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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
FIRST publication March 7t6
Notice Of SheriY'S sale.
State of South Dakote,l In Circuit {

State OF South Dakote,l In Circuit Court,
county of Hand 6th judicial Circuit.
William II. Moore, Plaintiff,
w
Justin II. Young. Defendant.
Notice IL hereby given. that by virtue OF n
Judgment Of foreclosure and sale in the above
entitled action on the 26th day 81 February
y. ID. 1898, ana an execution issued upOn
said judgment, the subscriber, John J. Strut
Sheriff 81 band County, state Of south Da-
kota, for that purphsc appointed. will sell at
public auction at the front door of the Court
Tiuuse ia he town OF Miller, county NJ Hand
ana state OF South Dakota. on the thirteenth
day vi April 1895, at = O'Clock In the after
noon Ot that day, the real estate and mort
gagged premises situatein the county of Hand
and state of South Dakota, and directed I'm
raid Judgment and execution to be sold, and
therein described ~ follows: The north west
quarter "a ri section. six 90 I'm township
one hundred and thirteen ll.O north of
range seventy 900, and the southeast quar-
o." ~ 81 section thirty one GU Ia TN. 49,.
ship one hundred and fourteen III) north
OF range seventy lIOl Hand county South
Dakota. or 40 much thereof IN may be sur
hcient 10 satisfy raid Judgment and costs,
amounting In all to six hundred and eight
dollars and nifty nine cents, with interest
thereon from the date Of said Judgment, and
all accruing costs Of sale.
Dated Miller, \. ID. Mch 2d, 1885,.
J.J. STRUIF,
Sheriff Hand County.
q. G BRIGGS, Plaintiff = Attorney.
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First Publication February IT'S
sim mons.
". F. MASON, Attorney.


SHM mons.
State OF South DakoCa.N,, In Circuit Court
Sixth Judicial Circuit. J"'in and for handCo
Sarah NJ. Hazen. Plaintiff
vs.
David Walton, ST., Louisa Walton.
j. y. Scales, VI. +. Williams as
Ad mr. o, estate of Ashbell I'll Reed
deceased. Louie j. Reed, Clarke
Hill Reed by Louie J Reed his
Guardian, f.. W.. Dana and G.
W. ,arl, Defendants.
The state OF South Dakota sends greeting:
To the above named defendants:
You are hereby ard required to
answer the complaint In this acti N, which
was tlcd on the 3 tn day ri January A.. ID.
1898. in the office OF the Clerk of the Circuit
Court within and for said Hand county ut
Miller, south Dakota. AMI to serve II copy
Of your answer on the subscrib + at his Office
In tn q to-" u OF Nil e., South dakota, within
thirty days after tn service Of this summons
exclusive oi the day Of service. II you fail to
answer the complaint within that Il ne, the
pIainti I will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint, besides costs.
Dated at Mailer, South Dakota, this Both
day OF January \ d.. 1895.
J. II. Cole.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
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'lrst publication NchTtG
Notice for Publication.

! and Office OF Huron. South Dakota. Feb.
<. 1905. Notice il hereby given, that the
Glowing named settler has fled notice Oi
rrintentiOn to make fiTal homestprl p"aD.
g. support Oi her claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk of the Circuit
.'ourt Tor Hanl County, South dakota, Mt
.Iiller, ;. d. on Friday the 18th day Of April
1895, viz:
MAR Il. Poor, formerly Mary b. Phinney
nler her IA Entry No. 1900 for the north
west u Of section II. township 100, range
20. She names the following witnesses
q prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of sold land, viz: Es-
uire Kelly, Albert T.. Kelly. John W. Allo-
"av # Como, =. ID. BENJAMIN II. Gould OF
Niller, s. y.
JOHN N. DAVIS. Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
First publication March 7t3
Notice Oi lime Appointed for Proving
Foreign VII, Etc
State of South Dakota,

Dla(N vi Houlu Vlhbtd,
County of Hand '' In County Court
In the matter OF the estate OF Virgil r.
Bissell. deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to
the heirs next of Kin of Virgil x Bisseil de-
ceased.
Pursuant To an order Of said Court, made
on the Ith day of March \. D.. Sy5 notice
il hereby given that Friday, the I'D day OF
March a. -. 1So B., at ten O'Clock A. NJ. of said
day, at the court room Of saidJourt at Mil
Ter in the County OF Hand : ID. has been ap
pointed as the time and place for proving
the Will of said Virgil X. Bissell. deceased,
late oi King county, 81 ate OF Washington,
whore the same has already been prObated,
and for hearing the application OF Edwin X.
uisSell for the issuance 70 him Of Letters Tes-
tanentary, when and where any person in
tercstcd may appear and contest the same
Witness the Hon. G.. IL. CARROLL.
Judge OF the County Court. and the
lsEALl seal Of said Court, this 18th day of
March A. - 1895, at his Office in the
town Of Miller, county Of Hand state
Of South Dakota.
W. II. SMITH,
Clerk OF the Co. Court,
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WASHINGTON IRVING TO POE.
A Letter Full OF Genial Criticism and
Friendly Counsel.

