The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
i~uteeestinr Nc.ys Items Fro" ~
owe. the state

,ora countv will hold their hrst ailhuai
reunion in p~lankinton. Sept. -.
Mr.. Fred Rogers. late Of Nernliilion'
and n successful teacher III the pupiic
schools. is dcad ut Ann ArDof, Men.
The eisht-year-old-son-of >. j. Mace
Of Wotertown. willie ut play recently.
drank a teacupful OF gasoilire' Al"
death resulted in Il few hours.
The Great Northern depot at Aocr,
decn was broken into recently anu
thoroughly ranSacked. n small sum Oh
money was taken.
The Lutheran church which was
burned down ut Memo Il lew weeks
.yo. IL being rebuilt on the same
ground and about the same value.
Stacking is al done in the vicinity oil
Rerrstord. and threshing has com
menced. The yield is not heavy Du'
the quality is good.
The weather tor the last few weeks
has been very favorable Tor harvest
ing around Menno, and the work Is
about completed. Some are making
preparations for threShlng.
Jewett Bros wholesale grocery store
ut Aberdeen WAS broken into recently
and considerable property stolen. most
ly cigars The police have arrested
several suspects.
John Babcock OF Webster O Il
dose of strychninc amt died i'll Il lew
minutes. The young man was Il son
of the late Jess Babc0ch, Il respected
plcleer OF this state.
Articles of incorporation have been
-, -. a. IAlvLl tstiltin.r and
Loan association, with a capital or
S5Ou.G0O Directors, J.. +. Edlmunds,
Sol Starr, \. w. Coe, j. l.. Hyhner,
John Eaker. Ben Baer. John Baggaiy.
The Democratic committees met Ut
Mitchell TO select Il date for hol,lfg Il
convention for the Fourth judicial tr-
cult. The convention is 10 be held III
Mitchell. Sept. 18TH, the date or the
Populous convention.
Thomas Coniff died ut Lead, as the
result OF injuries received two days be-
fore. He was Il brakeman on an ore
train in the nine. lie caught his foot
in Il frog and was pinched between
two cars. causing Internal I'M lrieS. lie
was young and single.
Fire started in Yoergcr * Puifitts'
HI III IlstINtt III IbtitSltkt. IA so
well under way before the hre comi,a-
ny arrived. BY heroic efforts the ire
was CXtinguishcd. although the entire
building is charred. No insurance on
the building.
The fall cattle shipments have begun
in earnest from the different shipping
centers. Six train loads left Belle
Fourcle in day recently, and a like
number from Brennan and Oelrichs,
majority of its consignments being
made to Omaha. \ greater proportion
of the shipments will he W. weeks
later than usual his fail.
The government artesian well struci
ut the Lower Brule Indian agency
takes its place as II of the famous
| artesian wells of South Dakota. 1t is
six inches in diameter, and the force is
sufficient to throw a solid siX-incl
stream 10 Il height Of twenty feet
above the top Of the easing. 1t is the
first artesian well west of the Missou
ri river struck in this section.
The sheriff arrested a cowboy named
Courthouse ut Redticld, charged will
running off horses belonging to anoth
er party. Courthouse came from til,
Black Hills with Il large herd, and ha,
been selling in the vicinity OF Redfield
Israel Calkins made complaint. INC the
First National Bank of Custer is tho
interested party. About seventy hca,
of horses are alleged to have been run
off.
IN extended trip through the coun
ties adjacent to Hughes. i'm which Il
located the capital of the state. show
that recent ans have made Il tailur,
Of crops impossible. Wheat is the besr
known in years, and is already bein.
harvested. Nothing but very earl,
frosts can prevent Il corn yield that i,
unsurpassed. even by the Jim River
valley, heretofore known as the corr
belt OF the state. The grass yield i,
immense. Thousands of tons ar,
Kicked up all over these counties. ant
thousands more will be after harvest /.
over.
The government crop report for tn,
week says: In the most southern coun
ties the Oat and spring wheat haryes'
Is about completed; stacking Is genera
and some little t~hreshing has bee,
done. As indicated i'm former bullet
ms, the wheat crop Is very uneven
some very good, some fair and som,
poor, and some Of the late-sOwn vii
no be cut because of thin stand an,
"encioachment Of weeds during the re
cent wet spell. There is n genera re-
port, however, except i'm n few local.
ties, that the berry is plump and o.
good quality.
The 1897 school law provided tina
state certificates should be granted /,
graduates Ct the state normal schools
ana tLt tate university, who nav,
taken me courses of pedagogy pre-
scribcd III these institutions; also. Il
resident graduates Of any college II