The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-10-21
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South Dakota
o, state News
Photographed.
General



wood, and + Mckinney. of Aber-
deem.
An agitation has commenced at
Canning, for the enactment of cur.
few ordinance, and the town council
will be petitioned to adopt such
measure.
During the past ten days about $685..
900 in cash has been dist ibuted
among the farmers of the vicinity OF
Artesian in exchange for their sur.
plus cattle.
The Yankton county commissioners
took Anal action on the question of
the new 100000 court house by refus-
ing all the donations and resolving to
build on the old site.
A cry is going out from the rural
districts for school teachers. Some
! schools will remain closed during the
winter If the cry goes UNDECIDED.
Wages are $40 a month
A jury at Sioux Falls returned a
verdict of guilty in the case of l.. A.
Dean, charged with selling quantity
of furnishings and draperies from a
Pullman car on the Omaha road.
The collection of gold nuggets and
free gold quartz specimens gathered
by M. r. Russell of Deadwood is said
/ TO be one of the finest private collec-
lions of it's kind in the United States.
Emil Faust of Lead, who set out six
months ago TO encircla tho globe, mas
returned He proceeded as far as the
Mediterranean sea. He visited his old
home in Germany for the first time
since 1S4S.
James NJ. Priest. aged fifty-three,
was cleaning out well at Dalzeil
when a rock fell upon him, crushing
his skull. He went to the Hills in
1876, and had represented the county
in the legislature.
A prairie fire burned over parts OF
Hague. Darlington and Richland town
ships, southwest Of Clarke, consuming
many stacks of hay, some grain, ma
chinery and barn belonging to
Charles Munson.
Thus far several train loads Of cat
tie have been shipped from Britton
this fall. Last fall 200 carloads were
shipped from this station. and there
Is little question that the shipments
~ fall will break that record.
Pliny Stroininged died suddenly at
his home near Fedora. He was sit
ting in a chair conversing with his
wife and fell from the chair and ex-
pired almost instantly. The remains
will be taken to Parker for burial.
Fire in the business center of Hot
Springs caused a loss of between $780,
900 and $4,000. distributed among six
teen business houses. The buildings
were small structures, but the stocks
of merchandise were Of good size.
Dropsy was the cause OF the sud-
den death of DIR. Albert S. Amerman.
one of the pioneers of the Black Hills.
He was born in Medina county, Ohio,
In 1S49, and was graduated at the
medical college, Ann Arbor, Mich, in
1871.
On account OF his wifeNs health, j.
w. OMeara has disposed of his half
interest in the O'Meara Brothers drug
store at Salem to DR.. II. II. Hewitt
late of Corneryille, Ind, and X. ..
Sherry of Salem. Mr.. O'Meara and
wife will remove to Denver.
A fine twoinch artesian well has
been completed on the ranch of w. F.
Robinson, near Gam Valley. 1t is 912
feet deep, flows about 100 gallons a
minute and has a pressure OF fifty
pounds to the square inch. The weii
was drilled in nine days.
The making of final payments on
state lands is not going on at Pierre.
as rapidly just now ,as 1t did in past
years. For the past month but SIX
final payments have been made and
patents taken on the same. Two of
these go to Minnehaha county, two to
McCook and one each to Lake and
Bookings.
The Wakonda town council has ia
ken steps to have that place provided
with street lightning system. Ar
rangements have been made to have
a number of gasoline air pressure arc
lights sent here for trial, and If these
prove satisfactory they will be substi-
tuted for some old ones, which have
been unsatisfactory.
Professors Chilcott and Hansen or
the state agricultural college have
been appointed by the national COM
mission of college an experiment sta
tions under the direction of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition board
to prepare exhibits, the former OF
macaroni wheat and the latter OF
fruits OF the Northwest.
Chambers Kellar OF Moody, Kellar
a Moody Of Deadwood, and s. E. Will
son Of Hot Springs. were subjected to
fines of SIS each by Judge William G.
Rice for contempt of court. Their Of
lenses consisted of disputing during
the trial Of Thomas G.. Grace. The
court had previously. warned them
against the use of personal language.
1 At mass meeting OF citizens at
Clark the proposition Of putting in
system of water works was discussed.
A motion was carried directing the
town board to call an election for the
purpose of voting $4,000 in bonds. 1t
Ia proposed to build standpipe on