The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-06-13
South Dakota
, State News
1870 Photographed. |
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over 10000 pounds of butter was
sbipped from Miller in one day recently.
The business men of Bryant are agi.
,ating the question of erecting -four
mill
postofIice is to be established at ga
cumming station of the Homestak. nina
ST Lead. II will be named HanEa.
Harry Ingall, confined in Jail at Can
ION for three months for larceny, made
his escape by digging under the wall.
c. Guenther has purchased the inter-
est of DIR. A. A. Wipf in the drug store
at Freeman. The new firm will be
Guenther Co.
The lower portion of Lyman county is
being rapidly settled up. Moving out
fits. droves of horses, cattle, etc, are
familiar objects.
One. and possibly two new professors
will be added to the faculty OF Huron
college. Charles H. Corbett Will take
the chair of natural sciences and Latin.
Special Agent Burdett Thayer, Of the
geenral land Office at Washington, has
been looking over Western Sully county
and ordering those having government
lands fenced to remove the fences at
once.
John Miller OF Davis, while wandering
over hill near his place, picked up
pound cannon ball. which it is
thought vas placed there when the hill
was crowned by fort, about forty
years ago.
Efforts to apprehend A w. Van Slyke,
who for some years was agent of the
Northwestern Elevator company at Cor
son. have thus far proved fruitless. He
Is said to have defrauded farmers out
of LOCO worth OF grain.
A train load of stock was shipped from
Flandreau recently to Chicago. 1t con-
sisted Of thirteen cars, ten OF fat cattle |
and three of hogs, all raised in the vi
entity of Flandreau. The train load
represented about $4,000 worth Of fine |
stock.
The county treasurer at Madison paid |
out for gopher tails last Friday $1,000. |
and probably as much more will be paid |
out. The prices authorized by the COM |
missioners were cents for striped go
piers 3 cents for gray gophers; |
cents for pocket gophers.
The new Masonic temple Of Deadwood |
is to be dedicated on the evening OF |
June n. The Scottish Rite Masons and !
the Shriners will have a grand conven-
tion during the four days previous, the /
Masons occupying the first three days |
and the Shriners the last day The tenn
pie has been built at . cost Of about
$4,000
The appointment OF Roy L. Sharp of
nao NJ Tor faf
the First squadron, South Dakota cav
airy, is generally received with salts
faction all over the Black Hills. He has
been captain of Troop A, S. d. G. N. Of
Deadwood for some time. lis appoint
ment coming as a promotion. Maj.
Sharp is city editor Of the Daily Pion-
eer-Times Of Deadwood.
Mrs. r. F. Pettigrew, wife Of ex-Sen-
ator Pettigrew of Sioux Falls, recently
received a draft for $500 from Mrs
Phoebe Hearst of New York city, one Of
the principal owners of the Homestake
mine, and another for $1,000 from t. r.
Grier, superintendent of the Homestake
mine, to be used in completing the
South Dakota Children's home now un-
der construction at Sioux Falls.
The entire faculty of the state normal
school OF Spearflsh has been reelected,
with the exception Of the instructor in
music, who did not apply for the posi-
tion. Miss Brouilette OF California was
elected to the place. The state board or
regents have been in session in Spear
fish for the purpose of taking action on
matters pertaining to the institution. 1t
was decided to establish two new de-
partments in the school, those OF Ger
man and Latin and criticism. Miss Mar
garet Lampey of Illinois was elected in
structor in the first department, and
Miss Ora Frost Of Spearfish of the lat
ter department. At this meeting Of the
regents a bid for the furnishing OF the
new dormitory, for which the appropri-
alton Of $500 will soon be available,
was accepted from Kansas City firm
Ever since the golf club was reorgan-
lied at Sioux Falls. early in the spring,
ana the grounds belonging to 1t In the
outskirts OF the city were improved and
Fenced, trouble has been experienced by
iawless persons cutting the wire fences
surrourSaing the grounds. Finally 1t be.
came necessS-y for the club to hire a
man to guard the fence, and Tilden
Watson was engaged for the purpose.
About O'Clock, a morning or two ago,
he saw suspicious stranger within the
enclosure, and upon the intruder failing
to answer query of the guard as to
the purpose of his visit the guard fred
a shot into the air, thinking the man
would take to his heels and hasten to
cover. But. on the contrary. the strang-
er promptly returned the fire, and sew
eral shots were exchanged. The last
shot OF the Waterman caused the in
truder to cry out with pain and disap-
pear In grove near at hand. His ident-
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