The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-02
SOUTH DAKOTA.

them in.
Charles Hoeafs Of Hurley lost six
head of cattle last week from some
unknown disease.
1t is said there is no hope Of captur-
ing the Curry gang. They recently
broke Jail at Deadwood.
John Hayden of De Smet is laid up
with broken arm. He was kicked by
horse, and the fracture is quite severe.
There are some prospects Of a new
postoffice building at Gary in the
spring.
Ed Strand, who ran away with Car
RE Carter Of Elk Point, has been cap
! tured. Both are in Jail at Elk Point.
Parties are in South Dakota from
| Illinois to puy land, and will bring out
quite number in the spring from that
| state.
Rev. s. L. Fish has resigned as pas
! tor of the Congregational church ut
! Aurora, on account of poor health. lie
will remain until Jan. 1.
Lieut.. Wishart, instructor in the
| Spearfish normal, was waylaid ana
robbed of $125 ut Rapid City by four
masked men, unknown.
c. NJ. Bunting, one of the pioneers of
| Chamberlain, prominent Mason, and
! for the past fourteen years police
/ judge, is dead.
| Mrs. Perry Sillee, living Mt Yankton,
attempted suicide by swallowing arse
mic. Prompt medical assistance saved
her life. Domestic trouble Is given as
the cause.
Threshing is practically finished In
the vicinity of Aurora, but the grain Is
mostly of poor quality and the yield Is
light. so that most farmers will realize
but little profit from their years work.
| In the circuit court at Pierre, Will
lam Carpenter, who entered plea of
guilty TO assault with Il dangerous
weapon, was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
! John Erickson of Arlington. while re-
turning home, overlook two fellows
who asked to ride. After getting into
! the wagon they beat him into insensi-
bility took $40 and skipped.
The case of j. w. Barnes VS.. Foster
II. Clement, involving the possession Of
500 acres of land near Milbank, that
/ has been in litigation number OF
/ years, is up again.
! The commissioners Of Pennington
county have offered a reward of 500
! for the apprehension of the person or
persons guilty of causing either of the
fires that have destroyed their court
| house.
Pat McLavey, a man Of unsayory
reputation, has been held to the cir
cult court at Aberdeen, under bonds OF
5000, on charge Of stealing about
sixty head of sheep from Rev. l. ID.
Clark Of Mcpherson county.
| Returns Of the late election have all
been received except for the counties
OF Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Clay,
Hyde and Sanborn. The board Of can
vassers will meet early in December
to make the canvass of the vote.
Owen Smith, seven miles west Of
Kimball, who, it was claimed set fire
to his own house, has never been seen
or heard of since the fire. A warrant
was sworn out by his family for his
arrest, but the sheriff could find no
trace east of Mitchell.
| Miss Genevieve Blair, an instructor
In the state university at Vermillion,
ran into team while coasting down a
hill on n bicycle, receiving serious in
juries. Several teeth were koncked
out, and she is bruised around the
head and shoulders.
! Over 100000 bushels Of wheat have
been marketed thus far this fall at Eu-
reka. The best days receipts were
$4,000. The total will soon exceed
100000. About two-thirds of the
wheat that will be marketed on this
crop has already been taken in.
l T.. II
Dreucker at Milbank. for $1,000 dam
ages for assault, the jury, after DELHI
Grating some sixteen hours, gave Ew-
ing $50, throwing the costs on Dreuck-
er. The case was very holly contested
on both sides.
! Stock brands are coming into the
registry department of the secretary
of states office at Pierre, at the rate
Of from twenty to thirty per day, and
as the ranchmen have now passed
their busy season, they will continue to
come rapidly for the next month.
A man named Suttley Of Huron. a
rcpr - ntatlyo of an agricultural i'm
plement firm, has been arrested, ON n
charge Of criminal assault upon Mrs.
Wecker, wife of a Jerauld county
farmer. The sheriff Of Beadle county
says the people are greatly excited
over the deed.
! G. A. Mainwaring & Co., who have
been In the general merchandise bust
ness In Alpena for about eight years.
sold out to A. +. Smith of Lester Ia,
who Will take the helm the first of
next month. The Manwaring bows
were among the pioneers in that sec
ton and will be missed.
Advices received state that Joseph
bishop Ritts Of Gregory county. n
farmer, has been lodged I'm tho CborIo,