The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-07-28
IN SOUTH DAKo1I


presiding elder of the Mitchon ,een The
Methodist church, has res,onaa 9stfid
sition on account of ill-healtb Ms s 20
q. H. Rogers OF Mitchell was an, sev
ed by Bishop McCabe as his s~ "ppOnt
in that district. successor
Senator James II. Kyle Is hen, !,
his summer vacation. Referr;ns iof
the war, he spoke in the biphas, %
of President Mckinley, who NV erns
hibited remarkable tact in hana, =,
difficult questions at the early s,an.
Of the issue. Stages
| Word has come In from tho co,,,.
range. about twenty-five miles no,.s
west of Belle Fourche, of a Sboo,.u
ARRAY between two COWBOYS John
Anklon, who shot and killed Al A.
bury. The trouble arose over a Ms
puted COW brand. Anklon gave h'~
self up.
Mrs. +. s. Ledebeer, one of the 90,
Hest pioneer women in the Black nm,
and very prominent in society !,
Spearfish, is dead. 1t Is thought hs.
death was caused through worry oye
her son, who enlisted in the armv
The remains We're shipped to Grand
Rapids, Mich, for iIterment.
All Of the Hawkeye mining proper.
ty was sold recently at shcriff's sale 4,
Deadwood, under foreclosure Of
mortgage held by the Deadwood Ns.
tional Bank. The property was bid IN |
by the bank for $36,322. 1t is unde,
stood that the company will redeem
the property, for 1t is very valuable.
1t is announced that the Wyoming 1 |
Missouri River Railroad companv
which is building line from Bene
Fourche to the Hay Creek coal fields
will not stop there, but will be extend
ed on to Sundance, Wyo., distance
of twenty miles. This will open up n
fine farming and cattle country The|
road is to be completed in ninety days.
Late rains have done much TO ma
ture the crops. and the harvest will
show more than an average crop oil
small grains. The Barley harvest isl
now on, and early fields Of wheat will
soon be ready to cut. The corn crOD
Is magnificent. both as to condition
aud acreage. Wild grasses have -four.
ished since the rains. and the supply
of hay is almost lmitless.
The state board of equalization has
adjourned its session for the asses
ment Of railroads to the first Monday
in August. The roads have filed Their
reports on which the assessment
based The Chicago, Milwaukee &&
Paul road shows far larger yalH-
ton and increased earnings over tA
report of last year. while the Chia9
& Northwestern road shows DE-
crease in valuation and Il decrease m
earnings over their report of last yea,
A warm time is expected at the bean
OF equalization when the assessment
OF railroads comes before 1t,
Henry potthevan and Barney Cole.
charged with the crime of setting nfe
to the house Of settler named Gun
sci. in the ceded portion OF the iank'
ton Indian reservation, and using nre
arms to prevent the settler and Dis
family from leaving the burning bund'
ing. were found guilty in court az
Chamberlain, and have been sentenced
to four years imprisonment in lne
Sioux Falls penitentiary. Eight olhef
men, supposed to have been impllca''
ed in the crime, were acquitted. Gel
sells land was coveted by Pottne'an'
who. with his friends. took this means
TO drive him from the land.
Henry Delaska, farmer living near
WOonsocket. attempted to commit sui,
eide. He had won the affections u
Edith Arbart the daughter OF
| wealthy farmer, but as he was apc".
thirty-fivc years Of age and the sui
was only fourteen they seat hes /"
Iowa t. break of the lnta'uauOI'
This brou.nt or a Ct Of desp5ndenc.,
and is supposed 10 be the cause '.
the attempt at suicide. DeiasSa was
bitten about two years ago by wv
supposed 10 be mad. and has not pe.I
just right since that time. lie i par y
~ wounded. but refuses to call ~.
stefan or 80 let anyone examine W,
wound. The floor and bedding "o'
covered with blood.
Word has been received at peau
wood from trustworthy source 'na
n man named Eugene Richards o,s
in Wyoming. near Lame Jones IN ~
is wanted for criminally assauitins "
siXteen-year-old daughter OF JAN ns
Taylor, respectable farmer OIL ' ui11
neighborhood. Richards met the gu,
both being on horseback. on ioi ',
road. The man stopped the sn !.
horse and first spoke 10 her III an i,
sulting manner She MADE li"n
effort 20 escape bot failed. me 'a 81,
then leaped from his own hor,e Th
pulled the girl 10 the grouilu' ,b
country is greatly excited over ~,
matter. and the man is belhs en-, n
pursued. lie was last seen AZ So
vile the day following the deed
burglars recently attacked ME-. ncl
gust Peterson. who lives on 90