The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-05-24
The Maecabees of Yankton will give

The widow. of the late Rev. j. l..
Brown of Aberdeen, has been granted
a pension of SIS per month.
Now that Mellette has voted against
licensing saloons, there is u demand
that gambling should also be suppress
ed.
Fathers Smith and Kennedy, Paul
lists of New York, will conduct mis-
sion ut the Catholic church at Aber-
deen the entire week beginning June ).
The J. l. Case threshing company is
negotiating for site at Aberdeen, on
which to erect large brick building
to be used AS headquarters for the two
states.
The Exchange hotel building ut
Beresford has been leased by Louis
Lyckholm, who will take possession
June /, and have It ready to reopen as
"A hotel by the 10Th.
Charles Mix county has reached
period in its existence where il can
have its name added to the list OF
South Dakota counties which have no
outstanding warrant Indebtedness.
Tie city authorities of Brookings are
figuring on putting in a hot water
heating plant for the purpose of sup
! plying heat during the winter to busi-
ness houses adjacent to the engine
house.
Yankton college. not to be behind
other organizations Of a similar nature
has staked Greek play "Sappho' on
the college green in the correct histor-
zeal costumes. The play made II decid-
ed hit.
c. +. Boyd and his wife, Rachel Nc
! Bride and their 3-year-old grandson
Were thrown from a wagon at Dead
! wood, the boy being instantly killed.
Boyd and his wife Wee dangerously
bruised
The annual encampment of the Sol
diers' and Sailors Union of the Black
Hills will be held in .Sturgis June Is
and IA. Special arrangements have
been made to have present to vOlun-
teer soldiers Of the late Spanish war
| A volunteer fire company has been
organized ut Estelline with the follow
ing officers: j. w. Bowe, chief; Il. j.
| Carnahan, first assistant; C.. 5. Aims
wirth, second assistant; G. 5. White
more, secretary; t. Nj. Pope, treasurer.
A new Mennonite colony to be estab
| lished near Scotland will consist of
fourteen families. They have ordered
some new machinery of the latest inn
/ proved pattern for a Touring mill they
| have purchased and expect To have it
repaired and in running order in about
| five weeks.
! Yanktons school authorities have
decided to keep all it's old teachers and
| the only places to be filled will be the
vacancies caused by designations. The
| high school force has been reduced by
one teacher, and the superintendent
/ will hereafter be required to give half
of his time to teaching,
Two Pine Ridge Agency Indians
named Brave and White Bull have
! been arrested by the United States au-
thorities and he'd to appear at the next
! term of the federal court ut Sioux
Falls to answer to the charge of steal
ing and butchering cattle belonging TO
white stockmen.
| John Ronning, a young man residing
/ near Wentworth, is suffering from a
new disease called by the attending
physician bicycle paralysis" The
! young man was Frustrated by over
eXertion while bicycle riding, and the
! paralysis resulted. His physician does
not apprehend anything permanent in
his disease.
While Henry Nearman. IA farmer,
was engaged i'm burning cornstalks on
! his farm near Elk Point, he miracu-
| lousy escaped instant death. Just at
| ter passing near a point where some
cornstalks were on fire there was Il ter
1 rifle explosion, ii afterwards being dis
covered that quantity Of dynamite
lad been buried i'm the ground, the
heat of the fire exploding it.
The Huron board of education has
accepted a proposition from certain
bondholders whereby 100000 indebt-
| edness Is settled by the eXfesiCn of the
| time for the payment of the bonds 20
/ years. and the reduction of interest to
! three per cent. This includes judg-
I ment. interest on same and the interest
on the principal. The settlement is
very satisfactory TO all concerned.
! An old Indian, typical member of
| the Sioux tribe. who has lived at
! Flandreauefor the past 30 years,
| known commonly as Granny Weston,
died at this place Friday night, hay-
| ing reached over four score years.
1 She was well known through n wide
extent Of this section among the white
! population as well as the Indians. She
was heir to some property interests of
value inthe s-ate Of California.
! Through the carelessncss of an engi-
neer ut Abe hoise Homestake mine,
number of men had a remarkable es-
cape from instant death. ,ihe cage
| started from the surface TO the 500
1 foot level. AT the G0O-foot level the
| chaf or steel support for the cage had
fallen across the shaft. The cage
| struck il with terrible force. Several
Of the men had their legs broken and
received internal injuries of a serious
nature.
| The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance { the young man Frank
/ Iampc from his ranch near Leslie. 20
miles from Pierre, grows deeper as the