The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-06
General

A deputy fish warden captured tif-
teen barrels of fish at Oshkosh, Wis.
The Northwestern National Bank of
Great Falls. Mont. will pay a 30 per
cent dividend about May l.
The Enterprise department store at
Warsaw. Ind, closed it's doors Sat
urday night. Liabilities from $4,000
to $4,000.
The committee having the question
in charge has selected Denver. Colo. as
the place of meeting OF the y. NJ. G.. A.
of 1899. London, Ont, gets the con
ference of secretaries.
1t is understood that w. |. Calhoun
of Springfield. H.. has been offered the
assignment as special counsel in the
Ruiz case, the post which was relin-
quished by Judge Day.
William Van Ordstrand & Co.. pri-
vate bankers at Heyworth. ILL.,, have
closed their doors and made an as
sigEment in favor of creditors. As
sets. $4,000; liabilities, $4,000.
George Dixon IF Boston gained a de
c:sion over Johnny Griffin of Brain
tree. Mass. in Il twenty-round bout
at 12S pounds at the Broadway Ath-
letic club, New York.
Burruss. Son & Co.. bankers of Nor
folk. Va, who failed yesterday for
S:3+o,00O, paid to-day between 10000
and $4,000 to depOsitOrs who placed
money in the bank the day it failed.
The war department has forwarded
from the quartermaster's department
ut st. Louis $50 tents to N~icksburg,
Miss, in answer to the appeal of Gov.
Mciaurinsfor shelter for the flood suf-
ferers.
Congressman HendersOn's surgeons
ut Dubuque have advised the amputa-
ton Of his leg above the knee, erysip-
Ella having developed some time ago.
He has shown some Improvement the
past two lays.
The third annual convention Of the
T~beosophlcal Society of America was
held in the conccrt hall of the Madison
Square Garden. New York. Ernest T..
Hargrave was chosen permanent
chairman.
Commissioner If Indian Affairs ID.
NJ. Browning has relinquishcd his Of
flee and has started for his home in
East st. Louis. ILL.,. where he has
formed Il partnership with ex-COn-
gresham Forman.
The Chicago Daily News says it is
common talk in Chicago society circles
that Mr.. Marshall Field is engaged to
the widow of the late Gen. Philip A.
Sheridan. and that the wedding will
take place in the G future.
State Bank Examiner B%reidenthal
has taken charge Of the Bank of Hutch
ipH.n EAp rix-nt tl.nf rho
bank was Il reorganization Of the Val
ley State bank, which closed a year
ago. but has not been able to regain
prestige.
John NJ. Risher, the big coal operator
of Pittsburg, Pa, has confessed judg-
ment to his wife for the sum of SIG
3IS on notes given to her at divers
times. Mr.. Hisher was supposed to
be one OF the wealthiest operators in
the district.
Gov. Altgeld, whose name from time
to time has been connected with the
affairs of the defunct Globe Savings
bank, gave hi an interview in which
he denied that he was in any way re-
sponsible for the irregularities of it's
management.
John 4. Lewis, other Superior citI-
Zens and a number from Duluth. 81.
Paul and Minneapolis, are forming IA
company to build Il large private club
house ON Minnesota point. 1t will be
The largest club house on the point ana
beautifully situated.
In tie ease of George Harris vs.. the
Modern Wo0dmcn Of America. which
was before the federal court at Du-
buque. Judge Shiras made an order re-
curing defendant TO submit that pOr-
ton of the ritual relating To the initia-
ton ceremony at which Harris was in
jured.
In Blair county, Pa, court the APP
p~raiSers of the assets of the defunct
bank OF Gardner, Morrow x Co. filed
IA statement showing that a. =. Nor
row.. the deceased cashier, had over
drawn his account S41,622. and that
Bookkeeper Howard Russ was a
debtor to the bank for $4,000.
The three-story summer hotel Iro-
,Iuois, at Sault Ste. Marie, owned by
Phillips Il ReXford, Detroit, was
burned. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The hotel had just been re-
furnished at considerable expense for
the and had not yet opened.
The loss Ia $4,000, with only $4,000
insurance.