The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-03
South Dakota
,, State News
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General

evening while bathing in the James riv-
er near Bath.
J.. II. Nickel OF St. Paul was awarded
the contract for building the new opera
house at Andover.
f. A. Snyder of Pierre. hotel man Of
long experience. has reopened the Com
mercial hotel at Yankton.
Amounts Immediately available for
public buildings: Deadwood, $4,000;
Pierre. 5000; Yankton, $1,000
A bad hail storm is reported from the
vicinity of GAINESVILLE. The Mennonites'
colony is among the sufferers.
d. p. Bradford. descendant Of Gov.
Bradford of Massachusetts, is dead at
Tyndall. He was ninety-two years old.
While playing base ball Postmaster
John Bushfeld of Miller was quite seri-
ously, though not dangerously, injured.
Civil service examinations will be held
at Lead on July &c for the positions of
clerk and letter carrier in the postottice
at that place.
The Aberdeen Rowing association has
set the dates for the summer racing
events for July 1924. The purses will
aggregate $1,000.
Miss Nettie Baldwin and w. A. Kerr
were married at the home of the brides
parents i'm Aberdeen, Rev. NJ. F. Mont
gomery officiating.
Prof. G.. w Nash will be occupied
most Of the summer in institute work.
He is now assisting the institute in ses-
sion at Yankton.
,,.,.at g.. -, loyy,.ox.. ,,.i1I 10 acfo
at Elk Point Aug. 1. The service will
embrace an area OF 1913 square miles.
with a population of 1900.
Mrs Miles Standish. formerly Miss
Eunice Swift OF Yankton, is in Wash
ington with her husband, who is con-
nected with the New York Journal.
L. A. c. Anderson. aged twenty-three
years, died in Deadwood of dropsy. He
IS a son of L. l.. Anderson, foreman at
the National smelter in Rapid City.
A new bank. known as the state Bank
of waubay. has been established, with
a capital of 5000, with G. G. Lasalle as
president and S. Lasalle as cashier.
A new church was dedicated last Sun
day in Charles Mix county at Ward
academy. The church is Of the Congre-
gational denomination. Rev. L. r. Cam
field is pastor.
The committee having in charge the
Fourth Of July program at Madison has
just secured a high trump in the person
of Madame Leroy of st. Paul, the fam
Gus aeronaut.
Pensions granted: Observation-Disclosures
r. Horton. Viewfield, Sc. widows-Eli-
"a ]. McCord, Tilford. IS; Johanna l..
C. Hener. wentworth, IS; Emma S. MIL
Ter. Highmore. So.
Monday was payday for the Gam
Valley creamery for May milk, and
about 81 500 was distributed TO the pa
irons. Four per cent milk brought CD
cents per 100 pounds.
Contracts for carrying the mail have
been awarded as follows: LeBeau TO
Everett, to r. Harrohan of Smalley;
westover TO Presho and Stearns, to Nj.
Winter of westover.
John Terry was severely injured at
waubay by a windmill falling upon
him. He was helping to raise the tower
when the derrick gave way. 1t is be-
lieved ne may recover.
An employe OF the Golden Reward
SmeIter at Deadwood, John Wade, was
seriously burned about the hips and
back by being plunged into pot OF
molten Stag in the smelter.
A new school house is about to be
erected in Mission Hill. Abe Van Osdel
has donated three lots for that purpose,
and the Mission Hill people will bulld
the new edifice right away.
The contract for the printing of the
legislative bills, journals and session
laws was let to the State Publishing
company. and the printing of the offi-
cial reports to the Aberdeen News.
The school teachers institute for Fall
River county is in session at Hot
Springs. Twenty-Five teachers were In
attendance "or the opening day, and
double that number are expected. Prof
Davis is conductor.
Pensions granted: Original = John
Taylor. webster Sc. Internationally
Thoreson. Dell Rapids $12; John w.
Denton. Pine Ridge. $12; Ellick Telpe-
son. Victor SO. widows--Minerva j..
Dawes, Aberdeen, IS.
The last week closed with general
rains covering the northern half or
south lJakOId east Oh tue MtSSohAif ~
II is believed that the rain also extended
over the ranges west of the river. The
crop outlook could not be better.
Articles OF incorporation have been
fled for the Rand Gold Mining compaI
ny OF Thunder Mountain, at Pierre, with
a capital of 100000; incorporators.
Duncan c. Plumb, Charles A. Hawk
and s. G. DeLand For the Pratt Drug
company at Pierre, with capital OF
s15O.0OO incorporators, Washington 2.
Pratt, William B. Ward and James ,.
sebree. For the Ora Honda Mining
company, at Lead, with capital of $780,
100000: incorporators, Robert III. Dris-
coll. Ernest May. Frank Abt and Geo.
M. Nix For the s. f. Norton company,
at Pierre, with a capital of s250.OOO; IN
corporators, Serene f. Norton, Horace
b. Goodwin and James s. Sebree For
the Mutual Securities company. at
Pierre. with a capital of s1.00o.ooO; m
ccrporators, James Stewart, Abraham
White and Ivan w. Gooduer. For the
British-American Petroleum company
at Pierre with n capital of 81 ,000, 900: