The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-17
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
utcrcstinr News Items From al
over the state.

Jennie Slater Of Tyndail died OF ty-
phoid fever. \ 'arge number in that
city are attl .ctCd with the disease.
The Cavour Creamery at Huron, to-
cether with a portion of the machin-
cry. has been destroyed by hre.
George II. Perry, proprietor Of the
Occidental hotel, Aberdeen, took u
dose of carbolic acid, accidentally, ana
died from the results.
John II. IIaigh of Cavour township,
near Huron. was seriously stabbed IN
the right side by another boy, D
Fitch, living in the same nrl2hDor-
hood. Fitch is in Jail at Huron, wait
ing for the result of the wounds
Haigh is in a very critical condition.
Fire in an abandoned shack south or
Aberdeen set fire to the building ana
spread to an adjoining wheat ilcid.
Citizens in large numbers turned OUT,
but the fire was net subdued untll lt
had destroyed several acres of grain
i'm the shock and the building where IL
started.
Mrs. Oscar Jammison. who resides
| ten miles south of Huron. WAS acct
dentally killed while assisting her nus
band in putting up hay. she was
driving Il team hitched TO a hay rack.
when one Of the whitlietreeS broke ana
she was struck in the stomach 10y the
end of the dOublc-tree. Death result
ed in half an hour after the accident.
Hugh eHrron of Pierre has been adj
Judged insane. About Il year ago he
was working Ia Chicago an%i became
;r f,t,,,tnI with a fllrhnl' III me
schools OF that city. who was several
years his senior. She finally left the
city to escape his attentions, and he
| started out to find her. visiting Oma-
ha. New Orleans, Tampa, havana and
New York.
Mrs. %Sophronia Lucas, wife Of eX-
Congressman Lucas, C"Omnlandant or
| the soldiers hone in Hot Springs,
| died ut the home of her daughter at
Garner. Iowa. from cancer. She was,
ut the time Of her death, matron of
the soldiers home AID department
treasurer of the wOman'S relief corps
Of this state. She was greatly beloved
by all the inmates of the home and q
vide circle of friends throughout thu
city and state.
Mrs. Michael Ryan, aged seventy
years. wife Of one of the pioneers of
Union county. was run over by a Mil
woukec switch engine and two freight
| cars and died of her injuries. The ac-
cident happened in Il peculiar way.
Mrs. Ryan was crossing the track.
when her SlueString caught in some
way and tripped her, and before she
could get ont of the way the cars
| Nn1l.al IN p, nplinV inIs as rplltnI
above.
A peculiar accident happened near
LanGford recently, by which Tom
Ferguson. aged fourteen years. nearly
lost his life. There was Il ~tiftcen-foot
dry well on his fathers farm. filed
with weeds. and Tommy thought it
would be great fun TO set tire 10 the
mass. so he went to the bottom Of the
VOL and lit Il match. Instantly the
flames filled the well, and only by SUI
Derhuman eXertions was the boy res
cuei, being frightfully burned on the
lead, legs and arU
The state auditors Office at Pierre
received Il relic of old time Dakota
Territory. 1t is in the shape of i ter
ritorial warrant issued to :. NJ. Crooks
and dated May ). 1863. 1t is for ser
vices training for public defense, and
payable out of any fund apportiOned to
the territory by the general govern
ment for the maintenance OF the terri
torial militia, and bears the nam" If
JustuS Townsend. territorial auri;or.
The warrant was sent in from Clar-
india. Iowa. by w. $. Caldwell. who
found it with another Of the same" date
among old papers belonging 10 Lis
father-in-law. The warrant not for
warded is for SOD for services of $. NJ.
Crooks as first lieutenant of Company
T.. Dakota militia.