The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-16

The date OF .he Sully county teacher
institute has been changed to May 20.
and will continue until the 3lst.
Aberdeen is likely to have two more
saloons after July /, Notwithstanding
| the recent close vote on license. Eight
saloons are running there at present.
w G. Mcpherson and w. f. Phelan
! OF Milbank have formed a partnership
and purchased the grocery and station
cry business OF DR.. Rose, which they
will conduct in future.
| The Masons of Deadwood are prepar-
inc to establish themselves in their new
| temple. into which they expect to move
about June 1. The new lodge room will
be refurnished throughout.
Thos. H. Ayres, who was private Sec
rotary to Gov. Lee. it is understood, has
| decided to make his quarters at Pierre,
instead of going to Chicago to accept
position on one of the leading dailies.
| About three weeks ago quarter sec
ton of land near Claremont was bought
for 5000 cash After keeping it a week
tibet purchaser sold ii for $1,000 The
same aract has since been sold for 700.
Farmers report that wheat looks very
fine this spring, and the prospect for a
large crop was never better. The unit
sually coll wether early in the season
held the growth back and gave the
grain good opportunity TO stool out and
root.
A number Of South Dakotans will par
ticipate i'm the scramble for lands when
| the Kiowa and Comanche reservations
are opened for settlement. A number
of old soldiers at Yankton have made
arrangements with representative to
| escure some of the land for them.
At meeting of the board of direct
| ors of the Merchants Bank of Bryant,
slight change was made in the Off
| GERS. Geo. I. Cole was elected presi-
dent, and II. s. Rowe was reelected to
the position or cashier The bank is
one of the soundest in the state.
Reports from all over Brown and adj
joining counties agree that wheat Is
coming on finely. The young plant APP
pears especially vigorous and the stand
is unusually thick upon the ground. The
| soil is said TO be in first-class condi-
ton. These reports come direct form
| farmers.
DR.. Frank Miller and DR.. E. o. Miller
have purchased the interest of w. G..
Wells in the Wells e. McCaughey hard
ware store at Aberdeen, and the busi-
ness will hereafter be conducted under
the name of the McCaughey Hardware
company. Mr.. Wells will engage in 9TH
er business, and retains his real estate
interests.
Andy Gerup of BowdIe, who made a
10. of money at that place previous to
the recent big fire, which burned his
store, has leased the north half of the
Dayton block at Aberdeen, and will es-
tablish wholesale and retail furniture
business there as soon as he and his
wife return from visit to Sweden, in
about two months.
The sinking of small-bore artesian
wells by farmers in the vicinity of Abb
erdeen has become q thriving industry.
Several Aberdeen outfits are at work,
and cannot begin to supply the demand.
The wells are usually two inches in d.
ameter, and furnosh a flow that not
only supplies the farm with an abund-
ance of clear water, but also furnishes
power for multiplicity Of purposes.
John y. Hilger & Co. of Pierre decided
the old Park Hotel in East Pierre to the
Benedictine Convent of the Sacred
Heart, for $4,000, taking mortgage.
The original cost Of the structure was
$42, 900. The Benedictine corporation
has been using the building for year
as a hospital, and If future financial
plans materialize, they propose to inn
prove and extend the property. 1t is
one Of the best hospitals in the West,
and bids fair to be popular institution
FOR all that mart of the state.