The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-12

new Christian church at Oacoma.
Lars Brudyig is at Sacred Heart
hospital at Yankton suffering with a
broken les. He was in a runaway &c
cident.
The state treasurer has received a
draft for $3.341.37 from the national
government as aid for the state sol
diers' home.
While Swan Torkelson OF Bagly was
driving down Main street at rapid
rate his horse ran into a little boy
named Erickson and severely injured
him.
At the annual meeting of the Tur-
ner Comfy Teachers association the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Il. ID. EIDE; secretary, Miss Caro-
line Dexter.
A body OF farm land containing
about LOO acres in Liberty township,
and including the Medberry ranch, has
been sold to Iowa men by the Union
Land company OF Huron for $26 an
acre.
Chairman Edward Cachelin Of the
hoard of county commissioners Is bad
ly bruised as the result of an accident
with a wild horse at Spearfsh. He was
thrown by the animal, striking on his
head.
Fire at Groton destroyed the barn
and sheds Of T. o. Johnson, together
with eight head of horses, two steers
and most of his farming implements.
The loss amounts TO about $500, part
ly covered by insurance.
Another business house will be es-
tablished at Huron in the next two
weeks. Miss Schmock and Mrs. SUIT
phen have arranged to engage in the
notion and ladies' furnishing business
and are in the East purchasing their
stock 81
Another extension Of thirty days has
been granted at the Sisseton Milling
company in which to get the municipal
electric light system in operation at
that place. The delay is due to the
difficulty in securing an engine of suf-
icient capacity.
Lead and vicinity we're visited re-
Gently by a snowstorm. Although the
snow only fell to q depth of an inch
or two there, at Preston, Crown Hin
and other higher points il lay to the
depth of six inches. 1T Deadwood the
storm amounted only to rain shower.
The Erwin Telephone company has
extended rural lines in various direc-
tions, and now the local business
houses are in direct communication
with practically all the farmers who
reside in the territory tributary to
that place.
A seven-year-old son OF Charles
Brophy of Palmer Gulch, Pennington
county. was killed by falling from
wagon. The boy, with several others.
was riding on a load of potatoes when
the wagon struck an obstruction,
bounding him of. His neck was
broken.
The annual sale of delinquent taxes
was held at Salem recently and was
the smallest in the history OF tie
county. Two townships did not have
delinquent piece of land. At the time
Of the publication the list was unusual
ly long, but payments have reduced IL
TO minimum.
The farmers around Whitewood are
having difficulty in obtaining threshins
crews. largely owing to the destruc-
ton by fire two weeks ago of two OF
| the machines operatin 81 nthat yicin-
ity. Theer is a large grain crop or
both wheat and oats. and only small
| part OF il has been threshed.
The drill at the Spring Creek OIL
prospect, near Sturgis, has reached a
depth of over 400 feet, and strong
| flow of water was encountered which
rose in the pipe to height OF eighty
feet. The representatives Of the Bear
! Butte Oil company are well pleased
with the progress of the work, and
with the favorable indications thus far
developed.
George Morehouse, president OF the
Bank Of Broohngs. died after long
illness. He was the pioneer banker
OF this county, and had a wide 40
BtCduDt VI Ms phAAohSAA Cf-
&c deeds. He was first in every enter
prise TO promote the interests of the
community. He accumulated good.
sized fortune. His wife and one son
survive him.
L. N. Grill Of Elk Point has CONSOLE
dated his elevators at Elk Point, Bar
bank and Aberdeen with those OF the
Sioux Grain company at Jefferson.
Tripp. yermillion and Parkston. S. d.,
and Chatsworth and Ticonic, Iowa. In
the spring the head Office of the CON-
pany win be moved to Sioux City. 0.
ID. Whitney having charge of the Office
and Mr.. Grin attending to the outside
work.
The story sent out from Canton last
week to the effect that travelling hyp-
notist at Lamont buried Ole Rasmus-
son at a school house exhibition and
the next night was unable TO arouse
him. was an unmitigated fake. Ras-
musson moved from Lamont TO Sioux
City nearly four years ago. There has
been no travelling hypnotist at the
Lamont school recently, no burial and
no mob.
An anDeal is to be taken to the SUI