The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-22

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Observation-Disclosures OF state TeIe-
Graph Tax Taylor Donned the Stripes.
The Brookings county fair will be
laid at Brookings September 25 to
o. notwithstanding three days be-
fore the state fair.
D. Freeland, Onawa, has been
r-anted the contract for furnishing
Crow Creek and Lower Bruls agencies
nth lumber and building material to
amount to $1,000.
NJ. d. Freeland OF Onawa, Ia, has
been granted a contract for furnish
IN, Crow Creek and Lower Brule
%agsncies with lumber ind building ma
fsstial to the amount OF $1,000.
A telegram the death in
Chicago OF Louis Holzner, the lead
inc clothing merchant of Watertown.
He was there purchasing mis- winter
stock of goods and was taken SICK.
Rev. Joseph Kissell, of Sioux Falls,
and two daughters were thrown vio-
lsntly down an eight-foot embank-
ment by a runaway team a few days
ago, with probably fatal results to
Mr.. Kissell.
On Feb. IT, 1894, a stage was held
m and robbed on the highway near
snsar6sh, S. ID. Chief Postoffice In
sppector Wheeler has just been notified
# the arrest at Springfield, Mo-, Of
Ulysses G.. Pitts, charged with this
robbery.
Robert and Ben Dorman have been
bound over to the next term OF Ly-
man county court for cutting and
removing wood from a school section.
The state authorities evidently IN
tended to prosecute similar cases
against other parties.
The supreme court has handed
down an opinion holding that the
governor had no authority to remove
President Shannon of the board Of
regents. The court is said to stand
two to one, but it is probable there
will be no dissenting opinion.
The southern South Dakota district
lair will be held at Scotland Septem.
Der II to 20. The exposition has
been a great success in previous years,
and this year promises to surpass in
all its features all former exhibitions.
The sporting program will be unusual
ly complete.
George W. Dixon, a school teacher,
residing at Watertown was accident
y shot in the arm a few days aco.
The charge took off most OF the mus
Gle from his arm above the elbow
tearing its way through the arm pit,
coming out by the shoulder blade.
He will recover.
few days ago a storm, with hail
and a strong wind blew the Great
Northern Depot at Claremont from
its foundation, totally wrecking it.
1t also blew down chimneys and out
buildings about the town. The rail
road agent and his wife had q narrow
escape, as bricks from the chimney
tell all around them.
The many friends in the newspaper
fraternity OF Amos c. Jordan, OF
Waubay, S. D., will regret his recent
death. Deceased was a brother OF j.
J. Jordan OF the Grand Forks Herrld,
and w. H. Jordan, OF Oakland, Cal
liornla. MI. Jordan was a good
newspaper man and an exemplary citi.
zen.
The officers of the South Dakota
District Fair Association are making
great preparations tor the fifth an
uual exposition which will be held in
Centerville on September "a, rs, 26
and u, 1865. The district compris-
IS Turner, Lincoln, Clay, Union and
iankton counties. A program has
oeen prepared and purses amounting
70 $4,000 for premiums, racing,
baseball and relay races, ETC., has
been hung up.
The closing day OF the fireman's
tourney at Rapid City was distin.
pushed by some remarkable fast
races. The $50 yard hub-and-hub
race was won by the Gate City hose
team; time, 2S LIS, being but 1920
VI a second slower than the national
record, made in Denver in 1884. The
noo'yard loot race was won by
frank Graves, OF Rapid City; time,
AZ seconds. The juvenile hose race,
gu yards, was won by Rapid City;
time, 21 "a.
Inc scarcity OF the hay crop in
Michigan, Illinois and some parts OF