The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21

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don City.
The Webster creamery has just
closed successful year, the net
amount distributed being about $685.
600.
The apartments Of Sam Kaucher at
Yankton were broken into and valu-
ables to the extent Of about $500 TAX
en-.
The drug business OF DR.. H. A. Pea
body at Webster has been sold to J.
! Allan Cowan. DR.. Peabody will con-
tinue the practice Of medicine.
Robert Gillies has just secured .
| flow of water in his artesian well IN
Logan township, near Clark. OF nfty-
! two gallons minute. The well Is 96I
feet deep.
! Several recent attempts OF frebugs
to burn some Of the best buildings at
Garretson have aroused the citizens TO
action and a fund of $1,000 has been
raised for apprehension and prosecu-
ton.
James earns, a merchant and one
of the earliest settlers of Faulkton. II
dead. He came here from Iowa In
1883 and resided here continuously
ever since. He was a charter men,
Der of Faulkton lodge, A. F. and A. M.
William Dittrick. farmer OF Bone
steel, was driving nail into hard
wood post. The nail rebounded from
glancing stroke Of the hammer.
striking him in the light eye. and the
attending physician says the sight ID
no doubt destroyed.
A sensation has been created at
Castlewood by the arrest of T, l.
Stevenson, who two months ago pur-
chased a stock Of goods from w. M.
Harris and has since conducted the
business. Stevenson is charged with
disposing of mortgaged property.
The directors of the Salem Milling.
Lighting and Heating company or
ganized as follows: l.. V. Schneider.
president; Il. +. Westfall, vice presi-
dent; II. G. Torrey. secretary and
mnager, and l.. S. Tyler, treasurer.
The company is earning fair profit
for the stockholders.
|, The state treasurer has received o
; draft fro mthe general government for
S3,750 to apply to the agricultural col
lege fund. The governors office has
also received draft for S92S3 from
the interior department as the due OF
the state on per cent Of government
: land sold in South Dakota.
q Capt. Meyer and Adjt. Throckmorton
Of the Salvation Army held meeting
in the M. Il. church at Washington
|. Springs for the purpose OF raising
: funds for the home to be erected In
) Sioux Falls. AT the close Of the meet
ing $102 was subscribed The winter
. term OF the seminary opened with
large attendance.
!, A term OF state circuit court FOL
: Hamlin county which has been ad
iourned several times. but which Il
= was believed would convene thi'
: month, has again been adjourned. thii
!. time until March next. There are |
!, great many cases to be tried, ant
there was some disappointment be
cause of the adjournments
y A new ffty-horse power Ideal en-
!, CINE and Fort Wayne dynamo wa
= started up at the normal school q
I, Madison recently, Supplying the 20
:. lights of the school. The system Il
> !. direct, and the initial trial was ,
= success. Additional lights will b.
placed around the grounds and tn
normal will soon blaze like jewel.
The following officers were electe
- by Gen. Wertzel post, G.. A. r., o
! Clark: G.. w. Hopgood. commander
James Thoreson, senior vice; Iohl
. Hubbard, junior vice; Frank Walker
= adjutant II. B. Mills. quartermaster
= e. f. Damn, surgeon; w. Mead, chap
:, lain; w. X. Moore, officer of the day
=. S. N. LeCount, officer Of the guard; G
M. Baker, quartermaster sergeant
James Grand, sergeant major.
- The midwnter graduating exercises
- of the Madison state normal schoo
:, took place In the opera house at Madi
!, son. The graduating class was com
\. posed Of nine young women, Gather
=, Inc Allen, Nettie Bates, Rose Coch
=. rane, Anna Larson, Emily lie Count
Saba Millet, Bessie Phillips. Dem
Ray and Bessie Wilkinson. They VT
70 start teaching at once.
=. The preliminary skrmish on tn
q. fight for the removal Of the count
!, seat of Walworth county to a railroa
~, point has taken place and Sleby ha
;, secured the requisite number of sigl
T. ers to her petition, which entities he
no to become candidate against Bango
a.. the inland county seat. Presidential
N. state, county, capital removal an
ra county seat removal elections promis
to make the 1904 campaign an int
ho esting one In this section.
ist The opening OF the winter term {
lai Dakota university was one OF tn
Nv most successful in the history Of th
er, institution. The enrolment is tn
eu- largest at the beginning OF winte
eu- term. and the rooms are SO crowde
mt. that President Nicholson will have
n; draw on the Twertieth Century M
n. I,on Co.. ,JIttipna1 cf,apn TIL