The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-15
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
I%ntcrcstfur News Items From ali
over the State.

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Brown Bros. of Scotland last week
shipped a car load OF stock TO sioux
City and a car TO Chicago.
William McCrum, accused OF grand
larceny. who escaped from the county
jail at Elk Point, was captured at LIE
mars.
Judge Campbell has decided h
! Roberts county seat contest in favor or
Sisseton over wilmot. The cas- will
be carried to the supreme court.
The Hotel KenwOOd at Aberdeen is
closed ut present. being under litiga-
ton. but several hotel men are now
figuring on getting Il lease OF the prop
erty.
The county commissioners of Turner
county have purchased a poor farm
I consisting Of a half section of i'm
proved land seven or eight miles south
west of Parker, formerly owned by
Charles Gardner.
Stock to the amount of $500 has
been subscribed to the Olivet cream
cry and several good men yet 10 be
seen. The sentiment is very strong in
favor Of the creamery, and il Is almost
an assured fact.
Sam ROsenherger and l.. l.. DicdriclI
, Of Centervillp are completing the third
i00-fCOt corn crib for the Interstate
Elevator company, each of which hold
about 1000 bushels, and they are filled
nearly as fast as they build them.
Some mIscTcant burned two large
settings Of grain belonging TO :. Pop
pin of belmont one night last week.
The stacks We're some distance apart,
so there could be no mistake about the
fire being the work Of an ~inCendiary.
An agricultural experiment station
was established at HighmOre by the
last legislature. 1t will be under the
general management III supervision
Of the BrOOkings agricultural college,
which institution Will appoint some
person TO supervise the work accord
Ing TO directions.
Judge Smith dismissed the case
against Martin Ausland. a prominent
business man of Chamberlain. accused
Of dispOsing OF an invalid county war
rant, knowing it to be void. The case
attracted interest in this section be-
cause Of the prominence of the parties.
A. l.. Ward. who has conducted Il
restaurant Oh Main street, Aberdeen,
al uttlNltt W erect IL me uOltl bullu-
ing on lots adjacent to his present To-
cation. At least $4,000 will be ex-
pended in the enterprise. and Il first
class hotel will he the result.
An e~ighteen-inch vein of ore, worth
$500 per ton. has been found at Ragged
Top on the ground belonging TO J. NJ.
Doyle and W. T.. Mutt. 1t was found
in Il drift within fifteen feet Of the sur
face. The entire face Of the drift is in
ore, the average value of which Is
about $40 a ton
j. w. Sanford Of Chamberlain has
secured the contract to furnish seed
grain for the Lower Brule agency and
school. The contract calls for S25
bushels of seed cats, 81 bushels of
seed potatoes and IS bushels Of seed
corn. He has just completed the seed
contract 70" Crow Creek.
Mr.. C.. +. Refer. who lives near
Mitchell, tined an experiment last year
called the Campbell system of culture
for small grain. He planted three
pounds Of oats in his garden and cul-
tivated it while growing and from the
three pounds of seed harvested nine
bushels Of oats. The ground occupied
by this oats was a little less than four
square rods. so The yield was at the
rate of 400 bushels of oats to the acre.
The fourteenth annual defamation
contest for the Churchill prizes by
the young men Of IanktUn college
academy occurred Wednesday evening,
there being six contestants. Clarence
C.. Swartout Of Gam Valley received
first place, William J0iley Of De Smet.
second place and Homes Steven of
C~entervil!e. third. The prizes were
So, IS and So.
! Edward NJ. Burns of Frcdcricks. s.
d., is under arrest ut Aberdeen.
sharged with perjury. preferred by
James NJ. Burroughs, Il neighbor. The
prisoner is charged with filing Il false
II malicious statement with the Off
ces Of the United States land office In
order to prevent Burroughs from max
ing final proof Oh his tree claim last
November.
WatertOwn will soon be connected
with her sister cities in h state II
with Minneapolis and St. Paul by a
lOng-distance telephone. Negotiations
are now pending with the Standard
Telephone company 10 construct Il line
from WATERFOWL to Redfeld. where it
will connect with the Red,ieid- Der
deem line.
A. l.. Davis OF WATERFOWL. who Is
taking a postgraduate course at Ann
ArbOr, il a candidate for the presi-
dency Of the American Republican
National College league. He was elect
ed n of the delegates to the national
league and his home delegation is urg-
Ing him for the presidency.
Encounter with Dcspcradoes.