The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-02
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
interesting News Items FROM ai'
over the state.

tluJl NcuiN a.
A farmer named Koetzle is under ar
eest at Sioux Falls for poisoning Il
neighbours stock.
Mrs. Harris of Tetonka attempted 10
commit suicide by taking
but reStOratiyeS saved her. Donies'lc
troubles were the cause.
Thomas A. Williams Of South pa
kota has been appointed assistant IN
the division of agrastology, agricul-
turai lei artment 1T $1,000 a year.
Word has been received at Nermil-
lion of the death of NJ. j. Lewis OF
pleurisy in New York city. lie was
cashier of the First National bank or
Vprmiluon and we'll known throughout
the state.
The land commissioners office Ct
Pierre has sent to the general land
office for patent a list of 10000 acres or
land in southern Hyde and Hand coun-
ties, which has bee selected FOR com
mon school indemnity land.
Regardless Of hard times the people
of South Dakota are paying their
taxes. On an estimate of $3.50 h for
she quarter ending May 81, the state
received SOS. $50. This is a better show
ing than was expected under present
financial conditions.
On recommendation Of the board OF
pardons q pardon has been issued for
John f.. Hudson. sentenced to the state
p%cnitentiary from Yankton county for
robbery. Hudson was in the last
stages of consumption and the pardon
granted is to allow him to so home TO
die.
James Wobhen was fatally injured
while at work in Wasp No. . mine,
Yellow Creek. He was engaged III
breakin- down ole in a tunnel, when
n mass of rock from The roof fell. bury
ing him. His chest was crushed in
AID he received ether injuries.
The IrombitioniStS of South Dakota
will meet in mass convention in the
city of Madison. on Friday, July the
1O.h. for the purpose of nominating a
state ticket. The convention Will be
held on the Chautauqua grounds. Able
speakers will be provided.
Miss Edith Davidson of Salem is
dead from injuries received by the
o~verturning of a carriage in which she
was riding. At first it was thought she
escaped without injury. She was very
popular. and her death casts n gloom
over a large circle of friends and ac-
Quaintances.
The Clark county teachers institute
convened at Clark for a two weeks
session. Supt. w. A. Curley will he as
ai..ed in the work by Professors \. q.
Wark of WATERFOWL. s. *. Clark OF
Tyndall, Miss Ella McNearn and Prof.
Aylesworth. principal of the Clark
schools. Nearly 100 names were en-
rolled the first day.
News comes from Pierre Of the filing
there of incorporation papers for the
Sioux Falls Transportation company.
It : the purpose of the company 10 ask
the city council fer n franchise and If
Hnis is granted. build four OF five miles
of electric railway in Sioux Falls. The
matter will be laid before the council
at the next regular meeting.
Matt Matteson. a miner in the Home
stake mine. at Lead. met with an acct
den which will probably result in his
death. He was carrying a stick of
giant powder in his bootleg, n habit
miners have. when for some reason or
other il exploded. The flesh was
stripped from the Done from the ankle
to the thigh. and the bone shattered
| ana DIthtl ioI dlIlltSN l'o ~
The land commissioners office has
just made the first appointment for
1896 of the interest and income FUND
TO the various counties of the state.
This is the fund which goes directly
to the schools. and h total of the
present apportionmcnt is ~S9S,S2I.oo,
which gives % cents per capita To the
l04 .O29 school children of the state.
While the iailer at Pierre succeeded
in keeping il quiet. ii is finally out that
John Raglan. one of the United States
prisoners in Jail for appropricting let
tiers of another. gave the officers the
slip recently and is yet at large. He
placed a dummy in his cell, hid in the
corridor and lodged out while the
turnkey was locking the cell.
1t is reported from Huron that ar
rangementS have been made for a con-
vention at Lake Madison Chautauqua
grounds from July 6 to =. In the call
all who care for the retention and en-
forcement Of prohibition in South Da-
kota are invited to be present. Rep
resentativeS of churches. reform clubs.
leagues. temperance unions, etc, are
urged to be on hand.
A,special term Of court of the third
circuit convened at Castiewood. Judge
Andrews presiding, for the purpose ,f
receiving the plea Of Otto Jacobson,
charged with rape. Jacobson plead
guilty and was sentenced to nine years
in the state penitentiary at Sioux
Falls. The crime was one of peculiar
ly revolving circumstances and the pco-
pie feel h long sentence to be a lust
one.
1t is currently reported that tho
chemical analysis of the stomach ne
Mrs. Christianson, whose BODY was