The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-03

raises a peculiar question in a murder
case. Eli +. Farnham and Reason @.
Torrance were arrested charged with
the murder of Richard Calvin. In the
preliminary hearing 1t developed that
Calvin made two statements which were
taken down, and one of them signed by
Calvin before his death. These state
ments were in the possession Of States
Attorney Parker, of Lawrence County,
and he refused the demand Of the de-
PENDANTS that they be produced and read
at the preliminary hearing, the defend
ants claiming that the statements ex-
onerated them from the charge. An ap-
plication was made to Judge Rice for
an order compelling the production Of the
statements, and he finally granted an al
tentative writ, with the understanding
that the matter was to be brought before
the supreme court and an early decision
asked for. Pending the decision Of the
supreme court the preliminary hearing
is being suspended to be completed when
the court decision is announced.
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G.. w. Bolster, the newly elected alder
man for the Third ward Of Pierre, has
had an eventful life. He served first in
the navy, and later in the army in the
civil war, being one Of the gunners on the
Inflated Minnesota in her battle with the
Merrimac. After the war he took up
circus life, acting as a clown and side
show man. He came to Pierre about
twenty years ago and has been most of
that time in the city. AT the time of the
opening Of the reservation west Of Pierre
he went to Midland and opened up a
store in a large tent, but was scared out
by the Indians on their way to the
Wounded Knee battlefield, and lost all
his stock while absent. For several
years he has been conducting a second
hand store in Pierre.
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Robinson Brothers g. Smith, of Pierre,
are showing what it profits a stockman
to breed up his stock. They handle
sheep, and for several yt&rs Save been
purchasing prize-winning rams at the
international live stock exhibit. AS the
result Of this method they last year sold
from their flock $1,000 worth Of young
rams and have orders this spring for
about as many as they can supply. Last
year they further improved their iocks
by purchasing some of the prize-winners
at the st. Louis exposition.
At the municipal election held in Fort
Pierre last week license was only carried
by two majority. The temperance people
OF that town have been making a strong
fight against the saloons, and came neal
making their work win mt the election.
This viii give the people of the state
generally a different idea than that
which they hold as to Fort PIERRE. 1t ~
generally looked upon as yet in the wild
and wooIly stage, but as n matter of
fact is as quiet and orderly AIS any other
town of its size in the state.
Reports in the papers published at diff.
ferent points west Of the Missouri River
indicate that macaroni wheat will be
given a general test in that section this
year, nearly every settler trying a small
patch OF it as a test sod crop. The corn
acreage will be largely increased over
that OF last year, the success in that line
being such that a corn crop is considered
a certainty. With these two, the cues.
ton Of grain raising west of the river
will be given a pretty thorough test this
season.
A few years ago Sully County was
classed as outside the artesian belt Of the
state, and that a flow could not be secur.
ed in that county. Two years ago one
township bonded for the sinking of a
well, and proved that the flow could be
secured, and since that time fifteen wells
have been sunk in that county, with sew.
eral others contracted for. At the rate
tho NynrLy 10 nrnOraoosnn IN tAa< o.,uk "a
will soon be as well supplied with arte.
sian gushers as any county in the state.
Fort Pierre has let the contract for
sinking the artesian well at that city to
supply gas for power and light, to a New
York firm. The well is to be not less
than 1850 feet deep, and to be six inch.
es in diameter at the bottom. This viii
bring a new firm of well contractors into
that section Of the state where practi.
cally all that class Of work has been
done for several years by a Red6eld
firm.
Gov. Elrod has appointed a list OF
game wardens for the following counties,
Clark, Robert Beatty, Clark; Kingsbnry.
Geo. M. Gazely, Arlington; Hand, e. M.
Dunn, Miller; Sanborn, H. b. HOLSTER,
Woonsocket; Union, James Halliday,
Jr., McCook. The petition for the reap.
pointment Of Halliday for Union County
spoke in strong terms of his efficient
work, both In the way of game and fish
protection.
Secretary Robinson, OF the State His.
torical Society, who is made superin.
tendent Of census under the law, has
arranged the vault Of his office for the
reception or the census reports from the
different counties and has practically
everything in readiness to begin the
work Of compilation as soon as reports
begin to come in.