The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-02

In the state without a telenboan ty
may nave one by this time.
/ The drawing powers OF Frn,o
slaii, Ilarket are felt for twenty milss
ana business is good as a result
Thirty-eight members Joined ,ha
A. .. U. w. lodge organlzatior "e"
| Hudson last week N
| Isaac Forest OF st. Onea ba.
bound over to the next grand inr.' 'en
Lead on the charge of selling No..
/ without a license. S'Or
j. B. and Warren Dickover have A..
( posed of their grocery business 1s'
Rapid City, and will remove 10 sioSs
City, where they will open a grocera
| store.
A homegrown watermelon vyeigb,n..
thirty pounds was served last week =,
I a land company at Onida. 1t Is No,
/ claimed that it was the smallest IN 49,
! patch, but there are others"
Elkton is provided with a branch :,
1 the Coe Commission company MIN
| George Shaffer in charge. This is a.
| increased convenience for the Gate cit.
| business men,
Threshing has begun in Sully conn.
! ty. On the farm of Thomas Schreh.
| er the yield was twenty-six bushels nor
acre Most OF the fields will 20 TWEEN.
ty bushels or better this year.
Well diggers at Alexandria found
! decided curiosity in the form of part Of
a human jawbone. The curious feat.
| ure is that it came from a depth Of
over one hundred feet below the sur.
face of the ground.
Good corn is matured as far north az
Gary, where binders are now In opera
ton, saving both corn and fodder for
winter feeding. w. Hunter, near
Gary, has sixty acres that will yield at
least forty bushels to the acre.
Alexandria has wisely passed an Or
dinance which will cause all new side
walks in the business section TO be
built of cement, and the campaign is
now on to see who will get the most
walk built before cold weather comes.
At the meeting of the Sully County
Old Settlers association, the officers
elected for the ensuing year were.
w. II. Green, president; Mrs. A. j.
Bunch, vice president; ]. A. Livings-
ton, secretary; l. McGannon, treasur-
er. The meeting for next year will be
held at Okobojo.
Normy Won Hagen, five-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Won Hagen OF
Elkton, was accidentally shot in the
head with a % rifle ball Sunday after
noon, and Is in a precarious condition.
The little fellow and a playmate about
the same age found the rifle unbe-
known to the parents.
At mass Democratic convention at
Clear Lake the following ticket was
nominated: Senator, Thomas Bogstie,
representative, l.. T.. Cochrane; audi
tor. August Krause; treasurer, Christ
Jacobson; register of deeds, George Z.
Force; sheriff L. f. Gilman: clerk Of
courts; Ben +. Rowe; coroner, j. r.
Fonger. Jr.
The plant of the Belt Electric Light
and Power company at Puma Station.
near Deadwood, is being replaced by
new material. A new building is be-
ing erected over the old, which will be
torn down and removed as soon as the
new one is completed. The machin-
cry is being replaced piecemeal, so as
not to interfere with the operations OF
the plant,
The second squadron of the Thir-
teenth cavalry, under command OF
Maj. C. w. Taylor, has returned to
Fort Meade after its three-weekS Drac-
tice march. The route was a complete
circuit of the Black Hills, and every
town and point of importance was Wis
tied. Two more troops left the post
under the command of Capt. Sweezy,
for a three-weeks' march to the north
ward.
The sheriff at WATERFOWL has in
charge an insane man. who was found
wandering on the prairie north OF that
town. No one knows the man, but ne
says his name Is Charley Martin. he
Is not violent, but is afraid some de-
tective will! arrest him. He says that
detectives are after him for crooked
work which he did six months ago III
the Iron Range country in Minnesota
He will not be taken to the asylum I'M
mediately.
At the Yankton county Republican
convention these nominations were
made: State senator, G. II. Dllloh'
representatives, i. f.. Price, p Stol-
Ter, John Larson; register OF deeus'
Henry Grebe; assessor, II. Helgerson'
treasurer, Z. Johnson; auditor, Chas'
Lawrence; clerk of courts, Peter Bos'
am; sheriff, j. Rathgaber; states at-
torney, John Holman: county Judse'
S. A. Boyles; superintendent Il, a.
Williams; surveyor, Ed Palmer. Inc
county officials were all renominateu'
Word has been received at Custer OF s
the death of B. r. Noble, president OF
Marble company and vice president =,
the Black Hills Porcelain Clay anu
the Saginaw Mining company, at his
home. In Yale, Mich. Mr.. Noble was
the original promoter of both coihpa-
MES. and had enlisted large amouns
of Eastern capital in the southern par
of the Hills. BY his death that res,pn
has lost a valuable friend; but ne
companies are now in position "heio
their affairs will not be affected
Articles of incorporation have oe ~,
filed for the Columbus-HancocK o i
company, at Sioux Falls, with capl.S.'
of $4,000. The Watertown Sana.o,,
UNI company, at Brookings, with vsp
ital of 100000. The Gold Peak MN
ing company, at Deadwood, with a vSp
ital of 81 100000 The Hillsdale WI
I ing company, at Pierre, with Gap,
T. tai of s1,000,000. The Lincoln ~ =
Sanatorium company, at Pierre, WIN