The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
General.

INSTRUCTOR OF II new dtiiie'lC 'luD Ju''
formed in Chicago to promote boxing.
Jacob Rosenberger. Soudertown.
Pa. farmer. sheltered LAS tranps in
his barn during the year 1897.
a report favOring the rc-establish-
ment of the whipping post has been
submitted by the Virginia house com
mittee on courts of justice.
Senator SpOOncr has introduced a
bill to increase the pension of Gather
Inc Gushing. widow Of the late Com
mander Gushing. To 500 per month.
The charter of Marion Order OF
Elks of Marion. Ind, was restored. 1t
was revoked because Bob FitZsimmonS
was taken into membership two or
three months ago.
The directors of the Delaware N
Hudson company have declared >
per cent dividend for the year 1897.
payable at the rate of Il per cent
quarterly in the year 1898.
The New York Evening World says:
The Manhattan Elevated Railroad
company will within the week begin
the installation of IN electric system.
The third rail system will he adopted.
j. III. Gallagher. Il druggist of Shell
don. Iowa. has filed Il suit in the dis
trict court ut Denver against Mrs.
Andrew Sanbo asking $4,000 for al
legged breach of promise of marriage.
The Western Union Beef company
has just sold 5000 steers off its West
Texas ranch To Clinton Anderson Of
Wyoming. The consideration is said
To be $4,000.
The Natural Gas company ut Rich
mond. Ind. has ordered IN advance Of
A per cent in the price of gas by me-
ter and mixer to domestic consumers,
affecting several thousand patrons.
Instead of general resumption of
work mt the window glass factories OF
the country. there may he IL general
lock out. on account of the difficulty
1T the Phillips mill in Pittsburg.
On Feb. lao looms i'm the print
ing department Of the Manchester, y.
H.. cotton mills will be stopped for
an indefinite time. The cause assigned
is the falling off in the demand for
print goods.
owen Zeiglcr. the Philadelphia light
weight. has brought suit against Il
damages for alternating his wife'S af
fections. ZeigIer can quit the ring if
he wins that suit.
The Wisconsin Dairymen'S aSsocia-
ton. which will meet in Manitowoc
Feb. 8. 10 and II. will hold its sessions
iii the Turner's singing hall, where
the exhibits of dairy products will be
shown.
Prof. Herr Won ReinhOlZ. n Swedish
count and n lineal descendant of Gus
tavuS Adolphus. who posed for several
weeks past as teacher of vocal cul-
ture at Spokane, Wash, has decampcd
leaving several friends deeply in the
hole.
In the United States supreme court
the case of the Northern Pacific Rail
road company W.. Patrick Il. Smith
was restored TO the docket for reargu-
way Of the Northern Pacific ut Bis
marck. y. ID.
The property of the Missouri. Kan
Sas x Texas Railway company, mt
PaOla, Kas.. including three engines is
being held under IN attachment 10y
Sheriff Hamlin, in default of the pay
ment of a Judgment for $1,000 obtained
against the company.
The law prohibiting merchants from
making gifts rs an indGcemcnt OF
trade, which was primarily aimed at
trading stamp enterprises. was given
Il Knockout blow by Judge Campbell
of San Francisco. who decided the law
to he unconstitutional.
The 81. Louis X New Orleans An
chor line has made an assignment ut
st. Louis to Archibald Woods. convey
ing To him. for the benefit of creditors,
all of the steamboats,. barges. stock in
store, elevators and other property Of
the company of every kind.
At n meeting of shingle manufactur-
crs ut Tacoma. Wash. il was decided.
after considerable discussion. to keep
the shingle mills of the state closed
until Feb. I. An advance in rates of
about 10 cents per 1000 was inaugu-
rated
EX-Secretary IIoke Smith has dis
charged all the negro carriers on his
newspaper. the Atlanta Journal. and
has refused 10 sell papers to negro
newsbOys. on the, ground that the ne
grOcs refuse to be vaccinated. aud he
Is afraid they may be the distributors