The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-29
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Work has commenced on the excava-
ton for a new $50 900 hotel ut Sisseton.
One dealer last week sold over 81 600
worth of cattle in the vicinity OF Nil
Ter.
The Union Bridge company has been
organized at Yankton, with capital
stock of 100000.
Ex-Congressman w. V. Lucas OF
Chamberlain will deliver the Fourth OF
July address at Tyndall.
Miss L. Klein of South Dakota was
appointed hospital nurse at the Chey-
enne River Indian school.
The supreme lodge Ancient Order OF
United Workmen has decided to hold
its next annual meeting in Sioux FANS.
c.. n. Lukes of Pierre is said to be
slated for the position of state insur-
ance examiner on and after. July l
next.
Fully 1900 people attended the an
nal picnic Of the Black Hills, at Spear
fish. All parts of the Hills were repre-
sented.
/ The telephone difficulty ut Madison
has been adjusted, by fixing the rates
for business houses at S1.5O per month
and residences 81.
Coy. Lee has appointed, as fish and
game wardens: Canton Hoblet, Clark
county: John T.. Evans, Charles Mix;
C. 4. Martin, Butte.
The wild fruit crop along the Mis-
souri, river will be very light this year,
in some localities, owing 10 the dam
age done by caterpillars.
The mint director reports South Da-
kotas production of gold last year to
be worth So 500, 700, and the amount OF
silver to be 152. 800 ounces.
\ gasoline ferry boat will be placed
I'm operation from Smiths Landing, In
Charles Mix county. to points on the
opposite side of the Missouri river.
The Pleasant Valley creamery, one
OF the five in Lake county, gets milk
from 400 cows, and ships twenty-eight
tubs Of butter of sixty pounds each
per week.
Harris Oium, sheriff Of BrOokings
county. was made vice president for
South Dakota for the Interstate Sher-
ifs association, in session at Burling-
ton, Iowa.
The pavilion in Simpson Park was
finished this week, and presents fine
appearance. 1t viii accommodate g.
coo people.
business with stone men in Fall River
county this spring, owing, largely, to
contemplated improvements on the
part Of the railroads.
T. ID. Simmons has been appointed
receiver of the property Of Stephen
Clark. the Hutchinson county farmer
who. on the 9th inst. shot his wife and
fteen year-old daughter.
G. Mouchct. farmer living near
Faulkton. was drowned wriIe bathing
in a large pond. A neighbor stood on
the bank but, being unable 10 swim,
could net help him.
The John Oliver ranch. near Puck
wanna has been sold to Frank III. Davis
OF Charlottesville. s. ID. The price was
$4,000. making the transfer the larg-
est for souc time in that vicinity.
l.. X Heg:rlin, who was arraigned at
Aberdeen some days ago for shooting
ut fishermen ut ScatterwOod lake, on
preliminary examination at Aberdeen,
was held to- the circuit court in bonds
of $500.
Two barns on the farm of A.. Il.
Smcdley. near Miibank, burned. They
contained large lot of farm tools, u
wagon. buggy. harness and q guam
tity of grain. Loss. $1,000; Insurance.,
$500, in the ST Paul.
The Aberdeen board of education has
decided TO erect II fourteen room brick
school house. two stories high. Three
new teachers were hired. Miss Carrie
Arnold Of RedfieId, Mrs. Daisy Far
rand and Mrs. E. " Rhodes.
Tie state board OF regents will, on
the 23d inst, open bids and award the
contract for the construction of two
story brick gymnasium and drill hall
on the grounds Of Jthe South Dakota
Agricultural college at BroOkings.
w. r. Raymond, Gregory county
settler has been bound over to appear
before the next federal grand jury to-
answer to the charge OF having bought
or received stolen cattle which be-
longed TO IndLanS on the ROsebuH
reservation.
The trustees of the NJ. +. church.
which was destroyed by the tornado
which swept over the region lying on
the boundary Zine between Brule and
Charles Mix counties. have decided to-
rebuild on the site occupied by the de-
strOyed structure.
Clark Fairall of Leon, Iowa, has
written the secretary of state to know
II anything can he learned Of his SON,
william. who was last heard Of in this
state in 1897. The father has heard
that his son was frozen to death, and
desires further information.
On June o. Frank Kline. Of Emory
started for Sioux City with a carload