The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
SOUTH DAKOTA.

TIE ST. patrlcSS day orator at Elkton.
l.. III Bailey. formerly Of Faulkton,
is reported To be Well established in
law practice in Bemedji, MINI.
I Yankton may make present To the
new gunboat, Yankton, OF the Ameri-
can navy.
Maj Clapp. Indian agent ut Pine
Ridge. will soon go to Europe on an in
definite vacation.
Marion Walmsley. who is serving a
term in the penitentiary on a charge
Of manslaughter, asks for n pardon.
Senator O'Brien has returned to
Pierre from DeadwoOd, where he wenC
TO accept the foremanship of the
HomeStake mine.
The United States senate has con.
wards for postmaster at Bowdle, and
III. G.. c. Ross at Bilbank.
There are at present thirty six per-
sons from Lawrence county at the in
sane asylum at Yankton. This is the
largest number of all the other coun.
ties in the state.
The question of places in which TO
live is becoming a serious one at Iro-
quOiS. Nearly every nook and corner
in the town is now occupied. and there
is Il strong demand for more residen-
cpS.
The board or commissioners of Han
son county have awarded To Geo. g.
White & Co. of Council Bluffs Iowa,
the contract for constructing Il steel
bridge across the James river in that
caupty tbn nripp hpinr 80 $50
! Mrs. Andrew ]. Kellar, state regent
for South Dakota for the Daughters of
the American Revolution, has appoint
eel Mrs. DR.. Franklin G.. Carpenter of
Deadwood TO act II sher alternate as
a delegate To the continental congress.
Jacob Huppler, Il man Seventy-four
years old, living with julie Dellman,
his Son-in-aw. twelve miles north OF
WATERFOWL on the reservation, COM
mittcd suicide by shooting himself. No
cause is assigned for the deed. lie
was probably demented.
Porter Brothers Of Minneapolis have
decided to erect fine two-story brick
block for their branch house at Aber-
deem. The building will be equipped
with cold storage AMI all the necessary
appliances for the handling of fruit
and other products in their line OF
business.
Scarlet fever has appeared in How
ard. and three deaths have occurred
among children. Two We're in the
family of Peter Olson and one in the
family Of Mr. II. III. Radcliffe. Mrs.
Radcliffe and her son are also ILL., but
will recover. The schools have been
closed and no public gatherings are
held.
s. BemiS Of Deadwood who was ar
rested last week in Rapid City for
forgery, was returned 10 sixty days in
the st. Lawrence county Jail and TO
pay fine of seventy-five dollars. He
still has three other indictments hang
ing over him. They are for obtaining
money under false pretenses, for fCrg-
ing check and for having instru-
ments of forgery in his possession.
knute Schyan, postmaster at Flan-
dreau. says that the postage receipts
for the Flandreau office for the pres
ent postal year will reach $4,000 or
$3,40o, 500 or 5000 more than any
previous year He also says the re-
CtlplS lOI OclDbtT, .NONtiIDtT anu Ige-
cember reached nearly $1,000. the
highest amount by n great deal for
any three months in the history of the
office.
Thomas O'RCurke. who lives near
Oelrichs, while lying down on the ice
of Il creek to dip water for his cattle,
had n steer step on his ankle ana break
it. He was Il long distance from any
house and by great effort he crawled
to the top Of n hill. hoping to attract
the attention of some one. 1t was six
hours later before help came and by
that time both feet were badly frozen.
and it is feared that amputatiou will
be necessary.
! The leading horse men Of the Black
Hills have former n horse growers as
ISOLATION, with Henry Wyttenbach Of
Sturgis as president and John G..
Wenke secretary. The next meeting
will be held in this city in April. when
arrangements will be made for the
spring round up of horses AS the same
time articles of incorporation will be
signed and plans devised for the pro-
lection of the Black Hills hOrsemen,
both in Eastern and European mar
kets.
The second chapter TO the elopement
Of Lucy Grover the fourteenyear-old
daughter OF Daniel Grover. near Rapid
City, has been enacted. A young man
came down to Growers ranch about
month ago from the Northern Hills.
and in the absence of the father he and
the girl eloped The young bride re-
turned to her father this week. She
was disappointed in the manner she
was treated in her new home and as
she was not Of marriageable age she
declared til ~ off.
The state fair board has selected as
its officers for the ensuing wear: G..