The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-13
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Short Notes.

system at Groton.
The returns of the Deadwood city as
SCISSORS show an assessed valuation or
city property Of S1,S34,OOO.
The banks of Deadwood have the larg-
est deposits Of any city in the state, there
being over c million dollars.
The dipping Of cattle about Pierre has
made a strong demand for sulphur, many
barrels Of it being called for.
J.. o. Dobson, presiding elder for the
Huron district, dedicated a new Method
list church at Broadland, on the 26th ult.
The church cost about $1,000 and is free
from debt
At q recent meeting held between the
three aeries OF Eagles Of the Black Hills
It was decided to hold the first annual
picnic of the order in Sturgis on Thurs
day, July %.
Since Jan. 1 last over 176 carloads Of
live stock have been shipped from Ged-
des. The stock wal worth easily $1,000
per car, which would bring the value Of
the shipments to about $4,000.
The members Of the Free Mission
church in Arlington have decided to
erect a handsome new church building
this summer. Material for the edifice
already is being placed on the ground.
O'Leary & Cahil have awarded the
contract for the erection at Albee Of an
independent grain elevator, which will
have a capacity of $4,000 bushels. 1t
will be completed before this seasons
crop Is marketed.
The stockholders Of the Farmers Ele-
vator Company at Summit will hold a
meeting for the purpose Of discussing the
question Of disposiDg Of the elevator.
Owing to the lack Of support the elevator
has been operated at q loss.
Word from Andover says: This part
Of South Dakota Is a veritable green
house. Small grains pever looked better
at this season Of the year. Corn is back
ward, but there promises to be a fair
crop in some parts OF the county.
Last fall a number of farmers living in
the vicinity of Fairview made expert
ments in the growing of winter wheat.
They are well pleased with the result.
The wheat went through the winter in
fine shape and now promises a large
yield.
The farm house of Andrew G. Larson,
near Bridgewater, together with the con-
tents aud about $125 in paper money
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $1,000, upon which there vas no in
uranc The irigin of the FIRE is un-
known.
The Canton city council met Monday
evening and among the business trans
acted was the granting Of permits for
the five saloons for the year beginning
July l. The matter Of granting a fran
chise to the Mutual Telephone Com
pany was tabled indefinitely.
Judging from the number Of fields that
are growing potatoes this year there
should be a long crop about Sioux Falls
at least. One gentleman who keeps post
ed on the potato crop claims thu. there
are four times as many acres planted to
potatoes this year as ever before.
The new city hall building at Bone
steel is rapidly nearing completion. The
lower floor viii be divided into three
rooms, one in which to hold meetings OF
the city council and justice court. an
ther for jail purposes and the other for
the local volunteer fire department.
Robbers entered the dwelling Of David
EnSbrecht, ST., a farmer living between
Marion and Dalton, covered the inmates
OF the house with revolvers and COMPEL
ed Nh. Engbrecht to pay them over $125
which he had in the house. The thugs
wore masks and Were probably crooks.
Reports made by the banks Of
Clark County recently show that the
people Of Clark County have on deposit
in the banks an aggregate of $43O.-
9O1.27. This does not cover the total
wealth in cash Of the people of the
county, as many Of them living near the
border have their deposits in banks locat-
ed In towns in adjoining counties.
The small boys at Fort Pierre. and
some of the larger ones have been hay
ing plenty of amusement the past few
days in capturing catfish in Bad hiver.
For some reason, following q rise in that
stream the fish came to the surface in
large numbers, and the method of cap
ture was to anchor a boat in the stream.
and spear or club the fish when thew
came to the surface. A large number
were taken in this way.
IL. A. Harstad, a prominent farmer liv-
ing near Sioux Falls, narrowly ESCAPED
death as the result Of a peculiar acct
dent. One of his hogs got its head caught
in a tin pail, and finally, as a last re-
sort. Harstad procured a pair Of heavy
shears and had commenced to cut the
pail loose when the hog made a sudden
jump. The ragged edge of the tin pail
caught Harstad's wrist, cutting the flesh
to the bone. An artery was severed and
the victim Of the unusual accident came
near bleeding to death.
1t has been discovered that a consider.
able amount Of counterfeit none hns
been circulated in Sioux Falls. Many
business houses have been victimized.
Immediately upon the discovery there was
a hurried inspection of saloon deposits
with b result that hardly a bunch OF
money came IN that did not have some
spurious silver pieces in It, ranging from
a quarter to a dollar. The alarm was sent
out TO all the banks and stores, and since
that time counterfeit money has shown
up in all lines Of trade.
A Sioux Falls man who has just re.
turned from O visit m one NJ The Nfor~