The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-29
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has an enrolment of 1O2 Indian pupils.
Joseph Renner, an old resident or
this county, whose home has been Al
is dead.
1t is reported that Hamlin Garland.
the well known author, has bought a
farm in Brown county.
Some Of the farmers Of Kingsbufy
have united to sink artesian
wells for irrigation purposes.
Two special trains Of emigrants
passed through Mitchell bound for
points in the northern part OF the state.
Marion is to have a new hotel. 1t is
to be owned and managed by w. Z.
the depot agent at that
place.
Albert Kruger. farmer living near
Alpena, claims that Dom Paul Kruger.
the South African statesman, is an
uncle of his.
At the sale of school lands in Roberts
county eighty-two tracts of forty acres
each were sold. The lowest price was
Ell an acre; the highest $3.50.
An ordinance is shortly to be placed
before the Aberdeen council to the
effect that a police officer shall not re-
tain his place for more than four years
Tramps are already putting in an
appearance. One who appeared at
Tyndall the other day said he was on
his way to North Dakota harvest
fields"
Two deaths have occurred ut Iank.
ton within the past few days. A. Aid
seth, aged siXty-nine, and q. Smith,
recently arrived settler. Both owned
farms upon the James river.
The citizens of Virgil are preparing
to organize town hall association
the object being to erect hall suita-
bic for public gatherings, with a hall
overhead to be used for lodge pur-
poses.
washington is the largest South Da'
kota town which desires to incorporate
and n petition has been circulated and
the required number Of signatures OBJ
tanned to bring the matter before the
people.
| ID. l.. POintexter, a prominent man OF
verdon, has disappeared. leaving no
! traces of his whereabouts. 1t is be-
Iieved that he has wandered away
while suffering from some Slight NEIL
! tai arrangement.
! DIR. III. A. l.. Won Wedelstaedt. VINO
! died at Deadwood, was about ninety
years of age. being the oldest practlc-
! ING physician in South Dakota. lie
was Mason fifFy-five years. lie came
10 the Black Hills in 1877.
The supervisors of Logan township,
Eingsbury county, are advertising for
bids for the blowing of iireDreak
around the entire township. The next
few weeks is the period when danger
from prairie fires is greatest
At the sale Of school lands tract
near Dell Rapids sold for $3.50 per
acre, the highest price at which school
land has been sold in the state. A
tract twenty-five miles from Sioux
Falls sold for $23 per acre. while an
other brought $685. per acre.
The contribution Of Fall River coun'
~ TO the permanent school fund TOT
he present year is $500, $500 or thar
being interest Of that portion OF the
fund invested in the county. ana tns
other 50 OCO from the sale anS lease ol
the school lands at the recent sale.
A Black Hills agent OF the larges'
Klondike steamship company at seat
tie announces that berths on all lines
have ben engaged ahead Tor wv
months to come, and that it Is ilnpossi
BILE to reach the gold shores by waite
before that time owing to the rush.
Ry the blowing out Of the arch pipe
Of an engine pulling northboun'
freight on the Great Northern, I'm
pineer Osmundson and Fireman Netn
way. whose homes are at Wlilmar
were seriously scalded by ESCAPING
steam. The injured men were takei
TO Sioux Falls.
7. ]. Warner. who was arrested
De Smet on the charge of stealing
nuantity of grain. was held to the CIT
tcuit court. His bonds were placed a
S35O His son. J. S. Warner, was mel
in the sum of 5000 as a witness. II
default of bail father and son hav
been placed in the county jail.
Meade county. through its auditor
w. A. McMichael. at Sturgis, Is PR
pared to receive bids up to noon, apr
(. 1900. for S24 800 Of refunding BONDS
payable in twenty years, with pc
cent interest. payable semi-annually
The bonds are 10 be in denomination
OF $500 ca oh and payable to the beare
in New York city.
Elizabeth Str.lble. eoltor OF the MAJ
titus. q Christian Science newspape
pleaded guilty in the federal court q
Sioux Falls to sending obscene litera
ture through the mails. and was nne
5000. Mrs. Struble refused to pay IN
fine and was then taken TO jail. Sn
admitted mailing papers containing oil
iectionable matter, but denies that
was improper
George A. Silsby national bank e.
| aminer Of South Dakota, stated Will
, in the Black Hills for the purpose
{ adjusting the loss by fire at Lead,
an insurance company, that the banl
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