The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10
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South Dakota
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James Cavanaugh. a young rough
rider, was drowned in the Cheyenne
river near Leslie.
Gov. Herreid has reappointed ] A.
Kieth of DeSmet to succeed himself
as a member of the state board OF
pharmacy.
E. G. Cornell, Huron drug clerk,
| has been awarded prize for a paper
written by him for the South Dakota
Pharmaceutical association.
Miss Blanche Canada OF Centerville
has been appointed a student at the
state normal school at Madison by
State Senator w. H. Stoddard.
At the annual meeting of the Amer
lean Bar association at Hot Springs,
Va, Coe /. Crawford of Huron was
made a member of the general coun-
Gil.
The town council of Chancellor has
entered into contract for the sinking
of three-inch we'll 20 furnish water
for fire protection and domestic pur-
poses.
Two million trout will be planted
this fall by the government fish hatch
cry in the Black Hills streams. All
of the streams in the Hills will be re
| stocked.
The town council of Bristol has en-
gagged the services of competent men
to prepare plans and specifications
for the construction of a system Of
waterworks.
The preliminary hearing Of Strick-
| land, Coy and Tufts, the moonshiners
at Deadwood resulted In binding
them over under $3.50 each to the
United States grand jury.
Ed Henater of Armour was acct
dentally shot In the hip while hunting,
the whole charge Of the gun, wads,
shot and all, entering his body. There
is no hope for his recovery.
Fire destroyed the large barn on
the Farham farm northeast of VOL
sey. Five head of horses, 1000 bush
els Of wheat, wagons, buggy, harness
and farm machinery were consumed.
Work has been commenced on the
new Catholic parsonage at Clark.
The building will be two stories in
height and will cost $4,000. Father
Bonneterre expects that II will be
ready for occupancy by Nov. 20,
The old settlers meeting for Sully
county was fixed for Sept. II. On ac-
count Of term of court being called
in that county for the same week, the
officers of the association have chang
ed the date to the 18th of the month.
In the last year scores of artesian
wells have been sunk in Edmunds
county, which now has eighty-three
such wells. All of them are of me-
dunn size and furnish an abundance
of water for farm and stock purposes.
Before harvest August Stegman,
farmer, made a bet that if his wheat
yielded more than ten bushels to the
acre he would eat his shoes. He has
completed his threshing and finds that
his wheat averages over IL bushels an
acre.
John Blair, the veteran grain man
of Yale, came near being suffocated
He was assisting in unloading wheat,
and fell into the bin into which large
stream of wheat was rushing. Before
he could extricate himself the grain
had almost covered him.
Tba man ,rbn untd tho India,, Tny,,
Lovejoy intoxicating liquor at Elan
dreau last week is sorry. He was
taken to Sioux Falls, where he had
his hearing, and is now held over TO
the United States court at Deadwood,
where he will be tried
George Pettigrew of Flandreau, for
fifteen years secretary of the Masonic
order, is moving to Sioux Falls to re-
side. His business interests there de
mand bis constant presence. 1t took
just 500 boxes to pack all of his books
and other literature for shipment.
The Northwestern Railway company
has been asked to extend it's passen.
ger service to Central City. The train
COHlt5 Wllulh ndll a uillC vi SCHli al
City on it's way to Lead from Dead.
wood. A special train could easily
run to this place over the Bald Noun
tain ore track.
The circuit court at Sioux Falls has
granted a new trial in a suit In which
r. r. Munger was awarded $4,000
damages against Olavius Olson Tor
the loss OF his daughters affections.
Olson married Munger's daughter,
aged twenty-three, and this is alleged
to have caused big loss to the father
by reason of losing the services Of his
daughter
Considerable threshing from tho
shock has been done. but mostly of
oats, barley and speltz, which as a
rule are yielding well, but with much
barley discolored. Indications are that /
wheat yields will be very uneven, with
the berry generally of good quality, ex-
cept in some southeastern counties,
where considerable lightweight wheat
is expected.
The melon raisers of Chapelle |
creek, near Pierre, are harvesting an
immense crOD of fine melons but are