The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-11-25
General.

! Coal is Very scarce at Aspen. Colo,
and Il famine is feared
! Al Chicago hOrSelcSs wagons are be
/ inc built for the American Express
company and Il large ice concern.
Cattle near EllolT, Iowa are dying
! from eating cornstalks on which poison
Gus smut had gathered.
! The United States supreme court has
! taken recess until Monday. the 10Th
inst.
The Bank of Bombay has reduced
its rate of discount from q per cent TO
, per cent.
Gamblers claim the New Jersey
amendment against gambling was de-
feated and ask n recount of votes.
aldermen refused to have anything to
do with the measure. 1t il likely that
many Of them have been there before.
Three Indian banks located ut LeaS-
cnworth. MareCgo and English. have
closed their doors. Their deposits az
grgate $4,000.
j. Morgan has been appointed re-
ceivcr of the Walnut State bank 1t
Walnut. Kan, upon application Of til"
attorney general.
Richard Croker returned To New
York from Il weeks stay ut Hot
Springs, Va, yesterday. He YVES much
improved in health.
Chief Justice Street of Arizona has
set next Monday rs the time for the
appointment of Il receiver for the Ari-
IONA Improvement company.
s. Lapowski 4 Bros. general mer-
chants of San Angelo. Tex. have
filed Il deed of trust. naming preferred
creditors TO the amount of $4,000.
A Chicago alderman made IN effort
10 Introduce resolution 10 abolish foot
ball IN that city. but il was jeered at
and" hooted down. The rest OF the
Col. John Bradbury. the Los Angeles
millionaire. was for five days ut sea in
III open launch and entirely without
food. lie started on Il short Journey
and 4 storm carried him out 10 sea.
The fight between Jim Casey of De-
troit and Jack Beatty of Saginaw at
the Park rink, at Saginaw. Mich. was
stopped by the police in the eighth
round when Beatty was almost ont.
The Harrison Telephone Company of
Toledo. Ohio. is in the hands OF re-
criver. The company dcfaulted in
the payment Of the interest on its
bonds over a year ago.
ID. b. Sweetzcr. a capitalist of Mari
on. Ind, has assigned for the benefit
OF creditors. The assets are about
SiI.MO but no statement of liabilities
has been given.
L. II. Brauen. Democratic candidate
for county treasurer of Plymouth
county. Iowa. contests the election OF
y. j. Stang, Republican, who received
II majority on the face of the returns
The Canadian Wheelmen's associa-
ton has decided TO ask the co-opera-
ton of the League of American Wheel
men in securing the worlds amateur
meet for Canada in 1899.
V. -. David. converted Hindoo
who has preached i'm nearly every
country Of the world, now threatens
IL descend on Chicago. He sometimes
breaches eighteen hours NJ stretch.
The committee of the Amateur Ath-
lctic nicn Of New York, which in.
vestigatcd the charge of professional
ism brought against Il. j. Wefers. the
Sprinter, has rendered Il verdict Of
mot proven"
Commercial Agent Moore. at Wei.
mer. gives an abstract OF Il recent lee
turc by Prof. Won Leiden on the treat
ment of consumption. The professor
advocates the establishment Of state
sanitariums.
Twelve natives of Lapland reached
Chicago from Alaska. They have been
three years in that region engaged In
introducing the W." of the reindeer 10
the natives. They We're sent To Alasta
by the United States government rs
members OF Il colony
Over one hundred horses have died
within the borders of Bates county.
Mo. The death of the animals is due.
1t is thought. TO the dry. dusty fodder
and wormy corn. III all the horses that
died were being pastured in stalk fields
The Northern Trust company is fore
closing 100000 mortgage on the City
Improvement cOmpany's property at
West Superior, Wis, the property in
yolevd being the Broadway hotel
building. Shattuck d IIislOp livery
and other improved property.
Syrup mixers of Chicago and other
cities between the Allegheny and Mis-
souri river met nj the Great North
ern hotel In Chicago and organized the
Western Syrup Refiners' association.
and to devise ways and means Of pro-
tecting their business from utter de-
moraliZation.