The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-12-25
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proposed to erect a water works plan
Paul Kleeman, owner and proprietoa
of the Kleeman hotel, at Custer. d.
of apoplexy. He was one of the mo-.
enterprising men Of the town.
Mrs. George Stanley shot and kiln.
herself at Springfield. Mental a.
rangement was probably the can.
She had threatened repeatedly to IN
herself.
Lake Preston lodge, |. o. o. r.. hn
elected the following officers: N.
George Mason; v. G., Joseph Fonk
secretary, l.. s. Brooks; treasurer, i.
j. Bates; trustee, N. p Bush.
s. H. Wright, an attorney Of Cent?,
vile, formerly states attorney 4
Brule county, has been placed in u,
penitentiary, where he will serve On,
year for embezzlement.
j. o. Gustafson. a brakeman on
special freight, missed his footing 4
he stepped from a caboose at Broos
lngs, and fell under the train, crush
Ing one foot badly. His parents ll,s
near Arlington.
4 u.
Vincent hotel at Flandreau, has bougk
the Flandreau house Of Charles Bate
Mr.. Knight intends to close the latte
place, which win leave Flandreau wit
but one hotel. The consideration wa
$1,000.
A contract has been let for Ii
building of an armory for Troop a, a
Deadwood. The building will be ths
property Of the troop, sufficient none
having been pledged by members anl
others TO pay for 1t. The dimensiou
will be TOXIC feet.
Circuit court convened at Belle Fou,
che, Judge William G Rice presidin.
| There will be seven criminal case
the most important of which is th
against George Mccoy. charged wild
the murder OF a man named Nielsen, a
Camp Crook, last September.
The county commissioners OF Mn
nehaha county have instructed the
states attorney TO investigate III
cases of persons who are in the stats
hospital for insane at Yankton at I'D
expense Of the taxpayers of that couE
/ ty, some OF whom, it is said, have re-
atiyes of abundant means
Fred 3. Smith Of Hecla, grand mas
ter workman OF the A. o. u. W., pre-
sided during the initiatory ceremonie
at the admission of a class OF fifty IL
to Hope lodge, of Lead. Lead has hi
strongest A. o. u. w. lodge in tn
state, and the total insurance carried
by members is $1,700.000.
George II. Few OF Flandreau, wh
was elected to the state senate at ths
last election, has been appointed post
master at Flandreau. A vancancy o.
Cured by the death of p. w. Carr. Nj
Few intends TO leave the office in The
/ hands OF the Carr family until March
/ 1904. when Mr.. Cars term would have
expired.
A meeting of the Interdenominatfos
al Church federation was held at Hu
ron. Rev. w. II. Thrall is presided
and Rev. e. II. Grant secretary. The
topics considered were legislation, q.
/ operation and evangelism. AnOths'
meeting will be held Jan. 81, made q
Of five delegates from each evangelic.
denomination.
Two privates of the Thirteenth cay
airy at Fort Meade, broke into hard
ware store in Sturgis and took reyolF
ers and some money. They were dh
covered I'm a dance hall They she
twice at the officers, retreating to s
vacant shed. One of them was she
In the leg, and both are in Jail on z
charge of burglary.
Much interest was manifested IN tha
examination OF Ed Fay, at Summit
charged with having started one Of tbs
destructive fires last October, and g
John Seisld, who, ii Is alleged, set 9
fire on the same date, which results
In the loss of two lives and the a.
struction of much property. Fay wa
bound over to appear at the circu
court. Szeiski waived examinatioI
and was also bound over.
The members OF the John A Logs
Regiment of the Union Veterans
union of Sioux Falls, at their annut
/ meeting adopted suitable resolutioE
on the recent death of Capt. James J
Kinter, and elected the following Oh
GERS for the ensuing year: Colone1l
Charles Barrett; lieutenant colonel
Charles Hawkins; major, r. w. Re
ley; chaplain, r. @. Lord; surgeoh
Horace j. Foster; quartermaster, J.
Fearon.
The new building to house the plat
of the Belt Light and Power compans
at Lead is nearly completed. Ths3
new structure has been built over o.
old house, without interfering with Us
operations of the plant. It is OF brio
and steel, with cement floors and "
proof against fire. A new lot OF nys
! chinery has been ordered and will R
/ installed Immediately. The compal
has extended its electric lighting sysS
tenn from Lead to Terraville and Cel
trail City.
Mayor Dotson and the council
Spearfish are in q controversy over
( proposed extension OF the elecun
/ lighting system. A resolution was
/ trodnced providing for more light
/ passed by one vote and was vetoed rs
| the mayor, for the reason, as he ~
/, clared, that there was no provision Is
/ the annual appropriation for the ado
! tional expense. The councilmen ~
sert that they will carry the resolutd
over the veto. as there were two mes
bers absent at the meeting whe
( action was taken.
The home of Mrs. Shay, near Bat
I postofice, was burned. and John Shat
a boy OF twelve years. lost his life. ~
origin of the fire is a mystery. It va.
] supposed young Shay had gone TO a