The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-05-04
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Short Notes.

DO that work.
Several inches of very moist snow fell
at Sioux Falls Wednesday night, cover
ing the ground and delaying farmers OPP
.rations.
At meeting Of Valley Springs baseball
enthusiasts baseball association was
formed, the intention being to organize
one of the best mines in that part of the
state.
A full-blood Brule Sioux Indian, named
White Bank, whose home is on the Rose
bud reservation, has been lodged in the
Fairfax jail on the charge Of horse steal.
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4. B. CHATTER, who shot and killed 81
mon Sisley near Dalzell in January, had
his trial in the circuit court at Sturgis
and was acquitted. Cnaffee claimed self
defense.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the bank at Worthwhile. The safe
was blown open and it's contents taken,
the damage amounting in ali to about
about $500.
Seeding, which was commenced two
weeks ago about Bristol, has suffered
severe setback, only a few Of the harder
sort beginning to get back into the fields
at their work.
The greatest building boom in the his
tory Of Worthwhile is OH. Some fine res
licences and business blocks are to be
erected, work EiNady having begun on
some Of these.
Mrs. Eckart, wife of Fred Eckart, re-
siding near Sturgis, has been taken to
Yankton for treatment at the asylum
there. Mrs. Eckart is troubled with a
religious mania.
Since South Dakota received indica-
tons Of spring few weeks ago there has
been quite a stir in Davision County
among the real estate dealers who report
an opening of land sales.
Five hundred dollars worth of property
was destroyed by fire on the Mike Eek
art farm, eight miles northeast of HUI
ron. The property destroyed included
cattle sheds, hay and grain.
A new hotel has been completed at
Bruce and its doors have been opened to
the public. sit has been named the Hotel
Bruce, and will be conducted by ]. B.
Ewes an experienced hotel man.
w. w. Lincoln, a resident on a farm
near Wolsey for more than twenty years,
has sold out and with his wife will soon
go to Riverside County, California,
where he has purchased an orange grove.
The old Congregational church at
Yankton is now a thing of the past, that
edifce having been completely torn down
to make room for the new $4,000 build
ing, work on which will be Immediately
begun.
1t is now a certainty that Vienna will
hav af ha -
teams in the state during the coming sea-
son. Over $500 has been subscribed to-
ward the team by business men and 9TH
ers.
Mrs. G. L. King, wife Of well known
Howard veteran of the civil war, is re-
ported to have fallen heir to a snug little
fortune. Her sister died recently in In
diana, leaving property valued at about
$75, 900.
Pneumonia caused the death OF G.. J..
Davis, who has been postmaster at Plu-
ma since May, 1902. He was 60 years
old, native of Ohio, and served in the
war of the rebellion in the Seventy-third
Ohio volunteers.
Two brick experts were in Fairfax sew
eral days last week testing the soil with a
view of locating brickyard there. Just
southeast of the town they found some
clay which they believe will make the
very best brick.
Friday there were shipped from Puk-
wanna solid train load Of cattle for ex-
port to Liverpool. The cattle were from
the ranch Of Carpenter and Sanborn, and
the average weight for the four hundred
steers was 1,710.
An inspector of the rural free mail de-
livery service has concluded the work of
inspecting proposed new rural delivery
route, to run from Beresford. If estab-
lished, the new route will extend south
and west from Beresford.
The agitation in favor Of the construc-
ton of a municipal system of water
works at Avon is being renewed, and
there now appears little doubt that the
necessary steps will soon be taken to pro-
vide the town with suitable fire protec-
ton.
X. Z. Brokaw Of the Brokaw House at
Bristol, has begun excavation for the en-
largement Of the basement of that popu-
lar hosiery, and will raise the entire
structure another story, aud put in steam
heat with hot and cold water all over
the house.
On Sunday there occurred prairie fire
Of considerable dimensions just east Of
Lake Andes, running east some ten or
Ifteen miles, and sweeping everything in
its path. The fire was started by some
six or seven fellows who were camping
on the east side of the lake, and had some
FIRE to get their dinners, no doubt. When
the fire began to spread they took their
coats to fight the fire with, but it soon
was their master.
A few days ago young man employ
ed at the store of f. p. Bell at Westover,
either attempted to get drunk on lemon
extract without diluting it, or drank a
large amount of it with the expectation
that it would be too much for him, and
| used it as means of suicide. Whatever
his intentions the young fellow, whose
| name was Waterman, found that the ex-
| tract was not to be tempered with in that