The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
South Dakota
General state News
Photographed.

Frank Gibbs, in the south part OF IaSs
county, burned. with loss of s.. 500
Rev. Max Michels OF Waterfowl ~.
accepted a call to the pastorate o, a.
Evangelical Lutheran church at Henry
Mike Bucholz of Tyndall held n "a.
non cracker in his hand while II arnIos
ed. Two fingers We're amputated an,
the hand shattered.
Clarence Poppleton, aged twenty.u,
was killed at SCOTS ranch, in ths s,'
IRENE western end OF Pennington conn
ty, by a runaway team.
William Lawrence. the young Dead.
wood burglar. was sentenced by Judv.
w. G. Rice, in circuit court, to the stat.
reform school at Plankinton.
The school census OF HutchIn,on
county shows a school population %
47S6. a gain OF 107 pupils over last yea,
This Will make library fund Of t47s.@
The section foreman at Elrod, Will.
celebrating the Fourth at Mandan, wa,
relieved OF his pocketbook, contaiplps
$4,000, the proceeds OF q farm he had
just sold.
Reports ust out show that thu MI.
waukee road earned, during the month
OF April, 1902. ust S105,177 more than Il
aid during the same month q year ago.
This Is net.
Sol Star. clerk OF courts In Lawrence
county, is seriously III at Chicago, and
will have to undergo an operation for
the remova! OF a tumor before he can
expect relief.
A colony OF French people from the
southern part OF the state were IA
woonsocket recently, bought farms in
that vicinity and will move there In the
near future.
The annual encampment OF the Fifth
Division OF the q. A. r. of South Da.
kota was held at Aberdeen. A party Of
$50 Indians, making thirty-two tepees
was an attraction for three days.
Adjt Gen. Conklin has ordered Com.
pany F OF the First regiment. at Vol.
ga, to be mustered out, and inspector
General Moulton has been ordered to
take charge OF the equipments.
Mrs. Mary Sawyer, wife OF E. l.
Sawyer of Rapid City, and mother Of
c. NJ. Cation, a we'll known civil engin.
eer of Hill city, died OF kidney disease.
She has resided in the Black Hills since
1878.
The Lawrence county board Of COM
missioners, with the county judge and
auditor, has appointed James Mum Of
Deadwood to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of Commissioner james
NJ. Fish.
Rollin r. Hotchkiss, a merchant OF
Centerville. has filed a petition in vol
untary bankruptcy in the United states
court In Sioux Falls. He schedules MS
liabilities at $S,444.s9. and his assets al
s7,795.6l.
Levinger & Bergman. cigar manu-
facturers Of Groton, have leased quar-
tiers and will remove their business 70
Aberdeen, in order to secure the x'
cellent distributing facilities of thar
city for their goods.
Work is progressing slowly on the
of the new Lutheran
church at Ieola. Some difficulty has
been experienced in securing enough
and masons to push ths
work to completion.
In accordance with the order Of Judge
charged from bankruptcy: Robert j.
Heron, Rapid City; Charles w. Ea'
monds. Yankton: Alvin A. Sprague
Sioux Falls; Thomas X. Starring SIOUX
Falls
Mrs. Amanda Brown Is now carrying
he mail between Spearflsh and bear
-fulch, a distance of sixteen miles. y
Is one of the most difficult routes IN
he Black Hills, on account Of the deep
snow in the mountains from NovefhOe'
until May.
All crops in a stretch OF country
Twelve miles long and three miles wlue
N the southern part OF Sphinx county
and northern part of Beadle county
we're badly damaged by hail The sIoini
vas accompanied by heavy RAIN a"'
strong wind.
Otto Anderson OF Aberdeen took car
oolic acid, by mistake. and was tounS
lead. He had suffered from stohia.A
roubIe, and the medicine used 10
ieve the pain, was kept close by wv
lie OF carbolic acid. and In the darkness
he mistake was made.
During the races at Mortensoh'
Grove, near Gettysburg, a horse ridden
~ a young son of Commissioners Leol
Van Wald fell, throwing the LAD anu
injuring him. Doubts OF a
'ecovery are entertained. The hots'
vas instantly killed.
Deputy Auditor Swartz has been w
the matter of inteie
barge to the state had the bonus "
he state been allowed to run TO Iiatu
ity, instead OF being refunded DeiU
hey were due, and finds that the IN
erence TO the state would have oeeh
otal OF s261 900.
At the regular meeting OF the Ii"
ounty commissioners, Thad l.. ~
vas appointed county attorney 10 =,
he unexpired term made vacant py ~
eth of Berth ID. Gamble. MT. fu
: a son OF Judge Fuller. of me supies
curt, and one OF the leading ia"'
{ Grant county.
Frank Rowe is at Pierre from Cha
erlain, working on the project OIL
xtension Of his Chamberlain-Pres
ne from Presho to Pierre, ana Is "a
assing the business men of Pierre ar
'ort Pierre As this line would
large range Of country. II wouid 10
reat convenience TO both towns
Mrs. Emma Coleman. wife or llni0
ny Coleman OF Dumont, died at W
ONE Of her sister. Mrs. John Ham,
cad, after a brief illness. MI a
frs. Coleman were two OF the ~