The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-24
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1hS i1N' " DSauNoou are eNpectiny
from 300 to 400 visitors from Omaha AZ
the Elks' carnival, July 30 to Aug
First c. Lyngbye, aged seyentv.sv
committed suicide at DeSmet nv No.
ing. She had been in ill-health for
year.
Charles Thomas has sold his farm :,
100 acres at White Lake, to w. Fersn'
son for $1,000. Eight months AGO +.
paid $3.50 for this land.
The Western Union Telegraph com.
pany has completed the extension of 4,
line from Deadwood to Lead, along ,hs
new Elkhorn railroad.
The rye harvest has commenced 1,
kingsbury county. and the yield prom.
ises TO be heavy. The weather Is "a.
Norable for corn and the crop is dolp,
nicely.
AS the result OF a meeting OF bushes,
men at Parker, II was decided to hola
a street fair and carnival this fail, and
a committee Of arrangements was an.
pointed.
The carnival which the Sioux CITY
Elks intended holding for a week dur.
ing August has been abandoned, owing
to the failure to secure desired attrac.
tons.
The Butte county fair will be held al
Belle Fourche in October. A COMMITTEES
recently visited the business men and
secured s1,4oo in a few hours as nu.
cleus fund.
The city council of Lead has granted
franchise to the Dickinson Ames
company for the operation Of a gas
plant. to furnish gas for lighting and
cooking purposes.
Several members OF the Huron bar
" it'll their wives. together with other
friends. helped Attorney General Burt
and wife celebrate their forty-flfth
wedding anniversary recently.
Sol Starr. clerk OF courts OF Lawrence
county. informs his friends in Dead
wood that ne has undergone a surgical
operation. He Is recovering, and ex-
poets to return home in two weeks.
Information has been received Of the
death. I'm a hospital at Milwaukee. Of
Mrs J. r. Young, who was for many
years a resident OF Sioux Falls. She
had been suffering for some time with
kidney trouble.
Charles w. Cation, mining and civil
engineer, who has been located at Hill
City for fifteen years, Is preparing 70
remove to Rapid City. He is past grand
chancellor of the knights of Pythias
for South Dakota.
The Deadwood council Is endeavoring
to decide upon a suitable site for the
Carnegie library. Mr.. Carnegie has do
mated $4,000 for the building, requiring
the city to provide the site and guaran-
tee 81, 900 per year for maintenance.
The Lake Preston mills are running.
after being shut down for over two
months for repairs. The company has
erected a new power house and installed
fine 100-horse power engine. IT has
expended in new improvements about
s., 900.
Smallpox has finally been stamped
out in Lead, and the yellow flag has
been lowered by City Physician Wade
There are still two or three patients IN
the county pest house, near Deadwood
but they are expected to be discharged
I'm few days.
The plans for the new Carnegie build
ing at Yankton have been accepted.
Mayor Fanslow has appointed build
ing committee as follows: F. L. Van
Tassel. Joseph Pier, Hughes East. Bart
lett Trip. Fred Schnauber, w. S. Good
win and P. J. Nyburg.
]. w. Higbie OF Deadwood has lateV
returned from a trip through Oregon
and Washington, where he purchases
several thousand head of sheep his
| range. in the Slim Buttes region, y
crowded. and he has located ranch
on the Cannon Ball river, In North Da-
kota.
f. l.. Rowley sold his farm OF lbe
acres in Perry township, near Mltche'h
for $40 per acre. He bought the place
three years ago for Si,250. ]. P. Coo'
sold his farm of 100 acres to an Iowa
man for $42 per acre. These are the
highest prices ever paid in this count!
for farm lands.
Aberdeen's new Alexander Mitcneh
library has been opened to the pubic.
Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 for inc
structure, which is OF pure CLASSIC
style OF architecture. built of cut STONE
and pressed brick. It is finished INSIDE
in paneied quarter sawed oak. In both
interior and exterior finish the builuihs
Is the finest in the statea Besides an,-
pie book stock room there are pupho
reading rooms for adults and Children
and a lecture room of good size ~
! furnishings are rich and substah'iai,
with the new books just added 10 W. w
list, the library contains about '1O w.
volumes. The luarter-block site ~.
| the library was donated 20 the city w
G. II. Prior of Minneapolis.
The annual encampment Of the M"
division of the G. A. r. of South DaNo-
| Ia. ended at Aberdeen with sham pa
| tie between Company l., s. d, \. Vs.
and band of Sisseton Sioux lndlarS,
| The Indians were under the commanp
OF Chun-ka, an aged chief, but ~
warriors were all old men. who part
pated as young braves In fights WI"
whites and Chlppewas. Large crow
witnessed the contest. The next en-
campment will be held at Simson fa'n'
Big Stone Lake. at the time of the s's..
encampment. The officers elected io'
the ensuing year were: Commahu,'
N. I. J.owthian Of Milbank senior VIZ.
commander. ]. w. Abbott, Weoste.
! junior vice commander, Isaac Rlu-
| Groton; surgeon, G. L. Chapman, ""u
| bay.
A defect in the election at Woonso0'
ct, covering the issuance of saloon =,
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