The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-04-13
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Short Notes.

Line annual convention or the EplSco-
pal deans Of the Black Hills district is to
be held at Sturgis some time in May.
AS the result Of meeting Of baseball
enthusiasts at Baltic it was determined
to have team during the coming season.
The board for marking papers of the
applicants for teachers certificates at the
spring examinations was in session ut
Pierre last week.
At meeting of citizens of Webster a
baseball association was formed. 1t is
the intention to put in first class team
for the coming season.
Work will begin next week on the new
Masonic Temple building at Miller,
which will be a fine brick structure of
two stories and basement.
Captain Sawtelle Of the Eighth caval-
ry arrived at Fort Meade with about
thirty-fve recruits from Jefferson bar
racks for the Sixth cavalry.
The season is cold and backward at
Miller, and very little farm work has
been done yet, but farmers are preparing
to put in an increased acreage of crops.
Work on the foundation for the new
Catholic Church building at Fairfax is
in progress. The work Of constructing
the ediice will be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
A wrestling match for 500 side has
been arranged between Al Powers Of
Watertown and Scott Miller of Sioux
City. The event will occur at Sioux
Falls about April 8.
@. Dewitt, commander of the Lake
Madison Veterans Association, states
that the annual encampment Of the as
ISOLATION will be held in Dell Rapids on
June IA, Is, 16 and II.
J. D. Richardson, we'll known in all
parts Of Lincoln County as one of the
pioneer settlers, having come over thir-
ty-four years ago, died suddenly at his
residence In Canton at an early hour
Tuesday morning.
In one day recently All aggregate Of
nearly one hundred and fifty cases Of
eggs, over one hundred tubs OF butter,
five carloads of hogs and two carloads
Of cattle were shipped from Hartford
to eastern markets or to surrounding
towns.
There is little doubt that more building
will be done at Twin Brooks this year
than during any former year in the
towns history. A number of new bust
ness blocks already have been arranged
for, In addition to numerous dwelling
houses.
The milling company which operates
the roller mills at Mt. Vernon, has
awarded to Minneapolis firm the con-
tract for charging the mill. This is the
second time within a year that the ca
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creased.
The city election Of the city of Sturgis
will be held on Tuesday, April 10. An
entire set of city officers from mayor
down will have to be elected, as no cleo
zion was held last spring. At the same
time an entire set of school officers will
be elected.
Potato buyers are numerous in Butte
County and those who held their tubers
over the winter are receiving good prices
for them. A number of cars have al
ready been shipped from that point this
spring, and several other cars have been
contracted for shipment.
The county commissioners met at
Mitchell for the purpose of selecting &
sheriff to fill out the term Of I. E. Ken
hgh, deceased. Jacob Koch was elected
OH the second ballot. He has been the
deputy sheriff for the last year and will
mako a good man for the place.
Petitions are being circulated In the
South Dakota towns along the Benson
and Huron branch Of the Great North
ern Railroad asking that daily passen-
ger train be put on the line. The petition
will be forwarded to the state board Of
railroad commissioners at Sioux Falls.
Some Spencer sports thought it was
coming spring so got up a horse race,
SIS a side; aud rather than to have the
excitement stop there a prize Of S. was
offered in /, 2, prizes for the ones
guessing the closest to the weight of a
butchers largest hog. The guesses were
from 375 to 800 pounds, and the pig
weighed 620.
Sheriff Waddell Of WATERFOWL has
served warrants Of arrest on Isaac Fan
Get and James Green, doing business as
lancet & Green at Garden City, for the
offense of failure to discharge a recorded
,hattel mortgage after payment had been
made. The county proposes to make a
test case as to whether they can compel
such action or not.
Last year a South Dakota high school
athletic and declamatory contest was
managed by Yankton College. 1t was
the first time anything Of the kind had
ever been attempted in the state and
proved such success that the college
felt warranted in again this year inviting
all of the high schools OF the state to
participate in second such meet.
At recent meeting Of the Mitchell
city council, the fire alarm question was
brought up and settled. 1t was decided
to install an up to date system, such as
is used in all the large cities. This will
fill long felt want and will be operated
in addition to the present system. The
system will extend over the entire city,
hence giving better fire protection than