The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-20

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ment cost about $500. ins'ru,
Aberdeen's new opera bo,So !,
Gottschalk, will be opened ON ~" ne
of'Nov. "a. by the James Ne,n on ulsnt
ny, now playing on the Pacific coaa npa'
Circuit court convened ar ca,
with Judge Jones of Sioux Falls en-
siding. The calendar is a sbors pre-
and the session will last only thro que
four days. ee or
Much interest is being taken IN >,
fall term of the circuit court for > n .us
ington county. The term is aynos. 49,,
to be long one. Among the crimIu.,
cases are several of Importance
Miss Agnes Patterson of Buffalo "
Y, has been chosen to succeed NJ,
Margaret Maynard at the head NJ u.
art department of the uniyersitv J.
Vermillion. Mrs. Maynard resigned
The Elkhorn Railway companv /.
building large stone reservoir pas,
the Portland station, in the pals
Mountain region, for the benefit Of tbs
narrow-guage locomotives on the ore
run.
The matter of fire protection "a ~.
ceiving the attention of business mon
at Hecla. 1t is proposed to sink a
well, and the water will be run ipto
main, which will extend along tbs
principal business street.
Andrew Week, who resides on
farm eight miles west of Sisseton.
took aconite with suicidal intent, and
died two hours later. He was mar.
ried and leaves a large family. Do
nestle trouble is said to have been the
cause.
BENJAMIN +. Teal a prominent
business man of Belle Fourche and
member of the firm of Teal & Ben.
nett, owner of the grist mill, died Of
asthma. He had been prominent in
Odd Fellow work, and was at one time
grand master of South Dakota.
Charles H. Baron, a saloonkeeper at
Preston, has been arrested on a charge
Of violating the election laws by sell
ing Intoxicating liquors during the
hours in. which the polls were open.
The complaint was made by w. O.
Morrison, and Baron has been bound
over to the grand jury.
The United States fish hatchery ex
poets to send out the last of its small
trout for the 1902 distribution in few
days. II will then have distributed
100000 fish, principally in the wa
tiers of the Black Hills and Wyoming
some Of the fish have gone into Mon.
tana and Oregon and a few to Nebras
ka.
Percy Train of Rockford and -four
Eastern friends have returned from
hunting trip to the head of the Little
Rapid Creek, bringing thirteen deer
Four of the deer were bucks, and their
combined weight was $50 pounds.
Many deer are found in the Black
Hills this season, and big kills are re.
ported daily.
Four rural routes now go out from
Vermillion, the fourth having been
started this week, with Ray Vaughn
as carrier. The hour for leaving the
postoffice was recently changed from
1880 a. m. to 1880 a. m. This does
not suit the patrons, and a petition to
return to the earlier hour has been
forwarded to the authorities.
The directors of the Black Hills
Mining Mems association have organ
lied by the election of the following
officers: Harris Franklin, Deadwood,
president; George Nj. Nix, Lead, first
vice president; s. w. Russell, Dead
wood, second vice president; J. 3
Pitcher, Custer, third vice president
" S. Elder, Deadwood, secretary and
treasurer.
Gilbert Nelson, a farmer at Sisse-
ton, had his coat touched" in poor
room in that place for $500. he came
to town and drew the money from the
bank, after which he went to the pooi
room and engaged in a game. Becom
ing warm, he threw his coat, contain
ing the money, upon one Of the tables
Half an hour later, when he put on MS
coat to go home the money was mss
ing.
Building contractors of Lead are
having much difficulty in getting work
men, and several Of the new buildings
are seriously delayed. This is paruc
ularly true of the new passenger anu
freight stations of the Elkhorn ROAD
The contractors have tried, Omaha
Denver, Lincoln and Sioux CITY, a.
well as all points in the Hills, on.
there is dearth of bricklayers ana
stonemasons.
There has been more activity IN iea
estate in Deadwood the past year 'nsA
has been experienced since 1883 Wn'D
j, X. p Miller disposed OF so gresN
portion of the town OF DeadWooa y,
the Wilmington (Del) syndicate. NJ
the real estate men have done soOu
business, and prices have been hlgne'
than for years. Many of the purchas
ers have proceeded to improve then
property, and many substantial new
residences and business buiidinss
have been started.
The directors of the Glover Lea,
Gold Mining company have presen'eu
to Pierre Wibaux. the well khoSs
Montana cattleman, the first goa
cleanup made at the Uncle Sam mn,
in Roubaix after the property passeu
into the hands Of the present comp,
ny. 1t has been run into a brick :,
neat proportions, and its history anu
an appropriate legend are engrayea,
on one surface. Mr. Wibaux is presl1
dent of the company, and the presen'
was made in recognition of his SCI.
vices. The gold in the little brick =
valued at $1,000.