The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-31
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South Dakota
a., State News
Photographed.

General

their last reports.
A postoffice has been established at
! Clayton. Hutchinson county, with Geo.
b. Buehner as postmaster.
The Office of the state treasurer has
been greatly improved by new carpet
! ing and additions to furniture.
The barley harvest around Pollock Is
completed. This is new crop for that
country, but the yield Is large.
II has been decided to hold a grand
| rally OF all the churches OF Sioux Falls,
for the benefit of the rescue mission.
Lightning struck the Pioneer livery
stable at Arlington, splitting one cor
ner open but doing no serious damage.
Omie Harris, twenty-one years cid,
fell from his bicycle at Mitchell and in
jured his head. He died in two hours
| from conclusion OF the brain.
f. A. Warner of Eureka has been Sc
lected as secretary OF the Republican
state central committee. Mr.. Warner
Is private secretary to Gov. Herreid.
The meeting OF the state board Of as
sessment will be adjourned from July
TO August, at the regular meeting OF
the board of equalization.
Stanley county's general fund war;
rants to Register No. 227l are called in
for payment; also. all other warrants
of judicial or other funds.
AS result OF a meeting OF business
men of Parker. 1t was decided to hold
a street fair and carnival this fall. and
a committee was appointed to make
! arrangements. . ...
More houses are being built at Red
field this season than in any two years
OF the previous history Of the city.
Good houses, too.
Ed Daboult. Peter Hoy and Patrick
welch were arrested at Highmore for
stealing cattle Hoy and Welch were
discharged and Daboult bound over to
the circuit court.
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Charles Gottschalk has begun the ex-
cavation for a new opera house at Alb
erdeen, on the site Of the one destroyed
a few weeks ago.
A son of Jacob Winters of Scotland
was accidentally shot in the abdomen
by a son OF Jim Brown Of Memo, at
MaxwelIs mill recently. The wound is
not considered serious.
field is ready TO receive plans for the
building. IL Is expected the founda-
ton will be laid this fall and work
rushed early I'm the spring.
An excellent flow of artesian water
has been struck on the farm of Fuller
Bros. near Belle Fourche, at a depth
OF $50 feet. The water is soft and pure
and flows at the rate of fifty gallons a
minute.
There is sort OF stfll hunt on for
the state capital II seems to be gem
of the capital from Pierre, and 1t Is
claimed that Redfeld is better located
as regards railroads than any other
point.
Rev. REYNOLDS, pastor of the Con-
gregatlonal church at Redfeld. has re-
signed, and the church Is now looking
for a pastor. He takes up the work
OF raising an endowment for the col
lege at Redfield..
The county commissioners OF Sphinx
county checked up the treasurer last
week, and found the cash on hand $685.
$50. This, with the fact that the coun-
ty has not an outstanding warrant and
never issued bond. shows the county
to be in good shape.
Daniel Cudney who, a few days ago.
vas the victim of peculiar combina-
ton OF circumstances at Centervilie,
and, after being robbed OF every cent
he possessed, was thrown into Jail, has
been released on a writ OF habeas cor
pus. Cudney, while alleged to have
been filled to the brim with the bever-
age which intoxicates. said he had
been robbed by three Sioux City men.
The supposed thieves were arrested.
but, as not the slightest evidence con-
Meeting them with the crime could be
secured, the authorities were compelled
| 70 Hberate them. When the case
against the three men was dismissed,
the Justice who had issued the war;
rant taxed the costs. amounting TO
s125.S5, on Cudney. As he had been
robbed OF every cent he had. he could
not pay the costs, and was thrown into
Jail to serve out the amount at the rate
of 50 per day The writ was served
upon the proper officials. and Cudney
has now been released.
Articles OF incorporation have been
| filed for the Nishna Valley Grain COM
pany. at Pierre. with a capital stock OF
$500. 900; incorporators, Charles Schick,
/ NJ. Bremen John J. Chandler, Henry
H. Mix, s. G.. DeLand and Harry s.
Anderson. For the Libertad Quicksil-
yer company, at Pierre. with capital
' Of 81. O00, 900; incorporators, G. A. Trof-
ton, w. w. Walker and L. L. stephens.
For the Carbino Lighting company, at
Huron, with a capital Of 100000; In
corporators, Charles Selden, Henry j.
Bredy ana Philip Lawrence. For the
/ Itapicuna Gold Mining company at
4 Huron. with a capital of sl,500,0O0; In
| corporators r. +. Robinson, C. NJ. Gil
pin and Philip Lawrence. For the War
rem Electric Purifier company, at HUI
| ron, with a capital OF $4,000 900; incor-
porators. Charles r. Warner, b. r.
! Holman and Philip Lawrence. For the
! Consolidated Lead and Zinc company,
| at Deadwood, with a capital Of 100000;
( incoruporators, Milton Il, Pinney, Al
| fred r. Case Eiswort L. Renhart For
! the LaTisnada Mining company, az
| sioux Falls, with a capital of sf0OO,0N;
/ ircorporators. Frank H. Simpson, II.
/ r. Weber U. s. @. Cherry.
william Patten SPHINX county
! farmer. has invented novel contriv-
! ance which he attaches TO gang plows.
| He then bitches threshing engine TO
| the plows, and is able TO plow from
twenty-five to thirty acres of land a