The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-04-04

M citizens of Tea asking the Great
Northern Railway company to retain a
station agent there permanently.
The firm of Fisher & Phelan, at Mil
bank. has been dissolved, MIR. Phelan
selling his interest in the business 10
Mr.. Fisher, who Will hereafter conduct
it. ~
For the San Benito Crude OIL compa-
ny, at Yankton, with a capital of ST.
DO .00O; i~ncorporators. Edward A. Bruce.
William l.. Bruce. Edmund II, Van
Antwerp.
The consolidation OF the Gilt Edge
and Dakota Maid mines, in the Straw
berry Gulch district, means much 10
Deadwood. The deal will go through.
without doubt.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Rolling Fork Zinc and
Copper company. at Pierre. with a cap
ital of 1000, 900; incorporators, John b..
Lee. H.. A. Peterson, l.. II. Stephens.
The members OF the Masonic lodge at
Hurley have purchased the necessary
ground, and will erect upon it a build
ing to be used for lodge purposes. The
structure will be 30x60 feet in size. and
will be handsomely finished and fur
nished.
wv. G.. Wilson, n Of the pioneer bust
ness men of South Shore, has con
cluded TO retire from the mercantile
business and leave South Dakota. Ow-
ing to poor health of a member of his
family, 1t is necessary to remove TO a
different climate.
THE 1,- - =,
Vermillion. and nc grave fears for it's
further spread are entertained. Only
eleven cases were discovered in all, ano
none of the patients have been danger
ously sick. The disease leaves no poX
marks on the body or face. the only ev-
idence left after recovery being blotch
es, which in a few weeks disappear en-
tirely. President Tilton, Of the board of
health, says there Is no cause for
alarm.
Sturgis row boasts a full Pledged la
Dor union, the first in its history. j. h..
Hunter of Lead organized a union, as a
branch of the Western Labor union,
and a charter has been applied for.
Nearly 100 names have been enrolled,
and the following officers have been
elected: President, William Calvin;
sice president, Robert Burns; secretary,
II. B. Melville; financial secretary, w.
T. Powell; guide, e. Mars; guard, w.
Il. Dean; trustees, George Harris, T.
Welsh, j. C. Hendricks. They expect to
make the union rate for common labor
81. 80 per day for ten hours. AS nearly
$780, 900 will be expended in Sturgis and
Fort Meade the coming summer in
building alone, and labor will be ~
great demand, the promoters are san
guine of success.
The past few weeks nay brought out
the fact that Vermilion has much in
ventive genius in her midst. Recently
S. NJ. Totten, who has charge of the To-
cal telephone exchange, completed a
scircuit to his farm, three miles from
town. by the use of the barbed wires on
the Milwaukee railroads fence, which
runs direct to his farm. A test was
made in the afternoon, which proved
satisfactory in every respect. Elmer
Jordan and Eugene Todd, about fifteen
years Of age, have been experimenting
with wireless ~telegraphy, and have sue
ceeded in gaining satisfactory results
with two Instruments ten feet apart.
II llC hNdi lutdtt lllCy III ~ "
convey news to one another from their
homes, a distance of about two blocks.
II. n. Qualey lately patented a device
for raising and lowering electric light
globes, and l.. E. Shogren has received
1 patent or a lawn mower, which prom
Uses a rich harvest to him.. Taken all
in all, Vermillion is furnishing her full
quota of inventors.
Burbank, Clay county, in years past
the home Of many episodes and sensa-
tional features, has again come forward
with another case for the circuit court.
This time she has an alleged bigamist
in her midst, who was arrested at Yer
million and given trial. His name Is
Lafayette Thurman, and his arrest was
made on complaint of Wife No. 2, to
whom he was married about three
years ago at Wheeler, S. d. Her maid
en- name was Sadie Johnson. She now
lives at Holt, Neb.. and has been look
ing for the truant husband for some
time. Several months ago Wife No.
was granted a divorce. but not until
after Sadie had learned the news. Mr..
Thurman was not in a position at the
trial to put up a proper defense, and SO
he waived examination. His case will
be tried In April, until which time ne
will be compelled to remain in jail UNI
less bonds in the sum of $500 are FUR.
nished. The wife win also be put I'M
der bonds to appear II she attempts to
leave the state. Thurman has been In
he saloon business for some time at
Burbank.
The annual election Of officers of the
Black Hills Porcelain Clay n Marble
company of Detroit has been held. The
officers elected are: President, Il. r..
Noble, Yale. Mich: vice president. l..
p. woodbury., Chicago; secretary, r.
III. Wellington, Detroit. The president
and vice president will arrive In Custer
this week. for the purpose of making
an examination Of the work that IA
been lone thus far on the different
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