The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-10-29

on the reservation, Is dead. lie was
a quarter breed,
The work of constructing a new
Catholic church at Mayheld, near
Irene, has commenced.
Cattle shipments at Eyarts are
heavy. The falls business will con-
sist Of about 1900 cars.
Secretary Robinson of the state his
torical society has received the files
of the Press and Dakotan for the past
thirty-three years.
Steps have been taken at Bonesteel
for the erection of fine brick block,
two stories in height, with an opera
house on the second floor.
= new franchise has been granted
the Evarts Transportation company
on the Missouri river and Nels Jacob
son will operate ferry In the spring
under ii.
Hans ]. Vogt, living four miles
north of Bridgewater, lost his barn by
fire He was insured in the Farmers
Mutual of McCook county. The loss
Is estimated at 81 200, the heaviest the
company ever had.
The stun stolen from Woodworths
hardware store at Centerville a few
nights ago, including two guns and
ammunition, was found secreted in a
haystack just outside of town. One OF
the thieves has been identified.
The public improvements at Miller
this season foot up to $4,000, made up
of $4,000 for sewerage, $4,000 for cleo
trjct light plant, telephone improve
.ent 81 1000, cement sidewalks $4,000.
surface drainage $500. Then there
has been private improvements to the
alue of about $4,000.
The case of Casper Berther vs.. An
thony Tuor for the recovery OF $3.50 al
legged TO have been borrowed. was de-
cided at Madison in favor of defend
| ant In the case of A. f. Ripe VS..
II. G. Eggen, for breach of contract, in
the alleged purchase of flour mill at
Vienna, the plaintiff was awarded $500
damages.
The tenth annual convention of the
z. w c. A. of South Dakota will be
held at Bookings Nov. and 8. Miss
Harriet Taylor, general secretary OF
the American committee, Miss Mabel
| Milham, state secretary of Minnesota,
and Miss Gold Corwin, state secretary
for North Dakota and Nebraska, will
| be present.
At a meeting of the Wilmot town
| board IL was decided to sink another
| artesian well for the local water works
| system, as the old well has been Sc
| riously damaged by the use of dyna-
J mite to clear it and it was found inn
contract for the new well has been
awarded and the work of drilling 1t is
now in progress.
Adjutant General Conklin of Pierre
is at Evarts mastering in Company A.
state cavalry, of forty members. Gen.
eral Conklin says it is the finest COM
pany in the state. A reception was
| held in the hall and was brilliant af-
fair. Colonel T. G.. Orr was master OF
ceremonies. General Conklin will re-
| turn there shortly and deliver a speech
under the auspices of the company.
A. d. Johnston, superintendent OF
/ the county poor farm at Deadwood,
has just finished digging the potato
| crop There was on the farm an acre
| planted TO potatoes, the tract being
eight rods wide by about twenty rods
long. Mr.. Johnston says the yield was
| FIVE tons, or nearly 200 bushels. He
brought to Deadwood with him num-
Der of fair specimens of the crop, one
of the largest having weight of 217
| pounds.
The vacancy In the chair of geology
| and mineralogy at the state univer-
sity, caused by the resignation of Pro-
lessor James E. Todd, has been filled
by the appointment Of Professor Per-
isho OF Platteyille, Wis, who has for
some time been in charge of field work
| in southern Wisconsin. The engage.
ment of Professor Perisho carries with
| ii the position of state geologist also.
He is expected at Vermillion the first
week in November.
/ Some OF the young women or How
ard have adopted peculiar fad. They
| have taken under their protection
young men of the town who are not
yet out of their teens and affect tn es-
| cort them instead of considering them
as escorts. They do this, they say. to
keep the boys out of evil ways. The
girls are satisfied with results thus
far, while their proteges are highly
amused by the motherly devotion
shown them by the young women.
In the midst of the great number OF
successful burglaries being committed
around the state, it is gratifying to
note that Conductor Birran's freight
east a morning or two ago, carried on
a car of wheat at Madison, contain
ing a very fine lantern, and about
forty sacks belonging TO some grain
thief, who had filed them up with
wheat, and had evidently been inter.
| rupted in his work. There Is no spe-
cial fund that the lantern and sacks
can be placed in. and the railroad au-
thorities do not know exactly what to
do with them In the meantime the