The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
SOUTH DAKOTA.

| L. Narnum. eX-regiSter or deeuS Oh
Jerauld county. died at Woonsocket or
pneumonia. following grip.
! John Mordaut, one of the first set
tiers Of Hutchinson county, dice le-
Gently.
Pat Tiffany. who has been coanned
in the county Jail at WoonSocket, on
the charge of wife-heating. has been
released on Il writ Of habeas corpus.
\ Chicago gentleman named Deut-
schc has leased building on Dakota
avenue. Huron. and will soon open Il
dry goods house
The Acme Harvester company. rep
resented 10y j. \. Cleaver. is arranging
TO put up large building for their use
the approaching spring in Huron.
s ID. Dinneen is erecting large ag-
riCultural implement warehouse at
Huron. and will engage in the business
the coming season.
Sven Swenson. residing in Sanborn
county. in making a call at neigh
borS. was attacked by the latterS
vicious dogs. The bruteS got him
down, and he was frightfully bitten
and torn before he could be rescued.
John Theirs. another old resident Of
the Black Hills. died of heart failure in
Deadwo0d. He was found dead in
front of the door Of his room. and an
autopsy showed an enlargement of the
heart. He came To the Black Hills in
1876. and was a placer miner for years.
| Rev. ]. ID. SkaggS has resigned as
pastor Of the Methodist church ut
Spearfish, and will 60 to Crook county.
Wyoming where he was elected prose
cutting attorney last November. He
will be succeeded by Rev. +. NJ. Wight
of Bloomfield, Neb.
\ prominent Stockman named Geo
! Evans was arrested at Belle Fourchc
for stealing cattle from the herd Of the
{ WV. Cattle company. and he was held
TO the grand jury in 5000 bonds. He
! sold some beef 10 a DeadwoOd butcher.
and il is alleged that il was stolen
from the range. Evans OWNS large
herd of cattle himself.
Mrs. I. A.++Vaughp of Whitewood
has commenced a dan age suit against
| the ElkhOrn Railway company for the
death of her husband. over a year ago,
al Buffalo Gap Vaughn was riding in
4 al 'd'AI'f tidill. W llilc uSlttD III jilt
! cabOose another train ran into his car
ard he was instantly killed. The suit
IS for $4,000.
a crusade has been inaugurated at
Centerville against diSreputable char
aCters. Mrs. ROsenberger was arrested
and convicted of being an inmate of n
disorderly house. AS the town Jail
was not deemed fit for her occupancy.
the authorities rented building form
erly used as a millinery store, and con-
fined her i'm il.
Nj. L. Beebe Of Brookngs. secretary
of the state oratorical association has
been at Huron arranging with the Off
GERS of the Huron College Oratorical
association to take part in the state or
atorlcal contest. TO occur in Mitchell
next May. In the state association are
Brookings, Gankton, Vermillion. Red
field, Mitchell and, soon, Huron col
leges.
+. III. Van Antwerp and number of
other deputy United States surveyors
have been at Huron during the past
few days comforting with Surveyor
General Morris concerning contracts
upon which they will enter as soon as
the weather will permit. Much field
work will be done the coming sum-
mer, and many uncompleted contracts
Tor surveying government land will be
closed before fall.
John May. one Of the most popular
young miners in the Lead district. fell
forty feet in the shaft Of the Sunset
Mining company, at Terry, and died
from the effects of the fall. He was n
leader in several society orders. and
was considered the most skillfuI min
er in the district. His parents live at
Cornwall. England and he has one
brother here and another In South AZ
RIGA.
James West and Edward Mccarthy
had preliminary examinations at Sioux
Falls before United States Commits
sioner j. G. Conway on the charge of
passing counterfeit money. West was
accused Of purchasing a newspaper
and rendering in payment a 5Ocent
piece. which was afterwards found to
be spurious. As a result Of the exam
ination he was held in bonds Of $500 to
the next federal grand jury. McCar-
thy was dismissed.
The flfteen-year-old daughter of Dan
lei Grover was missed from her home
Sunday. down on farm near Bend.
Her father had been gone from the
house some time, and when he re-
turned his daughter was gone. After
careful inquiry in Rapid City he found
that the girl had eloped 10 Terraville
with young man who had come down
for her. The old man intends TO get
his daughter back, as she is under the
marriageble age.
Fire broke out in the upper story OF
the property of Mrs. G.. A. Crothers OF
Alpena, occupied by Il. f. Schrover.
The fire was not discovered until il
| was wei under way. and the depart