The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26

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andria, all of whom we're young mel
and held for petty crimes.
Mrs. S. Z. Young, wife Of the Plan
kinton state reform school, was Sc
verely injured in d runaway accident
at Mitchell. Her team took fright al
an automobile and ran away.
Thieves entered the Naples post
office, and succeeded in getting about
SIS worth Of cutlery and jewelry from
the proprietors Of the hardware store
in which the p~ostoffice is located.
Following the amputation of her
leg as a last resort, Mrs. Edna Con-
nor, the third victim of the recent
fire catastrophe at Lead, in a resort
there, died at the Homestake hospital.
The new divorce law, increasing
the period of residence from six
months to one year, was carried on
Nov. 3, in South Dakota, by a vote of
2 to l, according to unofficial figures.
Nels WiXStrom, a bachelor resident
of Sully county, was burned to death
in the house on his farm, and the fact
was not discovered until last evening,
when the body was found in the ruins
by n%eighbors.
The Josie l.. K, a steam ferryboat,
! STAYED by ice, has sunk at Yankton.
It is doubtful If 1t can be raised. Capt.
Geisler is the owner. 1t was the only
connection with the Nebraska side, as
the bridge is ont.
j. E. Lattimer, one of the patrolmen
on the night force, was fined $25 and
F, costs in police court at Aberdeen and
was discharged from the force on con-
viction by a jury of assault and bat
terry upon ]. C. Thompson.
Vermillion is to have a cigar factory. !
Messrs. Haas and Bendixen, two
young men who recently came to
America from Denmark, have rented
a building, and will be ready to begin
making cigars next month. These
young men are said to be experts at
the business.
Since his election as governor Coe
I. Crawford has given no attention
to his law business, having withdrawn
entirely from the firm Of Crawford,
Taylor & %Fairbank, except in name.
Now his name has been formally
dropped, and Alva e. Taylor and A. B..
Fairbank constitute the firm.
Gov. Crawford appointed Judge
Charles S. Whiting of the Ninth cir
cult to the vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Fuller. Whiting has
been judge of the Ninth circuit ever
since that circuit was organized. The
appointment of a successor to Whit
ing will be announced within a day or
two.
Elliott Prentice was crippled for life
while hunting along the Sioux river
Watertown by the accidental
discharge of a gun in the hands of
his companion, VIII Anderson. The
full charge entered his right leg be-
low the knee, tearing the muscles and
tendons and taking out about four in
ches of the bone.
Rev. T. H. Dahl of Minneapolis
made the principal address at the
of a new Norwegian Luz
theran church building situated three
miles east of the little town of Kid
der in the northern part of Marshall
county. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day the Sisseton district of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will hold it's
conference at the new
church.
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Special word was received at Cot.
tonwood that the state board OF re-
gents had located the state expert
"She S'osioh III otduicy anu Lyman
counties at this place. This Is indeed
a great victory for Cottonwood as
the towns of Philip, Presho, Kadoka,
Midland and several others were out
for the location. 1t Is presumed that
state will expend a sum from S.
900 10 $4,000 a year on the farm.
News was received Of the death of
pioneers in Brown county at
Mrs. John Gaskin. wife of
a well known merchant of Columbia.
died suddenly of heart failure: Mrs.
Catherine Neiger, aged eighty-fve
years, died at Warner after two days
illness. and Julius Haase, aged seven.
years, died at his farm. three
northeast of Warner after an
illness lasting more than a year. In
each case the deceased had resided
the county for more than twenty.
i've years.
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Isaac J.. Mouser, who settled in Hu.
'on in 1880, and for several years was
identified with the devel.