The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-24
South Dakota


Mrs. Charles Williams and child Of
st. Lawrence were badly burned by a
gasoline explosion.
Mrs. George L. Kinds, a pioneer set
tier of Beadle county, S. d., died at
the family residence, two miles north
west of Huron. following a brief Ill
ness.
Brakeman Harry Brandt, aged 25,
married, late of Belle PLANE, Iowa,
died from the injuries received while
coupling cars in the Chicago & North
western yards at Huron.
The new Congregational church
building at Murdo was dedicated Sun
day. Rev. w. H. Thrall of Huron.
superintendent of Congregational
church work in South Dakota, had
charge of the exercises.
:
James Carroll, a section hand for
the Milwaukee railroad, reported to
the Rapid City police that he had been
assaulted and robbed of his time check
in the yards of the Crouch line.
Tramps are supposed to be response
BILE.
While attempting to remove a hand
car from the track A. Halvorson Of
WATERFOWL was run down by the Rock
Island passenger, two miles east OF
WATERFOWL, and killed. Halvorson
thought he was averting a wreck Of
the passenger, so he died a hero.
New officers have just been elected
by the Black Hills Athletic association
which comprises all the high schools
In the Hills. The officers are: Presi-
dent, Alexander Strachan, Deadwood;
secretary-treasurer, w. A. Burk, Lead;
director, Prof. Shouse, Hot Springs.
A special east-bound stock train of
fifteen cars crashed into a way freight
on the main line at Vermillion and de-
molished the caboose and two cars.
No loss of life occurred. The caboose
! was thrown against the Truax eleva,
tor with such force as to move it'four
inches on it's foundation.
H. H. Weak, a student Of Dakota
| Wesleyan university of Mitchell, who
has been preaching at a small town
south of Mitchell, has resigned his
~pastorate, and after the close of the
conference at Vermillion, he expects
to leave for India, where he will en-
gage In the foreign mission work
Fire at Estelline, a town in Hamlin
county, on the North Western road, be-
tween Watertown and Brookings, de-
stroyed the Atlas and Western eleva-
tors and contents, with several coal
coal sheds and box cars. The whole
town was threatened and the Water
town and Brookings fire departments
were hurried to the fire on special
trains.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
caused a prairie fire in the country
west of Aberdeen. The blaze swept
rapidly toward the limits and ap-
preached dangerously near some res
licences on West Hill. The fire depart
ment checked its progress near Mic
ollet avenue, but not before the flames
had destroyed a barn and a stack of
wheat.
A. Reed of Sturgis has just been at
Vale completing arrangements for a
rural telephone line that will connect
Vale and several n%eighboring CON-
munities with the Black Hills and thus
open up that end OF Butte county to
outside communication it has so long
desired. An agreement has been
reached with the Bell company for di-
rect connections.
The annual convention Of the De-
gree of Honor closed a successful
series of meetings of the Black Hills
district at Hot Springs with a big re-
ception and banquet. Grand Chief Of
Honor Mrs. Hyde of Huron and Grand
Lady of Honor Mrs. Court of Spearfish
and Past Grand Chief of Honor Mrs.
Newell of Sturgis were in attendance,
with the lady of honor presiding.
Garretson is to be especially favored
this winter in the way of entertain
ments. A lecture course of eight
numbers has been arranged for by the
managers of the opera house. The
first number, the Slayton Jubilee
Singers, was given on Saturday night,
and was well received. The dates of
the others will be Oct. 81, Dec. A, Dec.
II, Jan. 16, Feb. 6, Feb. 22 and April 2.
The case of the state against Squire
Jones of Ainsworth, Neb., for taking
and driving branded horses from the
state without having had the same in.
| spected came up before Judge MCGEE
in the circuit court at Sturgis. Jones
pleaded guilty, and owing to that fact
the fine was placed at $3.50 instead of
$500. Evidence in the case showed
the defendant violated the law through
ignorance of its requirements and had
no intention of doing wrong.
F: /:
In the little towns between Huron
and Pierre are many men worth from
$780, 900 to 5000, 900. and who only a
few years ago could not get a dollars