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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
WhaIpsCIc stock Stealing.

Last spring Lincoln county farms
were greatly annoyed by the dlNF
pearance Of many hogs and young CAV
tie belonging to them. Finally Geass
Robinson. Il farmer. had Tin faS
and George LoWric arrested for slelr
ing Il number of his hogs. The u.
were held to appear before the oc'u0t
term Of circuit court. ana in delaun"
$500 bonds We're lodged i'll jan. VIZ
they have since remained. frlU ',
losing the hogs four calves DelolsL.
to Robinson disappeared. ana sm .,
the Incarceration of Parks ana Low CIV,
he has beeA doing Il little det.am,
work On his own account. some rs
after the disappearance OF the ,a
he received an anonymous le0'ei, !,
ing him to ask Louis Schiios'!,
Union county farmer, about lrs h,
ter. This be did, and was mon cam,
Schnosey that he had purchaseu t,oa
calves answering the description 4
Mrs. Henry Frinkman. a ssn ,
Lowrie's, and that he had SOU hal
few days before TO a man VIZ u,bp,l
taken them to a ranch near onsan.Iaia
lain. Robinson came to Cla,nS !,
found the calves and identlilea unn,isd
his own. and Schnosey also lusahssJ
them as the ones he had pun nnps
from Mrs. Frinkman. When ts
toned the lady said she bougn' ,sey
calves from Parks and Lowri. ,asen
having claimed that they, hau adj.
them on Il threshing bill: Al lodged
tional charge was therefore ac,
against the two men a re" .ni,l lns
and they we're taken from 1"' stand
enough to make answer: ny ;ail fr
a good chance of remaining III
some time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

dered Il decision wnicn aroo,.
~ settlers IN the Chamber,a nuner.
III City, Pisrrc, s. u a ! itgp.]
N"b,, land districts. Nv toin oNen.
ton OF congress of Sem ~ ,eioluI
was enacted that any sott,oa isGO. ID
EinCs who, by reason If : Va PUBLIC
crops which he is in 10 ' m; Of
sronslhle. is unable to maxi Wise re-
meht on his homestead or nv, .le pay
claim required by law. the cmneeilptiOl
CT or II general land oticn lisSionY
thorlZed to extend the tino was az,
payment for not eycerdinn ior such
0 ine date when the same I he yea'
due. Under this act. cores % oscOlls
on the ceded Sioux lands Ivino 'eylers
the land districts above With
nave. during the past threa .oasd
years, made CO Imutation ~ iort
weir entries, applied for tho r pot I
tension Of time in which to sears eI
ment OF the purchase money. an Ie pay,
the recent ruling Of the secra,ar un'a
the interior. every applicot;on o1
granted Settlers on the coda 0,Nsa
lands are required TO nav soul|
price per acre for their land IN o',sal|
o TO the regular land Office fa.. aug.
commissions of 81 on each le0 aa|
while homesteaders on public lanS Sus
required to pay only the final sooa
commissions, unless they elect 10
mute their entries before tho -
ton OF five years. when tbo,. ApIs
would cost them Sl.2J per aero IN at
ZION To the final fees and commis%a
In the case of Stillman Il. MouIto"
settler on the coded Sioux lonaS ~
Chamberlain district. the sncro, y
the interior rejects his apuljcat;"n u
an extension of time TO mako no. va
or the purchase money. holding n ICY
stance. that the joint rcsoIntinn n
Sept. 30, 1890, does not appIv 10 "
Tiers who commute their entries NJ
fourteen months residence Inn, al Lf
those who make proof at the ayniras u
OF the time granted them bv law I'm
communication OF n homestead" cav ..
secretary, is the privilege of maki,,|
final proof and paying the mjnimr,
price OF the land at any time af...
fourteen months residence and cm.
Fation subsequent to entry. If no S",
this. he does it at his own election ~
law does not require. but permits 4 n
be done. Such Legislation would cmD
Ter no benefit, would be wholly sine,
lluous and unnecessary in anv case Il,
case OF failure of crorS. the i%ntepjip,
commuter could simply abandon n,
purpose to commutc-for the time h
ing. at least. The day of pavTor,
would lie in his own hands"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
DON'T NEGLECT THIS
An Amendment Permitting Courtie,
tn Bond for IRRIGATION

