The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-13
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Cer.ra, STATE News
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General


stephen w. Jenkins of Waubay has
been granted a pension of $40 pei
month.
DR.. G. F. Peabody recently traded his
residence at Bigstone for property in
Georgia.
John d. Perry, a settler on Bad riv
er, was killed in 8 runaway accident
near Pierre.
]. M. Talcott has disposed of his
lumber yard at Mission Hill to Mime
aIOlis parties.
H. Nihart, implement dealer, has be
gun the erection of a large implement
house at Tyndall
The Hotel Commercial, at Bigstone
is being improved. 1t is now lighted
by gas and heated by steam.
The homestead filings at the Pierre
land office for October again passed
the 100 mark, the total being 125.
Material for the new telephone sys.
TEN has been received at Freeman.
The switchboard will accommodate 100
| patrons.
| About seven years ago Joseph Frick
! purchased farm near Hurley for SO,
! wv anu AeAo just SOlu INC tract LOT SOO
| per acre.
Several families have recently
moved to Bigstone from Marshall
| county and elsewhere, and every house
in town is filed.
Tyndall officials are unloading a car
| of sandstone, which will be used for
crossings. Nearly all the crossings
now are of stone.
J. B. Lee, who has had charge of the
, Lee house at Mellette for sixteen
! years, has leased it to B. c. Richard
son, who has taken possession.
James Vercoe, the ten-year-old son
of DR.. w. l.. Vercoe Of Deadwood, had
part of his left hand blown away by
the explosion of a giant percussion
| cap.
The members of the Lutheran
church at Canistota are piaking elab.
crate preparations for the dedication
of their new church on Thanksgiving
day.
At the special election at Salem, for
the purpose of voting on bonding the
city for $4,000 for waterworks, the
proposition carried by a handsome ma
jority.
NJ H. Fritts and Miss Rosana Jones,
both Of Bear Gulch, were united in
marriage at Spearfsh. Mr.. Fritts is
largely interested in mining and ranch
property.
The following notaries public have
been appointed: Newell w. Powell,
White Rock; Homer s. Smythe, Wo6n-
socket; H. Van Perchun, Marian; g.
w. Martens, Milbank.
The delinquent tax sale for Beadle
county took place Monday. The list
was the smallest in the history of the
county, and very little time was con-
sumed in making the sale.
Good positions secured for all grad
yates of the Sioux Falls Business Col
lege, Sioux Falls, S. d. Enter before
Dec. / and get one months tuition
Tree. Send for catalogue.
The Scottish Rite bodies Of the Ma
sonic fraternity have arranged to dedi-
cate the new $4,000 temple in Yank-
ton and to hold grand reunion during
the second week of next March.
Harm BOSNIAN, a Grant township,
Lincoln county, farmer, is victim of
smallpox. The premises have been
quarantined and every precaution is
being taken to prevent its spread.
A large number of delegates attend
ed the annual convention of the De-
gree Of Honor lodges of the Black Hills
at Sturgis. A grand reception was
given the visitors by the local lodge.
The season now drawing to a close
has witnessed the erection of many
business blocks and dwellings at AL
ee. There has also been a general i'm
provement in the business transacted
by its merchants.
When starting the engine of Fray
leighs' threshing machine at Salem,
Irwin Erickson met with a painful ac-
cident. He got his hand pinched in
some way, MASKING it badly and cut
ting off one finger.
Gov. Herreid has granted a reuuisi-
ton from the governor of Illinois for
Lee Saunders alias James Williams,
wanted in Mcpherson county on a
forgery charge. Saunders is in GUS
tody in East st. Louis.
The Importers and Traders Nation
al pdhh VI NC" IOIhs anu rllSJ ma
tional and National Bank of Com
merce of Minneapolis, have been ap-
proved as reserve agents for the First
National Bank of Milbank.
The warm weather is rapidly spoil
ing a large part of the corn, Frost
came before it was ripe, and fully half
of it Is too soft for marketing, and all |
of 1t in some sections is growing be-
cause Of the warm weather.
The new telephone system recently
at Memo is proving such
a success that already its capacity is
overtaxed. IL will be necessary to
extend the system and move the ex-
change into a larger building.
The members of the Presbyterian
church at wentworth have completed
for extensive improve
ments. A choir room will be built on
the east end of the church and YES
try and session room on the south.
A small fire started In b. w. Bur
nett's house, at Tyndall but was ex-
before much damage was
done. The house is in the center of
block of buildings, and If the fire had
acquired Roadway 1t would have put in
danger a great deal of property.
Capt Lavender of Yankton loaded a
carload of hens, geese, ducks and tur-
keys at Yankton last week. The car
contained 5000 fowls Hens were