The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed for the Trip County State bank
at Lamro, with a capital of $1,000.


Riddled with small shot, Lawrence
Day came into Yankton for medical
assistance. He states he was shot by
a small boy In a group Of youngsters.
Lawrence Day Of Yankton is in a
Doctors care with te npellets from a
shotgun in his person. He was acct.
dentally shot by some boy in a crowd
of youngsters who were shooting "
the brush near the river.
A fine new Catholic parsonage build.
ing now is in course Of construction
at Presho. The structure will be mod.
ern in every respect, and will cost
about $4,000. 1t will have a concrete
foundation and be very substantial
throughout.
w. H. Uecker has been appointed
to the position of chief Of police at
Huron to fill the vacancy o~ccasioned
by the resignation of w. ]. Barker. A
w. Longren will hereafter be assistant
to Night officer c. A. Hawley, with
minor changes i nthe police force.
Gertrude Stephenson, aged ninc
years, was attacked by a COW within
the city limits at Yankton, tossed
hooked and trampled Jpn, and was in
aserious condition when rescued.
The cow was loose and charged on the
girl as soon as she saw her, owing
to red ribbons in her hat, it Is sup
posed.
Representatives Of a Mennonite col
ony of PENNSYLVANIA have been in
Pierre for several days looking over
lands, and before leaving purchased
~seevral tracts. They expect to be back
to this part of the country next spring
and to bring a number of others of
their peculiar religious belief with
them.
Creamery promoters at Sansae, in
Stanley county, report pledges OF the
milking of enough COWS to assure the
success of a creamery at that point,
and are now getting the pledges in
form of contracts, and if all who have
agreed to milk COWS will sign con
tracts to that effect the plant will be
put in.
The young man found dead near Elk
creek bridge near Sturgis Thursda!
has been Identified as a resident O
Pedro named Green. He had beer
hauling freight to Pedro from Rapid
CITY wit hsix horses and two wagons
and it is relieved he was kicked by
horse while u%nhitching to camp 70;
the night.
A party of young men from Cham
berlain, w. S. Miller, Will B. Stevens
and A. n. Funk, experienced the wreck
of their houseboat at Yankton. The
boat was caught in the current
whirled against the pontOOn bridge
and sunk. The boys caught the
bridge as the boat passed under and
were rescued. The boat and contents
were valued at $500.
The cornerstone of the Masonic
temple which is being constructed by
the Masonic bodies at Redfeld, was
laid last week. Grand Master Petit
grew of Sioux Falls assisted. The ora
ton was delivered by Inspector Gen
eral E. T. Taubman of Aberdeen. The
temple will be a c~ommodious brick
Ir;Il,-~ Nth fun ctnriac and hasa
ment, and will cost $4,000.
A vast amount of work was accom-
plished and plans were laid for vigor-
Gus work during the coming year at
the convention Of the South Dakota
Y. w. C. A., which has just come to
a close in Aberdeen. The convention
was the most successful 1 nthe history
OF the association. Special commit
tees were appointed to select the new
officers and decide upon the place for
tn enext convention.
William II. Saxton died at his home
in Huron, aged fifty-six years. Mr..
Saxton was a native of Pennsylvania,
and since nineteen years of age has
been in the service Of various rail-
roads, most of the time in the employ
as a n%engineer on the Chicago &
North Western, with headquarters in
this city. Thirteen years ago he was
stricken with paralysis and from that
time was unable to do service as an
engineer.
Authorities at Huron were notified
Of the blowing up of the safe In the
city market at Lake Preston Sunday
night. The cracksmen secured sever
al hundred dollars in cash. More than
$4,000, which it is supposed the rob
bers were led to believe was in the
safe was paid out Saturday for cattle.
The explosion was terrific, a hole be-
ing blown through the roof and anoth-
err through the floor. No trace OF the
robbers has yet been found.
Although a score Of her young play
mates recently consented to the re-
moval of cuticle from their own per-
sons so a skin grafting operation could
be performed in the case of little Alice