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


city,
James Kelly, who was incarcerated
III the Big Stone county Jail at Orion
vile some weeks ago. for horse steal
ing broke Jail and has, thus FIR, made
good his escape.
Judge Garland, of the United States
court sentenced Knute Stemens or
Nankton, to thirty days in the Yank-
ten county Jail. He pleaded guilty 10
the charge of cutting timber ON gov
eminent land.
United States Marshal Bedding re-
Gently brought TO DeadwoOd a stall
wart young Indian buck, who. it is al
legged. murdered another Indian at
Pine Ridge Agency. He will be tried
in the United States court in Dead
wood.
Ed Carr of DeadwOod fell fifty-eight
foot down IA shaft. in which he was
working near Portland. A companion
in the bottom OF the shaft caught him
before he struck the bottom, which
saved his life. He sustained a broken
rib and numerous bruises.
1t is stated on good authority that
Congressman Freeman Knowles, who
has appeared so prominently In Black
Hills politics, will remove to Salt Lake
City as soon as his present term as
congressman expires. He has sold the
Dcadw God Independent, the afternoon
daily.
The following officers of the NJ. w.
A.. Camp BOB, Langford, have been
installed for the ensuing year: V. g.,
ID. A. Keller; w. A, w. r. Donald;
banker, o. A. Beckman; clerk, Frank
puntine; escort, l.. j. Case; watch
man. III. Il. Williams; sentry Charles
StearneS.
Mrs. Uriah Wood, well known
throughout South Dakota as a prom
inent temperance and Christian work
er, died at the age Of fifty years at Elk
Point. She came to Elk PCirt in 1864,
and has since taken prominent part
in educational temperance and reiig"
ious work in South Dakota.
A. l.. schultz proprietor of the Com
| mercial hotel. Yankton, with other rel
| atiyes, has fallen heir TO a fair-slzed
| fortune through the death Of an uncle
| i'm New York city. His share will be
abort S33.250. Mrs. Weight and Mrs.
| Pasch of James, s. d., sisters OF Mr.
| Schultz, will receive a like amount.
| Word has just been received from
! few miles northeast of Miller that, as
| two boys of Frank Calkins were run
ming the horses. one Of the boys, aged
about fifteen years, was thrown from
the wagon and killed, his neck being
broken. The other boy was thrown
out but was only slightly injured.
Supt. C. f. Hagar of Mitchell will
leave in few days for Washington,
! ID. c., to secure attractions Tor the
! Chautauqua assembly to be held at
| Big Stone City July 14-21. The associ-
alton has raised $1,000 towards the
erection of $1,000 hotel ON the
grounds, and now want some party TO
furnish the balance and take charge OF
it.
DIR. /. l.. Sanderson died at Fort
Meade, two miles west of SturgiS, re-
Gently. He went to the fort in the
mrlning. and while there was taken
suddenly i'll and died in a few hours.
The doctor was an old resident of Stur-
gis. and has practiced medicine here
many years. He was unmarried and
IL was not known that he had any rel
atives. He was contract physician
at the fort at the time OF his death.
For the state G. A. r. encampment,
which meets in Hot Springs June Z, 3
and 8, the EIkhorn railroad has made
the exceptionally low rate of So from
Sioux City to Hot Springs and return.
This is about ! cent a mile, and will
undoubtedly induce very great num-
Der to make the trip besides those who
come to enjoy the encampment. Inc
railroads leading to Sioux City from
the eastern part of the state will make
proportionately low rate to Sioux
City.
In the circuit court of Stanley c0un-
ty Sam Lcmby was dismissed and Ed
Delehan found guilty OF assault and
given n sentence of thirty days inn
prisonmont and fine of $780, These
are the two men who were arre.ted
some time ago on n charge of assault
with deadly weapons on Marshal
Bentley Of Fort Pierre, tie assault be-
ing the one in which Il. L. FaleS,
prominent citizen Of that place, was
killed by load of shot from the gun In
the hands of the marshal, which he
was using in his attempt TO arrest Del
chan and Lemby.
c. w. Green, United States timber
inspector for the Black Hills, has been
at Hot Springs for II few days, anu
has set great many TO guessing as TO
whether people are going TO be permit
ted to cut wood for their own use. He
has notified parties who have been
hauling wood to Hot Springs to sell
that they are forbidden to do so, ana
it will rot be permitted. The old dead
timber may be used for domestic pur-
poses. after which timber may be cut
by people for their own use, but they
must pay for it according to stumpage