The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-09
SOUTH DAKOTA
s~pte.e,tfur News Items From al
over the State.

ments TO put in an independent gram
buyer on the street al Parker.
George .Jayneth came very near los
ing his life at Fps yich by being attack
ed by an Infatuated bun.
Harry Brescton. station agent OF the
Northwestern road at Columbia, was
drowned while hunting OH the James
river. He leaves a young wire ana
infant child.
Frank Knapp. q resident of Aber-
deem. was killed While trying 10 raise
in old Touring mill building. He fell
upon an iron rod. which penetrated
his stomach.
While working in a hay field near
Yarkton, Evan Abrams fell from Il
loaded wagon. striking his head so vi
olently as To cause death. He was an
elderly man.
Immigration to WalwOrth county. the
famous Blue Blanket valley region. Is
becoming heavy. Another party Of In
diana Dunkards. headed by real estate
men. went through recently.
Frank King. one of the suspects ar
rested at Aberdeen III connection with
the murder of the unknown man at
Redfield. has been held on the prelim-
mary examination.
Articles of incorporation Were hied
with the secretary of state for the
G%reenleaf Cigar company al Sioux
Falls. with Il capital stock of $4,000:
incOrporators. :. +. Greenleaf, ID. Z.
Kicker and John c. Fox.
\ bad accident happened to the lit
IL. MIN, x-.,,. Ill AIn - - ENAlsgIIAnl
of Hurley. While driving the horses
into the corral one OF them kicked the
little fellow on the head. fractuTing the
skull.
Halver Thompson. Il prominent farm.
er southwest of NOlga. was going out
stacking grain and took "A gun along.
His son. in taking The gun out Of the
wagon. accidentally discharged it, near
~ seyering his right arm above the
wrist.
Sheriff Strayer of Pierce has gone
TO Lower Brule az lncy after the deaf
and dumb Indian rapiSt. who was one
Of the party that broke jail here. All
the escaped prisoners have been recap
tured but two, who Were III FOR petty
offeESeS.
Andrew Hoffman. n brakeman oil the
ElkhOrn road. while jumping from a
work train to flag n crossing. missed
his footing aud fell in front of the
train. Both his arms were crushed
To the wrists ma he was otherwise
injured.
At the request Of the state authOri-
ties. the government Will survey the
abandoned Fort Sully reservation. on
the Missouri. in Sully county. 1t con
tains about 10000 acres. and is good
land. The reservation was set apart
in 1876.
The village authorities Of Howard
nave entered into a contract for the
sinking of an artesian well. which is
designed to furnish water for domestic
and fire protection purposes. The well
is to be of sufficient diameter 10 re-
ceive a four and one-half inch casting.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store of w. ii. Else 4 Sons. nj Doland.
securing n dozen pocket knives. They
ilso broke into Culver n NortOn'S es-
adjustment. where they drilled q hole
INTO the safe and broke open the mon
ey drawer. but were frightened away
before securing anything. leaving all
their tools behind.
a shooting affair. in which two men
We're severely pounded. took place at
Alcester. \ young man by the name
ri Jenkins accompanied Mrs. Lew
Harding To her home, carrying some
packages for her. and when they ar
rived at the house Harding opened fire
on them. the ball lodging in jenkins
breast. whercupOn Jenkins pulled a
gun and shot Harding through the
legs. No serious results are feared.
Many OF the Eastern papers have le-
Gently published a dispatch from
Washington stating that gold has lcen
discovered i'll great quantities on tie
government wood reserve at Fort
Meade, In the Black Hills: that the dis
coveries had been made 10y officers m d
soldiers of the fort. The dispatch is
greatly exaggerated. The facts ire
that the wood reserve is ONLY two
miles wide by six miles long. instead
of being sixteen miles square. The
district has been repeatedly prospertnd
for years, and the best ASSAY vet made
from ore found thereon is only ST GO
per ton.
The returns of assessors sent in To
the state auditor show several pecu-
liarities in the dog census of the state
ituHalO county. with Il pool list of 10.
makes returns Of 1856 dogs: while .Jer-
rauld county. adjoining il on the east.
win Il poll list of 500. only admits 10
the ownership Of 10 dogs. Lincoln
county returns show that county 10
lead I'm the number of people who are
willing to pay their dog tax. with n TO-
tai OF l,4l9, willie n number Of couu-
Ties TAIL TO find any. Campbell ana
Meade counties are almost equal to
Ruffal0. the former showing SS1 polls
II q dogs, while the latter shows
80 polls and 531 dogs.
"A short time < the state veterinary