The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-30
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John Brown, farmer Of Melette,
was seriously injured by being kicked
in the stomach by horse.
Will sneariy of Mansfield had two
bones of one of his legs broken as q
result of his team running away,
Nine Syrian peddlers were arrested
at Miller for net having a license.
Three were fined s25 each and costs,
and six were discharged.
F. G. Croker, manager OF the ]. r.
mine, has obtained an option on the
Fly and Crown Point mines, which are
owned by Hill City men.
The Central I,lack Hills Copper
pany has its building complete, ma
chinery and tanks in place, and every
thing in readiness to start up and run
continuously.
The shaft on the st. Elmo mine has
attained a depth of 200 feet. This is
too deep for convenient and profitable
hoisting with a whim, and work has
closed down until steam hoist can
be Installed.
A call has been issued for Sunday
school convention to be held in the
Congregational CHURCH at Gam Valley
on May 8. II is expected that several
hundred Sunday school workers from
that part OF the state will be present.
The Black Hills Sunday School asso-
citation has decided to hold its annual
picnic near Vale June 20, "a and 20.
The site chosen is one of the most
beautiful spots in the Hills. A very
pleasant meeting is looked forward to-
by all.
T. Bowles and w. H. Walling dis
covered yeintwhich puzzled them
little. Samples were brought to Hot
Springs which proved 1t to be wolfram,
which is in good demand at good
prices as an alloy in steel. 1t also
carries some gold.
Interest in the gold discovery on the
farm of August Kiphn near Fairfax
still continues to be acute, and Creek
expert has rented building for an
assay Office and will locate there. He
has made another gold discovery about
twelve miles north OF that place.
Several lots have been purchased OF
John Mascovitch near the present
Catholic church Of Lead and they will
be used as the site for the new cathe-
dral and school TO be erected by'the
Catholics this summer. Mr.. Musco-
witch received $4,000 for the lots.
Sylvester Judd of Custer county has
egain been examined and adjudged In
sane. He was one of the original own
ers of the Spokane mine south OF Key
stone. which seemed so rich in silver
that the whole country was agitated,
IT'S mind became unsettled, he Deilev-
ing that SOMEBODY was trying to rob
him of his mine.
Hecla has been going through a bad
scare from a mad dog. A strange dog
apparently with the rabies went snap
ming about, biting no less than ten
other dogs. The mad dog was finally
killed and 1t is reported an examina-
ton of a post-mortem character de-
veloped the fact that 1t suffered from
the genuine rabies.
Supt. c. e. Mason, who has charge
of the marble quarries, the Autograph
stones and the mica mines belonging
to the Porcelain Clay and Marble com
pany of Hot Springs, is concentrating
his work on the mica. He is working
ALI the men he can to advantage, and
is ready to ship another carload OF
good. merchantable mica.
The Presbyterian Christian Endeav-
or society met with the Salem S. G. E.
There we're about twenty delegates in
attendance. The following officers
were elected President, Rev. T. B.
Boughton, Bridgewater; vice presi-
dent. Rev. d. Oastler, Parker; secre-
tary, Miss Fannie Andrews, Bridge
water.
7 M. Case of White Owl was In
Sturgis recently and had huge petri-
fed bone with him of some prehistoric
animal of gigantic proportions. Mr..
Case has found a yeritable mine OF
the honey remains of the monsters OF
the animal kingdoms that ranged this
country in a remote period. He mas
written the Smithsonian institution
describing his finds.
The plans for the new dormitory for
the Aberdeen normal school submitted
by Architects W. T.. Dow e. Son OF
Sioux Falls have been accepted. The
contract for the erection of the build
ing will be let at as early date as
possible inrorder that it may be COM
pleted by September1. The structure
will be Al by 136 feet in size and
pressed brick win be used in the con
struction.
The Alexandria Touring mill, includ-
ing six lots and the residence and fur
niture of andrew knight, have been
sold to- Frank Fluent of Welcome.
MINI. and Halsey Fluent OF Wcrthing-
ton, MINI. The purchasers already
have taken possession. 1t is their pur-
pose to remodel the mill property by
introducing some modern machinery
and place 1t in first-class condition
throughout.
A boy who was driving horses over
the site of old Fort Pierre a few days
ego picked I'D a fat stone and found
that it was used IS cover for small
stone receptacle In which was found a
large. old-fashioned v-shaped paddock.