The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-30
SOUI 4 DAKOTA.

partment.
The town of Davis has new post
master J. \. Davis is the name OF the
individual who gets the appointment.
The snow storm of last week is re-
ported to have done some damage to
the cattle industry out on the Sioux
reservation.
Miller now has complete telephone
sNstem. and business men are figuring
on an electric light plant, to be run by
the city urtesian well.
Joe Callahan had his leg broken
while hcrding COWS north of Chamber
lain. His horse WAS smoot- shod, or
course.
Fred Schwab. a German living in
Bates township, near Miller. commit.
ted suicide in Il cave on his farm by
ticking poison.
The committee having in hand the
selection of n place for holding the next
y. L. =. &. T.. convention will be in
yitea To name Huron as the place.
c. Il. Faulkner. the new pOStotfice
inspector. is making Il tour of the
state 10 become acquainted with his
territory.
\ p0StOfiice has been established NJ
Allen, in WaShabaugh county. out on
the Sioux reservation. Albert a.
Lamb has been appointed postmaster.
Mrs. J. Il. Smith of Ramona has just
received word that she is one of the
heirs to IN estate of about SJ,O0O,OO0,
soon To be divided. The property was
left 10y an uncle.
As IN evidence of the value of South
Dakota farm property. a Mr.. Michael
Curry of Elk Point. sold his tinely-im-
proved farm for $1,000. or an average
of $40 per acre.
Madison's new electric light plant is
not working satisfactorily. ana the
contractors will bc required To put it
in better operation before the city will
accept it.
Max Herring. Il young man. was ar
| rested ut Aberdeen on the charge OF
forging Il wheat check for rcarly 500
and raising cash on the same ut the
Golden Rule department store. He
went To jail in default of bail
G. {. Written Of Toledo. Iowa, the
! we'll known representative of the
| Western Town Lot company. and Il
| heavy real estate owner along the line
| of the Northwestern railway in this
state, is dead.
| The law enacted 10y the legislature
last winter to compel peddlcrs To OBJ
| tain license before plying their voca-
| ton, has been declared demonstrations
nj by Judge Smith. of the First judicial
| circuit.
| lankton is figuring on getting a
| cracker factory. The YanktOn Retail
| erS' association has the matter in
| charge and expect Il definite answer
| from the promoters within a few
| days.
| The legislative and executive appro-
| pritiOn bill reported To the house does
| not provide for the employees of the as
| say office at DpadwoOd. and reduces
| the amount of clerk hire in the office
| of the surveyor general for South Da-
kOta, from 5000 to 5000.
State Veterinarian J. w. Elliott of
| Aberdeen is Informed by w. J. Tiffa-
| ny, a StOckman of Gregory county. that
81 head of cattle out of Il herd of $50,
owned by Tiifany. have recently died.
and others are diseased. DR. Elliott
diagnosed the disease rs anthrax. and
| has forwarded rules for treatment to
| the unfortunate StOckman.
| County Treasurer Amcs collected for
| Brule county SIIlS taxes for the
| month of November. and 81 1913 re-
! demptiOn collections since Jan. /. He
! has collected S2.5il of the 1895 seed
notes. Slices Of which he got the prcvi-
| GUS month. The cattle and grain crop
| of Brule county has been Il wonderful
| IN pe,us toward relieving the people
| this year.
l. Judge f.. q. Smith of Yankton re-.
| Gently handed down decision i'm the
| case of the county commissioners VS.
| the eX-cOunty treasurer of Charles Mix
| county. which holds that the county
treasurer had no right to employ n
clerk Without the consent and authori-
| ~ OF the board. unless he paid him out
OF his own pocket.
The land commissioners office il
| sending out estimates of the apDor-
tionnent Of the PERMANENT school fund
TO the different counties. The amount
Is small for this half OF the year. be-
Ing about $4,000. A great many of the
| counties refuse to take the appOrtion-
nent. and 1t generally takes some time
to get it all out among the counties
which do desire 10 use the money.
| Isaac i. Markham OF Lincoln county
died at the soldiers home. aged seven
| ty-seven years. He came to the home
| Oct. II. and had to he carried from the
train to the home hospital where he
| remained under the watchful care OF
surgeon until the end came. His
| wife Is dead. and lie has enc son living
in Lincoln county. He was member
OF Company Il, Ninth New York cav
airy.
Ed Rutlcdgc. an early settler and in
dustriouS farmer. living Il few miles
| northeast of Huron. has been advised