The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-08-28

TO DdVlQ f1eln OF mOuHo lily a. khAho
warden of Campbell county.
Articles Of incor1 grafton have been
filed for the Alpena State Bank, at AL
pena, aud the United Merchants
Amusement and Trading Stamp compa-
ny, at Gettysburg.
Judge John Wood has returned from
hospital in Chicago. where he has been
under treatment for some weeks. He Is
yet in poor health. and his ultimate re-
covery Is in doubt.
Richard Hanschka and Pascoe Bros.
of Terry, have lately made extensive in
vestments in farm property around
Fremont, Mich. A good-sized colony OF
Black Hills people is being formed. most
Of them being thrifty miners.
President John r. Wilson, of the
Deadwood Business club, has appointed
delegates to the international mining
congress at Butte. They are d. A Nc
Fterson, Edward Mcdonald, N. E.
Franklin. Robert N. Ogden and Sol
Star.
Hail is reported to have done much
damage at Mansfield, south of Absr-
deem, and in Edmudns county. The
crop was practically all in shock or
or stack, so the damage was light. The
wheat in shock Was pounded out some
what.
Department Commander Blanchard,
of the state q. A. r., has selected the
Elsmere as headquarters at the nation
al encampment at Washington, Oct.
6 II. Two large parlors have been Sc
cured This hotel is In the immediate
vicinity of national headquarters.
The directors of the Black Hills Min
ing Mems association have appointed
delegates to the international Mining
congress. They are: S. w. Russell, j..
X. Vanatta, w. ]. Thornby, Asa Bald
win, W. S. Warner, II. ]. Mayham, John
Madill. ]. B. Empson, Frank Hebe.t w.
B. Milliken.
John Maxton was found dead in his
cabin, a short distance from Engle-
wood, recently. He was an old pros
pector in the Hills, coming to that re-
gion in 1878. He was born In the State
of New York, and served through the
War of the Rebellion in the Thirty
second Illinois.
Large shipments of sheep for Eastern
marke.s ale being made daily from
Edgemont, and thk local yards are
taxed. The average daily shipment Is
about Is 300 head, but 1t is expected this
will be gr aatly increased in September.
At present most of those being shipped
are of the feeder class.
| w. H. Mclean, miner in the en-
ploy of the Spearfsh company, lost one
of hts hands by premature explosion
while chambering for a blast in the
mine. Fire was communicated to the
powder in some manner before the shot
was ready. Mclean got far enough
| away to save his life.
! William Brady is the name of the lat
est prisoner to be lodged in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary. He is a negro, and
was convicted at Yankton for assault
with deadly weapon with intent 10
kill. and is sentenced to nine months
/ Imprisonment. The person whom he
assaulted was also colored.
| It has been decided to sink another
/ well in Pierre and increase the gas sup
Fly to point where inducements can
! be offered 20 manufacturers to locate.
! The well which has just been COM
! menced by Norman & Nicholson, hav-
ing proved to be such a success, the
+. same outfit will no doubt be used in the
/ sinking Of the new we'll
On a test OF the new we'll at Pierre,
| the stream was reduced to four inches,
, and at this 1t threw water seventy feet
high. going over the top of the derrick
| The work of putting in the new inner
| asing has been commenced, and when
! that is completed. 1t has been decided
TO send the drill deeper, as the hard
rock formation has not yet been STRUCK.
! Gov. Herreid has selected as delegates
to the national prison congress, to meet
in Philadelphia Sept. 1917: J. d. La
vim of Aberdeen; Jacob Schnaidt, Men
ron; George w Kingsbury, Yankton;
+ d. c. Thomas, WATERFOWL; w. e. Tip
i ten, Armour: o. S. Swenson, Sioux
! Falls; Winona III. Lyons, Sioux Falls;
Mary III. Cowan. Iroquois; Jane L.
/ ualdron, Fort Pierre.
! Two large buildings are in process OF
construction at Deadwood, and there is
a demand for more carpenters and brick
: and stone masons. The new Deadwood
hotel foundation. at Main and Shine
streets. is ready for the joists. Mullen
& Mum are erecting a three-story frame
! building on Lee street, with seventy
/ five-foot front. 1t will be occupied by
stores and offices. Horace S. Clark is
! building on the same street. There is
olso much building activity in the resi-
dence portion.
William Smerling, harvest hand,
was shot at Aberdeen by a hold-ur
gang. The ball entered his leg below
the knee and shattered the smaller
bone. Smerling and a companion, who
had been working near town, climbed
on top OF car in the Milwaukee yards
to get ride to Montevideo, and three
men held them up. After securing their
loose change. amounting to about IS, the
men were let go. and as they started of
on run, Smerling was shot. Two Of
the hold-up men were arrested and are
| in Jail.
Upon petition Of the creditors OF Cab
tree Bros. dealers in general merchan-
disc, formerly OF Miller, Judge Garland
/ of Sioux Falls has issued an order re-
| curing the members of the firm to
show cause why they should not be adj
/ Judged involuntary bankruptg and Az