Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-09
THE BLACK HILLS.

Spearish manufactures doors, sash, blinds
etc.
A cracker factory will soon be started in
Deadwood.
D%iphtheria and pneumonia are prevalent
in Central City.
A good many bogus nickles are in circu.
lation in Deadwood.
Rockford is more prosperous and hope
fol than ever before.
The new Weekly News of Deadwood 81
profusely illustrated.
The price of hay has gone down to SIG
per ton in Deadwood.
Custer City had q one thousand dollar
fire just before Christmas.
Nearly all of the abandoned property in
Custer City has been relocated.
Rapid City will soon have some hand
some stone houses in course of erection.
E. G. Violin, formerly of Yankton. was
married at Elizabetown ON Yew Years
day.
The Highland mill at Lead City turned
out $4,000 on Jan. 1st after . Two weeks
run.
The North Star lode, near Custer CITY,
has just been stocked at $4,000 working
capital.
The national bank to be established in
Rapid City in the spring will be q strong
institution. .
1t may be that the pew paper Custer CITY
expected to have will be published ut Roch.
ford instead.
There are eleven prisoners in the Pen.
nington county Jail, and all under United
States charges.
A laborer on the streets of Deadwood
drove a pick X accidentally through his
instep a few days ago.
The initial numoer of the Custer CITY
Chronicle was to be issued January 3rd. It
has not yet paid US a call.
A petition for a special election on the
town organization for Deadwood has receiy.
ed a large number Of signers.
The Weekly News contains an account
OF the killing Of IN Italian miner in the
Homestake mine BY an explosion.
Rapid City claims to have the best hotel
fare, the healthiest climate, the most hospi-
table people and the handsomest girls in
America.
Deadwood Press: Dakota need not be
ashamed Of her delegate at the national
capital. No delegate commands more re-.
spect and attention.
Within two hours after the first alarm of
fire was given-at the little fire in Custer
City-builoings we're being erected on the
site of those burned.
The Rapid City Journal is among the
newsiest of the Black Hills papers. Our
regret 10 that We so often miss numbers of
that excellent paper.
The Journal says hat Rapid creek flowed
the extreme cold spell for over .
mile below the Mammoth springs Is freely
as in the hummer seseon.
A Deadwood bride among numerous
other wedding presents, received the follow.
ing articles: A $500 check, an elegant piano.
diamond earrings, and an elegant gold
bracelet.
The engine bed for the Giant and Old
Abe hosting works, which reached Dead.
wood New Years day, from Pierre, wa the
heaviest single piece Of freight ever carried
to the Hills. It's weight was 5000 pounds.
Deadwood News: Col. KipRsbury of
the Yankton Press, ought TO be happy now.
A newly organized county 10 this territory
has been named in his honor. He is now
~ big . man q old Pennington, Moody
and Lawrence, all Of whom have counties
in Dakota named after them.
Bishop futile Of Utah sends . letter of
congratuiation. and . check for $40 70 the
Episcopal church At Deadwood. In his
letter, which 10 published in the Pioneer. be
says: The Gentle population haa, if auy.
thing, decreased here Of late, and We have
had the most difficult of labor 70 keep
church matters in operation.
Considerable excitement vas caused in
Custer City, . abort time ago, By . new