The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-11-29

o,ca, Win the denans
had his ,son' a farmer Of Hns,a
asn,ai aiaa down off by the Ivy
aen,aa discharge of a shotgun me acct
iioi.en Is dead at Deadwo.,
q result OF getting crushed ood az
.wo cars at the smelter of the pp.'ween
a, =. swan, a pioneer artes,.,
ariiier OF n state, will soon ramawell
ooutnern California, Where he i 4 70
in the oil regions. VIII work
Charles and Wilbur wa,Lo.
low Lakes have purchased si,as WI
sons iiour mill at Worthwhile ana onn-
operate 1t in the future. Nu VIII
Hereafter the daily passenver -,
which now runs through Milhan saln
Aberdeen will make it's western "
minal at Milbank, as formerly.
The people of South Short clair
the grain elevators in their to,vn "as
taking In more grain than those ~
other town of It's size In the state IVY
A strong flow has been struck IN -.
new city artesian well at Aberdesn
a depth of 955 feet. The water 10 o,.as
and a strong pressure is indicated
The business men of Oliyet ara
couraging the young men of that H..
to organize a land, and stems hass
been taken with that object in v,ou,
Citizens of Mellette have deciaaa !
abandon the old artesian well, which
has recently been causing trouble ana
sink a new one as soon as possible.
The total shipments of cattle from
Pierre during the season now DRAWN.
TO a close was about 700 car loads the
shipments this yea being about tbs
same as last.
The latter part of the month the In.
dams at Sisseton agency will have the
sun of $3.50, 600 distributed among them
by the government. This will be about
SIS for each Indian.
Sisseton, having captured the county
seat of Roberts county, the citizens are
preparing to erect a temporary jail in
which to place prisoners until a perma.
nent structure car be erected.
Hedge w. Rogness and Andrew c.
Austin of Hudson have formed a part
nership under the firm name of Rogness
e. Austin and will conduct a large gen.
eral merchandise store at that place.
Lawrence county cast Isl more votes
than Minnehaha county, and is there
fore the largest voting county in the
state. Lawrence cast 6,l23 votes and
Minnehaha 5,972. The city of Lead cast
a total Of 2.076 votes.
Walter M. Wheeler of Redfeld, twen-
ty-five years old, lost his life in Twin
lakes. He attempted to cross the ice
on the lake, but broke through and be-
fore he could be rescued was drowned.
He leaves a wife and child.
w. H.. Lamphere, for years engaged
in the mercantile business at Canoya,
has sold his business and moved to the
central part of the state, where he will
engage in the stock business in the
coded Sioux lands west of the Missouri
river.
Charles Dietrich, the newly elected
governor OF Nebraska, has a history in
the Black Hills. Old-timers remember
him, and they have a good many In
teresting stories which they relate OF
his early life among the mountains OF
the Black Hills.
The South Dakota dairy and butter
makers tenth annual meeting will be
held 1t DeSmet on Dec 4, 5 and 6. Com
petent instructors have been engaged
for the occasion and Ii is he purpose
to hold a short winter school on dairy
ing and buttermaking.
William Tierney has returned to
Deadwood from Cape Nome and Daw'
son, where he made about $l00,0 600. Mr.
and Mrs. John Duffy have also returns
ed from the Klondike. Duffy owns 9
number Of valuable mining claims OF
Pine creek, ear Atlin.
A war on gamblers and gambling
devices has been instituted by the au'
thorities of FlandreaU. All places wher'
gambling Is believed to have been car
ried on have been closed. The new
orders are very strict. Playing cardi
or throwing dice for cigars no longei
Is permitted.
A Sphinx county boy prevented VIVA
might have been a serious railroad &C
cident. A prairie fire burned the woodei
portions of the Northwestern railroad
bridge over Turtle creek. The boy ra'
to Frankfort station and Informed IN
agent. An approaching passenger tran
was stopped and a disaster averted.
III. Dukes, a Huron saloonman. ma
been bound over to the next term .
circuit court in Beadle county on IN
charge Of selling liquor to minors IN
prosecution is the ~outgrowth OF
drunken carousal inv which a numpe
of young lads. pms of some of huron
most prominent citizens. participated
John Mundhenk, a farmer hvih
about a mile south of Chancellor, los
a valuable barn. threshing machln
and other farm implements by nre. "a
had a fire of corn cobs in his steal
thresher. He ran the machine into u
barn and I'm a very short time the emu
buildinp was in flames. The total los