The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22
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South Dakota
Genera, State News
Photographed.

of the Hills and a veteran of the War
of the Rebellion, is dead.
The city council of Centerville has
granted a twenty-year franchise to the
Rural Telephone company.
Charles Nelson Of Irene has secured
a petition for the organization OF 1864
into an independent township.
C. N. Mudeen was appointed city at
torney of Centerville, and will COM
mence at once to revise the city ordi-
nances. ..
Fred Holton was severely hurt by
being caught in an ice.hoisting derrick
at Huron. He was thrown several feet
into the air.
Huron college has decided to grant
no honorary or post graduate degrees
pending the securing of the prop 1sed
endowment fund.
The annual ice harvest on the Yer
million is in full blast at Centerville.
The ice is in prime condition and hun
dreds of tons will be put up.
The Lake Preston l. o. o. F. in
stalled officers as follows: N. Y, Geo.
Mason; V. G., Joseph Funk; secre-
tary, l.. S. Brooks; treasurer, l.. j.
Bates.
DR.. G. w. Rathbun, surgeon for the
Clover Leaf Mining company, was ac-
cidentally shot at Roubaix, the ball
passing through the feshy part Of his
thigh.
The Lake Preston Creamery compa-
ny paid it's patrons $1.04 per 100 for 4
per cent milk for November, this being
26 cents per pound for butter, net, TO
the farmers.
The l. o. o. r lodge OF Centerville
installed the following officers: Hen
ry Wicks, N. c.; F. NJ. Putnam, V. G.;
V. G. Wass, secretary; Frank Will
Jams, treasurer.
A son Of John Johnson Of Broad
land has been taken to Huron for med
zeal treatment. While handling shot
gun 1t was discharged, the entire load
taking effect in one of his feet.
The city schools OF Lake Preston
opened with Prof. w. r. Davis as pr'n-
cipal, vice Prof. ID. G.. Waters, who re-
signed to accept the assistant superin-
tendency of the Madison schools.
A bank is to be established at Hill
City by d. w. Webster of Custer. 1t
will be a branch of the Pennington
| County bank and the Custer County
bank, and Mr.. Webster will be cashier.
The members of a travelling medi-
cine show became involved in free
| for-all fight at Garden City. The man.
ager, his wife and other members of
! the company were arrested ind fined.
The Scottish Rite Temple associa-
ton has elected directors as follows:
H. Elerman, William Edmunds, w. s.
Stockwell, II. Loonan, V. Snyder, Lou
is Chladek, ]. ]. Nissen. These re-
elected the old officers for the ensuing
| year.
The city council of Rapid City has
voted unanimously to take an appeal
| in the case Of Miss Myrtle Harvey, in
which she was awarded damages OF
| 81 900 for injuries sustained by a fall
| on a broken sidewalk.
Rev. N. ]. Noeson, rector OF st. An
| drew's Catholic church at Deadwood,
| has received the appointment Of vicar
general from Bishop Stariha. Father
| Noeson came to Deadwood from
Pierre about two years ago.
Members of the Aberdeen council
| and prominent citizens OF that city re-
Gently visited Fargo to investigate the
municipal improvements OF that city.
Assistant General Superintendent Sew
] ell of the Milwaukee road rendered the
use of his private car for the trip.
The fiftieth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr., and Mrs. Albert Mochon
was observed at st. Patrick's cattle
dral at Lead. Bishop ]. N. Stahira
celebrated pontifcal high mass pre-
cering the ceremony Of the renewal Of
the marriage vows.
The management OF the Interstate
! Epworth assembly is to begin the
work of organizing the session for
! 1903. At a meeting of officials at Can
ton it was decided to hold the next an
| days of July. The finances are.in fair
| condition.
! At the annual meeting Of the stock
| holders of the Lake Preston Creamery
company the following directors were
elected: r. B. Mills, G. Virchow, II. J..
Setbacken, j. NJ. Bare and J.. j. Bates.
During the past year the company sold
| products to the amount Of about $780,
600, of which the patrons received all
! but $1,000.
! A ghost scare in the Finnish quarter
! of Lead for several weeks, has fat
| tened out by the admission that the
| ghost was q woman residing in the VIZ
cinity. John Ecklund started an In
vestigation, and disclosed the author
! of the visitations in the person of Mrs.
| Annie Kipina, whom he seized with
| some yigor. She caused his arrest for
assaulting her. but the case was dis
| missed.
A telegram from Yankton announces
the death, at the hospital, OF Attorney
| Ed II. Alpin of Huron. Mr. Alpin's
mind became affected about two years
| ago. EIe served two terms as states
attorney and one term as state SEN
ator. He was native of Wisconsin
and graduated from Lawrence univers-
| fly at Appleton. He came to Huron in
1888, and three years later married
Miss Minnie Brown, who survives him.
It. b. Hanna, late of Pueblo, Colo,
has taken the position as principal of
the Salem schools, In place OF @. w.
Young, who resigned to act as county