The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA.

last W dl' WV
nv their absence this WINTER.
Immense quantities of ice are peiiiS
stored at Huron 10y the Chicago anu
Northwestern Railway company.
Horny Iverson of WorthinS has pur-
chased an interest III Siernslahu ; ihru-
ware store IL Hudson.
The tow mill mt Dell Rapids. operl'-
oa Inv q II. Marsh burned TO the
.round. Cause unknown.
The South Dakota Poultry associa-
tion closed very successful 'Anloi
lion nj Mitchell. All parts al the STATE
east of the river were r"pf"Seh'e"'
4 now banking house is 10 he started
ot Woonsocket. W. \. Lovcland OF
Sioux CITY furnishes the capital. II
will be incorporated rs state BANK.
Two new creamericS will locate near
here this spring. one M foreStouIt'
nine miles east, and one II NesSihs'oh
Springs. fifteen miles west.
The farmers institute for Dawson
and Hanson counties WAS h'i'' ~
MITCHELL Discussion of cattle raising
and the Campbell system oI son cur
tImc occupied the tim" on the lhS'i'"'''
gettysburg is cA"cting I" experience
a building boom in the spring \ ne"
oprra house. large addition 10 'he
Dakota house. and several business
houses are assured.
Sheriff Eads. who has been on the
trail of the rObher who bufElarlHeo
the postotiicc nj TyEdall recently. anu
secured $500. arrested his man III oilla-
In and brought him back to Iyndali.
Hutchinson county. is about Ia suffer
y loss of about 2O0 voters. Andrew
SchatZ. who Is perhaps the most inru-
cutial Russo American III the county,
will. on March |. lead Il colony 10
Wells county. y. II.
The Catholic society has about closed
the contract for the erection oi 'helr
new $1,000 grant" church "dlsic" III
Salem Stone and sand are on the
ground. and work on the structure VIII
undoubtedly begin with spring.
Huron will soon have telephone con-
prcticn with Watertown. The Dakota
Central Telephone company * arrali2
ing it's system Ia enhrac" that cltE'
giving Sioux Falls and other large
towns of the state the benefit OF tele-
phone communication.
4 farmer named Ed Stevenson went
To the home OF Sever Olson II Nermil-
lion i'm IN intoxicated condition ana
dcmaI ded admiitaEcc. olson> mother
being very sick he was refused adrilt-
lance ut which he became abusive and
thr, atened 10 break down the coor. In
the fight which ensu"d SeyerSon was
u, baby fatally stabbed 10y Olson Who
is how in jail.
The bail Of William Davidson. hav-
ing been reduced from $1,000 10 $1,000.
the amount was secured and he was
released from jail At Deadwood. He
was brought 80 that city from Sioux
alls last fall 10 be retired for the muir
der Of Orlando Giles AT Belle Fourche
four years ago. II Is expected that he
will be acquitted N his new trial at
Belle FOurche next month
Thomas King of Waubay was
brought to Huron 10y Deputy United
before Commissioner Grant. on the
charge of selling liquor 10 Indians on
the Sisseton reservation. He waived
examination and in default OF $500 bail
was committed 70 the county Jail to
court at Sioux Falls.
lee men are at work AT Pierre at
tempting To secure II supply Of ice from
the river for the coming year. They
are having a great deal of trouble, both
on account of the thinncss of the ice.
and the fact that the thawing weather.
allowed the blowing sand To accumu-
late on the ice. and the freezes 1T night,
formed Il frozen layer of sand which
makes desirable ice scarce and hard
to secure.
Weather in South Dakota Turing Jan
uary will compare favorably with that
Of any state in the Union. The average
temperature for the month was 90 deg
above zero. az shown 10y the records In
the United States weather bureau
From 1882 To 1898. inclusive. the aver
age temperature for the month was .
deg. above zero. hence the temperature
for January. 1895. was Il deg. above
the average for u period Of seventeen
years.
The last report of Public Examiner
Taylor Oh the condition Of the state
banks. disclOSes n situation much more
gratifying than was shown by his pre-
vicus statement. The report for Oc-
tober shows an increase of more than
million dollars over the preceding six
months in deposits. The loans and dis
counts show II decrease for the same
period. and it Is said that unless the
demand for loans becomes stronger.
many of the banks will retire from
business.
Ii Is reported that Hon. John X.
Brennan. owner and proprietor OF the
Harvey hotel. Of Rapid City. one Of the
largest hotels IN the Black Hills, will
dispose OF his interests. and will take
Charge CT Il large 2W-room hotel nj
S-attle. Mr. Brennan is one of the