The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-12
i'm SOUTH DAKOTA
Iutersstinx News Items from u"
over the State.

Harvesting operations IN ana arouhu
Hurley are in full blast.
The Two creameries projected III Z
million are still hanging ire.
There is net an empty building IN
Howard.
/. w. Seney will open /. lumber yard
at Howard. making h third.
Garretson suffered severely by rea'
son of n heavy hail storm.
Tramps are numerous ut Lake Pres
ton.
A new dwelling has beer erected at
BerestCrd.
The frame is now up for the Baptist
church mt Clear Lake.
Mitchell is overrun with thieves or
all degrees of %fineness.
Two men were dangerously Injured
i'm a hand-car accident near Brookings.
Twelve bushels per acre is consld-
cred a conservative estimate for the
wheat crop in MinIchaha county.
Mrs. J. +. Shannon of Lctchcr. who
has been suffering for some time WITH
cancer Of the stomach, Is dead.
The hail insurance agents are busy
adjusting the losses caused by the re-
cont hail storm near Lake Preston.
DeadwtCd has built seventy-tivc
dwellings so far this year. and the
building boom is not yet over.
\. new variety cf bug has done great
damage to wheat in Charles Mix coun-
ty.
Andrew Rankc of Perry township.
near Canton. has been arrested for
stealing a note for $500 of Mrs. Anna
Berena.
Citizens of Groton had IL regular
street fight with tramps. Both sides
were badly cut and scratched.
The depot at Castlewood was broken
into and So taken from the money
drawer.
During a hail storm nea Bradley.
lightning struck and killed Mrs. ltcr-
rick.
The supreme our has taken n re-
cess to Oct. 4. the beginning of the fall
term.
William Buvicr. IN old pioneer of
Alpena. is dead OF ANGER of the stom-
ach.
The county institute has closed Mt
Milbank. The attendance was good
and the meeting highly successful.
Mrs. Annie ID. Talent of Rapid City,
who went into the Hills in 1917. Is
writing a history of that country.
+. NJ. Goodyzontz will be nominated
by the Populists for judge in the
Mitchell district.
The state board of equalization and
assessment assessed the Wagner sleep
ing ears the same aS last year. and
postponed action on the Pullman ears.
ii. s. Williams is slated for the Alb.
erdeen p~ostO.iicc. and Frank Brown of
Aberdeen and NJ. Il. Lightner OF RIOS
coe for the two lard offices.
The contract for remOdcling the now
Catholic state hospital mt Yankton has
been awarded to Rostad & Ludwig of
NermilliOn.
\ small barn owned by Mr.. Schell,
near Milbank was burned. tine ire be
ing caused by children playing with
matches.
A special meeting has been held at
Waubay by the German Catholics. to
make arrangements for the building of
a church at that place.
An informal reception was teldered
Mrs. Hubbcll. aged ninety-two. and
Mrs. Roll. aged ninety-sevcn. at the
home Of w. +. Van Ambury at Huron.
Over $1,000 has been expended by
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
In improvements i'm their property mt
Washington.
More substantial improvements have
been made in Bcresford this season
than were made during the last two
years.
Hon. X. Nj. La Toilette Of Wisconsin.
who owns a 1.OOO-acre stock farm in
Brute county. near Chamberlain. last
Friday shipped W. car loads OF Per-
cheron draft horses to Chicago.
The fine orphan asylum built under
the auspices Of the Ranges Norwegian
Lutheran church mt BeresfOrd. is rap
IDLY apprC aching completion. and will
bc ready FOR occupancy Sept. 1.
The Dakota Central Telephone svs.
tom. whose headquarters are i'm .Aber-
deem. Is rapidly extending It's line in
various directions.
A summer normal school Is In session
ut Alpcna. under the personal supcr-
vision of Prof. Oscar w. Courtny.
this INT adjoining counties are in at
tendance.
The farm dwelling Of George Wash
teak at Henry. s. d., was struck by
lightning and burned. Insurance, ST.
"D. The township lost $125. which
was In the house.
Articles OF incorporation have been
hled for the Baltic Creamery comma
ny OF Baltic. Minnehaha county. In
perpetrators, Henry G. Salem. Lars A
Berg ard Ole j. Anscn.
a heavy rain and hail storm passed
over the southern portion of Sanborn