The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-11
Miscellaneous.

' The cruiser Philadelphia. which
went down the Southern coast as far
AZ Callao about three months ago Oh
a cruise, IL on her way back.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has decided to
close I'D the estate Of her deceased
husband. First she will dispose OF
the lands and aftcrward personal prop
arty.
Herman Oerlichs. the well known so
clety and club man and teainDoa
owner. was sworn in at New York city
as foreman of the February grand
jury before Judge Cowing in part l OF
general sessions.
1t Il meeting ut Lincoln. Noh., of
the state relief commission ii was
found that there are now loaded ior
shipment five carS Of corn ut hastings,
one ut Aurora and one 1t Wilcox IN
tended for the relief Of the poor in
Chicago.
Wocdson. agent of the Cheyenne and
ArapahOe Indians. has received a let
ter from Gen. Porter asking for Il
number Of Cheyenne and ArapIhoe
Indians to march III h inaugural pa
rade at WASHINGTON March +. A band
of fifty reds will be sent 10 the capital
as requested.
Gen. II. A. Alger of Michigan has
purchased Of eX-United States senator
Warner Miller and others the ,ontroIl-
ing interest in the Lauremtide conf
pany of Gardiner, =. e., Can. The
company'S plant includes Il number Of
big pulp mills and thousands OF acres
of timber land.
W. NJ. Chandler, J. s. Lathers and
+. Y. Carmody were selected as Mich
igan univerSity's dcDaterS to meet
Chicago's representatives. in the Audi
forum April IS. Chandler is n senior
law student from Texas, and Lather%
and Carmody are both senior literary
students from Michigan.
\ twelve-ycar-old gray Mexican par
rot whipped a large Yorkshire terrier
in a pitched battle for 500 n side at
Hawthorne. y. j. The victorious bird
was unframed. but the grip Of its
hcak upon the dogs snout IA SO pow
erful that the handlers had 10 pry it
0rcri by fierce in order to release the
dog.
The county Jail at Dayton was placed
under quarantine by Health officer
lddingS. \ prisoner named George
Stimmel has a severe case of varioloid.
He vas sentenced TO the Ohio reform
atOry last week for burglary and lar
ceny. and would have e taken to
Mansfield tomorrow. He was ordered
to quarantine instead.
The Butte and Boston Mining com
pany's property, consisting Of nifty
three mining claims, and everything
hn1pnuinp 70 Tim .nrBhlnnr N-,aS sold Inv
the receiver ut Boston to L. Rollins
Morse, chairman of the Butte and
Boston reorganization committee. for
S2.55O,000. The bid vas $50,UDO, the
difference being represented by in
cumbrances on the property.
Truman +. Lawrence against the
Pullman Palace Car company. a case
of unusual interest, was decided at
Port Gibson. Miss. the jury awarding
Lawrence $4,000 damages. afterward
reducing it. by order Of the court, TO
$1,000. Both will appeal. Lawrence
claims to have been severely beaten
by a porter in the employ Of the com.
pany on n train in Illinois.
The new Hamburg-AmCrican line
steamship Pennsylvania, said to be
the largest fTei"~ carrying steamship
in the world. ~ Belfast on her trial
trip to New YORK. The Pennsylvania
is 56S feet long, has 60 feet beam, is
- feet deep. is of 10000 tons displace-
ment and her dead weight carrying
capacity is nearly 1900 tons. She
has accommodation for over POO cabin
passengers and for 1900 steerage pas.
Sen.ers.