A Letter Full OF Genial Criticism and
Friendly Counsel.
Poe had through life the habit Of
sending his better tales and poems to
distinguished literary men and solicit
ing thereby their attention, writes Pro-
lessor George 4. Woodberry in Tho
Century in presenting some Of Poe's I'M.
published correspondence relating to his
residence In Philadelphia.
He kept the replies and was thus ell
abled to append to Hirst's biography of
MIN in the Philadelphia Saturday Mu-
scum a long list of encomiums in addi-
tion to such "a had been publicly made.
The following letter from Washington
Irving was written in acknowledgement
of William Wilson," which had fol-
lowed the "House Of Usher" as q
means Of introduction, and the SUBJ
stance Of it, much altered and ONE
what garbled. appeared in the list re-
ferred to and affords a striking instance
of how Poe dealt with such correspond
ence:
NEwBURG, Eov. 0, 1859.
DEAL SIR-The magazine you were SO kind
- TO send me, being directed t. Now York,
instead OF Tarrytown, did not reach me for
SONS time. This, together with an unfortu.
nate habit Of procrastination, rlust plead my
apology for the tarGincss Of ny reply. / hava
read your little tale of civilian wilson" with
much pleasure. 1t 10 managed In a highly re
,uresque style, and the singular and mystic
rious interest Is well sustained throughout. I
repeat what ] h We said Ia regard to previous
production, which you did me tho favor TO
send me, that / cannot but think a series of
articles OF like style and merit would be eX'
tremely well received by the public.
could add for your private car that ] think
tho last tale much the best in regard tn stylc.
VI Is simpler. In your rst you have bccn too
anxious to present your picture wildly to TIE
eye. or too d~istrustrul Of your effect, md h&vo
laid on too much colorinS. II IL errirg on the
hest side-the Size Of luEuriance. That tale
might be improved by relieving the style from
sorao Of the epithets. There IL no danger OF
destroying Its cr,I hic effect, which IL power
ful. With best wishes for your SUCCESS, ] am,
ny dear SIR, yours respectfully,
WASHINGTON IRvrSo.
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First publication march ltti
Notice 10 Creditors.

In County Court Of the County OF fHndl
state OF South Dakota.
In the matter OF the estate Ol Josephine j
Niliiger, deceased.
Motto" Is hereby given by the Undersigned
ADMINISTRATIVE OF the eStat Of Josephine j.
Nilliper, deceased. t. the creditors OF, ANA all
persons having claims against the said de
ceased, TO exhibit them, with the ue"cssarE
vouchers. within iUur months alter the fret
publication OF this notice, to the said admin
iS~cratriS at the Oiice Of the OI ionn-
ty Court OF said 90 fnty 81 Han ! In IN" town
uf Miller in the co. of Hand, 'SoGCh UaKOta.
Dated Ut Miller, South Dakota March -.
1885.
MARY MATILDN CATTASI,
Administrators OF Estate OF said DCyc ascd,
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First publication Feb.y 21tG
SuuiUnOlS

tlrsl publiCdtloH t'DN GU
SummOiS.
State OF So nth Dakota Circuit Court
County OF Hand. 10th Judicial Circuit
Giles Scatterth waite. Plaintiff.
W..
Wilhelm Muller and Elizabeth Mul-i
Ter, i,efen iants.
The State Of South Dakota to the above
named defendants:
IOu are hereb, and required
to answer the complaint oi the plaintiff In
the above entitled action which will be filed
In the Office OF the Clerk ~ this Court, and to
serve a Copy vi your ans wer 10 the aaid com.
plant on the subscriber at his office in Faulk-
ton, Faux county and state oi South Dako-
Ia, within thirty days after the service OF
this upon YOU, exclusive Of the dav
Of such ~SHrvi""' 81 sc v.l ~ - GAS" - tuS
81! ,".h......v wItnIu IGc TIInc Aforesaid, the
p.aintifi in this a alton will Apply To tho Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated January = +th. 1875
FRANK TURNER,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Faulkton. =. ID.
To the anove named deiendants: You will
please take notice that the complaint i'm the
aboy We entitled action was filed In the Office
OF the Clerk OF the circuit court at Miller.
Hand county, South Dakota, on January
2yth, 1875. FRANK TURNER.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
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Banker. Charged with burglary.

