The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-12-03
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] South Dakota |
j General State News
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! Mrs. William Landsman. liv,,o
OF Elkton. had her leg amputata5 o.
wss injured some time ago in . @
\ away. @
stock raisers report that wolves Ar.
killing sheep in Kingsbury count.
One man living near Arlington has To-,
thirty head.
Rev. l.. Harold Forde, pastor Of N.
presbyterian church at Salem. has !,
Tered his resignation to take efac, ~.
last of December.
Mrs. Mary Anna Schaffer died a,
Scotland at the age Of ninety.tbrsa
She was one of the pioneer settlers .,
Bon Homme county.
Thieves entered Gorgensen's tajlo,.
ing establishment at Huron and ca,
red away two oyercoats and other
wearing apparel valued at sloe or
more.
Castal!a, which is one Of the olaes,
towns in Charles Mix county Is en-.
joying substantial growth Several
new business houses have been estab.
( lished.
Wakarda can safely claim TO have
the best telephone connection Of any
town of its size in the state. This fall
ninety rural and thirty-six town phones
place.
A Socialist club was organized AZ
Hecla and the following officers elect
ed: Chaii imam, NJ. s. Boyer; literary
agent, e. C. Cole; secretary.treasura,
A. e. Clark.
Under the direction of the South Da.
kota Sunday School association, a re-
| ligious census was taken of Yankton
by board OF canvassers numbering
about fifty.
Ernest Yahr OF Deadwood, fifteen
years old, accidentally discharged his
! gun and the charge took effect in his
side at the waist line. infiicting dan.
gerous wound.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way company is experiencing some diff.
fculty In preventing the greatest
freight blockade known on the Dakota
| division Of the system.
Mrs. James Gavin has instituted
suit against the town OF Platte to re-
cover damages of $1,000 for Injuries
alleged to have been sustained by fall
ins on a slippery sidewalk.
Gilbert G. Grimm have disposed Of
their harness shop, stock, fixtures, ETC.,
at Salem, to William Webb Of Sac
City, Iowa. MIR. Webb will take pos
session the first of the new year.
The Missouri river Is being crossed
at Eyarts by foot passengers, closing
two weeks earlier than In previous
! years. Capt. Sauer is taking the Win
ME out of the river for the season.
The Odd Fellows OF Frankfort have
decided on Dec. IL as the date for the
dedication Of their new lodge building
The new waterworks system at Ga,
coma has been completed and Is In
operation.
Two freight engines on the Milwau-
kee were partially wrecked In the
yards at Mitchell by collision. I'm
mediately after the accident Ed Wal
brun, an engineer, telegraphed his res
| ignation to Supt. Beardsley.
Recently the farmers living south
! west Of Iroquois held two meetings to
arrange fer the construction OF ru'
raj telephone line to connect with the
Iroquols system. Prospects for the
building of the line are bright.
! Connections have been made at Par.
ker with the Farmers telephone line,
which extends from that place and
has eighty-seyen subscribers In the
rural precincts This makes FIVE rural
lines which connect with the Parker
system.
| Henry A. c. Rose, a Milbank ply
stefan, has filed petition In voluntary
bankruptcy In the United States court
/ IN Sioux Falls. He schedules his liza
bilitits at s3,05S.15 and bis assets at
5000 He says that property to the
value of S1,134.50 is exempt
The annual meeting of the school
officers of Clay county will be held
In Vermillion on Dec. 2. @. w. Nash,
state superintendent, will be present
Each officer attending is allowed $l.5e
for the day, the money to be paid by
the district board Of which he Is
/ member.
Little light has been thrown on the
I condition OF affairs at the Egan State
bank. State Bank Examiner Have
meyer and the committee have been
ut work since the institution closed
/ but have been unable to discover any
fraudulent work on the part OF the
cashier. G. L. Struble.
r. w. Taylor, one OF the leading al
torneys Of Webster. has formed Law
partnership with ex-Judge A. w. Camp
bell of Aberdeen. TO take effect Jan.
and will soon move to that city. hr
! Taylor has been prominent in loca
politics, being at present chairman OF
the Republican county central com
mittee
Secretary Root OF the war depart
ment will ask congress for an appro
priation OF $4,000 to continue the
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