pay you

granulated

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Caramel oereal, 8 package# for....,.v.

Ion pail of syrup " :

We have the finest lot of Early Ohio potatoes that ever struck the town, quality considered, that we will sell in lots, to suit the purchaser, at bottom prices. •

Entire stock of jellies and jams \

. to c lose ou t a t ' '•* colt. Look over

oar big stock.

come <Aif; 1 *v »

get our prices i*'

before buying.

Professor Langiey appears <© gone into a hole and nulled his ainlu# la After 1dm. * " — - i

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