The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-01-23
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South Dakota
c, State News
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Aberdeen's fire company made SAL
by their New Years ball.
Gov Herreid and family have gone
TO Pierre to remain for the winter.
William Yeaman of DeSmet has been
granted pension of SIC per month.
h. f. Filbert has succeeded William
f. Dudley as president of the Bank of
Willow Lake.
A postoffce has been established at
Pickerel Day county, with Eva IL.
Frost as postmaster.
D. McKinnon one OF Madison's larg-
est dealers in merchandise, Is seriously
i'll in a Milwaukee hospital.
Charles j. Buell. has purchased the
interest of Judge William Gardner and
wife in the Cheidley Cattle company.
Henry F. Elliott OF Beresford has
filed a petition Ln bankruptcy schedul-
ing liabilities at $4,000 and assets at
Sass.
Eastern men have just closed q deal
through NJ. =. Bulu OF Ipswich, Tor
fifty quarter sections Of land in that
vicinity.
Richard owens and Nellie Benedict,
and Melville Benedict and Maud Nc
Duffy were married few days ago at
Springfield.
The site of the postoffice at Ourtown,
Turner county, has been moved two
miles north, and Peter {. Gerring APP
pointed postmaster.
The receipts of the United States
land office at Rapid City for 1901 wero
49,523.4l, the largest since the estab-
lishment of the office.
The Sisseton $4,000 court house 4
per cent bonds were awarded to the
Minnesota Loan and Trust company,
Minneapolis, at par and accrued inter
est.
Charles Boardman, Jr., a popular
I young man of WATERFOWL, left last
week for Fredonia, n. Y. where he viii
! wed prominent young woman of that
I city.
| II. p. Hanson, n farmer living near
Irene, has just completed the delivery
of a 5.00O-bushel corn contract to the
Irene elevators, for which he received
the sum of $4,000.
| An interesting part Of the opening
| exercises at The Huron college chapel
/ was the presentation of a sixteen-foot
! flag by the Junior Endeavor society of
the Presbyterian church.
| The state brand commission is in
session at Pierre, and has about $50
new brands to pass upon at this ses-
sion. This will carry the total number
$of brands well over 1000,
! \ rural telephone system. embrac-
/ ing about forty phones, is being agi-
! tated in Brainerd township, Hughes
county, by the farmers. The project
will doubtless materialize.
Articles have been signed by And
rev Ennis formerly of Brooklyn, and
George Murphy of Deadwood. to fight
in Lead. Feb. :, for the welterweight
championship Of the Black Hills.
| John Newton, a young man who has
I been working at various mines and
mills in the Black Hills, died at the
! hospital at Deadwood. His nearest
( relatives live in Idaho and Arizona.
Frank Coleman was found dead at
his house, ten miles east of Mellette.
He was sitting in a chair He was
about twenty-five years old and un-
married. his former home being at Wi
mona, Mimi
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Scandinavian Mutual Fire Insurance
association was held in Madison Tues
day. This association has a member
/ ship of 1874 farmers. II has sl2S,000 in
surance in force.
! There have been all sorts of guesses
and rumors as to the object and des-
tination OF the Northern Pacific sur
veyors at work northwest Of Aber-
deem, and about midway between that
place and Bismarck.
The Yankton Turnverein has elected
the following officers: Fred Pfoten-
hauer, Henry Wagner. Conrad +.
LANCE, Ferdinand Rivola. William Ba-
der. Frank Meistrik Jacob Rathge-
Der and Peter Steffin.
! 4 new Congregational church has
! been dedicated in Badger township,
Kingsbury county. The money for its
! erection was all raised in that vicinity,
I and most of the labor was furnished
| by members of the congregation.
! Carl Sherwood of Clark mas with
drawn as a candidate for the receiver
! ship of the Waterfowl land Office. H.
! j. MCwry and Geo w. Chase, both of
I WATERFOWL, the latter the present in
/ cUmten are the remaining applicants.
| A drayman named Smith was arrest
| ed at Aberdeen by Sheriff Thompson
! on the charge of having stolen a large
| amount OF sample goods from H. A.
! Eateman's trunks. The trunks were
| in sample room. The goods were
| recovered.
! Civil service examinations will be
! held on Feb. Is at Sioux City and ok
/ lahoma for the position of industrial
4 teacher at the Cheyenne River Agency
/ Indian school. Also, on the same date.
an examination for dieciplinarian for
4 the same school,
! A change of venue has been granted
! In the case of George w Chaussee of
I Butte county. who is soon TO have n
( new trial for horse stealing, He will
/ be tried at Deadwood He was CON