The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-21
SOUTH DAKOTA

" .N' hhNc Decn more nuns
Gus around Ipswich this spring ,,'p
FOR number of years. Losses ,r man
gate nearly $4,000. 'ssre'
The supreme court has pro,..,
writ OF error and stay of prncaos,l
in the Darlington Gaze. Ii Il Sot nss
argument June Is. ~ LOT
The annual meeting of tho p,.,
Hills Stockmcn's association LAW. ,h
Rapid City recently. About Ron c..., ~
and commission men We're presor, 'ue
The executive committee Of tho st.,.
Dairymen's association met at sio"
Falls, and Il meeting was called JunA
u ut Salem. To fix Il time for holdin.
the annual meeting OF the associatiop
The Peoples caucus mt Tyndall nom.
mated John Bouza 70 mayor: w
Jewel. police justice: l.. |. Sm;,.
school treasurer and Joe ZitlIa for cit,,
treasurer.
DIR. G.. a. Chilgrin, of NJ. peter
Mimi, was chosen assistant supern'
tendent of the South Dakota asymm
for the insane. DIR. Chilgrin was for
five years assistant superintendent az
the st. Peter asylum.
Bridgewater claims the distinction NJ
sending the oldest man, who has yet
undertaken a trip to the Klondike
Col. e.. III. Chandler. who left there 70.
Gently for the gold fields of Alaska. il
seventy-siX years of age.
A Rosebud Sioux named YeIlow
Hawk has been bound over To the neyt
term of court by Il federal commission.
er ut Chamberlain TO answer to the
charge of stealing horses from Ragged
Nose, one of his brethren.
4 farmer named Kolda was arrested
at Miller for setting prairie fire
which destroyed large amount Of
property and live stock. Another fire
ragged ten miles west of here. and Rec
Heights, a small town, was threatened
with destruction.
Four coach loads Of Russian immi-
grants, 100 persons, arrived at Aber.
deem recently over the Helena IL Dead.
wood division of the Milwaukee and
were taken on to Eureka by special
train. They came direct from the old
country and many others are TO follow.
A city convention. called nOn-par-
tisan convention at Madison, placed In
nomination a set Of candidates for city
offices. headed by John Larkin. the
present. mayor. This is the ticket that
will combat the prohibition tickel,
nominated week ago.
W. wamshula of Chamberlain has
been awarded the contract for thecon
struction. of water and sewerage sys
TENS. including an artesian well, at
the Chamberlain government Indian
school. His bid was $1,000, the exact
amounts of the appropriation by con.
gress forrttint purpose.
The State Business Mems associa-
ton. at their meeting at Sioux Fals
last week.. created the office or lmmf
grafton commissioner, to be coutlnud
until such time as the Legislature shal
Droyide for the maintenance OF such
an office. The association raised sun
cient funds u0 pay the commissioner
good salary, and a suitable man VIA
be chosen by the executive committee
Frank Fitzgerald, Jr., postmaster
and merchant mt Ramsey, is preparing
TO build a new store about thirty Dy
sixty feet. and eighteen feet high. Inns
new building will be erected on AISLE
near the new creamery. 1t Will no'
be long until Ramsey will have nice
little town started there and every
thing gives, promise that 1t is>golhs-W
boom.
The suit of e. 8. Palmer against'P
state for ST,o0O for services as attorney
for the railroad commission was az
gued in the supreme court. The posi-
ton Of the state is that as Palmer ~
q member of the Legislature WhNh
made the. appropriation, he cahno.
protit,byiit. Palmer takes the posaioh
that az an employee of the COMMISSION
he issnot an employee Of the state anu
that the constitutional provisions does
not apply.
The northern part Of Charles M,A
county WIS the scene Of murder neai,
IL a year ago, but the fact OF the cao0
only camR out last week. An oto str
tlemam disappeared and SUBSTITUTE
pointed, ID n man named Jones' tmt ~
the oldl gentleman was said TO- laas
gone AWAY ON n visit no positive pro%
of fIni play could he found! Las
week. however, the remains OF tfs aD
sent man We're found in gulcn!, VIE,
the dirt had been washed awaVhS nies
watur Everything points to- 'ol@'
ass the murderer.
The regular annual meeting d 11
Western South Dakota Cattle GroNus
association was held at Rapid Guy ~
Gently. The election Of officers TOT .%
ensuing year wasc G. Ia HoNa'G
president; II. y. Dawson, wee pfe.ad
dants +. NJ. Stewart, secrrtary ~
treasurer There was no partNu
change made in round up arfans
ments. The prominent visitors vi
the general officars of the Northm"
ern. the Burlington and the Noa.er
Pacific railway systems. 'Yie hVe - sup
markets were represented by w
Anderson. T. w, Tomlinson ana :, Jon
Harris OF Chicago; w. j. q. he IAN.
If S1aiith AIs,.sL.x Iiimnnat RIlSt on IHa