The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-03-04
SOUTH DAKOTA
,,.r..tfnr News Items from all
over the state.

NoinpS. eva uled AT Madison.
Of Fred Richards and RUDE Rounds,
IN trial at Madison for stealing Il cow,
the former was found guilty.
Canton public schools reported for
the month of February an attendance
Of 80. with an average attendance Of
92.5 per cent.
, boxing school for ladies is the lat
oct society fad in Madison. Hereafter.
we presume, all differences are to be
settled with the gloves, a In Corbett.
The Presbyterian society of Huron
has given a call TO Rev. J. r. Jones of
omaha to become its pastor. Mr..
Jmes will come at once.
A young man named Henry Kear-
rpr. Of Gary. fell from the roof Of a
hirn, thirty feet high. and has been
unconscious for four hours.
4 man about thlrty-iive years OF age.
named James Howell. died at a hotel
At Huron. His home is unknown. He
was sick when he reached here.
considerable complaint is being heard
from towns west of Gary because of the
continued blockade. Even though good
weather continues. the company makes
no effort to open the road.
Hixon Bros. have recently finishd a
good well on the Snyder farm north
east of Madison. They bored 249 feet
and got 30 feet of water.
Hauling stone for the government
school at Santec agency is giving en-
4 ployment to lots of men and teams this
week at Springfield.
An immense amount Of mail accumu-
lated ut Huron during the blockade;
two hundred or more sacks were piled
in the depot. mostly for Pierre II i'll
termCdiate points.
The artesian well which is being put
down by the government on tn" r@Ser-
vation has not proven a success mus
far. At Il depth If 200 feet Il rock was
struck.
There is talk of extending the long
distance telephone system To Spring
field. which will undoubtedly be done
some time during the coming spring
or summer.
An effort is on foot TO organize a
band at IrCQuois. y number OF the
necessary have been secured privately
and the organization will probably be
soon effected.
The sheriff at Canton has arrested
two men answering the description Civ
en- OF burglars wanted at De Smct.
Their attempt to sell gold watches led
TO their detection.
The state has received patents for
39G1S acres Of educational II charlt-
able lands. situated in Mcpherson and
| Edmunds counties. A number of other
patents are expected. which will close
up the selections made up to 1895.
As the result Of the preliminary ex-
animation at Belle Fouche OF Frank
Gentry for shooting and killing Frank
Garretson ut Camp Crook during Il
dispute over a game Gf poker. he has
been bound over under $1,000 bonds.
Yankton has been having a coal war
among her local dealers and some or
them were stock buyers also. The war
got into the stock buying, and as Il re-
suit the price Of hogs jumped twenty
cents in fifteen minutes.
Several Canton young men arc figur-
Ing on going { othe Black Hills rs o
as spring opens. They have read or
thC big gold fields in the Hills and want
to be on hand to e Il portion OF the
valuable metal.
\ bill has been introduced in II leg
islature providing for bOunties of one
dollar on coyotes, three dollars on gray
wolves and five dollars on mountain
lions. owners to have pelts, and the
state to pay the bOuntiCs through the
counties.
The board Of directors Of the Abcr-
deem Grain Palace association have
elected the following officers for the ell
suing year: President. s. w. Hunting
ton: secretary. Charles A. Fisher; treas
urer, A. l.. Ward. II was decided to
have an exposition the coming fall.
August Hanson. his wife and five
children. living six miles west Of Old
ham. We're oun unconscious, probably
from flax straw gas and smoke. The
wife and four children are dead. Han
son is in a critical condition, but one
boy Is recovering.
A Dell Rapids lady recently went to
st. Paul to be Oprated upon for the
removal Of a tumor and the operation
was perfectly successful. The tumor
which was removed weighed fifty
pounds and contained five gallons Of
fluid.
WatcrtOwn' is how without her cleo
trio lights. The plant has lately been
shut down ccIus 1t has failed to pay
expenses several times on account Of
the old machine breaking down and
necessitating n large outlay for repairs.
Agent II. Il. Wood on the first of the
week gave County Treasurer Fleming
the company's check for S3.57S.45, that
being the amount OF taxes Tie Chicago,
Milwaukee & 81. Paul Hallway com
pany pays this YEAR on its property III
Lake county.
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