The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-27
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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| Milbank NAV be lighted 10y electric
ity. the power to be furnished from
the mill.
| ole Oleson of Nermillion mas the
Honor of being the first white person
born in the State of South pako'a.
| IL. Choate x Co., of Huron mace
| their employees Il very tine New lear
present. in the shape of Soo,ooo III PAID
The depot of White was entered re.
Gently by burglars :nd relieved OF
some freight.
The wife of Senator BurlinGame or
ICaStlewoOd. who has been dangcrous-
| ly i'll. is OH the way to recovery.
p3rkston is discussing the adVlSa-
Ibility of securing i chemical engine
| for, better protection against lire.
The Yankton Federation of Labor
| is in Il tlouriShing condition, ana new
members are beng added 1T every
meeting.
| "Reminiscences against the proposed
abandonment OF Fort Meade are being
| generally signed 10y residents OF the
Black Hills.
Mrs. Orphia TarbOX. one of the pi-
ouecr women of South Dakota. cele-
brared her cighty-f0urth birthday an
| niycrsary N hanKtun few days ago.
\ telephone line from GarrctSon To
Dell Rapids is projected, with tele-
| phones ut the homes of Il number OF
enterprising farmers along the way.
Bridgewater young men have decid-
| ed 10 organize an athletic association,
and steps are being taken III that di-
| rection.
\ substantial church of stone is To
| be put up by the Episcopal society OF
| SpoariiSh. The contract has already
been awarded.
The creamery ut ParkSton received
| over 100000 pounds of milk last
year. ana expects between six ana
eight millions during 1898.
Charles Snow of Bon Ilommc coun-
ty thinks that prosperity has surely
| stu k us. one of his COWS presented
| him with three tine calves last week.
Al Starter. who left the Black Hills
| several months ago for Il prospecting
tour in Mexico, has returned. and re-
ports no opportunity for miners i'll
| that country.
| y. Il. Keency of Valley Springs has
| just shipped lS4 lambs to New York.
| They We're rs line Il lot of sheep rs
| were ever turned out of this state,
weighing. Oh an average los pounds.
Two sturdy Hutchinson county
| farmers have just paid of the iudebt-
edness on their farms i'll the sums of
| S9Sl and 1878. respectively. In each
case it was with this years earnings.
| Uncle Dan Dwyer." who represent
| ed Turner county in the legislature Of
| 1899. recently celebrated his forty
| fifth wedding anniversary. Twenty
| three members of the family were in
| attendance.
Prosperity has struck the Hills coun-
| try somewhere. as money seems To he
| plenty. The Meade County Bank
has over $4,000 on deposit, which
| does not look much az if there was 4
dearth of money.
Miss Nancy Enright. aged seventy
| two years, was discovered dead in bed
ut Huron, the result of heart trouble,
from which she had suffered for some
| time. Deceased made her home with
her sister, in the south part Of the city.
| \ mountain lion and monster tim
Der wolf are the bugbears of lankton
children now. The animals have been
L
calities, and hunters are beginning TO
| don their war paint.
one hundred and one licenses TO
| wed have been issued in Turner coun-
| ~ during 1897. If this rate WAS gen
| eral all over the state. South Dakota
| would begin 10 climb up the popula-
| ton ladder.
| Lake county claims to he the ban
| nCr county financially. and is much
elated over her having Il larger cash
balance on hand than has Minnchaha
county. her larger ncighbOr. The bal
ance, according To the trcaSurcr'S re.
| port. is S2S.G0I -.
An Aberdeen photographer has sent
a wintertime picture of Main street to
the l.. \. w. Bulletin. which may sur
| prise Eastern people. II was an ordin-
AIRY dinncr-hour view. but the COMPASS
of the picture shows about twenty
| cyclists ont. ana this IN January.
{. q. Knapp of Parkston purchased
sixteen COWS last spring. and kept
them Oh his farm. sending the milk TO
the creamery. The calves sold in No
vcmber for S1G0. and on Jan the net
| proceeds from the sixteen cows. de-
Quoting the cost of the feed. was 5000
Miss Shella barger. Il Dcadwood hair
dresser. had narrow escape from
death from an overdose of morphine
given To induce sleep. When placed
under the doctors charge respiration
had ceased. and it was with great diff
ticulty that her life was saved
n small boy i'm Centcrville will 90
through life with one optic. as the re-
| suit of the ficndislIncSs OF "A hOodlum
of the town. The boy was sent down
town on an errand. and one of the
crowd of hoodlums deliberately shot
the child in the eye with a H. Il. MIS-
til.
BcrcSford has probably the only ex-
tcnSiye bird fancier in the state. i'm the