The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.
News IieRa From ali
over the state.

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4 DE school election held a. NORTH
1V11ie q woma1l's ticket won BY ten MA
gotitY.
tue Chamberlain dre Department has
A1Eided 10 give q grand masquerade
M ON the night Of Feb ~. This Is
ways the social event Of TIE season
tfrat section
OO. N. 8. Gray, q well known auc-
~k1oneer Of Gary, was arrested for an
FAULT and threatening the life OF bis
Q1fe and held to keep the peace in the
IN Of $7O1.
meeting was held at Redfeld by
.5IcrigatiOn representatives y all
nrts Of the country. A committee was
o0HDinted to enlist aid from county
commissioners for experimental irrlga-
Ion.
Henry Bradley. post trader at Crow
creek agency, has left for a trip to
Old Mexico, where he will inspect u
cOffee plantation with q view to It's
purchase by himself and other capital
ista who contemplate embarkinS in
the culture Of coffee in that region.
The coroner held an inquest upon the
GHQIdlIS Oh lIlIle Ndltrt lzhiLhpNh, VAN
vas shot and killed at Pierre by q gun
ia the hands Of Tommy Holmes. The
fury returned a verdict that the occur
renee was entirely the result or an ac-
ddent.
About 200 farmers and business men
held a meeting at Waubay. and, after
icing thoroughly aroused by speeches,
Z creamery association WAS organized,
oficers elected, and in kaIs than y
hour all the shares were spoken for
nd over 800 COWS guaranteed.
La the case OF John G. Freeman Us.
ne City Of Huron. Judge Campbell
reanted a continuance until the March
torm OF the circuit court, giving the
Iyorties IN opportunity to agree upon
statement Of facts and present the
c0se on law points instead Sf uIal ar
gument
The executive committee OF the State
Bankers association held a meeting At
aberdeen 20 make preliminary ar
Engagements for h annual meeting.
me place and time were left to be
deiinitely announced by +. Il. Hale, a
banker Of Scotland. YanktOn was gen
rally favored, and June L was thought
10 Ire about the right date.
Ben Wesch, u stockman from tho
range. who has been in Pierre And
Fort Pierre fcT some time under medi-
,ai treatme 1T, OOk an overdose Of NOR
mime. He was revived with difficulty
and claimed the overdose was acct
dental. The doctors were uilSuccesS-
fud ia their efforts To save him. 1t Is
generally believed that it Is 4 cas- Of
suicide.
At Deadwood Judge Pbowman hand
ed down his decision in the case Of
lawrence county against Meade u
tn to O $4,000 as Meade coun-
tvs share Of the floating debt of the
county at the time OF the division OF
the county. The Judge held that the
debt was null and void, because in ex-
cess of the limit named in the organic
sIaW of the territory. II that Meade
County could not be held TO pay any
PORTION of ii.
Harry u. Renner, at Washington
Springs. a small town in Jarauld oun
u, was arrested, charged with con
spiracy TO commit grand larceny. 1t is
allegcd thai he assisted others in steal
IN property amounting to $1,000 be-
Duging to O. +. Woodruff of Illinois.
Ms. Alice Ellis. implicated in the af-
fair, escaped to Canada. 1t is sup
posed she arrived there Monday. De
fcndant was held on $4,000 bail. Pre-
lminary examination is set for Tues
DAY. He resides at Lanark, Ill.
Representative Gamble has intro
duced Il bill to give 1000, 900 acres Of
land outright to South Dakota for irri-
CATION purposes. The present irriga-
Hon In M /. nS No INA,Att % Sn,th n
kOta because 1t is not known whether
the land which can be selected under
tue law is susceptible to irrigation.
MIR. Candles bill provides for turning
1,DOO.OOO acres of land over to the
state to be- disposed of as the l2gisla-
ture shall see fit, and the money OBJ
tained therefrom spent in irrigating
land anywhere in the state where irri-
eating projects can be successfully car
ried out.
q A Chamberlain paper, which has
carefully investigated the matter, says
That the aggregate flow of the twenty
Tour large areSian wells in Brule Il
~ exceeds IO.OOO,OOO for each twenty
Tour hours. To this immense amount
the new electric light well in that city
Contributes about 6,OOO,OO o gallons per
DAY. Notwithstanding this showing
the sinking of artesian wells has by
no means ceased. In every direction
other wells are being hurried down.
IN thirty days from now should see
seven more artesian wells added To the
ltst. with an additional flow of proba-
ply o 2O,OOO,OOO gallons every
t~wenty-four hours.