The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-07-15

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Rlnclmen report tie wolves rs very
troublesome on Spring creek. \ hunt
ing party is being formed by II number
OF the rancllers TO kill off the pests.
one man reports four colts killed last
week from his herd Of horses.
state Veterinary Elliott has just re-
turned to Aberdeen from the Cheyenne
klver Indian agency. where he had
Killed 200 horses afflicted with gland
ers. Fully as many more will be de-
stroyed.
News of a terrific cloud burst. which
occurred In the southwestern portion
or Nowiin county. has been received ut
C~Hainberlain. Little rain has fallen in
that section during the past three sea
sons, but now the soil is thoroughly
drefched. After the ciOrd-burst the
Bad river valley. Q the forks, was
like a vast lake. Some stock was
drowned AID n. lch damage done to the
property Of stockmeD.
Thomas III. Flynn. one Of Dead
woods Old-time settlers. committed SUI
icide by cutting his throat. He had
been out of work for some time. and
for the past week was very despOnd-
ert. He had many friends in Dead
wood whO.s had he made his wants
known. would have relieved and aid
ed him. But his pride was too great,
and he suffered i'm silence. He a
about fifty years of age.
William Sleep, n ranchman. living
on Crow creek, near DeadwoOd, was
killed by an explosion of giant powder.
His sOn-in-law, Joseph Miller, had n
arm blown off and was otherwise in
jured. They We're firing giant powder
at a Fourth OF July celebration. Mill
cr was preparing to fire a shot when
the stick exploded i'm his hand. Sleep
stood so near that the shock exploded
the powder on his person.
Tie large building at Cascade Min
era Springs. which was built original
ly for Il sanitarium, has been pur-
chased by Bishop O'Gorman. and will
be converted into a hospital and pro-
vided with Il competent corps of ply
sicians and nurses. The springs are
said to be highly medicinal in quality,
and are situated about ten miles from
Hot Springs. The building originally
cost 100000, but vas bought by the
bishop for n small figure.
The Huron waterwOrks question has
at last been settled. The final decis-
ion of the ourtS gave to the company
the artesian well on Fourth street II
all main extensions made by the com
pany, while the original plant reverted
to the city. By the agreement just en-
tered into the city leases the well and
the extensions referred to from the
company at n rental Of $50 per month.
the lease to terminate at the option of
the city.
The South Dakota Retail Merchants
convention completed its labors ut
Redfield. The association is now per-
m~anertly organized. Among the nu-
merous merchants associations which
have beer formed in this country, this
II is the most comprehensive, and
promises TO be a model for other states
III pattera after. Instead of organiZ-
ing groccrs, hardware men, etc. sep
arately, as has been done in other
states, this association takes in all
classes of retail dealers.
NJ. Thompson. the city nursery mar
of Rapid City, has begun to harvest
his large crop of strawberries n
cherries. Without irrigation of any
kind he has the largest orchard in the
state. He will have 100 bushels or
cherries and several thousand quarts
of berries. His apple crop will be
5000 bushels. ald he will have sever.
al hundred bushels of peaches, april
cots and pears Several large orchards
have becn set out this season. The
Black Hills can raise any kind of
fruit Of the temperate Z3n
TIE grasshoppcr ear east of the
Missouri river Is practically over, but
the region west of the river has now
been invaded. Information has been
received that during the past few
weeks vast swarms of the pests have
put i'm IN appearance in Jackson. Now
lin AMI Sterling countieS. They have
DESTROYED the gardens # many ranch
men. and are doing some damage TO
the range. a few small swarmS visit
@ dtl'at region last season and deposit
ed that region last season INC deposit
hoppers are now coming forth by the
million.
II. Barnes. q farmer living in Lyon
township. near Chamberlain. has lost n
number of COWS from n mysterious and
~peculiar disease. The animals are at
tackled very suddenly, and the first
SYMPTOMS OF the disease seem to be
craziness. The other day a young son
of Mr.. Barnes. having just driven the
cattle home and into the yard. was
tiercely attacked by an animal. which
became suddenly afflicted with the I'M
known malady. and it was with diff
Guilty that he escaped with his life.
Another singular feature is that, al
tboupb the disease seems to be One or
the brain. the heads of the animals
afflicted with the disease are invaria-
bly found to be perfectly cold. and 1t
is impossible to bleed them from the
neck.
The fourteenth annual catafogue or