The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-10-04
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South Dakota
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| morning of the fire in Chinatown, have
| been bound over to the grand jury at
Deadwood, under a cash bon dof $3.50.
Thieves entered the Omaha depot at
Valley Springs by cutting through a
window. They scattered express pack
{ ges about the room. but nothing was
| taken.
The Grace Frawley establishment at
Deadwood. the most notorious resort
In the Black Hills, was destroyed by
fire. Loss. to furniture. $4,000; build
Ing. $4,000.
The government snag boat Josephine,
| commanded by Capt. Billy Gould, has
! lust left Chamberlain for the lower
iise~. after having removed number
If very troublesome snags from the
| liver.
| Judge Gaffy has adjourned court at
| Miller. Mack Wissel and George Con-
way We're each sentenced to two years
| TT Sioux Falls for burglary. Frank
! f<uper was sentenced TO eighteen
months for an attempt TO commit rape.
| The annual meeting of the Aberdeen
District Medical society was held in
Aberdeen, and the following officers
| President, DR.. Edwards. Bowdle; vice
! iecretary and treasurer DR.. George
Countryman, Aberdeen.
| The fall term of Huron college has
| opened, with an enrolment of stu
| tents fully up to expectations and in
Cications pointing to an attendance
lreater than last year. The college
building has been put in thorough re-
pair and much has been added in the
| way of equipments. Several changes
| In the faculty have also been made.
! The reconstruction OF the gas ana
| electric lighting plant at Aberdeen, de-
| stroyed several weeks ago, has pro.
PRESSED far enough so that the manu-
| facture Of the iluminant has begun
| again, and patrons ar" being supplied.
| The electric branch of the establish
ment was rebuilt and resumed opera
tons within thirty days after the fire.
| The quarterly statement Of the First
National Bank of Lead shows a depos-
| 1t of $616eo0, which is the earnings,
principally, of the laboring men of the
town. The present season has been the
best ever experienced by Lead people.
nearly all of the burned district has
been rebuilt, and the foundation is be-
| ing laid for $4,000 hotel, which will
be the finest in the state.
Bryan Coffee and William Kinsella
have started from Kimball for San
| Francisco in charge of a deputy United
| States marshal on a peculiar mission.
| They have been subpoenaed as wit
nesses before the United States court
In the trial of a. man (name unknown in
| KimbalD who is under arrest charged
with having fraudulently drawn the
pension of one John Kennedy, formerly
of Kimball and long since deceased.
| The Neuvitas Hemp Manufacturing
company has been organized in Lead.
with a capitalization of $4,000. The
company owns a large amount OF
hemp and timber land along the shore
of Neuvitas bay, in Cuba. New ma
chinery of modern pattern will be pur-
chased next month in New York for a
planning mill will also be purchased. to
work up the mahogany timber. The
lncorporators of the company are: o.
r. Brandt, George Collins, Frank Bry-
mt, Henry Keats Primo Callaffiora, of
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York TO purchase the machinery.
The postoffice at Garden City was
entered and robbed of $20S in money in
q mysterious manner. The postoffice is
conducted by Seeley Bros. in connec-
ton with their store. Sunday morning
the front door of the building and the
doors of the safe We're found wide open.
The burglar or burglars undoubtedly
possessed keys to the building and had
become acquainted with the combina-
tion of the safe. Nothing was missed
except the money. There was a guam
tity OF stamps in the safe, as well as
other valuable papers, but these were
not molested. There is no clue to the
guilty parties, and the whole affair APP
pears very mysterious.
Daniel Policy, Turner county farm
err had peculiar experience with
bolt of lightning and a miraculous es-
cape from death. He was milking a
COW in an open shed, when a bolt of
lightning descended, exploding about
fifteen feet from him. He says the ex-
plosion took place about a foot from
the ground and very much resembled
the explosion of q giant fire cracker,
only louder and more of IL. Policy ana
the COW were both knocked over, the
animal rolling completely over him.
An examination of the spot where the
explosion occurred, between the barn
and the windmill. showed no disturb
ance of the surface of the ground.
Judge Moore convened the adjourned
term of the circuit court at Sturgis. In
the case of the State of South Dakota
VS.. Nick Kiefer. for cattle-stealing,
motion for a new trial was denied and
the defendant was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. Ed Dittman
and Harry f. Hansen, charged with
rse-stealing, were arraigned, pleaded