one OF the amendments which is to
be voted upon is TO allow "any couDv
municipal Corporation. civil towushaI
district or other subdivision 10 iDTr
an additional Indebtedness Of 10 erI
cent Of its assessed valuation. besds
the present Limitation Of J per cent
TOR the purpose OF providing water
for irrigation and domestic uses bt|
further provides that such additiGL
indebtedness shall not be incunJ
without a majority vote Of the elects
in favor thereof. This amendnet|
VIII hardly receive the recognition tlat
II would have received immediately
after It's passage the increased rail-
iall or the past two years having I'm
tied the desire for irrigation. T5el
many people are adverse to grantil.
extended powers of increasing inde0f
edness and on that ground will Likely
oppose 1t. There is no question that J
would be n good law for C0mnunlta
which are in need Of increased Wata
supply. but it is a statute which cay
be abused. and shOlld be given con
S!deration before voting upon ii.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
Accidental Happenings.

Fire burned the major part OF tEe
business section of Great harrington,
Mass.
Mrs. Myers. aged sevcnty.two, OF
williamsburg, Iowa, fell into a Collar.
completely scalping herself and tract
uring the base of her brain. She died
twenty-four hours later.
The plant of the Gladstone tMIch.i
Electric Light company took IRE, ana
before the flames were checked the
building was a total less and the in
side wiring destroyed.
Miss Lizzie Herrold. who lived ut
Hanfeld. Ind. was burned to death.
In lifting a vessel from the stove she
used her dress skirt to protect her
hands. and the goods touched the fire
and ign!ted.
Three men We're instantly killed at
Wilkesbarre. Pa, by Il fall of rock in
the Latin mine. They are: Thomas
Mitchell. Mill Creek, aged forty; John
Patruz. Mill Creek. aged Twenty-Five:
George Puchuski, Latin, aged twenty
four.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
From Foreign Shores.

Spoin. il is announced, will
the struggle in Cuba II the revolution
is not suppressed by March !.
4 high English authority. n former
cabinet minister. says that the Nenezu-
elan boundary commission Will decide
against England, and properly, TOO.
Oiumaie. formerly grand vizler OF
Egypt. has been confined III prison lor
two years past on h charge OF con
spring i'm favor of Muley Molaihileu.
He was found dead in his cen WIN
his clothing stained with blood III Is
supposed that he was assaSslilated'
Emperor William received / N audi
ence Grumbkow Pasha. Il German OH
Ger liz the service of the TURKISH gov
crnment. WHO is the bearer OF Il letter
Of thanks from the sultan 10 his may
c.,ty for the ~latter'S portrait, recently
presented to Abdul iiamed.
The dispatch of British naval rem
forcrmentS TO Zanzibar has renewed
interest IN the situation there, ana Is
universally Interpreted in Europe as Il
demonstration against Germany. as
the condition of affairs in Zanzibar
does not Justify such measures.
The office of minister of foreign re
lationS has been abolished, ana the Tor
eign affairs of honduras Will be con
Quoted in the future through the diet
of the Greater Republic OF Central
America. formed by the alliance OF
Honduras. Nicaragua and Salvador.
A Brussels dispatch says that Maj.
LOthaire. who was recently acquitted
of the charge of Illegally executing the
English trader stokes. on the Congo.
has quilted the service of the Congo
State and has engaged i'll the French
service in Madagascar.
Baron Nicholas \. GrebnitsSy. gov
ernOr of the Russian fur seal islands,
is on his way 10 Washington. ID. C.,
where he intends to present 70 the Rus
sian ambassador the form of n new
treaty governing the seal trade be
tween his country and the United
States.
German scientists throughout the
empire celebrated the Seventy-tifth an
niversary of the birth OF prot. Ru-
dolph Virchow. one of the greatest
medical discoveries Of the age. \
quarter of Il century ago his ittieth
birthday was celebrated by an inter
national gathering of physicians.
George Smith Fraser. an American,
staying at No. 81 Albemarle street.
Piccadilly, London, committed suicide
by jumping from Il window. At the
inquest evidence was given that he
had been suffering from illness and
had threatened to commit suicide. \
verdict of temporary insanity was rem
dcred.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
ORIGIN Of NrY SiNIe3

