The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-30

INDIANS hcfOre the United States com, a
mt Pierre.
otto Jacobson of Castlewood woo g
lodged in jail AZ WATERFOWL, charpeS :
with rape. His victim is his own ~. 4
tecn-ycarold daughter. and she is ., !
her home, in a critical condition.
A movement is on foot for the organ.
iZation of Il creamery in Summit. Tia
project Will be backed by the business (
men. with Il view of having it ult.
matcly pass into the hands Of the
farmers who p%atroniZe it.
John f. Martin, claiming Residence
in ST. Paul. pleaded guilty to counter. !
fciting at Pierre. Paddy Shipman
claiming residence in North Dakota
pleaded not guilty to the same charge
and his trial is progressing.
Rev. ID. II. Scott, pastor of the Con.
grpgational church at Sioux Falls, was
overcome by heart failure in the pul.
pit recently. At the conclusion OF the
sermon, which he completed with ditfi.
Guilty, he sank in a collapse in his seat
and many thought him dying. His ply.
stefan prOnOunccS him out of danger.
William Erickson, a Finlander, was
instantly killed in Nevada gulch by
falling down an abandoned shaft. He
lad attempted to remOv a ladder from
the shaft, but, missing his footing, fell
10 his death. He was about forty-fve
years OF age.
A. S. Shipley. the Illinois Central
agent at ROwena, who. it Is charged,
recently held himself up at Sioux
Falls. in an effort to cover n defalca.
II ,;n,, prnr nr,,;vn,l nnl bound npnr -
81 900 bail, to the next term Of court.
which mcets in May. He is accused Of
PmbeZ2ling SIG from the railway com.
pany and 1896 from the American tx.
press company.
The jury in the case Of Willard
DOwdy Of YanktOn, charged with rape,
brought in a verdict of guilty. DOwdy
Is a COlored boy, sixteen years old.
Col. Fred Evans of Hot Springs and
one Of the best known hotel men in
the West. has leased the new Bullock
At Deadwood and will open ii March
lSt.
Stokes Bros. struck a good flow Of
| ate in an ~artcSian well five miles
northeast of Britton-2OO gallons per
minute. The success of this well as
SureS of q dozen more in this county
soon.
Join Smith. n prominent member
and an organizer Of the Modern Wood
men Of this part of Dakota. was adj
Judged insane by the Lake county
board and will he sem 10 the asylum
AT lankton.
The residence Of G. B~lankcnburg at
Madison was burned 10 the ground.
Most of the household goods were
saved. The fire is supposed to have
originated in q defective chimney. The
loss is 5000 and The insurance 1000.
\ Huron advice says The first wild
cat killed in this vicinity for many
years was brought to the city yeStcr-
day by Lafe Merritt, living on a farm
near the washington foothills. The
animal weighed over thirty pounds
and was about 80 feet long.
The celebrated damage suit Of Shorin
vs.. MCDOugall was tried in the circuit
court at RrittOn. Sherin is county
judge and publishes n paper. lie
abused McDougall in this paper, and
McDougall gave him a pounding,
hence the suit for damages. The jury
gave a verdict for SO.
TO obtain a reward Of 500 the faith
@" of Ross Cunningham. who recently
escaped from jail at Rapid City, has
turned him over to the officers of the
law. and he has Dcc sent to the Sioux
Falls ponitentiary for five years on a
Charg" OF larceny.