The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
South Dakota


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vas held In Brookings.
Frank Carney has been placed In a
Sioux Falls hospital as the result oil
having his under lip chewed OF In
light.
Joseph, the ~two-year-old son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Healy OF Canistota
lied as the result of swallowing car
bolic acid.
AS the result Of a meeting or lead
ng farmers of Aurora and vicinity, IL
was decided to incorporate a
elevator company.
The family Of C. Christianson OF
Vermillion was nearly asphyxiated by
coal gas. All were nearly uncon-
scious, but a physician called in re-
viyed them.
George Berberick, proprietor OF the
Germania house at Yankton, is very
dangerously i'll with conclusion of the
brain, the result of falling from an
overturned load of hay.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
returned from a trip to the Black Hills,
where he selected several sections OF
land for indemnity for state school
lands lost in that region.
Charles Wahl, a farmer of Bristol
was found dead by the roadside O
l mile from his home. 1t is thought
hat he went to sleep and fell from his
wagon, breaking his neck.
State Treasurer Collins has located
| the last Of the outstanding state
| bonds, and is In position to negotiate
for everything outstanding, and VIII
more than likely be able to clear them
up before he goes out of Office.
1t cost Charles Jones. a resident OF
Sphinx county, the sun Of $3.50 for
making use of his teeth during a phys
zeal encounter with young man named
Lake. A jury found Jones guilty OF
the crime of manning and a fine OF
$3.50 was imposed. d
The Aberdeen police believe they
have uncovered what is probably the
most daring and extensive case OF
shoplifting ever attempted. More than
S 1000 worth of what are held to be
stolen goods have been seized at the
home of l.. r. Gauchey, and two men
and two women have been placed un-
der arrest.
The department of legislative refer
ence has received forty applications
for information in regard to bills
proposed to be introduced by members
at the coming session. The greatest
number of inquiries are in regard to
primary elections, followed by good
roads inquiries and rate legislation in
order.
Scores of men are engaged in q
search for a man named Ed Smith,
who has disappeared from the home Of
Louis Larson, a farmer residing in Au.
rora county. The missing man is be-
lieved to have wandered away while
temporarily %deranged. A brother, John
M. Smith of Trowbridge, H., has al.
rived and has offered a reward.
Authority is expected at any time
for the payment Of the semi-annual
per capita money to the Indians on
the Cheyenne River reservation. The
amount will be about $55, 900, divided
among 2,400 Indians, each receiving
s22.35. The traders near the different
agencies have been putting in heavy
STOCKS of goods for several weeks, and
expect to reap a harvest.
Gangrene developing in one of his
legs forty years after the close of the
War of the Rebellion with a fear that
tho affected limb will have to be ampu-
tated in order to save his life, is the
sad experience of Isaac F~arnsworth,
an aged veteran of the Civil war who
resides at Canistota. The gangrene
developed from an injury received DUR
Inc the
The Narth-Western's train recently
brought to Rapid City 100 homeseek.
ers, who came from different parts of
Minnesota and Iowa, with the intention
of taking up land and making their
permanent home il. that vicinity. The
hubAbC vi hoiiCoCChCl6 SOAuluS W ILLS
country increases daily. The land
taken up at present chiefly lies east
and north Of Rapid City, between the
rim of the Black Hills and the Mis-
souri, river. Much of 1t is in the val
legs and Is very rich.
After forty years mystery the story
Of the hermit of Rattlesnake Butte ap-
pears about to be revealed. The old
man, who went by the name Of James
Unison, came to Dakota forty yeari
ago and settled among the Sioux west
Of Yankton. There he remained until
his death a few years ago. w. w. Mos
Donald Of Columbus, Ohio, a deputy
marshal Of the supreme court Of that
state, writes that he noticed an ac-
count of Jimson's death and that he Is
convinced he was his missing brother, |
from wlpm he had not heard In many
years, but who went to Dakota Terri.
tory. The case is now being looked
into by Mcdonald
The supreme court granted a writ
Of error and certificate of possible
rause In the case of tho State " q Pom~