The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-04

aH"iH'on' deFFaaid county. was u,
zen Just above the ankle Inv a az el''
snake. She was immcdiatelv hr .aue'
TO town and placed in cboroo ''ought
White. BY this time the foot a vi ~.
kle were badly swelled and ins -u an
Alter treating her all night tho mus
nation was reduced SO that civ ,a''al'
able To be taken home. but sho was
the following night. uiel
Judge Tom Hooper. one Of tbo o,,..
and best known pioneers in Ca mest
county. has been adjudged yiolon.'A
insane n his home at Sun Dane
he has been committed to tho ..n.
asylum At Wyoming. Mr.. Hoon.r a..
completed a term as mayor of the c it,
and has occupied other Important ~
sitions. His greatest craze has haor
buy any and everything and ciro ~
check in payment. There are mon
who will lose by these checks =,
there is nothing back of them.
The vicinity around Caspar. Wv,
will soon be supplying Western Son,I
Dakota and Nebraska with petrolens
products. Capitalists from Penrsy
Nania have invested large amounts !,
the country, and the quality of tho N
Is as good as that from the PenuSylv,
MIA wells. The principal refinery is 4
Gated at CaSpar, which will soon NJ
enlarged to daily capacity of 500 hs.
rcls. A big English syndicate and M
Burlington Railway company are bu,.
ing up all the available oil land
The city of Lead has had one mopl
of freedom from the gambling den,
IT is safe 10 say that the places whie
have had a reputation for all that n
evil for twenty years will never b|
opened there again. The business me|
report an increase Of one-quarter n
their cash sales for the month and I'D
arrests 10y police have been reduce
onc-third. Very few men 90 down
Deadwood 10 gamble, as was elaine
ny many would be the ease. Tb|
workingmen stay at home sober, an
are much satisfied with the new stat
of affairs.
Chamberlain authorities have bed
notified of the escape from the YAM
ton asylum of Edwin Greene. a wei
known attorney Of Chamberlain, VIA
was adjudged insane and taken 10 III |
asylum two months ago. Several days
ago County Auditor Hencgar receivd
letter from Greene. saying he was
coming back, and asking that the board
Of county commissioners be called 70
gether Greene entertainS very BIZ
ter feeling against citizens of Chan
herlain. and il is thought he will cone
there if possible.
Representatives Of Christian Enisl-
or societies in Hand, Hyde and Beade
counties met in convention in WosS
and organized a district assocatOl
President, Mrs. Margare, Thompson
Huron: vice president for Beae
county. Mr.. Mcneil, Winthrop; V
president for Hyde county. Miss Grs
White. Highmore; vice president
Hand county, George Sheldon,
Lawrence; secretary and treasure
w. J. Fink, Wolsey. The opening y
mon was delivered 10y Rev. W.
Thralf of Huron. The attendance way
large and the deliberations interesuns
Mrs. c. o. Schermerhorn OF stufs
and Peter Lebreque OF Gaiena eiole'
They took team and wagon DeiOus
ing TO another man and started gov
the Elkhorn. A warrant was Issue
and the sheriff arrested them y,
Rapid City. When Schermerhorl, W
has a star mail route, reached S'uls
and heard of the case, he Threw -
his contract. armed himseH WIN
pair of six shooters and started a's
the guilty couple. He Is now sea..
ing the northern hills for them' su
ant of the fact that the game
Sturgis. The woman is twenty yea
old and the man thirty-five'
Charles Mix county has hoNe,u
the shape of portable Saloon VIZ
is moved about from place 10 pa
business warrants. The porlaoN IN
Don, which is the only one OF tn I'm, IN
in the state, has been naiheo
dixie" and just how it can De ~
about. when licenses issued unu,
present state law must s'a'e p
the lot, block and town where Du''
is to be conducted, is ques'"n
may cause a sensation ana ,es"
arrests. During the unusuai ,i.,osb
term of court, which ended AT AIM
a short time ago. the porlaoie ~,
was moved there, without taxing m
new license, it is said, ara perm
to run.
There is almost a certainty 'ha'
will be railroad across 'he To- ~
ton TO the Missouri river yer!
From an official of the MiiwauA'.
road company II is learner 'A
company is planning to push n r
westward, and the point oi II
the Missouri will be al TER, ad md
company does not own the iva h
Mitchell to Chamberlain, as naS
generally supposed. The Lease east, - ed
a.