The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-04-04
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South
State News
G.4 Photographed.

Farmers in Lake county have com
menoed seeding.
- Lake county Canadian geese are
-,nntv. also mallard and teal ducks.
carey Wiser, a pioneer of Minnehaha
univ. is dead. He settled there in
the '7O's.
man named Jackson is under ar
act at Belle Fourche on a charge or
norse-stealing in Montana. H
" C. Baxter of Big Stone a been
ouarded the contract to supply 400 car
as of stone for the Minneapolis dam.
The Copper company, at
pierre. with a capital of 81. 900, 900; in
Generators. T.. f. Cherry, III. $. Ander-
son.
The people of Madison have taken
.tens TO secure a $40, 900 donation from
Andrew Carnegie for public library
purposes.
During the past ten days horses to
The value of between $500 n $1,000
have been shipped from Clark to East
ern purchasers.
The Alaskan Mining company. at
pierre. with a capital of 81, 000, 900; in
corporators, f. e. Cherry. Charles w.
White, n. S. Anderson.
II Is reported that the day passenger
train on the Hastings & Dakota divis-
ion of the Milwaukee roe VIII be put
on not later than April Is.
Residents of Claremont and vicinity
20 c4a NJ IN aran many ThA
milk from not less than 400 cows would
be sold to the institution.
The Seward Alaskan company, at
Pierre, with a capital of 81, 000, 900; in
corporators, Charles w. White, G.. A.
simonton, Harry S. Anderson.
A creamery company has been organ
lied at Bijou Hills. The officers are:
President. j.. w. Thwing; secretary, l..
G. Troth; treasurer. G. c.. Lowe, G. G..
Lowe.
A sale of Brown county school lands
took place recently. While the attend
arce was not large, the bidding was
spirited, and prices ranged from $40 to
s25 per acre.
Philip Lawrence, assistant secretary
of state, has rendered his resignation.
to take effect July 1, and r. n. Graves
Of Ashton county has been appointed to
fill the position.
After a search prosecuted at intervals
for a number of weeks, Gus Craven, a
rancher living on White river, In the
Bad Lands, ha killed a large mountain
lion and wounded another. The n
killed weighed 12S pounds.
Frank Koftan OF Tyndall walked ten
miles to the Missouri river, where he
committed suicide by jumping into the
stream. Members of the family traced
him to the river bank and found his cap
and overcoat. Temporary insanity was
the cause.
The jury i'm the United States court
at Pierre, in the case in bankruptcy or
vanslyke & Co. VS.. Wilhelmina Fay,
was discharged. having failed to agree.
The case was hard-fought, taking up
the whole week. 1t will go over to the
October term, unless a special term Of
court can be secured sooner.
The Pierre land office has received
notice to receive filings on two town.
ships Of land, on what has been a part
Of the Lower Brule reservation, which
has just been opened to settlement.
The tract contains a number of fine
ranch locations, and will be taken up
The call for bids for AIS cavalry
horses, to be put In at Fort Meade. is
causing quite a stir among horsemen.
and many bids have already been put
In. There are plenty of good cavalry
horses on the Black Hills ranges, and
II a local man the contract IT
will make things lively in Sturgis dur
Ing April and May. as most of the ami
mails will be broken after the bids are
company for a trail TO run
through the Cheyenne reservation, six
wide, thus allowing the cattle
from the northwestern part Of the state
to be driven to Evarts for shipment
the Milwaukee. Indian police will
guard the trail, so that M ~trespassing
will be allowed. A toll is to be paid on
every head of cattle driven owe the
this to go to the Indians on the
The Indians that will come to the
luadro-centennial, to be held In Dead
wood in July. will be given all the meat
hey want to eat by the four large
packing companies, Cudahy. Swift,
and Armour. All four. COM
have their headquarters n
and retail their products to
Black Hills cities from there.
rhe committee on mineral palace for
he carnival has decided to erect the
building on the corner opposite the city
hall. on Main street, on the old found
,tion intended for a hotel.
A report from Pierrn says: This sec
ton Of the state will feel the effects In
The rise in the prices Of land in h
portion of the state. and. In
fact, has already begun to feel the
Land-seekers are making their
appearance and securing locations.
Most of them desire tracts of sufficient
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