New styles are chosen in quite an
cdd way. The fashionable dTcSsnlal-r
ers bring over. twice a year q selection
of costumes, from which their custom
CrS choose what suits their fancy.
Thcy cannot buy the gown they see
that is not always. but from the mod
81 ShOwu there IAN &c ordered Il go"n
made to fit :he particular figure.
Sometimes the blending az cClors does
not suit the taste Of the purchaser,
who then chooses what shc prefers,
guided. of course. somewhat. by The
taste of the dre5sinakcr. vino is an &C
knowlcdgcd autjcrat. ard refuses to
allow too much latitud" Of choice.
When q costume has sufficient origin
ality OF design to mark il as distinct
i've, IL is certain TO be copied. and in
this way all new fashions make their
debut.-Harper's Bazar.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
I'm Print.

Henry William Parnell third Baron
~Congleton. is dead. He was born III
1909 and was formerly in the royal
navy.
John X. Williams, aged GO years, bur
CESS of Norristown, Pa, dropped dead
recently. Mr.. Williams gained a ma
tional reputation as the funny man
of the NorristOWn Herald.
John Philip SOusa, the distinguished
American composer and conductor,
who is now in Berlin. vas invited TO
conduct the great Philharmonic orcheS-
ira of Berlin 1T Il special concert gwen
in the Exposition building.
William Rodman. for nearly TWEEN
ty years city editor of the New ave-
Comm Register, and on" of the best
known newspaper men in the state, is
dead. He was II years old and uE-
married.
President Jordan of Leland stanford
university. California. is NOSE prom
nently mentioned to succeed the late
Prof. Goode as assistant secretary OF
the Smithsonian institution II dlrec-
tor of the National museum.
The report cabled TO the United
States that Bishop Spalding OF Peoria
had been nominated to succeed Bishop
Keane of the Catholic university OF
America at Washington. is pronounced
by the authorities at Rome to be pre-
mature.
Rev. Crosby II. Wheeler, II. u. the
well known missionary of the Am>rl-
board. died ut Auburndale, Mass. In
early life Or. Wheeler was a pastor Ill
Maine. He was founder and president
OF E%uphrates college and through TINS
institution and in other ways he had
wrought most successfully for tn"
good Of the ArmanianS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

the American falsl. The act was de-
libcrate suicide. for before stepping
over the parapct h" coolly took oil MS
hat and put into it his money amount
inc TO 10 cents and laid ii on the stone
wall. Tie only witnesses were TWO
hackmen.
Helen Foys.and. n member OF tHe
Salvation army. committed sulrl"' u,
Boston by taking poison. n few year,
ago she maSuueraded rs a man ana
was implicated in Il daring highway
robh,sy in Helena. She Il mae
ac;ou plice were arrested and her sex
di. covered She was acquitted put
her companion was sent up for 1op
years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
Crimes and Criminals.

The headquarters Of a 'directory
scheme" fraud have been found in In
dianapolis. Apparatus of all kinds for
eraSing and changing contracts. print
ing bogus circulars, etc, were found.
George Apo. a noted product of
street life in New York. and one Of the
star witnesses at the LcXOw inveStiga-
ton. was ordered to be removed from
the Tombs prison to the insane pavil-
ion at Bellevue hospital.
Mrs. John Meyers and her twelve
year-old son are in jail at AtchisOn.
the latter charged with numbering Les
ter Dyke, the twelve-year-old sOn Of Il
neighbor. and the former with being
accessory to the crime.
After being out several hours the
jury in the January murder case ii
Mexico. Mo-. returned a verdict CT
gr''ty ana assessed the boys punish
ment at ten years in the p~enitentiary.
The prisoner. VIII January, killed his
father.
Judge Taft of the United States
court at Cincinnati sentenced William
N. RoyntOn of the Franklin. Ohio Ma
tiCnal bank To five years in the peni-
tertiary for violations OF the United
States banking law. to which Boyn-
ton had pleaded guilty.
A dispatch from Montery. Cal, says
that Count Hallesten, an artist, was
shot and killed by Il man named
Ahiger. who lived with him. Ahiger
has been arrested. The shooting was
accidental. 1t is said both men are
we'll known in Berlin.
Charles PscherhOfer, Il real estate
agent and broker, arrested in san
Francisco Il month ago charged with
swinGling num3erless victims. has dis
appeared. His case was continued sew
eral times in the police court and he
was admitted To bail in bonds of
$1,000.
The wife Of G. ID. Smith. a farmer
living thirteen miles east Of Nevada,
Mo, was found dead in the house with
her head crushed. Her husband was
digging potatoes In Il field some dis
lance away and had left his wife alone
in the house. II is supposed she was
murdered by Il tramp.
An unknown man Jumped into the
water AZ Prospect Point, Niagara, y.
L., and was immediately swept ever
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

