The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-02-18
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
u~nterestins News Items From All
over the state.

The Minneapolis Brewing company
has just purchased ground for il stor-
age warehouse at Mitchell.
The state has received patents for
1857 acres of educational ana charita-
BILE lands in Hyde county.
The Brown County Farmers Insti-
tute will hold a meeting III Aberdeen
Feb. 10 and 20.
Gov. Lee has appointed w. II. Green
county judge Of Walworth county, to
FILL a vacancy.
A colony of thirty-seven Iowa school
ma'ams have taken up claims on the
reservation in Charles Mix county.
Henry Kuhman Of Menno reports that
he is II OF a dozen applicants for the
postofiice at that place.
Coal is getting to be as scarce rs
hen teeth in Canistota and buyers have
to content themselves with a few
pounds each.
The third annual tournament OF the
Amateur Shot Gun association of South
Dakota. will be held at Canton, May
ID. 20 and u.
News has been received at Pierre
of the marriage Of CX-COngressman Lu-
cas- to Mrs. Amanda Christie at BOS-
ton Oh Tuesday last.
Bridgpwatcr last week celebrated the
sixteenth birthday Of the Christian En-
deavor society with appropriate eXcr-
ciSeS.
1t is said that the water wheels in
the Jim river are killing an innumer-
able lot of fish this year. Sometimes
III. ,.-,4 4,. =, ,,-,,, ,,-gkL I'll T,n,, thn
crushed bodies.
The neXt state camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America will be held at
WATERFOWL. In the last meet at Iank-
ton, e~ighty-one delegates were pres
ent.
Pierre is TO have a militia company
through the efforts of Lieut.. Frost.
Already the rolls have been signed by
fifty persons. ard the boys expect TO be
mustered in OOn
The Iankton Salvation Army adver-
tised for one OF its meetings selections
or music, etc. with a concert phonO-
graph and whistling solos by the world
champion whistler.
Owing mainly to the ice bridge over
the Missouri n big amount Of market
ILL., iltlo 't't toliN III ialhlo AiS 1851
week. On one day not less than 800
farmer teams We're counted in the city.
WATERFOWL wants a system of sewer
age but there seems to be some hitcn
in the law. and it is making the cOun-
Gil move very slowly in the matter.
Flock & Ackcrman's drug store ut
Huron was closed on a chattel mort
gage Of $1,000. PlOck is visiting in Eng
land.
Ralph Kershaw, the proprietor of 4
butcher shop at Mitchell, has dislp-
peared, and no trace of him can be
found.
Some one entered the Farmers Ware
house Company's coal shed at Hum
boldt last week. stole a load of coal, a
scoop and the lock off the door. There
is no clue 10 the u - D"trators.
A nan living about twelve miles
from Pierre had the misfortune to
have his house burn down during the
late blizzard. The three little children
were wrapped up and laid on the snow
while n few household effects were res
cued, and then the family. after much
peril, reached the nearest neighbor.
The st. Elizabeth mission buildings
and their contents. west of the Mis-
souri, and nearly directly west Of Abb
erdeen, were destroyed by fire recently.
which originated from a lot of clothes
which had been hung near a red-hot
stove. Miss Francis was at the head
Of this institution, which designed TO
do mission work among the Indians.
She was quite badly burned while en-
deavoring TO save some of her effects.
III. j. Curtiss, who was recently ap-
pointed receiver of the Hot Springs
company, has taken possession, by or
der Of the court, of the company's prop
erty, including the magnificent Evans
hotel and bath houses. The appoint
ment of a receiver is the result of a
quarrel between the stockholders of the
company. The property involved Is
valued at 81 100000.
Christian Peterson, of the firm of G..
Peterson e Son Of Edgerton. S. d.,
swore out Il warrant and caused the
arrest Of his son, charging him with
embeZzling a large amount of partner
ship property. The son, Henry G.. Pc
terson, has been conducting the bust
ness by himself. and for the past six
months has refused to give any ac-
counting. The examination showed
that there was considerable money not
accounted for. but an officer with Il
search warrant has SO far been unable
to find it.
George Divon. under bonds at Water
town to answer to the charge of RAP
has been given up by his bondsmen
and committed to Jail. Dixon is Ii
wheat buyer for the Great Western
Elevator company at Gardner and he
is now charged with having issued du-