The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-06-05
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South Dakota
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| dlpOlntcd a railway ndli clerk.
A new pipe organ has been placed in
| the Baptist church at Brookings.
Judge Smith has again adjourned the
Charles Mix county term Of court from
| June 20 To June "a
| 1t is proposed to have a Fourth OF July
| celebration at Lead this year, under the
| auspices of the fire department.
/ The Great Northern will abandon its
! daily train service at Aberdeen next
| Monday and assume tri-weekly trains
Gov. Herreid has issued a commits
] sion to John S. Wurtz as commissioner
of deeds for South Dakota at Philadel-
phia.
The four-year-old daughter OF Mr.
| and Mrs. w. v. Doyle, of Doyles was
| drowned in Elk creek, in Meade county,
| Monday.
| The only call for a loan from the per.
manent school fund the past week was
| for 81, 500, which was asked for by Fail
| River county.
| The Mellette city marshal raided
| gambling house and seized all the fix
! lures. The officers will prohibit gamb-
| ling in Mellette.
Oulton g. Son have sold out their
large drug stock at Faulkton TO c. C.
! Carpenter of WATERFOWL. He takes
| immediate possession.
| Pensions granted: Increase, Henry
Thompson, Armour, IS; Joseph Dunn,
IS, $40. War with Spain, christopher
lick, Okoboji Sl7.
| The Yankton County Normal institute
will meet In annual session June to 20.
| ir elusive, at the Central high school
building in Yankton.
! Seth Bullock, supervisor of the Black
| Hills forest reserve, recommends that
| department of forestry be established
! at the state school of mines.
! The Aberdeen high school commence
ment exercises will be held at the NJ. E.
! church, Thursday evening, June 5. The
! graduating class numbers fifteen,
Ex-Congressman John ]. Jolley Of
| Vermillion will deliver the Decoration
Day address at Lennox. HE is an elo-
quent speaker and will draw large
! crowd.
The Aberdeen city band has been re-
| organized and the following officers
| elected: Leader, Albert Berg; presi-
dent, H. A. Way; secretary, A. Aase-
| gard.
Mrs. w. f. Kidd has decided to con-
tinue the publication OF the Aberdeen
! Ruralist, and will carry out the policy
adopted by her late husband, w. h.
! Kidd.
Two cases of scarlet fever are report
! ed by the health officers In Faulkton
/ Each of the houses have been quaran-
| tined and no great danger is appre-
! hended.
The Christian Endeavor organization
at Fort Pierre has fitted up building
! with chairs and tables and supplied y
! with books and magazines. as Chris
! tian Endeavor rest.
It is estimated there will be 10000
| pounds of wool stored in warehouses at
! Belle Fourche this spring. There Is 10
| he a sale in a few days, and speciai
/ trains will be run.
| L. F. Kellogg. an old and respected
| citizen Of Armour. is dead of quick con-
sumption. He was sixty-three years OF
age and was among the pioneer settlers
| of Douglas county.
! The Yankton Tribe Of Red Men instr
| tuted at new lodge at Tyndall. IhS
/ have already instituted lodges at Cen
! terville, Beresford and Armour, ana
| will institute several more.
It is reported that the Franklin Cattle
! company of StuTgis has purchased L.
! 600 head Of cattle in Texas, and thh
! they will be placed on the range In the
! southern part OF the state.
A total of 40 land filings have been
| made at Pierre this month. This IN
dicates that 10000 acres of land have
! been taken up since the 1st of May, ara
The crowds are yet coming.
There is reason to believe that there
| viii be 200 new dwelling houses erecteu
| in Bookings this year, besides a new
| central station for the telephone compa-
! ny and several new business blocks.
William walpoIe of walshtown says
/ he has been farming in Yankton county
! more than a quarter of a century, anu
| never in all that time has he seen sucu
| a bright promise for big crop as row.
| The town of Custer is to have sys-
tenn of waterworks the contract lol
| putting II in having been awarded =
| George p. Hitch. The water Will os
! pumped INTO reservoir Ny u b''0
| engine.
The Lady Maccabees of Yankton an
| nounce that they have secured carrie
Nation for speech on June II. AS Cdi
RE is in jail, and will not be releases
until June 16, the Yankton date may DC
considered Cancelled.
At the fire department meeting heiu
a vanlytny, raponflu tho fire hOYG uc-
cided to attend the state tournament az
Mitchell in force, and TO at once organ.
ize running team. At least 100 men
win go from that city.
M. Griggs, of Griggs & Cooper ~
Paul, is in Aberdeen, with view 10 INV
establishment of branch OF the nrih
business there. II will be necessary lol
them to put up a building, there PENS
none available in town.
Rev. Father Sheehan, who has peen
In charge of the Catholic parish at FIN
ton for the past six years, will leats
Elkton on June for his native home ~
Ireland having been granted three
months vacation by Bishop O'Gornlah'
Ed L. Granthan has been elected pres
ident OF the board of town trustees "
Custer. The board, at its first meetihs,
passed two ordinances, one authorlzins
the erection of an electric light pam