Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-20
4 BLACK mlu.

the BLACK MllS.
Assw town on Silver creek 10 called Di.
amend City.
Asmall load of pine cord wood costs Eve
dollars in Deadwood.
Asrsat many brick layers could ind en-.
ployment to Deadwood.
The cattle raising Interest Of the Hills 10
assumtng gigantic proportons.
Tho Bald mountain placer mines are prov.
log moro valuable every day.
The Rhodertc Dhu miue is ono of the beat
producing mines In the Hills.
Tho Knights of Cyrus is . new order re-
Gently organized In DeadWood.
The Atlantic mine at Lesds City has been
sold to parties from New York.
Tho weight of the iron doors for the First
National q o of Deadw0od are an even
ton.
The secret societies of Deadwood were
among the heaviest l0osers ct the late
fre.
It's reported that 10000 shares Of Dead
wood stock were sold . few days ago to one
man.
The Deadwood News protests aea,nst
Chinese wash heuses being allowed all over
the city.
The Union Hin mine 10 Stnwberry
gulch. has been bonded in New York city
for 100000.
One of the manufacturing institutions of
the Black Hills is Dudley's saw mill in
El~izabethtown.
Tho Royal Arch Masons have perfected
On organization at Lead City, and paessd
resolutions to apply for = dispensation ct
once.
The first issue Of the Deadwood Evening
Press gives q complete list of the business
firms and various branches OF industries
done 10 that city and adjoining towns.
An extra two feet Of brick are being laid
ohstop ofths First National bank walls, in
Deadwood, to attach the elegant zinc cor
nice to, that goes on with the full iron front.
A boy about fourteen years Of age named
Willie Casey. was instantly killed near
DeadwOod Sunday Nov. 9th, by the dis
charge ofa revolver in the hands Of his old.
er brother.
Opposite the postofice in Deadwood,
there are four large v story frames going
up all in one block, each one to be finished
of into two business rooms that are as good
as any city can boast Of.
The Pioneer says two men residing In
Central City. got into . drunken quarrel
over . woman on Sunday evening which re-
suited In the death of one of them. John
CLANCY by name, who was struck over the
head with an AZ.
A colored man In Deadwood called Slip
} perry, got into trouble with another "gem.
men of color" and in the fracas lost q finger.
He was arrested and fined $500, but he
says TO don't understand Why he should pay
for loosing . finger.
The residents Of Crock City were q good
deal exercised not long ago bv the discov-
cry OF an oil we'll In the city limits. It
proved TO have been caused from q barrel 81
coal oil being poured into q we'll by q mis-.
I chief loving resident.
TIT following 10 q record Of tho traussc-
lions Of the Deadwood p~ostofice, for the
! first weak of November: Postal cards sent
. COS; letters sent, 5,126; transient printed
. matter sent, 700; packets merchandise sent,
II; daily papers sent. 1909. Money orders
amounting to $500 have been issued BY
Mr.. Starr aimee Monday last
Deadwood Is disguised with Sioux City's
crazy vagrant Billy Cofey. The News
e says he perambulates Sherman street con-
ttnuslly. laying violent hands upon every
thing of value In sight, which he hypothe-
cates l0f whisky. Safterers propose to raise
: . fund and send him back to Sioux City
: and If the authorities Of the latter place re-
. turn him to us. to repeat the operation Of
long as there is gold enough in the Hills.to
pay his passage.
The occupants of the Deadwood Jail are ,
9 community Of themselves. making laws 70,
the government of themselves. One Of these
d laws requires every person coming amongst
q them TO live, to contribute one dollar to the
general tobacco fund. SINNERS went there
to live, and was called on to obey the laws
e but peremptorily declined. The police Of
the community arrested him, and, held him
/ down over q bench, and the head execution
or, with = heavy shingle, hit-him about
j, hundred on the part of his anatomy that
y conea. nearest . chair whom sitting down
= Hs squealed like q pig, and came down viii
the assessment, and e nov thoroughly in
itiated into all the mysteries Of the institu
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