The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

ing sept. 30 shows that $50 end.
entries We're made, there bors oi III
~ cash entries and "a horoes,an been
mai proofs We're made ON ho, zli
niings' and final proofs on tIrnhss
ture land. There were four Ina,o' eu-
sales, and the total recelnts cash
quarter were over $4,000. he
The Chicago & Northwestern -,
has been fortunate in securing way
at Salem. Water was STRUCK % wei
OF us feet. The well has filled v,,.s ph
4 feet or water. Both the Nortb.ntnlN
and Omaha are having serious stern
In securing water for trains an uole
the route. They are now us,n ns
water, the Northwestern having wy
porary tank, while the Omaha da Nn'
on the IRE hose for its supply. us
AS an illustration of the wov
the vicinity of WATERFOWL is inersas,.n
In value, the following is given.
quarter section near the city last 60
sold for s22 an acre. The purcba,ss
once listed IT for sale, and in a ss A
time 1t was again bought, the prica y.
Ing SIS an acre. Again 1t was listed =.
sale and before long the price Of saa ~
acre was paid for it. The land ia ,s4
held for sS5 an acre. INV
Fay Jones OF Huron, whose IAos -.
crushed under the cars at L.udden ons
| who was brought to Aberdeen fo- 49," 49,
gical treatment, died late in the Sav
After he reached the hospital the su,.
geons found him to be sinking, as N.
result Of the Shock to his system ava
the amputation OF his legs was NOT nm
dertaken. He continued TO fail throuvh-
out the day until death came Jons,
was young railroad man and fell from
the top of q car.
The Democrats OF Douglas co,r,,
nominated the following ticket: Rep.
resentative. r. NJ. Hutchinson; treas.
urer, w. F. Stearns: auditor, Ruel y
Dana; sheriff, Gus Fuhlendorf: clers
Nick Schippers: judge. ]. T. Matthews;
| superintendent, w. j. Dodge; coroner
DIR. Robinson; assessor, Joe Breithack.
/ commissioners, James Hauskutt C. Den
Beste and William MCDANIEL. The res.
! olutions adopted relate entirely to coun.
! ty matters.
Gust Paul, residing near WATERFOWL.
committed bigamy a few days ago,
/ though unwittingly. He thought his
wife had secured divorce from him,
| and therefore remarked about two
weeks before ne was divorced from
wife No. 1. Paul married his second
wife Sept. 6, and 4 decree was granted
his first wife Sept. II. The facts have
just been brought to light, and Mrs.
Paul No. / may make IL warm for her
erstwhile husband.
A son OF the late chief Sitting Bull Of
the Sioux nation has departed from In
dian tradition and Is on the payroll OF
| the Elkhorn Railroad company as
coal HEAVIER. Sitting Bull, Jr.. as he is
called, is a full-blood Indian, but has
acquired a fair education in English
branches and is considered a good
workman. He is not the only full
blooded Indian employed by the COM
! pany, as several have obtained posi-
tons.
| The Lincoln county convention Of the
Prohibition party was SHINY ATTENDED.
no boiling Republicans taking part
Joseph Minot, the boiling Republican
candidate for state senator; Joseph Fee.
d
{ Austin, Populist, for county treasurer.
/ were indorsed; also Brady Beck, Re-
publican, for clerk, and George Dean
: Republican, for superintendent. }. A.
/ Ulberg and Jacob Easton were nom
/ mated for the legislature, and the rest
( of the ticket was left blank.
A county and legislative ticket was
placed in nomination by Custer county
/ Democrats. Miles f. Smith was the
/ nominee for member of the house OF
! representatives; William III. Palmer,
! treasurer; Robert S. Lewis, sheriff; a.
| r. Smith, clerk of courts; ]. S. Putnam
register of deeds, A. T. Hesnard, au-
ditor; IA. A. Sprague, states attorney;
Mary l.. Reid. superintendent; A. H.
Smith, surveyor; Mark Hogan, asses
sor; C. b. Smith and II A. Albien, com
missioners from the First and SECOND
| districts, respectively.
The late corn around Tyndall is found
to have been injured some by the frost
A portion of II will be soft. Not mucn
has been husked, but there are helds
which have been picked for feeding thar
run as high as sixty bushels and up
wards. One Bon Homme county farm
err dug about 400 bushels OF potatoes
from three-quarters of an acre Oh
ground. At the extremely low price Oh
25 cents bushel his crop viii be worm
500. This would be at the rate OF Sl's
an acre, or enough to buy the ahu
three times over.
William Lamear and CLIFFORD Dameai'
aged fifteen and seventeen, respective
iy, have been held to appear before the
next grand jury at Terry on the charse
OF malicious mischief. They wers
caught throwing switch on the bals J,
Mountain line of the Burlington roau
In an attempt to ditch a train inc
Burlington and Elkhorn roads nav
been having difficulty on their baiu
Mountain lines and have frequenuy
found their switches thrown ana large
stones on the track. Four cars "eie
derailed recently.
The regular September term OF th'
circuit court closed at Huron. Inc
Judge signed decree Of divorce IN ="
vor of Mrs. Hannah A. c. Barnes from
her husband, William A. Barnes ine
custody of six unmarried children "ei'
given to the wife. together win 'n0
homestead, other real estate, some Iain,
..xA1.A kangahOld GOODS dhN