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

of being connected with the saLe-pio"-
ing at Langford.
4 scrap occurred at Hecla over
dog. in which George Hays slapoea
Harry Laughlin five times in the pack.
The wounded man will recover.
Horace Glenn OF Aberdeen has re-
ceived an appointment to inc ohltea
States geological survey. and has gone
10 Rapid City. where he was ordered
10 report for duty.
Al Bourne. eighteen years or age.
was thrown from his horse half mile
from home, near Hot Springs. He is
suffering from conclusion OF the brain
and is not expected 10 recover.
The owners of heavy horses in sec
tons around Miller find that North Da-
| kota offers them better market than
elsewhere. Each season a good many
are driven up there and sold TO farm
! erS.
George Backmaster Of Hecla was ac-
cidentally shot, by reason of loaded
gun slipping from the cart in which he
was riding. The charge entered his
side, infiicting serious but not fatal IN
| juries.
Indians upon the reservation, upon
the pretense of hunting stray horses.
are visiting the lakes and killing the
young ducks 10y the thousands. There
is much complaint by sportsmen and
| farmers
II. {. Lamont of Aberdeen has closed
deal by which he becomes the-owncr
Of twenty quarter sections Of good
| 70 i'm in RpnNpn II
Lamont is an old settler, and has great
faith in South Dakota lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. ~ c. Markham, living
near Mellette, recently found a little
babe on their doorstep. They have no
idea who the parents of the little
| founding are, but will keep it as their
| own. in spite Of their being quite an
aged couple themselves.
The cattle shipping season is AT hand
ut Sturgis, and few shipments have
| already been made. II is believed that
this fall will mark the beginning OF
the heaviest years business in the
Northwest. Many new people are en-
barking in the cattle business.
A little seven-year-old girl named
Pearl Williams Of Hot Springs, was
shot through the body by a 32-caliber
rifle in the hands Of a careless sixteen
year-old boy. Her father shot her
mother dead and then blew his brains
out about four years ago near Chadron,
Neb
Farmers throughout the Dakotas and
Nebraska have suddenly found them
selves short of help for the harvest
fields. through the loss of men who
have joined the army. The crop Of
grain is very heavy, and in some in
stances il is feared that considerable
loss Will be sustained.
The house occupied by w. G.. Rainey
and family at Watertown was torn 10
pieces by lightning. Several members
Of the family were severely shocked.
and the wonder is that all were not
killed. J. l.. Sears. living across the
street, was shocked. The storm was
the severest of'the season.
The board of commissioners Of Au-
rora county has assumed for the coun-
~ the $1,000 necessary for rebuilding
that part Of the state reform school de-
stroyed by fire n year or two ago. The
county authorities simply advance the
money until such time as the state leg
islature meets and reimburses them.
A tramp was run over by an east
bound freight arain and both legs cut
off. The accident occurred at the cross
ing of the Great Northern three miles
from Sioux Falls. The injured man
and his partner were riding on the ten
der of the locomotive. and the partner
says the brakeman knocked him under
hn xIshn Wit inn t.sy
Rev. Redmond of ST. Patrick's church,
Lead, had an experience Friday that
don't often befal a divine in one day.
The day was begun with the usual
Service, followed by three marriages
and the christening of three babies.
The first child was Irish, the next an
Austrian. and the last was q little chap
named Philip Alphonso, who is a dis
taDt relative of the youthful king Of
Spain.
Burglars broke into the mail room Of
the Chicago az Northwestern depot
ut Gary, effecting an entrance by fore
Ing window, and, after cutting up
the pouches, ransacked the whole Of
the Eastern mail which arrived on the
night train. They also went through
The room OF the American Express
company in the same building, but
were unsuccessful in their search for
valuables.
A large cattle sale was made recent
ly in Rapid City, In which James Ross,
a cattleman from White River. sold to
Corbin Morris his entire stock Of range
cattle, amounting to LOO head. The
price paid was between $4,000 and
$4,000. The Standard Cattle compa-
ny, which owns one Of the largest
herds Of cattle in Western Wyoming.
will soon begin to remove its herd TO