BINGHAMPToN. N. Y, March eli
Tracy Il. Morgan and ID. l.. Brownson,
cashier and presidsnt of the deiunct
Chenango Valley bank and Broom
County National bank, have been ar
rested Oh q charge Of burglary in the
third degree in entering the bank on
the morning Of Jan. %.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
Fired a Church.

WADENA, Mimi, March 2l.-At 9 a..
m. the Catholic church here was totally
destroyed by fire. 1t was the work of
incendiaries. Some think that the
church was robbed of its atar service,
valued ut over : l,OOO, and then fired to
cover up the burglary.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
BRAND LErrE

Now therefore, the above persons are here
bv notified that thcfurther use of said brands
and marks will be- Illegal to the same extent
as though IL had never been recorded, unless
agreed upOn bv owner Of con letting brands
and a Joint statement be presented to the re.
c0rder OF Brands and Marks by such ownc y
Of brand. By order OF committee on marks
and brands. EoRG moons,
Register Of Deeds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
Tho n T. CpeG.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2l.-The Ger
mania theater, this city, has been sud-
denly closed as q result, it is gwen out,
of financial trouble and the elopement
of the leading man and woman of the
company, Hans Heinrich Schei.sky and
Martha George.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
First publication Feb 2stt
Notice.

To whom IL NAV concern: Notice is hereby
given that at the last meeting Of committee
on Marks and Brands, which was held Feb.
2Oth and 21st A. ID. 1897, at the conrt hOrse
In Miller, =. d., IL was found the following
marks and brands werecOnficting with some
prpyinusLy recorded:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21
First publication Feb 21t7
Summons.

First publication Feb 21t7
Summons.
state OF South Dakota In J~usticeCourt.
County OF Hand, VIM. Comedy, J.. p.
+. II. Gardner, and VIM. I. Ga dner)
vs. Plaintiffs
Fremont Young, Defendant
The state Of South Dakota = nds greeting 70
the above named defendant,
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of tbo above named
plaintiffs, which will be filed in the office OF
VIM. Counely. J. J.. within and for Rec
to serve II copy OF our answer on the sab
scriber at his OifiCn in the townOi Rec Heights
Hand county, SoHth Dakota, within thirty
days after the service OF this ex.
elusive Of the day OI service. or the p,aintijf
will take judgment against you FOR fifty three
Dollars aud ~ cents. with interest from
this date. besides the costs OF this action.
February 18th, 1895.
+. X. GARDNER. Plaintiff.
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First publication Feb2StT.
Foreclosure S0tire.

To william II. Price and Mary l.. Price
mortgagors, and Edmund Miiham Junior in
cumbrancrr, rake Notice: Default in paw
ment eXisting ON Il mortgage dated the 22l
dav of Octob'r. 1887, and recorded in Hand
County, tSOuthD Dakota, on the lltn
day of November. IS -. at O'Clock, =. NJ. Ia
Book 81 Of Mortgages, page 533 OF th" quo.
lie records oi sal county, executed by VII
liam r.. Price and Mary Price. this wife
n~iortraeors. to w. W. Mcdonald, Trust
rortga zee, and assigned by AN AZ
signmant OF trust 90 ratrs,' to Charles IA.
Waterbury, Trustee, said assignment being
recorded in book - page A23 Of the
public records Of said land county. which
trust has since devolvrd upon lsanc I.in"0.n
trustee. as su"ce4sor-iD trust. by order O
Court, said Waterbury being deceased. on tn
southeast quarter of section Thirty ,'Oi
township one hundrc! thirteen GfO uortE
of range seventy tTOJ west uf 9TH .. NJ.
Fifty-two n O9-iOD Dollars (S52.. 81
being due thereon, ut this date. for principal,
and interest. Said mortgage will be-
foreclosed to satisfy the amount due, with
costs and expenses Of sal. ana one hundred
and no-lOO dollars (S attorneys "r
as provided in sal mortgage, by sale of saii
premises at public auction, at The mont door
OF the court house In thetown Oi Miller, coun.
ty of Hand, and state OF South Dakota. o.
the 18th day OF April, lS9i, at two
o'clock T.. NJ. ny the Sheriff OF said county. o.
his deputy.
Dated February 18th. 1897.
ISAAC LINCOLN, Trustee.
u. SPITLER, Attorney.
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The state fair was locat d in Sioux
Falls for Six years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-21

Ed Cummings, OF Beresford, was IL
Miller today visiting his u4Otner ano
brothers.
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First publication Fcby21t7.
Mortgage sale.

