The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-08-09
South Dakota
conoro, State News
Photographed.
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wagnar is to have a new Baptist
church.
The South Shore sports have organ
lied bah team.
Letters from w. H. Thrall OF Huron
say he is having a good time In Paris.
The postoffice thieves at Olivet only
succeeded in getting two postage
stamps.
Indians on the Yankton reservation
will build a number of houses this sum-
mer.
w. E. Rudy. charged with killing an
Indian named Long Holy, has been ac-
quilted.
sixty-one car loads of stock were
shipped from Violin during the month
of June.
Frank Birkinbine of Scotland lost five
of his best work horses by bolt Of
lightning
The Milwaukee track gang in Charles
Mix county is laying a mile and a half
of track a day.
Thomas Mcclellan, who recently died
in the Yankton insane asylum, came to
South Dakota In 1888.
Guy Jensen, about twelve years of
age, was drowned in Covells lake. near
Sioux Falls. He was taken with cramps.
Judge Gaffey of Pierre sentenced Jack
Keefer to three years in the peniteu-
tiary on plea Of guilty to horse steal
ing.
III. G. Semaker OF Austin, forest SUI
pervisor, lost his house and contents
by fire. The loss is $4,000, partly in
sured.
A. Dawson of Lodi, Clay county. COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself with
a revolver. He was suffering from con-
sumption.
Meade county has called for $1,000 Oh
the permanent school fund for which
school bonds are issued. The office is
making out the bonds to secure the
loan.
Nels Larson, farmer of Greenfield,
Clay county, committed suicide by cut
ting an artery in his left arm. The
deed was the result of temporary in
sanity.
The BIZ ck Hills has seen the largest
wool clip in it's history the past sea-
son. One of the largest wool growers,
Jerome w. Higbie. places the estimate
Of the past season at 100000 pounds.
Willie Malone. an alleged crook, was
arrested at Elkpoint and taken to ver-
million, charged with stealing $40 from
w. G.. Bower. He Is also wanted at
Meckling on charge of horse stealing.
The last of the wolf bounty for tho
present fiscal year has been paid out.
This leaves no appropriation available
until after next July, unless the legisla-
| ture takes action next winter. Claims
| yet unpaid amounting to s21, 900 are on
| file.
| The total assessed valuation of Brule
county is fixed by the equalization
board at 81, 1921, of which 81, 1876, 300 Is
on real estate and the balance on per-
sonal property. This is an increase OF
,9S1 over the assessed valuation Of
one year ago.
After ten years of temperance the
town of Revillo will once more have a
saloon. At a recent meeting of the
village trustees license was granted
Frank Emmerich. Madison of Madi-
son. who has begun the erection Of a
two-story brick saloon building.
Nick Schummer accidentally discov-
cred baby wrapped in clothes in a
small box on stone pile near Saint
Martis academy at Sturgis. The child
was fully developed and yet living, but
had been deposited in the box immedi-
ately after birth and without having
received the slightest attention.
Two Indians arrived in Rapid City
with rich-looking gold ore and went to
an attorney to ask his opinion as to the
value of ii. An assay Of the ore
showed 1t to be worth $1,000 per ton
gold. The Indians refuse to state the
location of the find, but 1t is believed
to be some place in the Bad Lands.
George p. Winston Of Frederick ana
his brother, F. H. Winston of Evans
vile, have purchased the fine property
known as the McAlpine ranch. seven
miles west of Frederick. The ranch in
cludes 1,520 acres of land, an artesian
well. fine farm buildings and larxk
body of natural timber. Consideration
about $1,000.
The body of Jesse f. Barlow, a 1orv
mer member of Company b of the First
regiment South Dakota, who remained
In the Philippines when the regiment
returned TO America and enlisted in one
of the regular regiments, and who died
in hospital at Manila. arrived al
Sioux Falls recently and was given a
military funeral.
Il is reported that the track layers on
the Milwaukee extension from Aber-
deem to the Missouri have stopped work
demanding raise from $3.50 to $175
day. The demand for harvest hands
In this region has caused raise in the
wages of common labor for the time
being. The new town north of Bangor
on the new line has been named Selby
and the terminal point Evarts.
Harvest was begun at Revilio several
days ago. end the result in many cases
Is not very gratifying. Some fields have