The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-10
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
I~nterestin- News Items From all
over the State.

remOyed to Lincoln county Il lew ua!s
ago from kingSbury county.
Salem is reporting a number OF I'M
movements. 1T has some new build
ings and several new business firms.
ParkstOn merchants report Il better
trade than they have enjoyed for
years.
W. w. Allen. Il prominent resident of
Centerville. is dead. He Wen to his
barn to saw some wood. II his wife
shortly after found him there dead.
The Kimball creamery has been run
ming successfully the present season.
having received from 1900 to 5000
pounds Of milk daily.
Many Marshall county families have
provided themselves with straw burn
ers this winter, in order to beat the
coal trust.
j. Il. Wylie. a promincn: business
man Of Nerlnillion. committed suicide
with Il revolver. No cause is known
for the deed.
The state university has provided IL
self with an athletic park. 1t has n
quartcr-milc pedestrian and cycle
track, a skating pond and II tennis
court.
Owing TO several C3SeS of diphthcria
in the vicinity Of the town, the public
schools ut Pukwana, Brule county. are
closed for The present. Several cases
have been reported at Armour.
Steven NJ. Liddane of Winona. a
brakeman on the Chirag o & Northwest
ern railway. lost a portion of his index
finger and thumb while coupling cars
in the yards ut Huron.
The trial of w. II. Coney for caus-
ing the death of Commodore roulsnn
by a bite. which was followed 10y blood
poisoning. has been postponed at Yank-
ton until next term.
A pi@eon-shoot was recently held at
ParkstOn. The attendance was not
large but the shooting was good. f..
A. French OF Trip 'arried off most of
the prizes.
Rev. Father WeiXCdbergen. pastor of
st. Mary'S Catholic church ut Salem.
died recently. He was held in high
esteem, not only by members of his
church, but by all who knew him.
Mrs. Jacob Wcidcnbach of Parhston
on returning home. found her four
year-old girl lying in the middle of the
room. its clothes all burned off. the
,'oom full Of smoke and the child dy-
ing.
ave McAfce, who was arrested for
perjury III swearing in his vctc ut Brit
ton when not a voter. has been bound
over 10 the circuit court. The evidence
shows that he has been in the state
only since July 20.
+. ID. COykcndall shot VI. !. Coddipr-
ton with Il revolver in the abdomen
II leg at Aberdeen. Both men live
at Frederick. Coddington viii recover.
Coykcndall was said to have been jeal-
Gus.
NJ. ii. Parker, who has been deputy
superintendent of public instruction for
two years, handed in his resignation.
n VIII return to W~atertown. his
former home. superintendent Crane
mas not yet announced his successor.
John Pye, principal of the Ecan. s
H. SclloolS, IN lately a graduate of
the Madison norIral. has been elected
to the high school Drincipalshjp a. tho
Mitchell city schools. made vacant by
the resignation of A. G.. Shepherd.
reports from Chamberlain. Pierre
n other points east of the Missouri, |
10 the erect that great mortality py-
ISIS among The cattle on the northern
ranges is without foundation. Cattle |
men jest in from ,uc ranges state that !
STOCK was never in better condition tn |
Withstand a hard winter.
John Carmichael. n Chotcau Valley !
FARMER. haS reason to be pretty we'll
satiSted with South Dakota. Durinr
the past season h raised close to 10. |
wv buSllelS of grain. which he pSti-
mates VIII bring him the neat sum of
$t'o"o at present prices. for his sea-
sons work. ~
JHl%e kemp. at Huron, sentenced w |
II. turner to pay Il fine of 500 ard
serve twenty days in the county ioiI |
lor Stcai!l" coal from cars on the Chi. |
ergo N Northwestern Railway tracks |
Ut quo Turner's son. Edwerd
was convicted of the same Offcnse nd |
fined $40. -
lhe roller mill at EimbalI is doinr its |
snare toward beating tn. coal trust
Drah instead of coal being utilized for |
Iuei. AS 1t would he impossible to
Ieed tile furnace in the ordinary way
without endless toll. Engineer Perkins
invented n contrivance that feeds the
pran 10 the ire box automatically. The |
ooh'ri'ance holds the steam gauge nt |
oo pounds for hours at a time without |
regulating.
Inc sioux Indians 1T the Pine Ridge
asencS nave been considering the mat.
Ter OF CLAIMS due them from the gov
erhh'eht' n subscribed $500 among
themselves to'send a delegate TO Wash.
.hstoh 10 l"oS up their claims against
.nc government The delegation is to
rnnSlSt 81 chief Red Cloud and two or
.se oin%rs. They propose to lay their
n,S ."lofe The Great Father. and nj.
In'slst On u Change in the administra.
Sidge Agency " "he