Mortgage sale.
liefault has been made i'm the conditions Of
a mortgage executed by Wallace H.. Thomas
(Singlel to Western Farm Mortgage Com
paDy, dated 0'tODgr 18th. 1887, and as
signed to Charles >. JOst and Henrietta JOst
m~ortgaging the northeast quarter OF section
twelve n2D in township one hundred sixteen
t16) north Of range siXty-nine (63D west OF
the 9Th T.. NJ. situatedin Hand county, South
Dakota. The amount claimed 70 he due on
said mortgage at this date IL Three Hundred
rinety-i ,nr and 61-1O0 Dollars, and twenty
hye dollars, ATTORNEYS fees.
Notice Ia hereby given that said mortgage
will be fOrecloSed by a public sale Of said
premises, or u sufficient part thereof, on the
9th day OF April. 1898 Mt . O'Clock T.. NJ.
at the front dOOr Of the office Of the Register
Of Deeds In Miller, Hand County, South Da-
kota.
Dated at Aberdeen, y. ID. this 10Th day OF
February, 1885,
CHARLES s. JOST, AND
HENRIETTA JOST.
Assig .ees OF Mort ,agce.
W.. +. Mason, Attorney.
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One of Rrule cOunty's commission
ers has ben generally complimented
for refusing to extend county aid t
men who patronize saloons.
The Y. p. S. G.. T.. will have a ten
perance meeting in place OF thci
regular prayer mectinr on sunday
evening Mar. "a, 1895. The follow
in program will lie rendered:
PRAYER, Mrs. Lane, Lecitation. Ga
rie Bemus; Duct, Hacd and Bert .
Sweetlaud; Paper, Will Preston
Reading, Minnie Uuthio Violin solo
Maud Preston. Every body invited
PHEsS Con-.
The herald., 1895-04-27
FAILED TO KILL HIS WIFE

A double trag edy was attempted yester-
day morning in Spring-street lodging
house, and as result Charles Stanley is
lying dead and his wife, Bessie Stanley
is suffering from a deep bullet wound in
her head
At a little before 10 clock in the morn
ing Stanley called at his wife room in
the Albemarle house, and finding her
there in the company OF Miss Mamie
Fleming. he requested the latter to leave
the room while he exchanged few words
with his wife. Miss Fleming complied
and left the room, and a moment after
ward the shots rang through the halls,
and when Miss Fleming pushed open the
door and screamed for help. Mrs. Stanley
was lying unconscious on the bed, and
the blood and brains of her husband were
running and oozing out of a jagged hole
in his head, over her body.
A sight that would put slaughter
house to shame was presented by the in
terror of the room. Blood spattered the
ceiling and walls and trickled across the
carpet. while the dying mans brains and
gore mingled with his wife's blood and
soaked and clotted over the bed and floor
She had CHASTITY rent along her left
temple that poured out blood and exposed
a cash that will be a permanent distigure-
ment, while he had great hole clear
through his head from tho right temple
to under his left ear that the crashing
bullet had torn in its passage through
bone and brain. Still they both lived for
some time. she in the Fleming woman S
room and he in the receiving hospital to
which he was hastily removed.
The story IS a sad one.
Charley Stanley was young man of "a
or % years who came to Southern Cali
fornia from Kansas a year and few
months ago. and worked about in various
places in his capacity as cook. He was
The herald., 1895-04-27
Tae Suicide and the Woman He Tried to XIII
BESSIE STANLEY

