The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-07-15
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seventy.
a,, ,~.n.year-0Id son of Charles Cup
uas drowned in a creek near his
,"ther's farm at Canton.
,h,.tophe- Gallo kSoD. Il single man
.ro1 thirty years. was In the
Ism,s river AT Aberdeen. The BODY
sas recovered 4 few hours afterwnrd.
ma Newcomb boarding house ut
unron. was badly damaged by fire re-
.antly. which is opposed to have orig
mated from a defective tiue.
Attorney William Wallace OF Aber-
a.on has been appointed United States
oourt commissioner for IL term OF four
years.
The twe,ye-yaar-old daughter of
,ntcn GrambIhler. living in the
rorthern part Of Aurora county, was
drowned in Il water tank.
The big hail storm lea .Aipena is re-
mrted as having partly destroyed the
IRONS on Il tract one mile wide and
fifteen miles ina length.
sheriff Vaughn has +, turned 10 Yer
million from Norfolk. Ncb., with *. \.
Farrsworth, charged with criminal
ASSAULT Oh h1IlIllt 1yd"- Nv WIS
placed in 7le county jail
Fire destroyed the home Of Thomas
4nes. seven miles west of Springfield.
together with tn. entire contents, in
dudins so in money The cause is
supposed To he fire crackers.
An electric storm passed through
Canfstota. ri.e barn of Peter Nelson,
three miles south Of CaniStOta was
srrck 10y lightning and burned 10 the
gpUrd.
John r. Mccoy left Aberdeen 10 join
geological party ut Sheridan, Wyo..
Iich is employed by the government.
leir field of labor is in the Little Big
form country
Henry Srovell lost about 2O6 head of
sheep in Nowlin county by Il cloud
burst, and a great many calves were
killed by hail in the western part Of
that county
Friends of Joseph II. Spradling, the
insane man. who has been wandering
about AT Huron for the past three
weeks. have been found ut Baraboo.
Wis. and he has been sen to that city.
The bottling works in Pierre was
burglarized Of about S10G recently. Pa
pers were found OF the floor of the
place belonging TO William Barrick. n
e,tsed o. The crime.
Christopher H!lfrOe. a stockman. re-
siding IN South Presho county, was
drowned about -hrcc miles above Mid
and. while attempting to swim Bad
river on horseback. The body has
been found ut Il point half Il nile
be,Cw where the drowning occurred.
The Western Lutheran Choral
MOL closed its fifth annual meeting
atLake Preston. There was between
- and 100 singers in attendance from
abroad. There We're some fine singers
among them. Everything passed off
quietly and everybody had a good
time.
A hail storm three miles in width
crossed the Sioux valley three miles
south Of Esteliine recently. destroying
all vegetation III it's track Some grain
fields look as though they had been
recently plowed. Two inches of water
fell at ES1elline in forty minutes. The
wind blew a gale and the lightning
WAS continuous. -,
Two car loads Of grinding machin
cry We're unloaded nj Custer last week
for Use in the axle grease factory. n
mineral paint factory will also he run
III connection with the other. The
crude material is obtained from de
pOsits near Rapid city. \ good de-
mand for the product is reported.
The Northwestern Railway company
has Il construction train with a force
OF ~ now at work upon their bridge
crossing the Jim river east of Iank-
toH. repairing the damage done ny the
Hood early this spring. When they
finish the bridge will he practically as
good as new.
Articles Of incorporation have been
fued with the secretary of state Tor
the IIollister Lumber company at
Lead City. with a capitol of $1,000.
The lncorIsorators are ' Il Il. Hollis
Ter, Solomon ID. Hollia,e or, Jr., and
George Runkle.
Johnnie Gamble and Fnoch Cornell.
both fifteen .ars old - seriously
burned and wounded NJ lankton 10y
The explosion Of Il small cannon.
They both bent down to inspect Il
loaded ann"n when il exploded. dis
charging 20. contents IN their faces.
1t is feared icy will lose their eye
sight.
\ hail stor :, Inv Econdcll township.
crown co. destroyed nearly two
thousand h',~ of grain of various
Kinds Corn aad gardens also suf-
Tered severely. The storm Travelled
from northwest To southeast for eight
or len miles. Large piles or hail
stOleS could he seen several hours
AFTER the passage of the storm.
a division of The forest reservation
surrey corps ut Rapid City is making
preparations for the summer work.
mere are TO oe Two surveying parties,
one Typographical and the other level.
I.ilnr LII the summer another AIRY VIII