The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-09-12
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South Dakota
General State News
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conductor COnley or the milwaukee,
is to move to Madison.
Some Springfield hunters paid $40 and
Losts for four prairie chickens.
The assessors find over million cat
tie In the state, worth. actual value.
about $34.000.0O
Pensions granted: Increase-James
Kerr, Hot Springs. s12. Widows-Helen
CodGing, Clark. 50.
Hotel keepers all over the state have
to use cots at night for the land seek
ers who crowd in.
The scavenger tax list Of Brown
county makes forty pages and OF
Hughes county 200 pages.
John Keenan, of WATERFOWL nas sold
his interest in the hardware business
to his partner. Arthur Poulson.
The barn and contents of William f.
LANCE of Worthwhile was burned. There
was insurance on the property.
John Van Asch, residin few miles
north of Milbank. lost two horses BY
lightning. He will receive 800 insur-
ance.
Six grain elevators in the village OF
worthing are expected to ship 200 car
loads of grain per month the rest OK
the year.
The Mitchell university baseball club
is going to challenge the state univers-
ity ball club to play a series OF games
this fall.
The store of Hegness Jacobson at
Moe, Lincoln county, was robbed OF
about $500 worth Of shoes and dress
goods.
Asa G. Harris the advance agent for
the Sells & Gray shows, dropped dead
at the Gilmore hotel in Cea dwood or
heart trouble.
new furniture store is being put In
at Wakonda by Finley Bros. Of Center
vile. They expect to conduct stores Ia
both places.
w. II. Ward, the alleged Puma MUIR
derer, was bound over at his prelim-
mary trial at Deadwood to answer 10
the charge of murder.
The marriage Of Miss Elena ]. Pea
body, daughter of DIR. II. A. Peabody.
and David E. Rouse Of Columbus Ohio.
occurred at Webster.
Pensions granted: Silas f.. Breese.
Wakonda. IS; Nelson Ralston. Canton.
$l4; Mary A.. Dimmick, Highnore, $iz;
Anna Like, Alexandria, IS.
Judge Smith has adjourned the regu-
lar term of court for Aurora county
from the first Tuesday in September TO
the third Tuesday in November.
At recent state fair Meeting 1t was
definitely decided to erect restaurant
building at the state fair grounds and
work will be begun on 1t at once.
The controller Of the currency has
approved the Hanover National bank
of New York as reserve agent for ina
Citizens National bank of Woonsock-
ct.
The hay crop in McCook county Is
the hest for several years past. No
greater effort was ever put forth by
the farmers to save every particle OF
grass.
The implement men are selling good
many corn binders. There is a belief
that cutting corn and curing 1t VIII do
away with all danger Of the cornstalk
disease.
Gov. Herried has appointed John r.
Taylor. of Webster as game and nsn
Warden for Day county in Place OF
George Bathan, who has removed from
the state.
"A great amount Of building and re-
pairing Is going on in Lead. Two hum
dred dwelling houses are now In course
of erection, which will be occupied by
those building them.
John Bothanex, living near Duncan.
refused to tie the rope about him while
being let down 13o-foot well, and.
losing Ills strength, fell to the bottom
and was killed.
The week following the Aberdeen car
nival there will be three days OF racing
and baseball at Huron, the dates being
Sept. "a. rs and rs. purses aggregating
81, 300 being offered.
The Indiana residing in Marshall
county are becoming heavy taxpayers.
over 81. 900 has been paid in by them
during the past few days, and a consid-
cradle amount Is still due.
Messrs. Marshall ana Hubbell, who
had the contract for completing the
third story Of the new dormitory at
Madison. have completed the work,
and received 81 673 for the job.
Another free delivery rural mail route
will go into operation at Beresiorc OCT
l. with Frank j. Davis as carrier. me
route is % miles long, covers an area or
Is squere miles and serves population
of 447sin log houses.
Three hundred and sixteen volumes
for the Lake county library have ar
rived and there are $50 yet to re re-
ceived. Sixty of the 80 school to which
these books go have bought lakewood
cases to receive them.
The Coursing Club of Madison re-
quests farmers and all others TO refrain
from shooting Jack rabbits until after
the national coursing. meet. that their
guests in that event may be favored
with a good chase.