The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-06
I'm SOUTH DAKOTA
ln~te.astinr News Itema From ni'
over the State.

mence operations this week.
Elk Point fixes saloon licenses at the
highest amoun allowed by law.
One of the delayed mails brought
over 10000 letters to iankton post
office.
Fl. A. Williams, an old settler Of
| DELL Rapids. died suddenly. He was
q veteran and Il prominent ODD Fellow.
More cattle have been drowned in
| White river this spring than EaN. died
from other causes.
A large force of men have been en-
! gagged in repairing the railroad track
between Nermillion and IanktOn.
An Olivet man shot n pelican last
week which was eight feet and eight
inches from tip TO tip OF its wings.
The specimen was mounted.
The commissioners OF Turner county
estimate that il will eos $500 to re-
| place the bridges washed cut during
the late high water.
Articles of incorporation have been
| filed for the Scotland Creamery com
pany. with IL capital of $1,000. For
| the James River Bank OF Frankfort,
lapital $1,000.
The BcreSford mill and electric light
| plant was sold to l.. y. Grill and w. y.
Field ofRi"hland and Louis Wagner
Of LennnoX. who will proceed AZ once
70 put the plant in active operation.
Alexandria prideS herself on there
not being Il vacant dwelling house in
town. That is Il record that il would
be well if many more Of our cities
could claim.
John SpOng was arrested ut Huron
on Il warrant sworn out 10y Mrs. Hilda
Bemish, charging him with keeping a
gambling house and selling liquor
without Il license. Judge Kent held
him TO bail in the sum Of 5000.
Evan Geraldson and Christ Souder.
living near Memo, We're both severely
hurt by being kicked 10y vicious horses
Il few days ago. The former was I'M
conscious for nearly an hour. They
are both recovering.
The petition for Il new iron bridge
across the Jim river at Olivet is being
quite generally signed. The old wood
en structure, although yet in position.
is SO much racket that it would cost
more thai it is worth To repair it.
Potter county is considering the es-
'dpiiSlilhtht VI IL pun lIlI " Iltllit.
They consider that the establishment
would be Il saving to the county If it
We're properly cared for and the poor
Of the county will he much better or.
The case brought. by Mrs. Wander
hule against the Salvation Army 1t
Yankton. charging them with being Il
public nuisance. was dismissed by
States Attorney Faux without prcju
dice with thn TDISnIT If Tho nlDintiff
Roadmastcr Frank Green of the
Great Northern division between Pipe
stone and YanktOn. has been promoted
to q division on the same road. run
ming from Wilmar 10 breckenridge.
MINI. His headquarters will be ut
Wilmar.
Two BroOkingS men, one the mana
ger of the creamery, are manufacture
ing Il preparation which will take the
taste and odOr of wild onions. etc.,
from the cream. without importing any
! other taste or injuring IN, grain of the
butter. The wild onion has been the
source of much vcXation 10 creamery
men in the west.
An explosion occurred in the Home
stake mine ut Lead which resulted in
II fatality. Sam MatSOn and Isaac
TeriO. two miners. were tamping Il hole
by pounding powder into it with a
hammer. The powder exploded and
the two men were fearfuily mangled.
Mattson died from his injuries and
no hop. is entertained for Terio.
Young peoples speaking contests
will occur ut Alexandria next month.
The contest will be between McCook
and Hanson counties. The speakers
all hold first prizes for their respective
counties. and this contest will decide
the supremacy between the two cOun-
ties.
The citizens Of Madison and Lake
county loaded Il car holding 1000 bush
els Of corn, contributed for the relief
Of the starving people in india. ON
Saturday, May |. this corn. with much
more. will be loaded on a vessel in New
York ana shipped direct to the suffer
erS.
O.. Il. Heath. the missing treasurer OF
Hecla. has been heard from. He has
arranged for money To settle his short
age, and the cash will be paid through
his attorney as soon as the exact sum
can be determined upon by the audit
ing committee.
The attention Of the people of Red
field is now conferred OF the big arte-
sian well north Of town. The flow
struck late Friday night has steadily
Increased until il now measures .s.J&a
gallons per minute and rises in u solid
column fourteen feet above the top
OF the eight-inch pipe. This well
means much to Redfield. as its energy.
estimated at seventy-horsc power. will
be used in running the dynamos Of the
| electric light plant. The water after
wards will he run into a large reser-