The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-26
South Dakota


of Roscoe Brown, secretary of the Da
cotah club, died at Sioux Falls.
r.. S. Owen, a merchant of Okobojo
and a pioneer resident of Sully cou
ty, died after an illness of an hour.
Sturgis is to have a wool warehouse
for the accommodation of the many
sheepmen residing north of that place
Gov. Crawford has issued his Arbor
day proclamation, fixing Friday, April
"a, as the date and declaring it to be
a legal holiday.
Peter Mailman, a bartender in Hen
ry Kurtz's saloon at Armour, killed
himself by blowing his brains out
with a revolver.
The Van Dusen elevator at Ordway
was destroyed by fire, with five cars
Of wheat and Ole of fax. The fire
started from an oVerheated stove.
A meeting of the homesteaders Of
Stanley county has been called to
meet at Philip on April 3 for the pur-
pose Of putting a county ticket in the
field.
Five business buildings burned at
Gary. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000. with insurance Of $4,000. The
fire originated In the back room of the
harness shop.
Roscoe Keene, chairman of the
board of county commissioners OF
Meade county, and Mrs. Jessie Hand
lin of Sturgis were married recently
in Deadwood.
The general store Of James Calder
at Wetonka was destroyed by fire.
The fire started in the living rooms Of
the Calder family at the ZEAL of the
building. Loss, $4,000.
The second of the mammoth ar
tesian wells which the United States
government is drilling on the shores
of Lake Andes, in Charles Mix county,
rapidly is nearing completion.
The annual meeting Of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows of South Da-
/ kota will be held at Sioux Falls on
May 10, 20 and q. One Of the fea-
lures will be a parade of Odd Fellows.
Farmers residing in the vicinity Of
Geddes. in Charles Mix county are
subscribing literally for stock in a
new company which is arranging to
establish and operate a farmers ele-
vator at Geddes.
Secretary M~cIlvane of the state
board OF agriculture has succeeded in
securing Gov. John A. Johnson of Min
nesota for an address IN the state fair
grounds on the opening day of the
fair, Tuesday, Sept. 8.
James Whalen, who was injured in
his blacksmith shop by being caught
in the belt of a gasoline engine, his
head coming in contact with the fly
| wheel, resulting In a fractured skull,
died Of his injuries at Huron,
One year in the penitentiary Is the
sentence imposed on John st. Pierre,
who by agreement pleaded guilty at
Elk Point to a charge of manslaughter
In the second degree for the killing OF
Clarence Shay four years ago.
Ground for the WATERFOWL Chautau-
qua has been chosen and a deed for
eight acres of land on the north bank
of Lake Kampeska made out to the
Chautauqua association. A ten days
program has been booked by the asso-
citation to begin on July 3.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company Is hauling large
quantities Of railroad iron west OF
Mitchell. and with the opening Of
| spring the company will commence to
tear up its old track that has done
service for nearly twenty-five years
and replace 1t with iron OF much heav-
Ter weight.
Coy. Crawford has appointed as del
egates to the thirty-flfth national con
ference Of charities and corrections,
to be held at Baltimore May 6 to 13,
NJ. T. Parmley of Sioux Falls, S. F.
Young of Finniston, DR.. ]. Kutnowsky
Of Redfield, ID. c. Thomas Of Water
town, F. b. Gaul OF vermillion and c..
H. French Of Huron.
a blaze going up from the hands OF
Evangelist Lawrence Wright in the
pulpit Of the Christian church at Mill
er was of special interest to the con-
gregation of that body and to the
people of that town generally who had
paid off the mortgage on the church
building of 5000 a year and a half be-
fore 1t was due and who turned out
in large numbers to witness the mort
gage burning.
DR.. H. c. Burch Of Redfield is dead.
He had been suffering for a week
with cerebro spinal meningitis. DR..
Burch had been a physician of high
standing for a number OF years and
was the present mayor Of Redfeld.