The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
South.
Dakota
General
state
News in
Paragraphs.

surance.
The state brand commission will
meet at the Office of the secretary OF
state on Dec. 20 to clear up business
before 1t.
William Moser, formerly of Straw
berry Point, Iowa, who shot and killed
F.. Marsalkee at Columbia July A last,
has been sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
The National Mutual Fire Insurance
company with head quarters at Omaha
| have filed notice with the state insur-
| ance commissioner of their withdrawal
| from business in South Dakota.
Favored with an open fall, the street
| PAYERS have completed their work at
Deadwood, and the city has nearly
| t~hree-quarters of a mile Of brick paw
ing. The total cost of the work was
| approximately $4,000
A load OF shot from a gun that he
did not know was loaded lodged In
| the calf of Ernest Kast's leg at Miller
and he may have to have it taken of.
He threw the old gun into the wagon
to take IL to town and 1t was discharg-
ed.
A fatal accident occurred near Stan
toms sawmill, between Hot Springs
and Custer, in which Ernest Knox
lost his life by being caught under a
falling tree His neck was broken, his
skull fractured and his head badly
bruised.
One of the results Of the revival
which has been held in Pierre by Rev.
X. E. tombstone Is the organization of
a law enforcement league, in which
many Of the prominent business men
have signified their intention Of be-
coming active participants.
A stroke Of paralysis caused the
death at st. Onge of Harry Cushing, a
'76 pioneer. Cushing was a member Of
the G.. A. r., having served through
the Civil wal with the Fourth New
York infantry. For I'VE 30 years he
has resided on his ranch near st.
Onge.
The Congregational church at Wes-
sington Springs caught fire from the
gasoline lighting plant. There was a
rush of the congregation for the doors,
which vas quickly checked. A hole
was burned through the ceiling, but
this was extinguished before much
damage was done.
Investigation into the death OF ID.
T. Young, the boy who died from the
effects Of exposure a few miles north
of Aberdeen while In an intoxicated
condition, resulted In the arrest of two
saloonkeepers of Aberdeen, N. HolEen
and ]. Honnegger, on the charge Of
selling in~toxicants to a minor.
A new book by a Lead author will
shortly be on the market. The book
contains the elements Of business
arithmetic and has been written by
Prof. A. H. Bigelow, the superintend-
emit of the Lead schools. He has been
notified that an Eastern publishing
company has taken hold Of the work.
Instead of paying cash for the final
proof entry on homesteads, settlers
now have thirty days or longer in
which to pay. This is the official notice
Just received from the commissioner
of the general land Office at Washing
ton. Its purpose Is to tide over the
embarrassment Of those who are at
present unable to draw their money
from the banks.
While eating his supper In his cabin
near Spearfish Falls, Sandy Mcdonald,
an old timer, was seized with heart
| disease and toppled ove dead in his
chair. For years he had been such a
| heavy drinker that both sleep and
| food were seldom enjoyed and he has
not worked, but eked out a living pro
miscuously. He was So years old.
Suspicious fires on the fores. re-
serve in the vicinity of Galena are be-
ing investigated by Supervisor Hamil-
ton, who will take the matter up with
| Washington II the conditions alleged
| are proved correct. These fires In
| close proximity to several of the min
ing properties at Deadwood, are be-
| lieved to have been purposely started
by some malicious person.
The South Dakota Laundries' asso-
| citation closed its midwinter conven-
| ton In WATERFOWL with the election
Of the following officers: President,
C. M. Lyon, Watertown; vice presi-
dent, A. F. Foucks, Mitchell; secre-
tary, o. NJ. Tiffany, Aberdeen; treas
urer, 8. H. Speire. Sioux Falls. W H.
Muller Of st. Paul. Guy Hamell Of MIL
waukee and j. d. Mack of Chicago, j.
H. Fosburg of Huron, Glenn Covers of
WATERFOWL and o. M. Tiffany were
among the speakers.
Dead FISH found floating In Box
Elder creek. which was polluted with
cyanide. led to the arrest by Game
Warden Farnham Hall OF Louie Chuck
Ter and his brother Reese. both Of them