Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-02
THE NEWS.

| One hundred liquor dealers were arrest
ed in New York Saturday for violating the
excise law.
A dispatch from Prof, 4. t Rendelier
to his family at IiighlanI. Ills, says he is
safe and well at Fort Apache, Arizona, and
that the report Of his capture by Indians
is untrue.
Saturday afternoon the vicinity Of Ar
cGdia, La, was visited l,y terrible hail
storm, stripping foliage, killing stock and
damaging crops. The track q The storm
was FIVE miles ~ids.
Harry Smith, of st. Johns. Y. D., shot
and instantly killed himself saturday at
Jamestown, d. T. He came shere TO be
nusfGied to Young lazy frsfh his former
home, but she refused to fulfll her promise.
He then asked her to take a walk and she
did. He again asked her il she refused
to marry him. She repeated the refusal,
when he drew q revolver and blew his
bruins ont.
On the night Of April 2Sth, J. T. John
son, a strane or was stabbed by one of
three drunken S edes in the street in
front Of The Collin House in Minneapolis.
Johnson's wound is serious, though it is
not thought to be fatal. The Swcdes were
arrested.
: Prof Platt, knnSn rs the man fish per-
/ formed very remarkable feat at the
! Dime Museum at st. Louis He remained
/ under water minutes, H. ) seconds. beat
/ ing the best record four minutes and three
( quarter seconds hyJ, Il. Johnson in Lon
/ don but lie came near losing life, however,
/ becoming helpless after four minutes had
/ expired and when removed from the wat
/ er, on repeated demands Of those present,
! was insensible.
| The murder Of John Simstein an in
! mate Of the National Soldiers Home near
! Milwaukee, was found April 29th in barn
/ adjoining the Fat Woman Saloon. The
pockets of the clothing were turned inside
! out and all yuluables gone.
A special from Grand Forks, d. T.. to
| the Pioneer Press Of Saturday says: IAN
/ Euglishman whose name is unknown here
( and lately from Wisconsin, Was drowned
! in a fresh water lake ten miles north OF
/ Devils Lake. He was trying to cross the
lake in a leaky boat which filed with wat
or and was drowned before assistance
/ could reach him. Another drowning j.
supposed to have occurred in the river al
this place. 4 team was found which had
! been tied to tree near the river for three
! or four days without foosl and the wagon
was near. II is supposed that the owner
came dowa as far as the river, tied up his
team, end in attempting 10 cross to this
city Was drowned.
At 4 O'Clock p. m. April 29th, terribl,
storm swept six miles north of Benton
Texas. blowing down houses and demol
ished everything. Fonr persons are re,
ported killed, OF seven seeking refuge in
church. Loss not asoertained.
X. B. Hubbell and Dan Roberts of la,
commissioners Of Custer county Ma.and II
L. Stillwell, county clerk, were ouSted b,
an act Of the Legislature for alleged fraud
| The parties have been indicted for refus
ing to give mp the books and accounts be
longing TO the county. 1t is regarded q,
an opening wedge toward prosecution foI
malfeasance in the Office, which, it il
chimed, has thrown the county two hun
dred Thousand dollars in debt, Chic
Justice Wade ordered the county treasures
TO refuse the payment of warrants, a.gre
eating $4,000, drawn by the old board @
commissioners in favor of themselves and
( their agsOciates