The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-12-15

The Kimball creamery is said to be
'ae banner creamery Of the state for
Spring, summer and fall business.
Richard G. Anderson the oldest civil
engineer in the Black Hills, il dead, as
the result of Stabs in his throat by his
own hand willie temporarily insane.
The Norwegian Lutheran denomina-
ton Of Summit, Roberts county, Is
| erecting Il new church building at that
place.
The long-distance telephone line be-
TWEEN Mitchell and Chamberlain will be
iii operation some time during the pres
ent month.
Thomas Hall, murderer of Charles
Lemay, the man murdered at Lake
Fonsett in September. 1871 was found
guilty by the jury ut Castlewood, and
| sentenced to life imprisonment.
Through the enterprise and local
| pride of Postmistress Van Incuegen,
Ortonville now has an up-to-date post
Office new furniture combination lock
boxes and all that goes to make COLI
| venienI and model office.
keystone, the location of the famous
Holy Terror gold mine, is to have n
| railroad. The Burlington company has
| already let the contract for grading
| and ironing, and il is expected the line
| will be in operation by early spring.
Sergt. g. \. f. Trunmbo, Company
| X, Third Illinois infantry, is visiting
| his father at Tyndall, being home from
Porto Rico on a siXty-day furlough-
1,runmbo, ST., was a sergeant of Com
pany X himself thirty'seven years ago.
On the ground that no viewers for
| the proposed road had been appointed,
| as required, Judge Smith, of the First
! district court, has sustained the appeal
| of Mary t,X ct al, from the order or
| the county commissioners of Yankton
| county for the opening Of new coun-
| try road.
Fire at Aberdeen started in Halls
barber shop, spreading To Lacy's drug
| store, DIR. Defenders office and Her
| mans cigar store, practically destroy
ing them all. A portion of Lacy's
| stock was saved, but the loss is nearly
| total, with partial insurance in each
| case.
| A telegram received at Armour from
| the chief of police at Galveston, Texas,
states that Peter Yer Wolfe and Mrs.
II. J. Brink, wanted in Armour on the
charge of adultery, have been arrested
there. An application was made to
Gov. Lee for requisition on the gov
ernor CT Texas.
| Pat Tiffany, drunken brute, who
| lives Il few miles south of ArteSian, has
| been arrested for wife-beating. The
| people are indignant, and unless he
| skips the country he will be treated To
a dose of tar and feathers. He is an
| old offender, and the neighbors are de-
terminod TO make an example OF him.
Gam Valley, Buffalo county, is one
of the coming towns for 1919. Besides
a new school house, creamery, ice
| house, two large store buildings, town
| hall, meat market and strong vault
| for county records in the way of public
| improvements, there are to be several
new residences erected in the spring.
| The public school ut Meckling has
| been closed by order Of the school
| board on account of diphtheria, which
exists in several families. One death
from the disease has already resulted,
| and several other cases are dangerous,
though attending physicians believe
they have the malady under control.
A fire in the general store of Spocner
& NordCker of Mitchell did but little
| damage. but the large stock OF goods,
valued at S24,UO0, was injured by wa
ter The building was filled with
smoke, which prevented the firemen
| from getting ut the fire. The building
| was damaged about $500. The insur-
! ance on the stock of goods was SIT 900.
A well authenticated report comes
| A In Sly haf To oil
Black Hills miner, and his partner,
have struck it rich about 2UO miles
south of Juneau. From outcroppings
Of free gold they are said TO have taken
| out SO, 200 i'm a weeks time, using Il
| hammer and mortar to break the rock.
| They are said to have large ledge Of
the ore in sight.
| Martin Ferarer and James Silver.
| two prominent men OF Central City,
| have left the Hills for Johannesburg,
| Africa, to accept positions under Mr..
| Charles Price former Black Hills
man, now superintendent OF large
mining company at that place. On the
same day Tom Miller. well known
comedian OF Dcadwood and other Hills
| towns, left for the Klondike.
| The petrifaction of a snail measur-
| ing 1oxS inches has been found by q
South Dakota well digger at "A depth
of forty feet Upon the surface" says
or exchange, ARE bright, shining
| scales Of varicgated hues, and the YER
| tebrae is very distinct" We suggest
| that this particular snail shall be sent
| TO some dime museum to be added TO
| the freak collection.
Ffty-oDe per cent Of the amounts
guaranteed by the business men OF
Yankton on last falls state fair at that
| place, has been agreed upon by the di-
| rnCtnrS of the fair aSSnniat iOu toMar1i