The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-07-11
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A new telephone line from Tyndall
to Bon Homme is nearly completed.
A. E. Cole Of. bryant has purchased
the James Eggen hardware store at
Vienna.
Thompson & Dufar have purchased
the hardware stock of C. A. Johnson &
Co. at Fairfax.
Claude Thompson of Parker has sold
Ills grain elevator at that place to ].
Nullaney of Beresford.
The LAWYER house at Alexandria is
now in charge of G. S. Dix and James
Turley, the new proprietors.
The children OF Bookings are suffer-
ing from an epidemic of whooping
cough. Few families are exempt.
C. c. Sperry has opened small shoe
store at Tyndall IN the building for
merly occupied by d. w. Currier.
d. l.. Paradise, thrifty Miner coun-
ty farmer, this season has sold over
$500 worth of hogs and has 100 left.
D. NJ. Jeenks of Madison has sold his
interest In the firm of jerks & Cross to
Irvine Cole The new firm name will
he Cross & Cole.
The Hafften- Pullen nuptials took
place at Milbank recently. The bride
Is the daughter of a prominent bust
ness man of that city.
Work has bee commenced on new
Episcopal church at De Smet, which,
when completed. will be one of the
| finest edifiees in the state.
| E. G.. Kennedy. United States mar
shall has appointed Guy E. Kelly of
Brookings to the position of deputy
marshal in the office in Sioux Falls.
Mrs. j. A. English. wife of Jerry
English, widely known employe OF
the Great Northern on the Yankton-
ST. Paul line, died at Yankton. leaving
little son.
For the past week the shipments of
butter from the White Lake creamery
broke all previous records. Ninety
three tubs, containing $3.50 pounds.
were shipped.
A special election OF the voters OF
Lincoln county may be called In the
near future to vote upon the PROPOSE
ton OF purchasing and establishing
county poor farm.
George E. Atwater Of Yankton has
been appointed by Gov. Herried from
South Dakota as delegate to the
fourth annual international mining con-
gress to be held at Boise City, Idaho.
July 1925
Walter Peterson of Spearfish valley
, has the honor OF having caught the
largest trout in the Black Hills. It
weighed six pounds and measured
) twSnty-four inches in length. 1t was
brought to Deadwood. "a
|. Gov. Herried at Huron refused to
: discuss the question of Senator Kyles
successor and only intimated by his
manner that he would not act hastily,
at the same time expressing deep sor-
j row because of the sad event.
5 The state board of equalization met
at Pierre in regular session for the as
G sessment of express and sleeping car
t companies, but took no action, adjourn
e ing to the first Monday in August.
Prof. Herbert B. Foster has been
chosen by the board OF regents 10 IL
. the vacancy at the head Of the Greek
: department occasioned by the resigna-
ton of O. L. Hagen. c. A. Sloan mas
: been appointed secretary OF the uni
: versity. q.
!. A meeting Of the state railroad com
q mission is in session at YanktoE. The
n commissioners are engaged upon the
g famous Milwaukee rate case and are
n making efforts to submit 1t to the SUI
/. preme court in October. The suit has
: been in litigation since 1897.
! John Hays, farmer living near Car
j. thage. and family had q SIPS chicken
h ouested by his wife to kill the chicken
n for her. He fired at the fowl with a
" rife but the bullet struck and killed
3 one of his best horses. worth SIPS. The
n chicken was finally killed with
Ratchet.
The drillers in the artesian well be-
ing sunk at White Lake for furnishing
water for fire protection and domestic
- purposes have struck a flow OF twenty
= two gallons per minute. The well IS
q down 902 feet and the drillers think the
r. f,ow cannot be increased by going fur-
4 Their. The contract calls for l,0Oo rect
v ar a satisfactory flow. No action mas
i as vet been taken by the councii on
IS the acceptance of the well.
w. G.. Carver, a messenger on tue
mail car between Deadwood and Edge
: mont. was almost instantly killed az
= the latter place by being struck with
q coal chute. He was leaning out or the
q door OF his car watching the train back
mn when his head was struck, wnicn
!. crushed IT badly. He had been married
!. hut a few months. his wife residing AZ
y Hastings. Neb. He had just leased q
: Rouse i'm Deadwood and was preparing
70 move his household there for resi-
dence.
While Asa Gardner OF Bon Hommt
:, was driving home from Yankton one