The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-15
SOUTH DAKOTA.

pdia IaS new elevator in course Of
construction ut Toronto.
The Nermillion Milling COMPANY re.
Gently made a shipment of ninteen tons
or flour direct to Liverpool.
Edward Evans. formerly Of Albany.
Mo. has purchased the Commercial
house property at Yankton.
Outset Il Chadewald, merchants of
White. will close out business ana
build large mill at Toronto
Merchants OF Huron have entered in
ID an agreement to close their places
or business hereafter at 8 o'clock y. IN.
The DeSmet creamery recently broke
all previous records in milk receipts.
$1,000 pounds beng received in one
day.
The work OF putting in a new steam
heating plant at the government Indi-
an school at Flandreau has been com.
pleIed.
Perry Potter. a boy sixteen years ol:,
was drowned while bathing near Bush
nell. $. d.. caused by being attacked
by cramps.
The remains OF Will Whitman,
member of Company NJ, First South
Dakota volunteers, who died at Ma
Mia last August, arrived in Rapid City.
Frank Campbell OF Clyde township,
near Huron. got mixed up in picket
line day or two since, and broke one
Of his legs, the bone protruding through
the flesh.
The annual meeting Of the South Da-
kota SpOrtsmens' association will be
held at Canton June 20-22. From 40
TO 2O0 marksmen are expected to be in
attendance.
Fred Snoopy, Turner county farmer,
recently sold forty steers which tipped
the scales at $3.50 pounds. He re-
ceived S4.75 per 100 giving him $3.50,
or about ST.. 10 per head.
A new freight steamer, the South
Dakota, has been launched at Spring
field for the upper river trade. She is
49, feet long, % feet wide and draws
only II inches Of water when loaded.
During May over thirty car loads of
stone Were shipped from the Garretson
quarry, and orders are on hand for
twenty-five more car loads. The force
of quarrymen was this week increased.
The outlook for a good crop in the
section around Redfield is very good at
present. The average rainfall during
the past month has been considerably
greater than for five or six years pre-
viouS.
Divorces have been granted Ida
FrakeS from John Frakes. and to Mar
tina Wills from Fred Wills. Divorce
proceedings have been commenced by
Mary Barrows against $. BarrOws, all
of Lawrence county.
The state board Of pardons recon-
mended pardOns. to date from July 1,
for Frank NJ. Davis, sentenced from
Turner county for larceny, and John
Mci.lanthern, sentenced from Hamll-
ton county for robbery.
Ray Wing Of Ipswich is In danger of
losing his eyesight. as the result Of a
foolish prank. A charge of powder
was put in his pipe by another party,
which exploded. shocking him terribly
and burning his face and eyes.
The large new farm barn Of j. j.
Damn. farmer living northwest OF
Arlington. was struck by lightning on
Sunday night and burned to the
ground, together with its contents. in
Guiding four horses. wagons, etc. The
barn was insured.
South Dakota farm land continues to
be i'm great demand. Out of ii party OF
five Iowa men who were looking over
land i'm the vicinity of Artesian re-
Gently. four made purchases. Numer-
Gus sales are being made daily in all
parts Of the state.
The steam boiler of an artesian well
drilling outfit exploded with terrific
force at Aberdeen. The boiler went
through the roof, passed owe the top
Of dwelling house, and landed
over 1000 feet away, total wreck.
Several OF the employees were slightly
injured.
The Aberdeen High School Alumni
association held its annual meeting
with Miss ELLA Brown. About forty
members were present. The following
officers were elected: President. Fan
ME Haurer; vice president. Genevleve
Taubman: secretary. Myrtle Han;
treasurer Newton Long.
Michael Neollick Of Nebraska is seek
ing to recover his five-year-old child
from its aunt. who lives near Bowd-a e.
The chilG's mother is dead. and the
aunt has taken care Of it up to this
time and declines to give it up. Ha'
beas corpus proceedings will shortly
be argued before Judge Campbell in
Aberdeen.
A scheme on the part Of certain resi-
dents of Clay county to defraud the
state has been discovered. 1t Is al
legged that the parties are making q
practice Of crossing the Missouri river
into Nebraska to Kill wolves. The
scolns Of which are brought to Sou.h
Dakota and turned i'll for the state
bounty of SO.
Articles OF incorporation nave peeh
filed for the Ramsey Park association,
nj Ram sey. McCo, k cur ty, WITH cap
ital of $1,000 Incolp3rators: John a.
Swanson. Frank c. Fitzgerald, Frank
"A Landers. Also, for the Ladies