Prof. Flinders Petrie has pretty
large ideas about museums. He wants
the government TO buy a tract of 800
acres. somewhere within an hours ride
of London, and gradually build it all
over, for a storage place for ethnolog-
zeal materials. No museum in London
is large enough to hold the treasures
that are being discovered by English
men ali over the world.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
C,u,cnJer Ackley Dean,

Department Commander NJ of trAer'
the G. A r. died at Aberdeen 81 The se' ~
culosis. AGED ffty-four years; p a-
neral was held Under IT, anortrenI
spices. He was electeu ~ the as
commander of the q. a. Il. and Bis
e enGahsp in Arranging M for and a% "a PAD
the national encampiien. ~ He nay
no doubt FASTENED ms i MS and Da9
held various political oilice years. BE
been prominent for mn. IN DakOt'
was a member of the had rsacief.
consistory Scottish kite an" A WV
ed the thirty-second des n,rvive biz
and one son, a mere ooy, y y. apo
He was born in Gene'a, marking y
came to Dakota In 1867,
the land and law business
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK IN \
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most loi-
portant Views Of the Week., From
all Parts of the Globe, Hoiied
Down and in Con
vcnient Form for Rapid ier-
usal by Busy People.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

Farmers about Osceola, Mo. raise
only corn and oats in large quantities,
and the merchants Of the place have to
import potatoes, onions and other small
vegetables; while over in Kansas, in
the neighbOrhood of Arkansas City,
one farmer this season has raised 1000
bushels OF white onions and sold them
at 80 cents a bushel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

The winner finished In a quarter of an
ard were helped by a big jug of beer.
the public at Lille, France. Fifty Of
the hardest smokers of the district sat
\ smoking match recently amused
down together to consume two ounces
OF the strongest tobacco in the short
est possible time. They used clay pipes
hour.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

\ drink called "drithel' is popular
In the North of England. The cotton
hands of Manchester and the factory
workers get through nearly 100000
p!nts of this stuff every year. 1t Is
made from hops, hemlock root. parsley
ard Glove. and is one Of the NEST dan
gerors liquors ever brewed. The north
ern counties pay about $4,000 a year
for the output of 'drithel.''
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

1t is Il far cry from this latitude to
Florida, and yet the reports Of thu des-
t~itu.ion in some portions of that state
from the recent hurricane, through the
wreck OF homes and the destruction Of
the benevolent. Humanity knows
neither latitude nor loI Situde.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

The two great pearl markets of the
world are London and Paris. The
sources of supply are several and wide
~ separated. A large portion of the
finest round pearls continue to come
from the Sooloo archipelago, although
the supply from this source is steadily
diminishing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
Washington Talk.

The United States supreme court
formally opened the October term at
Washington, but Immediately adjourn
ed to call on the president in accord
ance with immemorial uSage
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

a cripple evidently thought that if she
md her husband ever did fight she
could dodge or run quite as quickly as
he. They have long heads, these fair
women of ours.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

" hen Ii Hung Chang got home and
his wife kept him awake half the night
asking him what he had been doing
when he was away, he probably
thought in a sympathetic way Of the
many people whom he had turned the
Interrogation crank on in his travels.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

Verona, in Italy, boasts Of n pair Of
twin sheep, each having six legs. The
extra legs are hind ones of the same
size as the normal ones, though they
do not reach the ground. The owner
thinks he can make more out Of them
as mutton. ...E .E,.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

Now that Lord RoSeberly is in a po-
sition where his u~ttcranceS do not
amount 10 anything rs, too, has come
out against the sultan. over in Eng
land it seems to make considerable
difference whether one holds office or
not.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

J. NJ. Barrie. the novelist. said when
he arrived ut New York. that he had
rever been interviewed. Mr.. Barrie is,
therefore destined to learn a lot of
that he never dreamed of before.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

That brilliant military genius who
defended Plevna, Osman PaSha, is
now occupying the mental position of
sealer of food for the sultan, his duty
being TO protect that holy parsonage
from poison. Osman must be made
of cheap stuff if he is content.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

