The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-17
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South Dakota /
G.-.ra, State News
Photographed.

f. e. Darn es. an ex-saloonkeeper OF
Marion, who located there about ten
years ago, coming form Germany. IS
dead.
Representative Burke has recon-
mended DR.. George w. Potter as
member Of the board of pension exam
liners at Redheld.
On April 2s number OF neighboring
Odd Fellow lodges will unite with the
Mitchell lodge in celebrating the eighty
third anniversary Of the order.
The collections of the state treasurer
during the month OF March were over
$3.50, 900. This is the largest amount yet
collected in one month by the state.
Supt. Martinda!e. superintendent OF
the YsnktoR schools. has gone TO Dead
wood, where he will deliver an address
before the Black Hills Teachers associ-
alton.
Work has been commenced on q new
Baptist church building at Elk Point,
which. when completed, win be enc Of
IN. finest structures Of its kind in the
state
The spring term OF the Mitchell uni
versity opened last week, and will con-
tinue eleven weeks. 'The attendance Is
very large, as compared to former
years.
Charles ingalls, OF Canton, a black
smith, dropped dead In his chop recent
ly. Mr.. ingalls, was a pioneer Dakotsn,
sixty-eight years OF age. He leaves .
large family.
The state treasury has received q
draft from the general government for
81, $50, to apply on the Hatch fund for
the maintenance OF the state asricult-
ural college.
Tho Price-Raker Lumber company
has succeeded to the business OF the old
Hulet q Price company, which has
been in existence at Rapid City for
many years.
Fort Meade will hereafter be lighted
by electricity. Wires from the power
house in Sturgis will be strung imme-
diately. The Sturgis plant is one OF the
best in the West.
As a new deal, the Great Northern
will operate a through passenger train
between watertown and the Twin Cit
les. It will leave Watertown at Sis a.
M. returning at $50 p. m.
TIL. supreme court has admitted TO
practice Charles II. Warner of DeSmet,
on CO rtificstes from the supreme court
of Minnesota, and c. f. Smith OF Gus.
ter. on a Territorial certificate.
Since the sending out OF 115 patents
by the state commissioner of school and
public lands, that officer has received
payments enough 10 require the issuing
of seventy-fiye more patents in q few
days.
E. Sunderlin OF Tyndan. was taken TO
the hospital at Yanktoa. Several
weeks ago he was bitten on the leg by
an Infatuated dog. Blood poisoning set
in and tn abcess gathered behind one
of his cars.
County Treasurer Schaub of Kings
bury county reports that he has been
compelled to return TO the state treas
ury the sum of s14, 900 OF the permanent
school fund, because he has been un-
able to loan II.
Among the Sturgis people who have
set out for the Klondike this spring Ia
william Mcmillan. He spent part OF
last summer in the region about Ska
quay and Lake Atlin, B. c., and this
spring he intends to go on to Dawson
City.
Adolph Kylius, a niue-year-old son II
Eugene Kylius Of Yankton. climbed 10
the top of a high board fence and.
stretching out on a 2x4 around the top
of the fence, fell asleep and fell off. He
struck on his face on broken bottle
and is in critical condition.
John Ebbott. farmer living south OF
Mitchell. was adjudged insane by the
board of insanity. His craze Is OF a re-
ligious nature. Mr.. Ebbott has resided
alone on his farm for eighteen years,
and has brooded so much over his t-ou-
bles that has mind has become affected.
The odd Fellows OF Beresford are
planning for a grand celebration of
their anniversary day, April rs. Ell
forts will be made to organize all the
Odd Fellows in that part of the state
in the movement, with Beresford as the
scene of the gathering and celebration.
o. e. Jewett, the architect, whose
plans for the Dea1wocd hotel were ae-
cepted. is dead of pneumonia He
formerly lived at Chamberlain, Pierre
and Miloank. He has designed some OF
the rest buildings in the Hills during
the last four years. His death was
sudden.
The Homestake Mining. company has
absorbed the properties OF the Dead
wood Terra Mining company, including
the big stamp mill located at Terra
VILE. The capital stock OF the Home
stake has been increased the second
time, making the total capitalization
o. ooo, 900 shares.
Al a meeting of the lawn tennis en-
thusiasts of Clear Lake an organiZa-
ton, to be known as the Clear Lake
Tennis club, was formed. Officere were
elected as follows: President. J, J.
Hateherg; vice president, J. f. Wal
seth; secretary, Miss Tetzloff; treasur-
err. Miss Flanders.
Rev. Donald McLain. who for some
years has been pastor of the Methodist
church at White, has rendered his res
ipnation. having decided TO accept n
call from the Methodist Episcopal
church at Alaxa rdria, MINI. lie will
assume the duties OF pastor at that
place on Sunday, April IS.
1t is not probable that the county
commissioners of Codinyton county will
appropriate any money for an exhibit
Of the state at the st. Louis exposition.
Owing 70 heavy expenditures for coun-