The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-18

The White Lake creamery received
1S IL cents per pound for their last
shipment Of butter, being one-half cent
higher than the highest quotations..
A petition has been sent TO Gov. Lee
asking for the pardon Of Robert HICKS,
sentenced for life from Meade county,
in May, 1894.
Farmers around Volga are busy har-
ycsting Barley and rye are in shock,
and the cutting of wheat is now IN
progress. There has been no hail III
that vicinity, and crops of all kinds are
the best for several years.
Several immigrant wagons have re-
Gently passed through Freeman, going
north. Quite number OF famlnes,
who expect TO work during the harvest
and then locate in South or North Da-
kOta, as they may like best.
Miss Nellie Cogswell of Huron has
accepted a position as teacher in the
city schools at Springfield, Mimi, and
Miss Pearl Bacon, also a Huron girl.
takes the principalship Of the city
schools at Staples, MINI.
The safe in the Derby saloon at Tar
raville was broken into and about $50
in cash and other valuables were stol-
en-. The work was done by expert safe
crackers. identical with the recent safe
opening in DeadwoOd.
Harvesting is about completed in the
vicinity of Freeman. All small grain
will be in shock by Saturday night, and
a fair yield is expected. The rains OF
the past week have brought corn for
ward. and the prospects are the best
even known in South Dakota.
Il. T.. Warren of Albion, Neb., was
killed at Canton by being run over by
a freight train. He was going north on
a Milwaukee freight with about 200
other harvest hands. He attempted 10
board the train while in motion, and
was thrown under the wheels.
Prof. +. NJ. Stevens, recently from
Yale and a graduate of the state uni
versity at Nermillion, has been elected
TO the principalShip of the high school
at Rapid City, TO take the place of
Capt. +. w. Medbury, who resigned in
May to 90 with Company NJ of Rapid
City.
A very heavy rain and electric storm
passed over Rapid City recently. 1t in
creased in violence farther south, and
near the mouth Of Battle creek light
ming struck and instantly killed And
rev Larned. ranchman, who was
leading IL horse TO shelter The man
leaves Il wife and two children.
Charles A. Brand of Ober.in. Ohio.
will be ordained pastor of the First
Congregational church of Huron on
Aug. 30. A number Of prominent East
err diviIeS are expected 10 he present
ana take part in the service. among
them DR.. Brand. the noted Oberlin
preacher, father of the new pastor.
William ianhrCch. a German. was
found dead ho side Mrs. schultz barn
at Revillo. He had been working for
Mrs. Schultz. and slept in the barn.
He got drunk Saturday. and was found
lying beneath the hay loft floor with
his nose broken. his breast bruised and
his neck probably broken. He is be-
lieved to have fallen from the floor
above.
The safe in the Chicago & North
western Railway office at Henry was
blown open recently. The explosion
was terrific, completely wrecking the
safe and daEaging the building TO
some extent. Nothing Of value was Sc
cured by the crackSmen. The parties
secured the car tools for the Job by
breaking into the section foreman's
hanGcar house. The work was done
by nOvices.
Telephone communication between
Huron and Minneapolis and st. Paul
will be established about Aug. II.
Manager IeitlOw Of the Dakota Cen.
tral Telephone company. will then be.
gin stretching wires TO the southwark,
and hopes soon TO put Huron in tele-
phone connection with Sioux Falls.
Sioux City and other cities to thu
south. Lines will also be run east ana
west
Jun Key. OR nr. John King. a noted
chlef OF the Cherokee Indian tribe Of
British Columbia. is making visit 10
D"adwood. His home is in Indian Ter.
ritory. He is tifty-eight years old. and
has been educated in the best schools
of the country. including the medical
course in Ann Arbor. He practiced
medicine for eleven years. but for the
past 'wenty-four years he has been
healing diseases by the laying on of
hands.
The board Of equalization. i'm consid-
erlng the question OF land valuations
took notice Of the fact that lands in
the newer counties Of the state We're
assessed out OF proportion to the same
class OF property in the southeastern
counties. and eyened up to certain OK.