The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-22
I'm SOUTH nAkOTA
~lntersstinx Ners Items From ni'
over the State.

" is n candidate for the pOsltloh VI
| Indian agent at the Iankton agency.
There were seventy-eight votes for
| and thirteen against license ut the re-
cent election in Leni0X.
The dam Of Bates 4 Co.'S Touring
mill at Flandreau has been badly han
died by the ice and high water, n a
considerable loss has been sustained.
Growing wheat is in plain view on
the Peterka farm, seven miles west Oh
Yankton. Mr.. Pet nrka sowed his crop
two weeks ago.
The Violin creamery paid its patrons
II cents Il pound for the butter manu-
featured during the month of Febru-
airy.
Alexandria has fixed the license fee
at $40 per year. That figure VIII
make the saloons pay a license OF
S6i0.
The town of Waubay. in Day county,
voted on the liquor license question
last week. and the supporters Of license
carried the day
The MOntroSc creamery will start
with Il larger patronage than cVer be-
fore. Farmers are beginning to take
great interest in COWS and creamerleS.
Sissrtnn will have three saloons, If
the applications are granted II the
voters decide At the election that they
wish saloons.
Col. Frosr. acting adjutant general
of the state militia. has
that the state encamplrcut will prob
ably he held at Bryant this year.
\ fine iron bridge across the Mecca
sin creek. near Aberdeen, was carried.
with its stone ballast, down the stream
a distance of five miles by the recent
foods.
Farmers who want TO try the raising
of sugar beats can get Il package Of
seed free by applying to James H..
Shepard. director of United Setates
experimental station, Brookings. :. ID.
Arrangements have been completed
to place Il dam across the outlet OF
Lake Campbell. TO retain the water
and make Il permanent pleasure resort
from this on.
Charles II. Huntington of the One
Hundred and Sixth Illinois infantry,
an early settler in Huron. and II OF
the best known insurance men in the
state. is dead.
Supt. Daugherty OF Madison has
made the appor!iohmont of state
school funds for the quarter ending
March I. 1897. amounting 10 -. T2G.1G,
or nj the rate Of Sl.0S per capita to the
school children of the county.
Willie Bowar. while wrestling on the
scLOOlh0T SO grounds At chamberlain,
had II of his legs broken. He is do
ing as we'll as could he expected. This
is the second serious accident on the
school house grounds within a few
weeks.
City Attorney Willmar'h Of Huron
has received n telegram stating that
the supreme court has dismissed the
appeal and affirmed The decision Of
Judge G:ffy. in the ease OF the Chica-
20 National Bank vs.. the City of HUI
ron. The question involved is the val
idity of 500. 900 in bonds issued by the
city in 1890.
William Gu. the Bald Mountain
,niner, who was arrested five weeks
ago. charged with the murder of his
friend, James Andrews, at Terry. was
sentenced ut Lead by Judge Plowman.
in circuit court. to four years in the
pe%nitentiary. GillS trial consumed
less than Il day.
The hIIsin,sS transacted mt the United
States land office at Aberdeen for the
quarter ending March 81. 1896. com
prised the following: Forty homestead
entries. embracing 5.993.lS acres; four
final homestead proofs. 60 acres: thir-
ty-seven final timberEulturc proofs.
gibbs acres. The receipts Of the Of
flee for tho piCnr nnrinl war, SSlt 90
Put little seeding has thus far been
done in South Dakota. The rains Of
the present week have caused another
delay. and it will probably h" a week
longer before work in the fields is fair
ly in~augurated. The season is late.
but the soil aad climate Of this state
have wonderful success in achieving
results when their forces are united.
The directors Of the Aberdeen Grain
Palace association are already discus
sing plans for the exhibition Of 1897.
1t Is proposed to give the people of this
section OF the Northwest one OF the
best programmes Of entertainment ever
placed before them, and also make the
exhibits of a more general nature and
particularly attractive.
Some time ago the officers Of Lead
received Il description Of a ma who
had committed highway robbery ut
Anaconda. Mont, by holding tip n man
aud robhing him of over $500. and on
the first Of the week BILLY Cunning
ham. alias viii I'm Jones. 4 stranger
in Lead. wa arrested and locked mp
as the man wanted by the Montana
officers. who We're notified Of the ar
rest.
4 proclamation tgned by Peter Mar
quart. acting grarC master. ana Har-
Vey j. Rice. grand secretary, has been
issued 10 I. d. o. +. lodges in South