The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-11

In an encounter at whitewood with q
man named John Hughes. His in
turies are not considered dangerous.
although he viii be MANNED for life.
During the past year there has been
an increase of 81 children of school
age in Sioux Falls. One of the wards
shows a decrease of six over the CEN
sus of last year, while the remaining
FIVE show an increase ranging from %
to 121.
The Aberdeen city council has closed
the contract for the construction OF o
large amount of sewer extensions
with James Kennedy of Fargo. The
Job amounts to about $4,000, and Mr5
Kennedy will put 100 men on the work
in ter days.
Discharges in bankruptcy have been
granted by Judge Garland at Sioux
Falls in the cases of the following:
John G. O'Bryan, Peever; Robert ].
Norris, Sioux Falls; Bolivar A. Rog-
ers, Ipswich; Oi-er Il. Bates, Mitch
ell; George Steitz, Genesee.
Ground has been broken for the
new Carnegie library at Redfeld and
it is expected that the work will be
pushed as fast as possible. w. 5. Lit
tie Of Duluth is In charge Of the work
and he estimates that the building
will be up in about six weeks.
The Burlington company has set its
iron poles along the main street OK
Lead for the extension Of the electric
railway from the station up Main
street to the head. The terminal will
be near the old Fort Pierre round
house, the road traversing the city its
entire length. II is expected the COM
pany will also build from Lead TO
Terry.
Fred Lang Of Bixby, while en- route
to Sturgis last Sunday. accompanies
by his twelve-year-old son, met with
an accident while crossing the Belle
Fourche river. The strong current up
set the wagon and Mr.. Lang and his
son were thrown into the stream.
Both had a narrow escape from
drowning, particularly the little fell
low. The team was carried down the
bIIGdlH lOI SOlhO NlSNoh~Ss
Clifford Thur, a bus driver for the
Ward hotel at Aberdeen, has been ar
rested for the theft Of $50 In cash hcEa
the porter of the hotel After being
arrested he admitted having stolen
furniture from Andy Gerup while
working for him, and to purloining TT
from a house while driving an ice
wagon. He was sent to the reforms
| school when a boy for stealing.
The new A. o. u. w. hall at Redtield
will soon be commenced. This build
Ing is to cost about $4,000. The new
| 900 Methodist church will be built
within the next three months. These
buildings, with the new college builds
| ing and the state asylum building and
the dwelling houses already started
will give Redfeld more building than
any town of its size in the stste, and
in fact more than a large percentage
Of the larger towns.
The Chamberlain Live Stock and
Commission company, which was In
corporated last month at Pierre with
capital stock of $4,000, is composed
Of few prominent and influential bus
mess men of Chamberlain. Their
opening monthly sale of range and ma
tive-bred horses will occur here on
June IL, IL and 10, at which time thoy
expect to sell from 800 to 500 horses,
and their aim is to make this pc-ma'
nent market for range horses and
other stock with a sale every month.
Another hearing Of the now celebra
ted case of Mrs. Jane e. Waldron vs.
Black Tommahawk, involving the own
ership of a valuable tract of land ad
Joining the Fort Pierre townsite, Ia
being held before Special Master Lit
tie of Pierre. 1t is expected this viii
be the final hearing and that the tesh
mony can soon be transmitted 70
Judge Garland for final action. Thus
far 500 pages of typewriter testimony
have been submitted, and 1t Is thought
there will be about 200 pages more.
Mrs. John Slatengren, living fouI
miles north of Langford, met fearful
death from burning. 1t Is supposed
she poured oil from two gallon car
on a fire in the kitchen range, and the
can exploded, throwing the burning
oil all about her. She escaped from
the house, which was on fire, and an
artesian we'll crew near at hand wa
engaged in putting out her burning
clothing when she broke away and ran
back into the flames under the hailu
cination that her four children were
inside, when as matter Of fact they
we're safe in the yard. The house
burned and her remains were almost
entirely consumed.
The Postum Cereal company OF Bat
tie Creek, Mich, purchased a valuable
tract of land adjoining Woonsocket
paying for It $1,000. The president
of the company, C. w Post, spent sew
eral days looking over the state, and
finally decided to purchase here. II ID
not given out what he intends to az
with the property. Mr.. Post was great
ly impressed with the great power Of
the artesian wells at this place, and
offered to subscribe from $4,000 &c
$4,000 to star. any manufacturing
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