The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-07-05
FROM THE BLACK HILLS.

WITH q NUMBER from camps CnaC ulu
not visit, 1 feel that 1 am better quail
fled to give more accurate accounts
Of the condition Of things and the pros
poets than could have done month
ago. =.
think people haye made q great mis-
take in leaving their homes and COM
ing here to make money, that is the la
boring class. Hundreds have been
compelled to return without Il cent in
their pockets and beg or beat their way
home. Yes, I might say there arc
thousands that have been in that con-
ditl0n. A great MANY are waiting UNI
til machinery comes in to open up the
mines, as they cannot be worked, that
Is In many of the streams, without
steam pumps, and quite Il number of
saw mills, are needed for saving lum-
Der, and rs they are coming in quite
fast, think about the first of August
they will begin to take out considera-
bic gold, and men will get better wa
ges. Miners can lire all the help they
need for one dollar u day, that is COM
mon hands. Some men are working
for fifty cents day and board. am
now speaking of this section of the
Hills.
Rapid City is situated on Rapid
Creek, main stream of the Mountains.
At the foot hills, about fifty miles south
west of Deadwood, I think is one of the
seen, and I think in time will be a
and money to get to bed rock. The
main mining streams in this section OF
the hills are the Boxelder, Rapid and
Spring Greek. Castle creek, tliirty-fve
miles southwest Of here, is opening up
very we'll. Quite number of quartz
mills and some smelling works are
coming in here, and l have all reason
to believe that in time the Hills will
produce I, good deal Of gold.
The men that are making the money
are the TRANSPORTATION Companies, and
men that lsayc brought through goods
for sale. saw our friend, Mr.. Grant
going through to DcalWood or Crook
City. [ have no doubt but what he will
do well. I heard a few days ago from
OUR old neighbor, G., Beck. lie has
bought house i'll Dcalwood, and has
gone to Keeping boardcrs. ! under
stand he is getting along nicely. The
state of society here is not very dcsir-
able. One would very readily come to
the conclusion that the flood gates Of
the Nation had been opened and the
scum of society sluiccd tins WAS. | am
not speaking of the people us Il body,
for there are some good and true men
here as you can find in any country.
That you may be able to draw some
conclusion J. will give part Of the events
| of Yesterday and to-day. Yesterday
morning there was u civil action
brought against freightcr by the nalne
Of Nasbet to recover da nHgrs Oh goods
that one Mrs. Neal claimed were inI ur
cd Oh his freight line. heard noise,
went III and the first thing that saw
was two drunken lawyers and u dozen
drunken Witnesses. Out Of curiosity,
stopped to sec the first trial | had ever
seen in I, mining town. They proceed
ed to examine Che witnesses and when
they would get one examined they
would (tlat is the two lawyers and
Justice) go across the street take 4
drink, come back, and would do more
swearing than all the witnesses Wcrcrc-
quircd to do. This is Il common &c
currelce and people take but little no.
tice Of it. How would that sort ol con-
duct look in our quiet village OF Wor-
thington?
! About two O'Clock p. M, two men
came i'll to town. They were out a.
bout 3 miles getting house logs. Re-
ported they saw Indians. About doz-
Ell men, mounted Oh horseback, start
ed in pursuit of them. In ABOUT two
hours came back with three horse
thieves, white men. They were lodg-
ed in a log building, and l supposed
were to have !. hearing this morning,
but ~tc', I wrnt ont on the Street, tho
first thing l saw, was the three fellows
hanging to the limbs Of 4 pine tree. |
went and looked 1T them, saw they
were dead and cold. One was 4 boy e.
bout Is years Of age. How some poor
mothers heart will ache! There was
4 hole dug for them and the three were
thrown into it, like us many dogs. To-
day ut lroon six mcVo were brought
down from Doadwood going 10 prison.
This, with \ few drunken q,,arrels Oh
the street to fill up Tie time, concluded
tho events Of the days. would say
to one and to all, il you have Il home
or a chance TO get living, stay where
you are. Twenty men are ruined to
one that makes money. Yes, ruined
morally and financially.
| NJ. DlCKEY.