in luxury and could not return to him,
because he was getting only ~ week. and
she would not work and she declined to
live in poverty with him.
Then" Miss Fleming said. che asked
me to step outside. as he would like
private talk with her. She didn't want
it and begged me to stay, so | asked
Charley if he would promise not to hurt
her. He said he wouldn't harm hair of
her head, so l went outside. He again
asked her to go, but she said no, and next
moment she was pleading with him not
to kill her. l started to open the door,
when the two shots were fired in rapid
succession, and when 1 did get the door
open the horrible sight was something l
cannot describe. l screamed for help,
and you know the rest
Coroner Campbell and the police speed
lily took charge of the principals. Stanley
was removed to the receiving hospital and
died there without regaining conscious
ness, while Police Surgeon Bryant dressed
the woman's wound and she was removed
from the bloody room of the tragedy to
the Fleming woman's. The husband,
she told a Herald reporter, led her over
and sat down on the bed beside her
After appealing to her for the last time,
he drew the revolver and placed the muz-
zle against her left temple. But she
struggled and knocked the barrel of the
pistol just as he pulled the trigger At
the same time she threw back her head.
As a result the ball ripped cash up
along the skull that amounts to only a
severe flesh wound.
She will soon be about but will be sadly
dishgured. She kept continually asking
if he was dead and was afraid he would
return and do her more harm. Miss
Fleming stood by so she could not say
anything, and she guarded the door
against all corners.
The friends of Charley and Bessie"
who knew them before her fall and his
trouble were loud in their denunciation
of this woman Fleming, who, they allege,
was the cause OF it all and in an UNDER
standing with Forsythe and. others IN the
matter, The whole affair created a great
sensation and SINNERS down to bloody
domestic tragedy, growing out of the un-
faithfulness of a wife, brought down by
the designs of worldly woman and her
male friends and the desperation of a
husband. The coroner's jury brought in
verdict of death at his own hand at the
inquest over Charles Stanley's remains
Detective Insley stated last night that
on Thursday night Stanley called at his
Office and wanted to get man to watch
his wife, from whom he said he wished
to get divorce. He was told that the
agency did not take divorce cases. and
went away after stating that his wife had
a large sum OF money and that he wanted
part of it. He was much excited
The herald., 1895-04-27
IN THE POLICE COURT

quently crossed the bay and met his sup
posed victim. They seemed to be on the
most intimate terms. and the officer re-
garded them as lovers. During Christmas
week of last year Welch saw Durrant and
Miss Williams at least half a dozen times
promenading Alameda.
On the night of the oath of February
last Durrant visited the Alameda city
Jail and applied for lodgings. He said
that he had been visiting a friend and
missed tie boat. Officer Welch was in
charge at the time and Immediately rec
ogn zed Durrant as the man he had seen
with Miss Williams. He was given
temporary resting place and early the fol-
lowing morning left for this city.
The statement of WEIGH is regarded as
very important by the police, as it dis
proves Durrant's story in many particu-
ars. Shortly after his arrest at Mount
Diablo he was taken into the chefs office,
The herald., 1895-04-27

During the earlier days Of the trial an
attempt was made by defendants counsel
to cast suspicion upon Rev. Dr. Gibson.
pastor If Emanuel cuhrch.
Durr.nt's attorneys have so far failed
in developing any tangible evidence con-
Meeting the minister with the tragedies.
Today Elmer Wolfe, witness for the
prosecution. who corroborated previous
testimony concerning Durrant's tardiness
and disheveled appearance at the Chris
tian Endeavor meeting on Good Friday
evening, was cross-examined by defend
anG S attorneys. who endeavored to show
thata similarity between the respective
hats sNand overcoats of Wolfe and DurIant
and their resemblance in stature and
form, had led to Durrant's mistak ken
identified tion by persons who had really
seen Wolfe. The latter accounted for all
mis- movements from noon on Good Fri
day until his arrival at his ranch at , on
the following mo ming.
George r. King. the organist of the
church, librarian of the Sunday school
and an associate of Durrant, testified that
he mad no key to the side door of the
church, although Durrant had both
keys to the library, the pair having re-
Gently placed a new lock on the door.
King said he had done considerable work
about the church, but had used tools in
the building, Pastor Gibson keeping ham
mer and chisel in his study.
Dennis Welsh, an Alameda policeman,
had seen Durrant with Minnie Williams
in Alameda twice at least the last time
on March 30th. On one occasion Durrant
YVES brought to the station late at night,
having missed the boat. He rested on a
bench till daylight.
DR.. J. S. Bardett, who performed the
autopsy, was then called, the prosecuting
attorney suggesting that the large number
of ladies present should withdraw. Chief
Crowley says that in the Lamont case the
police would present an even stronger
chain of evidence against Durrant than
in the case of Minnie Williams. The
chief says that the case is perfect and if
Durrant is innocent his position in in
deed unfortunate.
DIR. Barrett, who performed the autopsy
on the bodies of Misses Williams and La
mont, was not examined today as was
expected. The case was continued until
Tuesday.