The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-13

finger of White Lake, was killed by
lightning while herding sheep.
The two-and,a-half-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Delaney Of Cen
tennial Prairie was drowned ia a rain
water barrel. -
According to the school census, HUI
ron has 1,012 children of school age
within i}s corporate limits, gain OF
200 In de last two years.
Prof @. A. Hall. who during the
past year or more has been principal
of the public schools at Atlanta, Neb.,
has been elected principal of the Ged-
des schools.
The Northwestern has placed a
large steam shovel In its gravel pit
near Centerville and is running three
gravel trains, ballasting the roadbed
east and west.
At meeting of Catholics of Platte,
arrangements were completed for the
erection Of fine new church. The
contract has beer awarded. The
church will cost about $4,000.
Jacob Mulch of Central City, who was
sentenced to term in the penitentiary
for assault, has been granted a new
trial. He will be brought back to
Deadwood for trial in September.
Three patients are confined in the
Lawrence county Jail awaiting the ac-
tion of the county board of insanity.
They are Charles Hastings and Jacob
Bonner Of Lead and Albert Gerow Of
Terrayille.
The work of constructing a new
Catholic church building at Lesterville
has commenced, The new structure
win cost about $4,000 completed, and
Ill be one of the finest church edi.
ices in this portion of the state.
After being fugitive since Nov. q.
1897, William Stewart voluntarily re-
turned to Flandreau. A vibrant for
his arrest on a charge of grand lar
ceny was soon in the hands OF Sheriff
Davis, who served it without delay.
The city council of Parker has dis
posed of bonds to the amount of $10;-
900, which were recently voted for the
purpose of extending and improving
the local waterworks system. The
lucky bidder was l.. l.. Lostutter OF
Iroquois.
DR.. McNabb, f. Wright and c. Pilch-
er were arrested at Bryant for shoot
ing prairie chickens out of season and
were fined 81 and costs apiece. James
McShane, the game warden, has depu-
ties out and purposes to see that the
law is obeyed. The next culprits win
not get off so easily.
Harry Stewart, the youngest son OF
Mayor Stewart of Hot Springs, died at
the home of his parents after an Ill
ness of about three weeks, of typhoid
fever. He was twenty-six years of age
and an exceptionally popular young
man. He had been in the employ Of
the Northwestern railroad at Dead
wood. in the freight department, for
the past year, where his sister, Mrs.
w. H. Stanley, resides.
Several cases of malarial fever are
reported in different parts of Vermil-
lion, though none of the patients save
one is dangerously ILL., Physicians
agree that the long period of wet
weather this spring and summer is
greatly responsible for so much sick.
ness. The heavy rains have left many
pools of stagnant water in low places
around the city, and these are not dis
appearing very fast.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank De
laney of Centennial Prairie, aged two
and one-half years, was drowned in
rain barrel at their home few days
ago. The barrel was placed at the
corner of the house, sunk part of its
height in the ground. The little boy
was playing about the house and fell
in headforemost 1t was small bar
rel and there was only eight inches OF
water In IL, but the boy was dead when
discovered.
Despite the fact that July is har-
vest month, the list of filings handled
at the Chamberlain United States land
Office maintained the extraordinary
record of the past several months. A
detailed record for July Is as follows:
One hundred and sixty-nine original
homestead entries, 23,970 acres; ~
final homestead proofs, 1915 acres; As
commuted homestead proofs, 7,775
acres: or a total Of 233 entries and
34,720 acres.
During terrific thunder storm the
house of Oscar Peterson, In the coun.
try northeast of Arlington, was struck
by lightning. One entire side of the
building was torn out. The bed on
which Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson and child
were sleeping was smashed into kin.
ding wood, the occupants being
stunned, but not fatally injured. The
bedding was set on fire. but the flames
were extinguished before much dam.
age was done.
improvements costing $4,000 have
been made at the court house and in
the grounds this summer, and Dawson
county. thus possesses one of the most
attractive places in the state. A ce.
ment walk has been laid around gne
entire block, and lateral walks have
been conducted on the north side, in
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