The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The city of Bookings put Ill s4-,oVV
i'm improvements in the past year.
Plankinton has passed an ordinance
placing SO license on pool rooms.
Lincoln county put in an aggregate
OF Slol 900 In Improvements III 1891.
A prominent farmer named SEMINAR,
living north of Miller, was recently
gored 10 death by IA COW.
The Woonsocket creamery paid out
$3.50 for it's December supply OF
cream.
Huron Masons are figuring on
building Masonic hall OF perhaps
three stories.
A sister of NJ. {. Mason OF Water
town has just been married To Joseph
Ladue, OF Klondike gold field fame.
A camp of Modern Woodmen has
just been organized at Okobojo, Sully
county.
4 strong little lodge of \. o. L. w.
has been instituted 1T Twin Brooks
with twenty charter members.
Scarlet fever has carried off two chill
Of Gem township, Brown county.
Spearfish has a roller skating rink
that has just been opened and the at
tendance is very good.
Over two hundred head Of young
cattle have been received ut ArtcSlan
by the neighboring farmers in the last
two weeks.
Lee A - "a Ia Incoming
alarmed ut the prospect Of the total
failure OF the ice crop on account OF
the warm winter.
Dog prisoners having been getting in
their deadly work ut Tyndall and a
large number of citizens mourn the
loss Of pet CANNES.
Charles Anderson, Il Brown county
farmer. broke his right leg last week
by his horse stumbling under him
while he was driving cattle.
Major +. j. DE Witt. one of the old
est residents of the state. died ut Yank-
ton. He helped to organize the first
Masonic lodge in Dakota.
John Bradwcll of Faulkton was
thrown from his horse while hunting
last week and suffered Il dislocated
shoulder.
Webster intends TO have the best
base ball team i'll the state the coming
season. Already the enthusiasts are
corresponding with Eastern parties for
Il good battery.
December was record breaking
month in the Hamliu county register
of deeds office. The receipts were
hn In of
number of years.
III. $. Fletcher, one of Watertown's
poultry fanciers, recently took four
prizes, Il first. two seconds and third
1t IA big poultry show at Cedar Rap
ids.
While fooling with rifle in Il Winvv
hardware store a couple of boys nearly
shot the proprietor. the bullet boring
neat hole through one of the large
windows In the front of the store.
A slight rise is reported on the Mis-
souri, around Yankton and teams are
experiencing difficulty in crossing ow-
ing TO the water flooding the ice near
the banks because of the high water.
Redield citizens are making an eff
fort to have the Milwaukee depot
moved up nearer the center Of the city
for the convenience of the travelling
public.
Ed Squirting of Brookings shipped a
carload of wheat To market OH his own
hook last week and received 80 cents
for it, that being nearly q cents a
bushel over what he was offered ut the
Brookings market
John Ii. Pyle OF Huron has presented
Prof. I. A. Duncan for the university
of Dakota with deed for Il quarter
section Of land in Jerauld county as q
portion OF the endowment fund started
last fall by Prof. Duncan.
Mining operations mt the yearIing
town Of Two Bit i'm the Hills are very
active. Eleven shafts have beeen sunk
there. mammoth machinery is being
hauled and general activity is preva-
lent
There IL something Of black leg
scare ut Bridgewaier just now. and
we hear that a few cattle have died
with some disease which appears to
be black-leg, but il is not very sure
that such Is the case
The two-story residence Of Carl Paul
sen, blacksmith, Of Frederick, was de-
stroyed by fire and members Of the
family escaped through the windows
in their night clothes. They lost every
thing and there was no insurance.
Several Dcs Moines parties have been
looking up land In this section. Nego-
tiatlons are on for some choice proper
ty near Dell Rapids. Other land seek
ers from the same place are expected
shortly.
The Danish citizens Of Argo town
ship. Brookings county. have organized
u mutual Insurance company. The pol
icies are printed i'm their native Ian
guage and were quite curiosity To the
Whitr urintiny office where they rnro