The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-02-26
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only living ehhile3-,F. D. Moore, at sa-
lem.
The quarantine has been lifted from
the last case of smallpox at Salem,
and the doctors are now busy with an
epidemic Of la grippe.
George Martin has sold the Red
Front grocery at Aberdeen to Alex
Northumberland George Slater. o. A.
Grifis, late of Geddes has bought the
~drug business Of M. Bennett.
~ Fire destroyed the Harry Peek gen.
! eral store at Lakeside eighteen miles
north of Huron. The origin Of the
fire is unknown. Loss on building
and stock, $1,000; insured for 5000
Potter & Drake are now putting in
the casing and finishing the well for
struck a fine flow at depth of 7S2
feet. The water Is warm, clear and
soft.
Preliminary arrangements have
been made by farmers around Madison
for the construction of rural tele-
lines will run as far south as Went
worth.
The board of insanity at Deadwood
has pronounced Mrs. Alice Christman
of Memo insane. She was arrested
several days ago for setting fire to the
coal sheds of the Homestake Mining
company at Memo.
James Hartzell, DOC" Middleton
and e. B. Jones of Deadwood and J.
W. Boyd and Charles Boyd of Sioux
City are forming a company at Dead
wood for the purpose of putting Wild
West show on the road.
]. G. Sheldon has been appointed
general agent and manager for the
Mccormick branch of the Information
al Harvester company for the north
ern part of South Dakota. He has
had charge of the collections for the
company for several years in that ter
ritory.
Fred c. Seivert's house, three miles
north OF Waterfowl, was burned, the
origin Of the fire being unknown. Most
of the household goods we're saved.
The house was valued at $1,000; insur-
from Iowa year ago and is wealthy
farmer.
Gov. Herried issued a requisition to
the governor of Nebraska for'Al Tur-
ner, who murdered Ezra Dunlap at
Lead a few days ago and who was
yah
ton, of course, was issued before the
death of Turner, which occurred at
Alliance the following day.
On May II the A. o. u w. grand
lodge will meet at Lead, and on June
the Masonic grand lodge will meet
there Special excursion trains will
be run and tickets will be made good
via Hot Springs. A rate OF $40 from
Sioux City and return has been made,
which will insure large crowds, which
always enjoy visiting the Black Hills,
which is so vastly different from that
portion of the state
Barbara Threnson, aged forty-six,
was found dead beside the road eight
miles west of Siseton. She was but
scantily clad and is supposed to have
frozen to death. She was an unmar-
ried sister of Knut Threnson, whose
two girls lost their lives in a blizzard
a short time ago. The body lay two
DAYS beside the road before being dis
covered.
The F. D. Smith building, occupied
by the Deadwood postoffice, was dam
aged by fire. The fire started in the
basement near the furnace, and two
floors were badly burned before 1t
could be controlled. The postoftice
effects were moved out and the only
Eoss the Office sustained was in stamps
and stamped envelopes from water.
After the fire was extinguished the
Office was moved back. The damage
TO the building was $4,000 and to furni-
ture $4,000, all insured.
The officials Of the United States
land office in WATERFOWL have received
the past two or three weeks over 800
inquiries concerning tract or $40
acres Of land In Codington county
which was reported to be vacant. The
report was published. in Twin City
paper several weeks ago, but is erro-
neous, as there is not vacant foot
of land in Codington county. Over
half of the inquiries are from a dis
lance, and one man came 200 miles
for the express purpose OF filing on
the land Codington county land is
worth from $40 to $40 an acre.
A new town named Loomis has been
located eight miles northeast oil
Mitchell on the Milwaukee road. About
a dozen buildings have been erected
aud business is carried on. A grain
company has put up an elevator and
other additions are to follow. Appli
cation has been made to the postoftice
department for postofice, and there
are half dozen candidates for the
appointment The town is located IL
a good section of the county and u
has every chance to grow and become
a thriving place.
Shipments of young cattle from the