Charges of gross neglect of duty in the management of the Niobrara postoffice were preferred against postmaster Santee by a number of citizens of the town. A special agent was sent to investigate the charges. He did so and found them groundless. About 350 people were up, where they were joined by 100 more from Jackson. Bock beer and soda water did not go well together, and the result was a couple of free fights between the parties.
Snow is still two feet deep on Bald Mountain.
Lead and Deadwood are both afflicted with a wood famine. It snowed to a depth of five inches in Two-big Gulch May 8 th . Several land slides have occurred at Deadwood and Central lately. The Rapid City Journal is agitating the question of incorporating that city. The Sioux in the Hills are amusing themselves by hunting among settlers' cattle.