The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-10-12

Steinkepc. at Sisscton, is completed.
John Moore, farmer of Aurora
county. died at Sioux Falls of lockjaw.
Extensive improvements are being
made on the Episcopal church at Hur-
Hey.
Terry has organized n social club,
with membership of nearly one nun
lred.
The work of repairing the school OF
mines at Rapid City is rapidly nearing
an end.
The new 2O,CO0-bushcl grain elevator
of Adam Royhl & Co, ut Arlington, is
completed.
III. ii. Platts and Stanley L. Vanway
have purchased the store of Horribly
Bros, ut Egan
Many improvements, such as new
sidewalks. etc, are being made at Val
ley Springs.
Cattle valued at more than 100000
were shipped to market from Rapid
City in one day recently.
The streets of WATERFOWL are being
suitably labeled and the houses and
business places numbered.
tHaflpS lnOllluS OF w eIt Nuith hiS
sold his hotel to William Jones, who
will take possession Nov. I.
4 new roller mill at Toronto. Deuel.
county, is completed, and the machin-
cry is now being placed in position.
Ernie Pierce of Carthage has started
Ia polocat farm. and thus added another
To- the various Industries Of the state.
The gambling .dens at Sisseton have
oeen closed ny the authorities, and the
gamblers have been driven out of
own.
Mrs. +. y. Griffith of Brandon towIl-
ship. Mfnnehaha county. died of blood
poisoning, the result of a pimple on irer
finger.
]. III. Bushnell. Of Bushnell Brookings
county, has sold his stock Of general
merchandise 10 I. y. Gray, who has as
sumed control
The Burlington Railroad company
has Increased the wages of the men
aS section hands on the Black
Hills division about II per cent.
Waldo Ross, n Valley Springs lad,
with the true american pluck. has be-
gun Il bicycle Journey to San francisco,
where he viii endeayOr to get en- a M
val training ship.
A new ordinance has gone into effect
ut Spearfish. requiring billiard rooms
to be closed 1T III p. m. each day. and
Oh Saturdays from IL p. m, until Is n.
N. on the Monday following.
Henry Grindei1 a farmer living near
Tea. awoke TO find the lifeless body of
ais wife beside him. There had been
40 strr cycle or sign Of sickness upon re-
firing for the night. Heart failure
doubtless caused death.
Charles Manwaring and ID. Il. Whit
taker of Rock Rapids, Iowa represent
ing themselves and three other parties,
will purchase II 20,O00-acre ranch in
Mcpherson county, upon which they
win place 1.0c0 head Of cattle.
A one third interest i'm the Minnesota
IS Dakota Cattle company was trans
erred at Fort Pierre. from James Phil
ip to Mai r. w. Stewart and Capt j..
|B. Binder. The consideration is S1OO,-
BOO. Mr. Phillip will continue in tile
cattle business alone.
4 Russian named Bulwer. from the.
Williw Creek settlement, in Stanley
county. went suddenly insane at Fort
Pierre. and ran amuck with a large
knife. In attempting TO dsarm him,
'arl RlasSingame was slashed across
he threat, having his windpipe sew
cred. but. az nD arteries were cut tile
wound is rot considered fatai.
While Mrs. Blish and daughter and
irardma Rounds were coming from
Worthwhile and just west of Young's,
he horse SHE'D and jumped and the
fs. 81
thrown out behind. Mrs. Blish' and
Mrs. Rounds were not greatly injured,
out little Florence was seriously hurt.
Blood flowed from her mouth, and she
was unconscious for several hours.
YTnkton has another returned gold
hunter from Alaska. The first for many
months, in the person Of Harry Higbee,
who has been for thirteen months in
he gold fields. He returned but little
Deter o trIffan when he went Speak
ng of that country, he says 'The
Cape Nome discovery, which is now at
| .raeting u great deal Of attention, is. in
NY opinion. nothing more Tor less than
IN transportation boom, or fake and l
| 10 not believe there has been any dis
ovsry there"
| IRE Dakota-Colorado Srcings Con-
,olidated Gold Mining company rs the
lane of newly organized mining
company at Colorado Springs, Col.
with u capital stock of S3.OO0,O00 at n
oar value of 81. The organization OF
he company is the result Of the trip to
he Black Hills Of half o dozen prom
nent mining men Of Colorado Springs,
who were at Lead Cay last week.
rhey bonGed tfic old Ironsides rhine in
Carbonate carp. west of lead, for
lT4,OCO, and shey now propose tn push
he development worn as rapidly as
possible. Machinery will Ire put in for
he purpose.
Through some mistake, the county
commissioners Of Suite county were
lot Informed as To their amount for
he transportation fund Of the South
dakota soldiers until it was too late TO
AXE action. The amount for the conn
Ity WAS S1O0, and the sum was raised
upon II note, which was given by sew