The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-03
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
I~nterestinx News Items From a''
over the State.

Lightning PIT II Hulilbel u 'S''
| phone poles between Hurley and FAR
ker last week.
Twenty-Five hundred dozen eggs are
shipped from Alexandria every week
at this season o I the year.
The city election ut Canton gave
| license lO6 and against 1SS. A light
vote was polled.
Prof. :. X. CLARK has beer reelected
| principal of the Tyndall schools, which
position he has held for four years.
Hiram Humphrey, postal clerk ON
the Great Northern, died at his home
in Aberdeen. He leaves a wife and
little SON.
DR.. Mold Of Canton has on exhibition
in his store a freak in h way or Il
young chicen with four perfect wings
and four perfectly formed legs
The Western Portland Cemen com
| pany of Yankton has shipped 100
barrels of cement within the past ten
days.
ID. j. Avery, living north of Spring
field, did considerable thrcshing last
week. He threshed l.2O0 bushels of
oats, and is now at worq on his wheat.
j. +. Sophy of Garretson mareted a
| carload of stock last week. Mr.. Sophy
| has paid out on IN average $1,000 per
week for stock during the past two
months.
1t is said that Miss May Buttertield
daughter of States Attorney Butter
field of MontrOSe, is the first and only
lady notary public even appointed III
McCook county.
Attorney George w. jenkins and
family Of Aberdeen have removed TO
| Minneapolis, where he Will enter into
the practice of law with an established
firm.
Several new buildings have been put
up at Bryant, including a Il. OF L. hall
W 100 feet long with n store under
meath. Nearly a nile of new sidewalk
has been laid.
Reports have reached Aberdeen that
Charles Gavin formerly of hat city,
has been convicted of embeZZling 5000
from the National Building and Saw
ings uniOn of which he was secretary.
Rihberg Bros. hardware store at
Summit was burglariZed and about $50
worth of cutlery and silverware taken.
A party of tramps are thought To have
done the stealing.
A number of members of the Free
Methodist denomination of Huron are
preparing TO attend the annual camp
meeting of the Mitchell district, to be
held in Il fine grove near Letcher. be-
ginning June 10 and closing June 20.
John &. Coffey of Madison has
shipped three car loads OF hogs and
we car loads of cattle to the Sioux
City market this week. He found
sales on the latter class rather slack
and prices fuctuating badly.
Diphtheria is reported in the family
of Peter MeiSter. who lives in Miner
county. north of Epiphany. one child
has died and two others are down
with the dreaded disease. The house
has been ~quarantined, and no other
cases have developed.
\. Z. Nation and Chief Engineer
Miller of the Iankton X Norfolk
Bridge and Road company. arrived Mt
fankton recently. They assert they
have the money ready and will have
trains running from Yankton to Nor
folk before the new year. They will
no begin construction before the 18th.
Tie South Dakota Editorial associa-
tioii Vii ll't lhlS ,Ntsil III -hiillItttI olIS
in July, and after the business meet
ing its members will spend a week in
the various lake resorts in Northern
Minnesota. President Halliday and
Secretary Roberts will visit Minneapo-
lis soon to make arrangements for
those who will attend.
The BrookingS Lodge, Degree of
Honor, has received from the grand
lodge Il beautiful hand-painted silk
banner, which vas offered as a prize
to the lodge adding to its membership
the most beneficiary members during
January. Not only did the Brookings
lodge win this prize, but is to-day the
largest lodge in the jurisdiction, hav-
ing on It's lists iifty-eight beneficiary
members.
A short time Q a dispatch was
printed of the death of H.. Il. Cham
berlain. in London, England, from a
fall from Il bicycle. The dead man
was the founder of the city OF Cham
berlain, this state, and AT one time cut
a wide swath as president of the
Chamberlain Investment company of
Denver, Col. After the concern failed,
~Slo'OOO,OD Of its assets were sold at
auction for $3l5.
w. Il. Il. Bushnell and his Dakota
Farmer have absorbed the North Da-
kota Farmer and %Stockman. The list
OF h North Dakota Farmer and
Stockman-which is the largest of II
III North DakOta-will be consolidated
with that of the Dakota Farmer at
Aberdeen. and all will he issued from
the same office under the latter name.
This purchase gives Mr.. Bushnell Il
pretty clean sweep in his line in the
two states. His paper had heretofore
by far the largest list in South Dakota.
The congregational association.
which held their annual session at
Ncrmillion. has adjourned. The officers
elected We're: ID. Il. Scott of Sioux