The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-23
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The supreme court has admitted Ro-
bert d. Gardner of Britton, on a certi-
ficate from the courts Of Indiana.
Frances Clark, aged sixty-two years.
a resident of Fairfield township, Bea-
die county, was adjudged insane.
Mrs. Nancy ]. Boyd died at her
home, in Piedmont, at the age of SO.
She had resided In the Hills eighteen
years.
Rev. III. s. Coon, for some time pas
tor of the Methodist church at KAN
peska, is dead, at the age of fifty. He
was one of the pioneer clergymen Of
the state.
DR.. c. NJ. Keeling of Springfield has
resigned his nomination for represent
alive on the Democratic ticket. a:ia the
committee has substituted the name OF
Theodore Berndt.
| James A. Slatey, superintendent of
schools of the Yankton Agency, Is in
| Washington on affairs connected with
the Indian office.
Pensions granted David w. Dom
aldson, DeSmet, s27. Widows, Minors
and Dependent Relatives: Margaret
Fatherlos, Centerville, IS.
The state land department has Is
sued nine patents to final purchasers
of state lands. OF these, Turner coun-
| ty gets 2; Moody, q; Grant, 3; and
Hamlin ind McCook, each.
There is no hard coal to be obtained
| In TyndaIl. One of the elevators ship
| ped In about forty tons during the
| summer and this was quickly snapped
up. The price of wood has raised.
Frank Woodbury.. 70 years old, at
| tempted to board a passing threshing
outfit at Eagan and ride down town.
| He fell, and before the engine could
be stopped the separator passed over
his body, resulting in death.
The referendum election petitioned
| for by voters of Pierre will not be held
! The filing of the petition itself was
enough to accomplish the purpose
sought, the persons who had been
granted license withdrawing it.
Expert teachers instruct at the Sioux
Falls Business College, Sioux Falls, S.
d. Enter before Oct /, and get two
months tuition free. Send for cata.
logue.
On account of the tangle incident to
the scavenger tax law Hughes county
will have no delinquent tax list for
| publication this year. Several counties
are in the same shape, and II will take
! legislative action to remedy the defect
in the law as 1t stands.
The telephone exchange at Pierre
will be greatly improved. All the
lines in the main part of the city are
to be placed under ground, and all in
struments In use are to be taken out
and long distance phones substituted.
The material has all been ordered.
The city council of Edgemont is pre-
pairing to give the town a public water
system. A well is to be dug on Free
mont street, to catch the sub-flow,
which is to be pumped into a reservoir
erected at an elevation that will give
pressure sufficient for fire protection.
II. S. Potter, the clever swindler, and
Sam Rosenberger, rapist, escaped from
the Jail at Vermillion. The worked a
clever ruse on Sheriff Gilchrist, by
pretending that Potter was sick. Gill
christ went into the cell to give him
medicine and Rosenberger turned the
key. Porter was hidden in another,
unlocked cell, and they thus escaped.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Frederick Consolidated
Mining and Milling company at Huron,
with 4 capital of S5,000,000. The New
Boston Mining company, at Pierre,
with capital of 100000. The Mutu.
al Gold Mining Gold Mining and Devel-
opment company, limited, at Sioux
Falls, with a capital of $2,500,000.
John Komarek, tailor, 25 years old,
In the employ Of Toman & Dite at Tyn-
dali, shot Anna Vachtea, 20 years old,
| and then turned the weapon upon him
self. He is dead, but physicians hope
to save the girls life. She was hit In
the back, the bullet lodging in the
lung. Both came to this country a
year ago. He was sober and industri-
GUS. The girl discarded him.
The firm of Brown, Morse C Co,
who own stores at White and Elkton,
has been adjudged bankrupt by Judge
Garland OF Sioux Falls. This action
was taken on a petition OF creditors.
In its answer, the firm admitted it's
insolvency. Judge Garland ordered
tliaI It's dHdliS DC EeleTESG 10 heIeTGH
Harris of Aberdeen for adjudication.
The liabilities of the firm are sched-
uled at over 900.
Great grief is expressed at Deadwood
over the death at Hot Springs of COZ
onei Fred T. Evans, the veteran trans
portation man. He was prominently
identified with the early development
of the Hills. and there was not bust
ness man or firm who was not at one
time or another under obligations to I
him for favors and services. Many
Deadwood citizens went to Hot Springs
by special train to attend the funeral.
At meeting of the Business Mems
club at Yankton, q resolution was
adopted TO let the contract for an in
dependent telephone system TO the
Messrs. Crumb of Chicago for $4,000. /
that being the lowest of several bids
submitted. The system provides for
bonding the company for $4,000, S.. |
600 OF which is to be held as capital !
stock, $4,000 to be given the promoters
as bonus, and $4,000 to be sold at |
par in the form of twenty-year per
cent gold BONDS, a common stock certi- |
fcate of 500 to accompany each bond
free. Work will begin as soon as the !,
money is raised.
The total shipments of stock from |
the Chamberlain yards for 1902, up to |