The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-14
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short Notes.

In a runaway accident at Mellette Miss
Jessie Black had her arm broken. Her
companion, Miss Blanche Childs, was
not injured.
From a number Of applications for the
position of stenographer to Judge Cor
son, he has selected G. +. Manson, of
Canton, for that position, and the young
man has begun work.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been filed in the United States court
by Forbes X. Gray, a salesman of Sioux
Falls, who schedules his liabilities at So
G03.55 and his assets at $14S.
The Webster city council has given
Nicholson & Norbeck Co., Of Redfield,
the contract for the artesian well which
is to supply the city with water. Work
will be begun in q week or so.
James Dunlap of Yermillion, has pur-
chased the crop Of the famous Alderman
apple orchard near Hurley, and now has
a large force of men at work picking,
sorting and packing the apples.
The tenth annual convention OF the w.
G. L. Z. is to be held in Sturgis Sept.
p and %, instead of at Lead. This is
one week before the state convention,
which is to be held at Beresford.
Fire, resulting from children playing
with matches, destroyed the large barn,
together with fifteen tons Of hay, and
some farm machinery on the Carl Hoff
farm III Oslo Township, near Nolga.
Hazel Beach, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Beach, while horseback riding in
Sioux Fails, was thrown from her horse.
She sustained several bruises in addi-
ton to having her ankle slightly injured.
Harry Notmeyer, while doing duty as
extra at the Northwestern freight house
at Pierre, was severely injured by a
piece of iron falling off a truck, and cut
ting a cash in his leg just above the
knee.
County Superintendent j. w. Addie is
jubilant over the success OF the institute
this year. He feels amply paid for his
previous u~ntiring efforts, for this has
been the largest institute in the history
of Douglas County.
Mitchell is to nave another national
bank in the near future. The organiza-
tion has practically been accomplished
and the new financial institution will, it
Is expected be- open for business in a
month or six weeks.
This season will take rank over all
others as to the aggregate value Of the
public improvements made at Emery.
Several fine residences are in course of
construction at this time, each costing
from 81 400 to 81, 800.
The nine soldiers Of the cavalry of
Fort Meade, arrested at Sturgis on a
charge of rioting, had q preliminary hear
Ing n were bound over to the next
term of the Meade County circuit court
In sums Of $500 each.
Maj. j. G. Wilcox, of Sturgis, who
s m55yytsrs tdP%F out he ms ths e SY Thy qr and was
cavalry, and afterwards became an Off
Ger in the regular army, joined the Sol
diers' Home at Hot Springs.
james Lewis will soon tender his res
ignation as postmaster Of Canton. Mr..
Lewis will turn over the Canton post
office to his successor as soon as the nec-
esary papers shall be made out and trans
mitted to the proper authorities.
August Siebrecht, former postmaster
at LeBeau, Walworth County, who is
charged with embezzling government
funds, has filed a new bond in the Office
of the United States clerk Of courts, and
has again been released from custody.
A spark from James Reapman's en-
CINE set fire to the straw while threshing
for A. ID. Otter, on the Andrew Lee
farm, a few miles southwest of Volga,
and three stacks of barley, the separator
and some other property was consumed.
While waiting on customers Harry
Shipley at Sioux Falls was struck on the
head by a stone thrown by some miscre-
ant, who escaped detection in the crowd
Quite a cash was cut in Mr.. Shipley's
head and for a time the wound bled free
ly.
One of the finest buildings in the state
Is the bank building Of Larson Bros,
which is being erected at Cotton. 1t is
being constructed of Sioux Falls granite
and will be very substantial. The
structure will be completed in the course
of the neGt few weeks.
The state board of assessment and
equalization raised the assessment Of
Yankton County $614,676, making the
total assessed valuation Of the county
$6,236,o50. Lands alone were raised
over $1,000 00. Town lots were raised 5
per cent, or $4,000.
Louis Sommer, of Frank, stayed at a
hotel in Webster over night on his way
home from the Rosebud reservation, and
when he awoke in the morning he missed
500 which he had with him on his ar
rival. He had also a check for $160, but
this was still in his possession.
A workman by the name Of Daniels,
employed on the United States govern
ment snag boat Mandsn, was severely
injured while at work on a newly drawn
snag. Daniels was using an ak on the
snag when the blade glanced and strik-
ing his foot between the third and fourth
tees cut back to the instep.
Miss Grace White Is suffering from a
severe accident at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Ray Smith, in Mitchell. She
was lighting the gasoline stove, when for
some unknown reason the flames shot
up into her face, burning her face and
hair badly IL is honed the accident will