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

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erdecn were grown 10y Thomas f.. WIN.
ians Of plana. This entities him 70 n
special prize Of 50 offered by Mr. Nor.
rcgang.
Cadet James \. Hand. T.. S. n. is IN
NanktOn visiting with friends and rel.
atives for few days. -Four years ago
Cadet Hand entered the United States
naval school at Annapolis as South
Dakotas representative. He gradual.
ed last spring, just as hoStilities with
Spain broke out. and was assigned ia
service on Admiral Schley's tlagship.
the Brooklyn. In recognition Of his
conduct during the battle at Santiago.
Admiral Schley, in his report. recon-
mcnds him for honorable menton TO
congress for conspicuous bravery
The stone quarrles OF the Black Hills
will undoubtedly see better year in
1899 than ever before. The Union Pa.
cite railroad work has heretofore been
done with Colorado stone but it is said
this company has made figures with
some OF the loading quarrymen OF the
Hills. Freight rates Oh the building
stone Of the Hills have been too high
to bring the stone into competition
with Colorado on the west and Sioux
Falls stone Oh the east. 1t is an
nounced that the Union Pacific will
give better rates to the Black Hills
people. which will mean the opening
up of several large qudrries.
The jail at Chamberlain is at present
well filed with prisoners, several Of
whom got into a dispute. During the
heat Of the argument. William Nc
Carthy picked UP n key belonging 10
the hydrant and struck II. T.. Harvey
a crushing blow with IL on the top Of
the head. Harvey was knocked sense
less and remained UNCONSCIOUS nearly
four hours. Mccarthy. Who appears
TO be vicious character. has since
been kept in solitary confinement in
one of the steel cells. \ few days ago
he engaged in n lively scrap with an
Indian prisoner named Crow Dog. q
son of the celebrated Sioux chief Crow
Dog. but in this tusSle the Indian had
decidedly the better of the argument.
About six weeks ago there appeared
mt Iankton man by the name of Will
lam Bell, hailing from Lakeville. Conn.
lie canvaSsed the surrounding country
contracting for horses, to he delivered
Jan. Il. AS he soon departed and did
not return on that date. he was given
up as fake. A few days ago he re-
turned and notified the different par
ties that he wished the horses deliy-
cred "Wednesday noon. The owner Of
one of the horses was anxious To re-
ceive his money and return home He
1.voS b..l off
when he was given check on n Lake
vile bank for $500. 4 telegram of in
quiry sent to the bank brought back
the reply. mo funds The sale was
declared off. He claimed his wife had
drawn the money during his absence
from home.
a lively interest is already being
in the live stock business
in this section Of the state says an Alb
erdeen correspondent. Farmers are
picking up all the young cattle they
can buy, and several car loads Of heif-
eIS and cows have already been ship
ped in to meet the demand for cattle of
this kind. They are being taken at
good prices, and the indications are
that the range will be better stocked
than ever before. Farmers are coming
TO realize more and more each year
that this is an ideal stock country, and
that n fortune awaits the man who
goes into the stock business ana sticks
to it with determination to win. A
few years ago many business men
Were interested in wheat farming. To
day the shrewd business man has a
fine bunch Of cattle or sheep, which he
Is constantly adding to. and thus
builds up an enterprise which will
make him rich and prosperous.
An unusual incident occurred i'm con-
nection with the arrest. at Dell Rapids,
recently. Of n young man named Por-
ter, wanted for stealing a bicycle and
a quantity of clothing from n farmer
living near Bruce. BOOkings county.
Porter traded off some Of the clothing
ut Egan. While in that place he made
the acquaintance of n young fellow
named christopher Olson. He sue
ceeded in getting possession of some
or Olson's money and then fed. Olson
went 10 Dell Rapids and about mid
night applied to the chief Of police for
n place TO sleep. stating that his part
ner had given him the slip at ECan af-
ter securing the most Of his money.
Some hours earlier Porter had been ar
rested and lodged in jail. Saying moth
ing about this, the chief of police put
olson in the same cell with his former
companion. Their surprise can be inn
agined. Porter, realizing that he had
all the trouble he wanted with the
BrookingS county affair. returned to
olson the amount he had obtained
from him.
John j. Favel, general manager of
the Holy Terror company at keystone
for some time, who died recently from
the effects of an operation for appendi-
cltis at Lead had a Dealwood LAWYER
make out his will. His estate is vari.
ousiy estimated at from 100000 TO
Son,oOo. He gave literally to public