The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-19
South Dakota
co~uo, State News
- Photographed.

Ihe state land department mas lssueu
fifty-eight patents 10 final purchasers
of state lands.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Bridgewater announces it will be
converted into a national bank.
John w. Doherty, United States dep
uty surveyor has just completed con-
tract on the Pine Ridge Agency.
Wisconsin men have purchased the
Lighter ranch. near Ipswich. and will
stock it with several thousand sheep.
For the first time In fifteen years IL
censc has been granted for operating n
billiard han and bowling alley In YER
million.
The state treasurer has received from
the national government "A draft for
s29S7.66 for national aid 20 the state
soldiers home.
Brown county commissioners nave
decided to let the making of The plans
for the new court hodse to Kinney *
Detweiler of Austin, Ninn.
Rev. John J. Henchey, assistant pas
tor Of the Catholic church at Beresford,
died of typhoid pne1monia. lie was
ordained at Buffalo last June.
senator Kfttreage states that the
plans for the Aberdeen public building
will be completed and work on the
foundation commenced April l.
Parties from Minnehaha county are
preparing to open up a large stock
ranch northwest OF Ipswich. They have
acquired over 1000 acres of land.
Pensions granted: Henry \. Phil
.ips, Alexandria. $50; Paterson Pierce,
Hudson, IS; Alexander ID. Wipf, Free
man. $17; Robert Hill, Starcher, $40.
The laying of the pipe for the Center
VILE sewerage system has at last been
completed, but there yet remains some
ten blocks of water mains to be laid.
II. II. Pike and his.son, Morris Pike,
of Yankton, have completed the pur-
chase of a farm of 2.5N0 acres in Hutch
inson county, which they will improve.
An artesian we'll has been sunk on
the Ace Webster ranch in the northern
part OF Brown county. A fine flow OF
water was struck at a depth of 1860
feet.
Rev. Mr.. Sass of Hoven is proving a
terror to bootleggers. Mat Hoven was
arrested on complaint of the clergy
man, for selling liquor without a IL
cense.
The total number Of homestead en-
tries for November at the Huron land
office was 136, the majority being for
land in the southern part of Hyde
county.
A special meeting will be held at Mt.
Vernon on the 23d for the purpose Of
voting upon the question of issuing
bonds for the construction of public
building.
w. G.. Milliken, j. NJ. Johnson and
Frank Baker were selected as COM
mittee to order instruments, and the
Alpena band will be doing business"
in few weeks.
The big annual hunt of Buffalo Bill
and party has closed The party hunt
ed in the Big Horn mountains and Sc
sured four elk, six deer. an antelope, a
lynx and a bear
Rev. Father Nichols of Mission Hill.
one of the oldest divines in the state, ~
reported quite i'll at his home. He Is
suffering from impaired digestion and
general prostration.
The city coucil of Deadwood has
granted a franchise TO furnish the city
with gas, using the gasoline cold pro-
cess, TO Colby & Tenney. of the Practi-
cal Gas company OF Chicago.
The Congregational church fair at
Yankton closed Tuesday evening. after
a most successful season of two days.
The receipts were in the neighborhood
of $780, and the expenses about $50.
The city council of Parker has taken
official action towards raising the sum
OF $4,000. which the city agreed to con-
tribute towards the erection of a new
ocurt house, to cost not less than $780,
0O0
Matthias Marty, pioneer resident of
Brule county, has just sold his S0O-acre
farm, seven miles south of Kimball. at
the highest price ever paid for SINH
lar trt ct OF land in the county-$1S per
acre.
President Sarling. of the Milwaukee,,
has ordered the refund of $1,000 to the
citizens OF Redfeld The amount was
contributed to assist the company in
moving its station nearer the center of
the city.
w. II. Wells of Lead, who has been
in the hardware business in several
Black Hills towns, has fallen heir to n
large fortune through the death of an
N-'fNNS
been received.
Miss Edna Davis. daughter OF ]. J..
Davis of Tyndall, and Noah Edwards.
ST.. of Frankfort. S. D.. were married
last week by Rev. Mr.. Stamp. They
viii live in Frankfort, where the groom
is in business.
Charles Goblin, in default of bonds for
his appearance at Deadwood TO answer
to the charge of having maliciously
broken plate glass in the door of a
saloon. has been. lodged in the Law
renee county jail.
The marriage of Miss Malou Good
rich TO Charles A. Grippen, which took
place at the residence OF NJ. and Mrs.
Wilbur NJ. Stewart in Hot Springs. on
Tuesday evening last. was the social
event Of the season.
G. c.. Skinner, who was arrested at
HurieXa few days ago by officers from
Brule county on complaint fled by n