The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-12-11
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| South Dakota
c.r.r., State News
- Photographed.

General

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The postoffice at Pitrodie. Clark
county, has been discontinued.
Egan has a scarlet fever scare. there
being several cases under quarantine.
]. j. Duffak OF Yankton has been
granted a pension increase to s16
month.
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 were
spent in Improvements in Scotland
during the past year.
The Lake Preston Cornet band has
been rorganized under the leadership
of Professor G.. ID. Waters.
A letter announces the death a few
days ago at Hull, ILL.,, of DIR. G. c.
Sprague, one OF the pioneer physicians
of Pierre.
The city OF F1andreau has completed
a new system of gas lights, which
makes a great Improvement over the
old system.
The mild weather is causing trouble
for stockmen, especially sheepmen, on
account Of wolves. They are very nu-
merous and ravenous.
Frank f. Smiths farm residence.
eight miles south of Lake Preston, was
destroyed by fire Most of the furni-
ture was saved. No insurance.
Those who have business with the
Milwaukee railroad company at Trip
have been greatly pleased by the APP
pointment of F. f. Adams as the local
agent of the company.
Martin Schrieber, the SuIly county
apple grower. who took all the first
prizes for apples at the Huron fair. re-
ports the yield from his small orchard
10 be 140 bushels for this Year.
The meat market of Branch & Ward
at Yankton lost dozen chickens on
| Thanksgiving eve at the hands Of
thief. who broke the store window and
relieved the firm of all he could reach
on display inside.
c. NJ. Henry, cashier of the State
Bank Of Hitchcock since it's organiza-
tion has accepted the position of cash
Ter for the First National Bank of Red
field, and entered upon his new duties
the LIST of December.
The tour of visitation to voluntary
weather observers in this state, just
made by S. w. Glenn, will result in bet
ter service throughout the state. The
tour was made by direction of the de-
\ partment at Washington.
At the Brown county educational as
sociation's annual meeting, held at
Aberdeen, Prof. ]. NJ. Hunter OF Groton
was elected president, Prof. @. b. Ames
of Columbia vice president, and Adeline
Crowley of Aberdeen secretary.
The annual charity ball. one of Yank-
toms social events, was very success
fully held under the direction of tho
Kings Daughters. A substantial sum
was raiseS t'or the charitable work
done by the circle" every winter.
The overturning OF load of logs re-
suited in the death of John Thompson.
a teamster in the employ OF the Price
Baker Lumber company. The accident
happened few miles from Rapid City.
Thompson sustained q fracture OF the
skull.
Will Gasser, the engineer who had
his hand and arm badly mangled while
running an engine on a grader at JEFF
ferson, is still in st. Joseph's hospital
at Sioux City, and is reported to be get
ting along as nicely as could be ex-
pected.
w. d. Driskill and NJ. c. Corners,
well-known cattlemen OF Spearflsh, are
preparing to go to old Mexico to pur-
chase cattle for early spring delivery.
Mr.. Corners viii also buy several hun
dred Mexican bronchos for use on his
range.
Ole Rendestvedt OF Dawson. Mimi.
died of typhoid fever at ST. Luke's hos
pital at Aberdeen. He came here to
represent Gotham e. Co. of St Paul In
South Dakota. when he was taken sick.
His body was sent to Dawson for
burial.
The manual training school of North
Dakota was defeated at football by the
Northern normal and Industrial school
of Aberdeen by score of 81 to Q. About
$50 rooters came down from Ellendale
by special train. This closes the sea-
son here.
There ia yet no trace OF the persons
I, who robbed the Thompson safe at Ban
croft a short time since, although eff
| forts to apprehend them have been
] made. The amount secured was about
| 81 ZOO, and the job was done so neatly
that IT is attributed to experts.
The matter of deep well in Pierre
has not been given up, and men from
I Chicago have been looking the ground
/ over. 1t is too late to work on borings
1 probably this year. but the matter is
I shaping UP for the sinking of a well to
a depth of 1000 feet or more In the
spring.
! The council has voted a new water
! works system for Egan, which will cost
T about $4,000. In six months there have
been six fires. Flowing wells can cas-
lily be secured at depth OF from 80 to
100 feet. there being one OF the best in
the state here now. rhe water works
/ question Is easily solved.
p. d. Kribs, member-elect of the leg
islature, has resigned as postmaster at
Columbia, the requirements being that
postmasters hose compensation
reaches $500 cannot serve in the legisla-
ture. The epublicans of Columbia
have united in petition for the APP
pointmen Of HIATT WILDER.
Harry Gilmore, Edward Carr and
Daniel O'Sonnell, convicted of robbing
the Duffner jewelry store at WATERFOWL
last July, were sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary at Sioux Falls. Gilmore was
let off with sentence Of only one year
ard Eour months, while Carr received
the heaviest sentence Of all, three years
and six months.
one of the earliest settlers of the
Black Hills, Christian SPECIAL, died In
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