The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-04-26
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South Dakota
ro, State News
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Two new Drlck blocks are In course
OF construction at Fort Pierre.
A party Of $50 Russian immigrants
has Just settled on government land in
the vicinity of Eureka.
Bowdle is building up right along, in
spite of predictions to the contrary on
account of the advent of the new line.
A dog, evidently mad, bit three boys.
two horses COW and several dogs at
Arlington. The ribid animal was shot.
S. w. Snyder, one Of the pioneer bust
ness men Of Arlington, has sold his
grocery store and stock to David Gran
dali
Frank Hollabush, in jail at Huron for
several months on sentence for grand
larceny has been pardoned by GOV.
Lee
The residence Of John Brown. two
and half miles east of Arlington. vas
burned with all it's contents. Loss,
81 eco; partially covered by insurance.
The new brewery built at Central,
| Lawrence county, in the Black Hills, Is
now completed, and ii is expected that
| brewing will be started in a few days.
| Marvin and John Hillock Of Lead are
wanted bv the authorities for the NJ
! legged sailing of mine and trying to
rell il TO innocent parties for Il large
consideration.
| The number of patients In the state
insane asylum from Lawrence county
at present is fortytwo, and the ex-
| penses for the quarter ending March
| 30. are $1.915.0S.
1 ~ - IN
eral contracts for railroad construction
work in the northern part OF the state,
| and will Immediately send UP large
grading outfit.
| A petition is being circulated for an
other rural mail delivery route through
Trenton. to run straight south from
Aurora anu thence east four miles,
twenty-mile route.
| A Hecla citizen. A. NJ. Mitchell. an"
nounces that he has brought 400 head
of sheep through the winter with the
loss OF only twelve. lie pronounces this
the ideal sheep state.
| The Grand Army post at Clark is one
! Of the first to complete arrangements
/ for Memorial Day exercises. G. G.
Sherwood and +. f. Strawder will be
! the speakers of the occasion.
The town OF Aurora is now, for the
first time in several years, said to be
without anything resembling pig.
blind or otherwise. and prohibition, ap-
parently, prevails there.
The Methodists OF Bridgewater, after
untiring efforts. have just succeeded in
paying off the last dollar Of the heavy
Indebtedness which has been hanging
over the church for some time.
] Lawrence Weeks, young man about
twenty years Of age, mysteriously dis
appeared from his home, north OF VOL
sey, on the LIST inst, since which time
no trace Of him can be found.
The first ground for the new extern
sion Of the Missouri River railroad was
broken at Bowdle. and the graders are
in full swing now. A warehouse mas
been erected for the supplies and office
work.
] The eleventh annual session OF the
A. o. u. w. grand lodge OF South Da-
kota. and the sixth annual session or
the grand lodge Of the Degree OF Hon
or. will be held at Hot Springs, May 3.
The railroad ferry boat Jim Leighton.
went on sandbar at Pierre the first or
the week while the water was subsid.
ing. and is high and dry above the wa
| ter. Considerable trouble Is expected
in getting her off into the channel.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lois Struble. who
pleaded guilty in the United states
! court at Sioux Falls. March ID, to
charge of sending obscene literature
through the mails, and who went to jail
! In default Of payment Of fine OF 500,
| took the poor debtors oath and Sc
cured her release.
| Il. n. Anderson. n business man Of
Sioux Falls. while driving, leaned for
ward to grasp the reins, ana the horse
! kicked him In the face with both feet.
knocking him out of the buggy. The
| glasses he wore were smashed and por-
! tions entered his eyes. His nose was
broken and a number Of teeth knocked
out and he was otherwise Injured.
The city officials of Lead and Of Dead
wood are commencing TO look IN the
petty thieving business in both places,
| and there Is liable to he some close ex-
| animation of the work of the second
! hand stores ard cheap junk shops In
/ both cities there has been a great deal
| of stealing OF loose things about the
| city. and they have invariably been
found In some of the secondhand
| stores.
The airship constructed by Henry
WuIff Of Aurora. under the direction Of
| Henry Heintz. the inventor. has been
! tested. The test did not result salts
| factorlv. for it "proved to the mechanic
doing the work that it required too
heavy power to do the lifting" 1t has
not been decided as vet whether eff
| forts will be made to remedy. if posi-
BILE. the defect, SO that further tests
viii be made.
J. f.. Norvell Of the South Dakota
Holiness association. states that the
annual camp meeting. which is to be
held at Huron June % to July 3, Is ex-
,,oI,od 70 no the greatest religious gath