The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-14
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
interesting News Items From All
over the state.

married at Hlighmorc by Rev. tones
The drug store Of J. III. Ferris, mt
Carthage. was broken into, M money
and icwclry taken amounting 10 S-oO.
No clew.
An Indictment was returned by the
grand jury against John Sellers OF
Custer for the murder OF Morris X.
Smith.
A Woman's Relief corps was organ
lied at Britton. Mrs. ID. McHiachin OF
| Aberdeen. president Of the W. X. {. OF
| that place. was detailed by In" state
president To perform the work.
Miss Jane Il. Spencer. daughter OF
Judge and Mrs. James spencer, for
merly of Huron, and Mr.. Henry :.
Richard OF Whitehall. y. y. were mar
ried in that city IA few days since.
The Masonic fraternity ut Yankton
has purchased land on which 10 erect
a temple. Ii is calculated that the
structure will be the finest building OF
the kind in South Dakota.
J. w. Mckenzie. for the past ten
years cashier Of the First National
Rank OF Huron, has resigned and goes
% Chicago. Ed j. Miller was elected
-lSllItI anu 'Ilull iNSiD'ihis
The house of James Ferris at Sioux
Falls burned with contents and was a
Otal loss. The family barely escaped
Gith their lives. Loss. $4,000; inSur-
ince small.
Hugh Heron. whose parents live in
Pierre, has written from Cuba for
funds with which To come home. He
Joined the inSurgent forces some time
ago, and has found that playing war is
not what he thought it would be.
state Veterinarian J. w. Elliott re-
ports several head of cattle having
died near lieCla of black leg. Every
p~recaution has been taken to stamp
out the disease.
Paul Behrendt and Charles Kurth,
charged with cattle stealing, pleaded
guilty at Hot Springs. and were SEN
fenced to w years in the penitentiary.
Roy Stockdale was sentenced To tif-
teen months in state prison for steal
Ing Il horse.
With the recent transfer Of the title
% the toll road between Lead and
DeadwoOd all of the old-time toll roads
nave. with one exception. that to Cen
raj City, become Il thing of the past.
Five years ago it was impossible to
get into the city without going through
/ tell gate.
Fred Werner. a young II trusted
business man Of Mound City. Camp
DELL county. is "A defauiter To the PIX
q OF I'VE $1,000. He secured $500
'rOGG Delaney Brothers of Aberdeen
md Sl,JOO from the German bank of
Eureka.
Capt. George Gablcr has established
l ferry between the mouth Of Five
Mile creek and the Gregory county
side of the Missouri river. The boat
: the largest engaged in the ferry SER
vice between Chamberlain and Run
ling Water.
A sensation has been created in the
western part Of the state by the de-
sertion Of the wife OF William Hughes.
a prominent member OF the Pringle-
May theatrical troup. which is visiting
the towns in that region. The de-
serted wife's home is in ST. Louis.
The outlook at Higllmore for Il big
crop is better now than for many
years. Jacob Meyers. the city eXton
says the ground has not been wet
down so deep for ten years as it -
now. A much greater rea is al
ready put in than was planted last
year.
Gov. Sheldon has appointed Elmer
X. Juckett county judge of Fail River
county. in place of William q. Fry. re-
signed. On petitions he has pardoned
from the pe%nitentiary Edward McNab.
sentenced from Lawrence county for
grand larceny, and Gustave Voski.
from "A Jail sentence in the same coun-
ty on a charge of assault.
James Woodward. IA Fall River
county farmer. was on trial recently
at lilo Springs for grand larceny Of
cattle. He was prosecuted by the state,
assisted by Il representative of the
Western South Dakota Stock Growers
association. which is endeavoring 10
lessen cattle ruStling by severely pun
ishing suspected thieves. A verdict of
not guilty was rendered
The Northwest Telephone Exchange
)f Minneapolis has secured right of
way from Sioux Falls through Canton
to Sioux City. connecting IanktOn,
Mitchell, Parker and other points west
II also cities east in Iowa. The
Western Electric Company of Britt.
Iowa, lis now making arrangements to
'onncct with Rock Rapids. Iowa. and
thus give wires 10 Minneapolis and st.
Paul.
The supreme court handed down n
decision in the injunction cases againt
lccision in tie injunction cases against
a. II. Smedley and \. +. sheldon, re-
n appOintreS on the board of re-
gents of education. The decision re-.
fuses to grant the decision. and holds
that the expiration Of the term of a
regent creates Il vacancy within the
meaning of the constitution. that the
late appointments of the governor ara