The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-09
SOUTH DAKOTA.

lregiStcrship of the United States land
lotlice ut Watertown.
Bishop O'Gorman confirmed class
of nearly 100 at Aberdeen. ut the Sa.
cred Heart of Jesus Catholic church.
DR.. ID. Il. Scott for the past seven
lyears pastor of the Congregational
church in Sioux Falls. and one of the
best known of South Dakota's minis
tiers, has resigned.
The commissioners of the South Da-
Ikota Soldiers home, mt Hot Springs,
have voted To admit applicants from
the South Dakota regiment who served
in the Cuban and Philippine war.
Rev. Il. L. Hall, the new presiding
elder of the Aberdeen district of the
Nj. T.. conference. has removed his fam
| lily from Watcrtown to Aberdeen, ana
entered upon the discharge of his du-
| ties.
Mrs. c. +. Cory Of Columbia, wife
| Of the banker there, died suddenly at
her home Of uric poisoning caused by
acute Bright's disease. She was taken
with commissions and lived only one
| hour.
Five boys, ranging in age from
, twelve To fifteen-yea have been ar
rested for burglariZing a number of
stores ut Sturgis. The goods have been
located and most of the lads have con
| fes ed.
Il. D0ely has bought the Garland lot
| and building, next to his American
house, ut Aberdeen, and will erect a
| brick building with fifty-foot front
On Main street. for hotel. balsfTy and
lunch room.
Aberdeen will be without electric
lights for the next week or ten DAYS
while the electric plant is being re-
moved to new building next the gas
plant, where the dynamos will be pro.
lpellcd by large gas engines.
Edward Bellwork, the insane Rus.
sian. who severely slaShed the throat
Of Carl Lassingame at Pierre and in.
iured several others with Il Knife while
in an insane frenzy. was taken To the
insane hospital at Yankton.
Jack Whipple, Il white man, has been
brought to Deadwood by Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal Bedding to answer
to the charge Of selling liquor to the
Indians at Rosebud Agency. Four In
liam witnesses were brought along.
James Mcdowell of Highmore. for
merly register Of the government land
office at Huron. and for the past two
years special national bank examiner.
is dangerously i'll of blood poisoning
at the home of his son in Washington.
Erick Finsted. who has been working
1T Salem for some weeks threshing.
attempted 10 commit suicide by shoot
ing himself in the left breast with
revolver He is still alive. but there
is little hope of recovery. No cause for
the act is known.
A young man named G.. w. Kehrn.
until recently bookkeeper for the -
CroiX Lumber company ut Eureka. s.
d., dropped dead of heart disease nj
the Sherman house at Aberdeen. He
was accompanied by his uncle and was
going TO his home in Canton s. ID.
Hoodlums were quite active at Glare
mont, and celebrated Halloween with
the usual destruction of property, both
public and private. Several of the par
Elephants are known. and unless repair
alton for some Of their pranks is made
drastic measures are liable to follow.
An incipient fire caught recently at
bolic acid crystals We're placed over a
gas flame to melt when they suddenly
famed up and set fire to- the wood
work and shelving. The fire was nut
out without much damage having been
done.
Ira Hitch, the newly-appointed In
dian agent at Cheyenne River Agency.
turned over the office of deputy inter-
nal revenue collector to Eugene Hunt
inton OF Webster, who has been APP
pointed to succeed him at Aberdeen,
and has left for Cheyenne Agency to
assume his duties.
John G.. Martin, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Lead who came to the Black
Hills from Michigan in 1877, died OF n
complication of dieases. He leaves n
wife and ten grown-up children. One
daughter. Mrs. III. A. THOMPSON. re-
sides at Sheldon. Iowa, and another is
the wife Of Fred Davenport. formerly
ST VermilliOn, s. ID.
The case Of X. Stanley Hewitt q
student OF the state university mt Yer
million, whose home il TT Valley
Springs. Minnehaha county. who was
arrested week ago on complaint or
Miss Burdea Brown Of ROwena. who
charged him with bastardy, was dis
missed on motion of the prosecution. IL
having been settled ont of court.
w. +. Rudy. who several weeks ago
killed Long Holy, Cheyenne river
Indian, has given bail nj Pierre aud
returned TO his home Parties from
that section say the Indians have not
yet gotten over their bitter feelings
because of the killing, which they CON
slider as unprovoked. Many expect 70
hear of trouble on Rudy's return.
Business on the Forest City & Sioux
City railway, which has been closed
for rh~ past two years or more, will be
resumed in few days. Rolling stock
has been purchased. New York men in
terested ard arrangements completed
for regular train service The lin.
connects Gettysburg and Potter coun-
| ty with direct railway communication