The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-20
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
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| eft arm. dislocated his wrist, and sus-
| aimed other very serious injuries.
An explosion of molten babbit metal,
zeal Woonwehet, caused serious III
Jury to Dan Mcdonald and Andrew
Reid. Mcdonald will probably lose
The sight of one eye.
/. O. Brenne, a farmer living a few
miles southeast Of Dell Rapids, and
one of the first settlers in that section
| of the state, fell from ~ grain stack
and broke his neck.
Will Minor, -four packer at the Wa
sertOwn Roller mills, was accidentally
shot through the body and Is not ex-
| pected to live. 1t Is another case OF
iidn't know the gun was loaded.
Burglars blew open the postoft1ce
safe at Meckling and secured $500.
| Part of the money taken belonged to
| McCaull Webster Grain Company OF
| Aberdeen. The burglars left all their
| tools.
A Madison advice says: Harvesting
Is about over in this county except
lax. Stacking has commenced. wheat
| and oats will not be as heavy as last
year. Corn and potatoes are promising
for Il large yield.
A terrific rain and electric storm
swept over Redfield recently. The
Walker house and German Methodist
church. parsonage were struck by hight
ming. Considerable grain in stacks
| was blown down and destroyed. Grain
not cut was laid fiat on the ground.
G. w. ellis. IL merchant of Mitchell,
made an assignment to Louis Beck
with. who held several chattel mort
cages on the stock. The assignment
was made to prevent the foreclosure OF
a $1,000 Judgment which had recently
been obtained against ellis.
A Young MAJ. aaIned Johnson was
AIKEN sick while working in Il field on
he EgglestOn farm neal Huron, anu
.fter remaining with the family OF his
Employer Il day or two, was taken TO
he county farm ut Huron, where he
BON afterward died. Nothing was
uown of his kindred or friends.
Miss Florence Curtis has filed for
rebate at Huron the will of her moth
n, Eliza j. Curtis, whose death oc-
mrred a short time since in Eldorado,
KAN, where she went for the beneht
IF her health. Mrs. Curtis was a sis
teI vi lDll ' obIllttS vi llltlidliu, uiib
iad large property interests here.
1t is reported that a syndicate OF
Eastern capitalists are negotiating for
/ twenty-year lease of Wind Cave,
ituated in Fall River county. If the
Ieal is closed the lessons are said TO
contemplate putting in Il trolley line
between Hot Springs and the cave. II
9uild Il summer hotel and make other
needed improvements.
A Doland special says: This section
was visited by Il heavy storm. Nearly
three inches of rain fell here, accom-
panied by considerable wind and cleo
tricity. The Catholic church ut Tur-
ton, eleven miles north Of here, was
struck by lightning and considerably
damaged. Harvesting is delayed, some
wheat being badly lodged.
Children set fire to 4 stable in the
rear of the Fargo hotel ut Hot Springs.
The fire communicated TO out buildings
nearby, in which gasoline and oil
We're stored. making for Il time Il hot
confiagration, endangering adjoining
buildings. but there was no wind. and
the fire was finally gotten under con-
troll. Loss about $1,000: no insurance.
IL SoNSi hiil'tlt Ddl'iIl III thS w COL
Aberdeen tract has been received by
the city officials Of Aberdeen and the
proper division Of the land will now be
made. The city can hold seventy acres
and the balance will 60 to actual set
tiers, who are entitled to two acres
each, and to the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad company for side
track room. The balance will be sold
md tho nt.nnnn1s will on tn thn Inpntit
VI the school fund.
During a recent heavy thunderstorm
he Great Northern Depot ut Albce
vas struck by lightning and set on
Ire. The agent. j.. Il. Baptie, was
endered unconscious for some time. as
a also Mrs. Pollock. wife of the
ection foreman. who was ia her room
Up stairs in the depot. Had it not
,een for the prompt action of the citi-
;ens of Albee the depot would have
zone up in flames.
During Il severe thunderstorm
Thomas Brooks, who lives "a few miles
east Of Britton. was killed by a bolt
Of lightning While returning from a
neighbours. One Of his horses was
also killed, while the other escaped
injury. Mr.. Brooks was quite an Old
gentleman. and had a large family of
married children. He had lived in
Marshall county some eight years. The
funeral was held in the Presbyterian
church in Britton.
An interesting legal battle has COM
menced at Chamberlain over the will
Of Thomas Huffman, a wealthy Sturcis
cattleman, who died recently, and the
matter is now in the courts on n con-
test brought by his two brothers and
his sister, who claim to be the only
heirs to he deceased. The brothers
were entirely cut off in the will and