The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-10-07
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Gin business. Capital 100000.
Mrs. Ida o. c. Shirk lad her divorce
suit against Judge William :. Shirk
dismissed. he paying the costs.
The sanitary condition of Havana is
| bad. Many paciticos herded here ana
not allowed 10 ask charity are starry
/ ing.
The convention of doctors of Central
| Wisconsin was held ut Rcedsburg.
There were about forty doctors pres
cHt.
The directors of the Delaware. Lack
awanna x Western railroad have de-
clarcd u regular quarterly dividend of
- Per cent
The American Paper company, deal
crs in printing paper at Chicago has
assigned. Assets, $4,000; liabilities
about $4,000.
Murray n Watt. for seventeen years
one Of the most prominent dry goods
firms Of Akron, Ohio, have assigned;
liabilities 100000, assets $4,000.
Al the Grcenport sporting club ut
New York Bobby Dobbs of Minneapo.
lis got the decision over Joe Cans of
Baltimore in Il twenty-round bout.
The Shell Lake. Wis. Lumber Com
pany has completed an eleven mile OK
tension of its logging railroad ana
also improved the old roadbed and
equipment.
Farmers of Irving township. near
lliawatha. KaS., report that myriads Of
grasshoppcrs are flying south some
dropping on the way. 1t is feared that
The pests are making ready 10 hatch
out next spring in Brown county.
The secretary Of the interior has
awarded the contract for the proposed
Indian school building ut Flandrau,
:. d., to Owen X lille, on their bid
of $4,000. and has signed the con-
tract.
Mrs. Leon lie Dent of Bevicr. Mo.
made three attempts ut suicide by ly
ing down upon the Burlington track.
Mrs. lie Dent has Il good home aud
every comfort Of life. The reason for
her desperate act is unknown.
The SECOND Baptist church of Rich
mond, Va, has extended Il unanir Gus
call tn Rev. Carter Helm Jones. ID. d.,
of Louisville, Ky. To become its pas
tor. 1t is believed that the call will
DE accepted.
The growth of London is astounding
The latest returns Oh the subject
show that over / 200 houses are erect
cd monthly in the metropolis. Be
tween the months of August. 1896, and
august. 1891. 1881 houses were
built.
Dad Earhart arrived at Carney.
Kas.. from Portland, Ore. having tray
al. hn
Portland last April and was about five
months on the road. Mr. Earhart j.
seventy-SiX years of age. He Is in good
health and little fatigued from his jour
ncy.
Officers Mitchell. Pearson. Butler AMI
Faundlee. Of the ChOctaw country. az
rested John Carpenter. who is charged
with being cattle thief ard IN all
around bad man. Carpenter was Sc
verely wounded while resisting arrest.
thirteen buckshot having entered his
body.
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultur-
III department. has secured an order
from the postOftice department permit
ting the agents of the agricultural de-
partment tn attach the department
frank TO packages of sugar beet seed
TO be sent from growers to the expert
mcnt stations throughout the country
for analysis.
The city of West Superior has pro-
ceedcd with it's business, the ,njunc-
ton restraining II from paying out
any funds until w. II. DAVIS judg-
ment of $500 was satisfied, having
been dissolved. Judge Vinjc held that
even We're the city disposed II had not
authority to pay this judgment until
taxes had been levied for the purpose.
The steamship City If Seattle
brought the news Of Il murder and sui
eide NJ Skaguay. The night Of the DIST
George Buchanan, foreman Of the
Skaguay Bay Improvement company.
shot and killed Mrs. Stella Kossuth.
the PR prictress Of a lodging house ami
restaurant and then killed himself.
He was madly jealous of her.
The second annual log rolling OF the
Woodmen Of the World of Missouri
AMI Kansas Is being held at Nevada.
Mo. About 10000 people aIe In attend
ance. Mayor Graves delivered wei
come address and was followed by
Sovereign Chief Root OF Omaha. Lieu
tenant Governor Northcott and ex-(;ov.
Sherman Of Iowa. Kansas CITY. No
yadd. Scdalia and Joplin are contest
ing for the next annual meeting.
Mrs. John Ash, living with her huS-
band at Scranton. Pa. received Il letter
from her son john. who was kidnapped
by II relative twenty-four years ago.
The boy was four years old when taken
from hOnc, and she had never heard
from him before since his abduction.
Ex-Gov. r. n. Morrill, has presented
the Congregational Sunday school Of
Hiawatha, Kas., with a rev library.
He has been superintendent Of the