Prosperity is reported to have killed
George Du Maurier. but we know Of a
large number Of people who are willing
to contract that disease and run the
risk Of pulling through it.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22

The reporters in G%uayaquil can very
well be excused if they worked Il ref
ercnce or two about the Fire Fiend
into their stories of that $54,OOO,OOO
confiagration.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA

An Ohio girl eloped with a base ball
catcher. Her relatives Il v chase but
were unable to catch them on the fly.
and they are supposed to have scored.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-22
~iMFORrAN'f DECISION

...,s'oh Made by the Interior De-
S"r.meht Of Great Interest IN
south Dakota settlers
see'ethrv of the interior has rem
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-01
GOLDEN RODS FATAL
POWER.

According 10 DR., c. F. Scott,
the Wisconsin St ate veterinarian
the goldenrod, the national flower
over which 50 many women rave, is
responsible for the death Of hum
dreds of horses in the lumber region
of Wisconsin. DIR. Scott thus tells
of how he discovered the cause Of
mortality:
''for tn. past three years the lum-
bermen of Northern Wisconsin
have suffered the loss Of over
1000 head of horses from = disease
that no one up to recent date could
diagnose correctly. was 1t +.
C. Leonards' place At Haywood,
ten days ago. He had lost seventy
head of horses from the disease.
I killed q horse to determine the
c.use Of the disease. At first l
thought that it was anthrax, the
symptoms being similar. l sent the
blood and spleen Oh to Washin gtOn,
but the authorities could moi lie
termine the cause.
.'Then l began thinking On my
own account. was told the horses
had been feeding Oh gOidenrod. l
remembered then that in my youth
horses had become diseased from
eating the leaf and root in Canada
sent to Canada and am satisfied
there il wher. the trouble lies.
There is no cure for it. Nothing
can be done except to destroy the
leaf and 70 It. This disease will
last from three weeks to three
months and results in > genera!
wasting away Of the tissues, and in
q few days . fat, healthy animal
becomes . skeleton. The temper
ature also ranges from l03 to 1O8.
1.-The mucus membrane Of the
anim-l is bloodless. with small
pinklsh spots the size Of pinhead
all through the membrane, with an
enlarged spleen, the symptoms Of
anthrax. The poison in the system
destroys all the red blood cor
puscles, which also DESTROYS the It's
sues and causes them to turn to
serum.
"Mr. Truax, Of Eau Claire, had
ten head of horses that were turned
into rich Geld of goldenrod. Five
OF them have died and the remain
ing five will have to be shot,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-01

In this weeks issue we announce
Mr.. Thos O'Connor, Jr., as = can
didate for Representative from this
Parish. When accepting the nomi-
nati0n for this Office rendered hm
b. The Farmer's and Planters As
sociation, Mr.. O'Connor gave his
pledge Il elected to do his utmost
e defeat the suffrage amendment,
ard 2 always work to his utmost in
Tie interest Of Good Schools and
Good Roads. Mr.. O'Connor is q
wideawake business man, we'll and
favorably known throughout the
4ED1 ~2eis4Q native b ,rn, having
spent his earlier years near Indian
Village. and IL elected to the Office
he win be = credit to the Parish
and State.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-01
LICENSE ORDINANCE

/. Be it ordained, by the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana, that License he and is
hereby levied for the y ar 1896, ana
for each subsequent year, upon eacl,
person, corporation, firm or associa-
ton pursuing any occupation. BUSH
ness or calling in this parish. which
is subject to . State License.
Z. BE j: further ordained, That
the amount Of License due this
Parish for each trade. occupation,
business OF ealing carried on or
conducted in this parish, SUI ,ject to
q License, is hereby fixed at the
same as is now leviel and collected
by the State for such trade. occu-
patton. business or calling in this
Parish.
3. Be it further ordained. That
the Licenses due this parish shall be
aud are hereby maze due and COL
lectible at the same time aud in same
manner as Licenses due the State,
and in the event the same are not
paid when due, it is ordered that
the Tax Collector report the same to
the Parish Attorney, who is hereby
authorized and instructed to forth
with institute legal proceedings 10
enforce the payment of the same.
j. NJ ABNEY, President.
w. G KENTZEL. Secretary.