The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-05
South Dakota


Blackleg has again made its appear
ance among the cattle of Clark county.
Several farmers northeast of town
have lost many of their animals the
last week.
Because he did not go far enough
away from a blast at the stone quarry
neal Rapid City, George Warren lost
the sight of one eye and was other
wise badly injured by flying particles
of stone.
The passenger depot at E~nglewood
a station on the Burlington south of
Deadwood, was destroyed by fire while
Operator Ernst and his wife were eat
ing a Thanksgiving dinner. Both
made their escape just in time.
Henry LANCE. who resides below
| Black Hawk, met with a bad accident
while branding calves. While he was
trying to throw a rope on a bull the
animal gored him. LANCE got a rib
and collarbone broken, besides receiv-
ing other bruises.
Fred Seguin and Jesse Winslow, both
residing west of Elk Point, got into a
fstic combat. 1t is alleged the Seguin
was getting the best of the fight when
WinslQw drew a knife and stabbed
Seguin, inflicting two serious wounds
in the right breast.
With a corps of assistants, N. B.
Sweitzer, member of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers. is at Dead
wood in the interest of the interior
department of the government for the
purpose of examining the recent pub
lie land surveys in the Black Hills.
Ten months in the pe%nitentiary was
the sentence imposed upon David Fris-
hey, the former wealthy Iowa grain
merchant, who pleaded guilty in the
circuit court at Rapid City to the
larceny of man. articles from North
Western freight cars near Wall. His
son. who was arrested with him, was
discharged.
Death removed an old pioneer in the
person of James Brownlee, who went
to Custer in 1878 and has yer since
followed prospecting for a living at
Rockerville and other camps in this
vicinity. He was "a years old and sue
cumbed to a broken constitution. He
leaves brothers In both Iowa and
Indiana, his remains being shipped to
Princeton, Ind.
Kicked by a horse and landed In a
barbed wire fence, little Bernard Ba-
ker. living neal Estelline, is in a seri-
Gus condition. The little fellow was
playing around the barnyard when one
of the horses gave him a vicious kick,
hurting him with great force into a
wire fence, the barbs cutting a terri
BILE cash in his neck, narrowly missing
the jugular vein.
Although ten tons of loose rock and
earth fell on him, John Holmes was
dug out and found to be practically IL
injured except for a few bruises
Holmes and his partner were working
in the North Fork mine near Keystone,
when they commenced to timber the
tunnel. Thompson saw the rock CIV
ing way overhead, and, yelling to his
companion, jumped out of the way, but
Holmes was caught.
At a late meeting of the state capi-
toll corn mission it was decided to
raise the foundation of the new build
ing two feet to give the grounds a
good slope from the structure to the
| streets on all sides of the grounds.
Contractor Olsen is taking advantage
of the continuing good weather to get
in as much of the increased height
of the foundation as possible this fall
yet, leaving the way clear to begin on
the walls proper early next spring.
While dressing her baby, Mrs. James
Shank, who resides west of Rapid
City, met with an accident that may
result in her death. A spark from the
stove near which she was standing
ignited her dress and before she was
aware of it her clothing was a mass of
flames. A five-yearold son gave the
alarm and the men ham,, arrived in
time to save the woman from death.
Her back and hands were terribly
burned and she Is in a critical condi-
ton.
Aaron Anderson. a prominent resi-
dent of Valley Springs, near Sioux
Falls, is dead as the result of being
thrown out of a buggy. While round
ing a corner near the Valley Springs
school building, he touched his horses
with the whip, causing the animals to
spring forward suddenly. Anderson
lost his balance as the result of the
sudden jerk, and was thrown from
the buggy to the ground. The fall
Killed him. He was about twenty
eight years old.
A South Dakota cowboy, in the per-
son of Arthur Arthur Runyan, one of
the crack riders of South Dakota, is to
have a part in a Wild West act which
is to be presented at the Crystal Pal
ace theater in London. He will sail
from New York for London this week.
The man who will be his partner is
reputed to be the worlds champion
rope thrower. He will do a roping act,
which will be followed by Runyan in
a bucking broncho exhibition. The act
OF. the two "cowpunchers" will be a
part of a vaudeville entertainment.
The big Sioux river has claimed two
more victims. the eight and ten-year-
old sons of Mrs. Mary Taylor, a widow,
ubo rocidoc In Ciouy Falls Tho hove