The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-10-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.

was destroyed ny ire.
a test was made of tho new electric
light plant ut Tyndall. and everything
was found satisfactory.
c. III. Stiilwill of Bon Homme cup
| ~ has raised three bushels of peach, :.
| The fruit is Of good size and flavor.
II. O. Richards of the Richards Trust
company, has returned 10 Huron from
Milwaukee,, very much improved in
| health.
j.. J.. Pierce. former proprietor of
the Clark and National hotels of Get
tyslurg. died after "A lingering illness
with typhoid fever.
An infected vCll In the northwest
corner of Ron Homne county caused
eleven cases of typhoid fever. Three
persons have died and others cannot
live.
Gary and vicinity has taken boom
not egualed in a number Of years. Va
cant farms in every direction are be
ing revived and new buildings being
! built.
A Sutherland, Iowa, stock buyer,
shipped six car leads Of cattle from
Huron TO Eastern markets Friday, and
George Kerr Of Huron shipped two
carloads.
| l.. Chedkr raised 1G5 bushels of win
ter wheat from three acres of grouo
in Bon Uonmc county. This fall he
has put in thirty-tyc acres To winter
wheat, and expects big returns.
Capt. Seth Bullock Of Grigsby's
rough riders, has been dangerously i'll
In Deadwool with malarial fever
which hc contracted IN Camp Thomas.
He is slowly recovering.
| Rev. J. s. AIKEN. for six years prcsid-
ing elder Of the aberdeen conference
district, has closed his work, as the
rules Of the Methodist church do not
allow him longer stay.
The ladies' of the w. Il. G. Of Aber-
deem are making arrangements for
sending a large lot Of gifts and useful
! articles of various kinds to the South
| Dakota boys al Manila.
A Rea Cross society has been ort1n
lied at Aberdeen with the following
officers: President, Mrs. J. G.. Shell
don treasurer, Miss Ethel Kelly; see
rotary, Mrs. u. :. Gleason.
William \. Root Of Wisconsin, Ia
cob & .LevcngoCd Of Michigan and
| William Arnctt Of Indiana have been
| appointed teachers at the Pine Ridge
| Indian school ~ $50 per month each.
Rev. & n. Fisher Of Redfield col.
| lege, has been assisting in the Organi-
cation of II county Sunday school as
ISOLATION \ Sunday school convention
| will he held in this city Oct. 30.
A thrpshcr by the name Of Charles
Clark stole n pair of pants from G. X.
COTS stCr, in Parker and was ar
rested ard taken before Justice Ken
| dali. who tlnCd him so and ten days
in Jail.
| J. V. Tichel. who has been proprietor
Of the Grand Central hotel at Iyndall
for year and IA half, has LEASED his
property 10 Walter II. James Of Iank-
ton. Possession will he given about
Oct. ].
Six Indians have been arrested and
brought 10 Waubay for hearing for
| stealing cattle from DIR. III. j. Her
| mans pasture. The stealing has been
going Oh for some time, and more ar
| rests are expected.
The first Indiar school children To
come into the government Indian
school 81 Rapid City arrived last week.
| They are little boy and girl from
Pine Ridge Agency named Oscar and
Nora AnmiOtt.
l. j. Fuller Of Huron just mustered
| out Of the service with Col. Grigsby's
rough riders. has gone to Washington.
where he will again enter the army, IL
being under stood that he il 10 have
| first lieutcnancy in a regiment now
In Manila.
A large silver-tipped bear is fright
.ninc the people Of Ragged Top min
ing camp. Hunting parties have been
out on several occasions, but have
failed TO locate him. He has carried
off several young calves and has in
vaded a number Of pig pens.
Miss Sadie Heneger of Chamberlain
who was recently appointed by the
commissioner of Indian affairs rs laun-
dress In the San Carlos. Arizona. In
dian school, has been reappointed to n
similar position in the Indian school
recently completed At Rapid City,
S. u.
Ben Hoover Of Gettysburg. n prom
inent Republican politician IF this
state. fell from the Northwestern train
just west OF Fauikton and sustained
n dislpcation of the spinal column,
from which hc is not expected to re-
cover. He will be taken To Chicago
for treatment.
One day recently ID. ii. Houston had
thrcshed on his farm at Hunter III less
than ten hours time fully 4,590 bush Is
Of wheat. The threshing was done by
In nj hn
wheat was good plump No. / North
ern wheat. yielding twenty-four bush
els per acre.