The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03

Dakota
Genera.
State
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structed by the Free M~ethodists, who
already have secured a site.
Mrs. Sophia Wyspum was granted q
divorce from her husband, Paul Wy
supm at Yankton. She is a hopeless
invalid and had to be carried into
court.
Following a period of melancholy
induced by lack Of financial success,
George w. Standard. a farmer living
at Quinn, took morphine which he
had been using for headache and died
a few minutes later.
Walter Hamilton and Mrs. Anna
Allabaugh, whose hearing on a charge
of a serious nature occupied several
days in justice court at Belle Fourch,
were bound over. Hamilton is a
stockman and has a wife.
Manley Sanderson of Mankato,
Mimi, twenty years old, while at
tempting to board a North-W Western
freight train as it waa slowing down
for the Sioux river bridge at Water
town, fell beneath the wheels and both
his legs were crushed.
The residents OF the western part
of Lyman county are discussing a
proposed electric line from Murdo, on
the Milwaukee road, to Midland, on
the North Western line, making a
connecting link between the Missouri
river and the Black Hills.
At the annual meeting Of the Lyman
County Veterans association 1t was de-
cided to hold the next reunion at Ken
elected: Commander, e. w. Galligan;
vice commander, w. G. Reed; adju-
tant, Ralph Lanyon; chaplain, E. Enos.
Indications point to an immense
crowd at the registration for Lower
Brule lands Oct. 7 to IL at Pierre. J..
w. Written will be there from Wash
ington as a representative Of the de-
partment Of the interior to superin-
tend the work Of registration and
drawing. .
Including both the state and county
TAX ltNlcSy ISbluCuIo vi bdWlCuSC SouD
ty will have to pay this year just IS
mills, or 3 mills higher than last year,
The raise, however, is due to the in
crease in the state levy, for the county
tax is only 7 "a mills, or IA Of a mill
less than the 1906 levy.
Paul Landmann, a prominent and
wealthy resident of Scotland, is prepar-
ing to make some interesting expert
ments with some imported English
oats, a quantity of which has been Sc
cured by him upon payment Of 81 per
bushel. The oats will be sown on one
Of Mr.. Landmarks farms near Scot
land.
Secretary Wipf and Attorney Gener-
al Clark have been at work framing
up the necessary blanks for the pri-
mary elections to be held under the
provisions of the new law. The first
election will come in March, to select
delegates to the state conventions
that will select delegates to the nation
al conventions.
Because he failed to take proper pre-
cautions to bar down" the loose rock
overhead Gus Maxi, n of the veteran
miners of the Homestake, was instant
ly killed in that mine on the 60O-foot
level. Maxi, with a companion, had
just started to work when a fall Of
rock occurred and 700 pounds of ma
terial Struck him on the head, crush
ing it like an eggshell.
In future prisoners IN the Day coun-
ty Jail who attempt to apply a saw to
the bars Of their cells in efforts to
make their escape will be shocked.
Sheriff Goss of that county has had
all the bars In the county Jail heavily
charged with electricity, and by this
effective and unique method he will
prevent prisoners making their escape
by saving off the bars of their cell
windows.
The charred trunk and limbs Of
Steve Dominic, a miner, was all that
could be found when Dominic's part
ner returned to the cabin above Port
land one night recently. Dominic had
gone home feeling i'll. 1t is supposed
he lay down on the bed and after
smoking a while fell asleep with the
pipe in his mouth. The cabin was a
blazing mass when the partner return
ed and Dominic's body lay near the
door, where he evidently had crawled
when overcome.
Several arrests have been made and
fines imposed in Pierre under the ordi-
nance which prohibits the use of pro-
fame or indecent language in public. A
stranger in the city was not satisfied
with something and was loud in his
language. When requested by a DO.
liceman to "cut it out" he put on the
loud pedal to show how much he cared
for the request. He was taken before
a justice, and on a plea Of guilty paid
a fine and hurried for his train.
Attorneys of Lon Pharis, held for
killing Jesse Wallace at Brushie, went
before Judge Mckee of Deadwood and
made application for bail. After con.
sideration of the evidence given at the
preliminary hearing, bail was fixed at
$4,000, which probably will be given.
A farmers institute will be held at
Hot Springs Oct. 4 and 8. at which
Miss Jessie Hoover, preceptress of the
agricultural college Of Brookings, and
DIR. Bingham. the dean. will lecture