The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-03-12

The town of Avon is without hotel,
the former proprietor having left the
business. Contractors arc drawing
plans for new hotel to cost $4,000 or
$4,000.
The Homestake Mining company IL
planning to replace the old Homestaks
hotel, destroyed by fire at Lead, with
a three-story brick and stone building
TO be used as a hotel. The loss by
fire is estimated at $1,000, on which
there was $4,000 insurance.
One of the schools at Deadwood has
been ordered closed on account Of
diphtheria among the pupils. Several
cases in mild form have appeared.
The school will open In a week IL no
further cases appear. In the meantime
the building is being fumigated.
Salem is suffering from a coal fam
inc. There has not been a pound Of
coal in town for several days and
farmers are out. Some have been in
town every day hoping to be able to
get coal. Dealers have plenty on tho
way, but it is evidently sidetracked
somewhere.
Fire at Lead destroyed the Brettell
block, causing a loss Of about $4,000.
with insurance of $4,000. There were
two storerooms ON the first floor, con-
Quoted by Slavonians, the contents OF
which are lost or seriously damaged.
George Brettell died two years ago
and left the building to the Odd Fell
lows, to which the estate was prepar-
ing to turn 1t over when it was de-
stroyed.
George Smith, farmer Of Davis,
left home to spend the evening with a
neighbor. Before his departure he
raised the trap door to a cistern and
placed pail containing 81 600 in cash
under the floor at the top Of the cis-
tern. When he returned he found the
trap door had been raised and on the
floor near it was scattered $500 in pa
per money. which evidently had been
dropped by the thief in his, haste. The
other $500 was gone.
A man named Mead, who was con-
fined in the county Jail at Ipswich
while awaiting the next term of the
state circuit court, has succeeded in
making his escape and no trace Of
him can be found. He was confined
in that part of the Jail intended for
women prisoners, and had no difficulty
in cutting through a wooden stairway
with the aid of a spade and Ratchet
which were in the cell.
Another forged check was received
by the Citizens State bank of Armour
with F. e. Lawrence's name attached.
Mr.. Lawrence is a business man of
Armour and the check was cashed in
Spokane, Wash. 1t was drawn for
SIS and Endorsed by A. B. Wilson.
These checks have arrived at various
intervals from different parts of the
United States for the past year. The
same forger has signed them all. They
have ranged from SIS to $35 each.
A new discovery of gold ore has
been made on the head Of Falsebottom
creek along the wagon road between
Deadwood and Portland, and near
Deadwood gulch, by e. p. Farnham Of
Central City, who has been working
tract of eighty-seven acres of land for
several months under bond and lease.
The property lies in the phonolite
ing all the characteristics of the rich
ing all the characteristics of the rich
ore the Pennsylvania company is work.
ing near by, and closely resembling
much of the ore of Cripple Creek.
There has been much speculation In
the Hills relative to the electric-cya,
hide custom mill at Mystic, some de-
claring the gold-saving process started
by F. H. Long of Chicago failure be-
cause the mill was occasionally idle.
A little newspaper criticism has
brought forth a statement from Mr..
Long relative to his new process which
throws some light on the subject. He
declares that the plant has proven all
claimed for 1t, and although run peri.
odically, it has really been no fault Of
the methods. The trouble has been
lack of ore for steady work.
Capt. Lucas, commandant of the sol.
diers' home, has Just received draft
to the amount of $S0.65 from the gov.
eminent. When he mustered out he
was in such haste to get home to a
sick wife that he did not stop to Sc
cure transportation to his home, pay.
ing his own way. A few months ago
he was notified that balance was due
him and If he would execute certain
papers sent the amount would be paid.
This he did and a few weeks later re-
ceived a draft in payment Of the bill.
Thirty-eisht years had gone by since
the debt was due, and now it is paid.
The strange part is, Capt. Lucas did
not know his Uncle Sam owed him
cent.
There is almost panic In many ru-
raj school districts on account of the
large number of marriage in the ranks
of the schoolma'ams. The teachers
were sticking close to their knitting
until the new settlers commenced to
move in. Many of these happened to
be young bachelors. Then the trorble
commenced, as the marriage records