The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-11


upon corruption and jealousy
The newly elected members Of the
supreme court were swora AMI Justice
Fuller was selected as the presiding
judge for the first two years of tho
term. to be followed by justice Haney
for the second period Of TWO years and
Justice Corson for the last two years.
The improvements i'm Huron for the
past year amount to considerable over
100000, including the new dormitory
at the Speariish normal. \ great many
new residences have been erected and
n number OF new business houses. The
statement Of the Bank Of Spearfish
shows a deposit Of over S1J9,D00
Harris Franklin. general manager of
the Golden Reward Company of Dead
wood, states that the report that his
company contemplates buying up air
of the possessions Of the kildonan afI
Horseshoe companies is erroneous. He
states that his company has bought
out all of the companies it, intends TO
for n time
Gray wolves are becoming exceed
iRgly numerous upon the range, ana
ages. The other night seven or eight
of the hungry wolves attacked COW
within eighty rods OF the home Of
james Ahera and Killed the cow ami
had it almost deyodred before they
were observed iheir snarling and
fighting arousing the family
\ unique proposition has been made
90 the county commissioners of Brook
ings county by a delinquent taxpayer.
He sent the board communication in
which he stated that he was owing the
county $50 back personal taxes, and
that he was willing to compromise the
claim by paying $40 in cash and turn
ing in to the county an old buggy,
which he declared was not mortgaged,
the buggy and cash to be considered
full payment of his delinquent taxes.
]. ID. LAWN, grand recorder Of the
a. o. l.. w. Of South Dakota. has re-
ceived reports from all the lodges for
the month of December and has made
II summary of the order. which shows
that the state has 11,044 members, the
gain for the year having been $50. The
contest for supremacy Jan. l between
Aberdeen ana Sioux Falls resulted In
victory for Aberdeen, with G67 mem
hers. against G34 for Sioux Falls and
ga for Lead.
John Gcmargo of Oldham carried
piece of dynamite in his pocket to his
home, where he removed 1t. a short
time afterward, when he placed his
pipe. containing a little fire, in his
pocket, there was an explosion Mt
made his hair stand on end. 1T APP
pears that small quantity Of dyna-
mite had broken eff the piece carried
by him and still remained in his
pocket. The pipe was blown to atoms,
but fortunately GomargO was not seri-
ously injured.
The new building ut Mystic for the
electro-cyanide plant is now enclosed
and the machinery will be put in place
as rapidly as possible. 1t will be a
custom mill with capacity for
handling seventy-five tons of ore day.
The process is entirely new SO far as
practical work is concerned. the sys-
tenn having only been experimental
with at Chicago upon a small scale,
ii N'ever, it was regarded as success Z
and the company has sufficient conf
dence in the method to put up ve~S
expensive and complete plant, which
will be the first electro-cyanide process
constructed in any mining country. it
will treat all classes of ores excepting
lead. They expect to have it in reaci-
ness to start March 1.
indications are getting better every
day" said an Eastern visitor to Dead
wood, 'for great stampede to the
Rlack Hills this spring. Every mining
district in the world has had q stam,s
pede except the Black Hills. There
have been several local booms in tbs
Hills which have turned things upside
down for short time Ia, a small COM
munity, but nothing like general
stampede has ever headed toward The
Hills. We Eastern men in Chicago,
and even as far back as New York city,
are becoming greatly interested in the
Black Hills. 1t is a fact worth cont
sidering that the Black Hills is the
nearest mining country the East has
to-day. 1t is fact that companies
are being organized in Chicago, ST.
Louis, Kansas City and other cities
already to operate in this new Edo
RADIO. The Letters of Chicago will send
their mining expert. A. b. Woods, to
Deadwood the first part of January.
Two mining engineers will also arrive
the first week in January from New
York city for the purpose Of choosing
mining ground for the New York &
Deadwood company"
The report Of the state treasurer for
the fiscal year ending June 80 last
shows that the amount due on bonds
al that date was S7oS.30O, none Of
which becomes" due before 1902, and
the last OF which will become due In
1910. There is at present about $780,
600 in the treasury, which is available
for reduction of the bonded debt, and
would be applied to that purpose in
case Of any of the holders OF state Sc
curities were willing to surrender