Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-09-13
THE BLACK HILLS.

A public library is to be. established at
Rapid City. e.
The new academy at Spearfish is near
ly completed. s.a4i
Judge Moody is investigating the
causes of the escape of Adams.
Judge Moody will leave Deadwoo6
for Yankton in couple of weeks, ,
A cloud burst and water spout pros
trated thirty miles of telegraph wire
about week ago.
Stephan Geise, of Elizabethtown, re
Gently purchased two lots in that burg
paying therefor $1,000.
w. NJ. Ward is spoken of as a probabl.
democratic candidate for the Legislature
from Lawrence county.
Those of the Deadwoodites who car
afford it are building country residences
in the foot hills. Ranches, they cal
them. srs z&sss., -
The Congregationalistss at Deadwood
have secured the ministerial services oi
Rev. G.S. Pelton, at salary Of 81, ,2OO 9
year.
H. A. Piper is the Rapid City repre-.
sentative to the Sioux Falls democratic
territorial convention, which convenes
the 10Th. ~asA ~ '9s-s' re~~-F 'ss,os 80 ~
I'~' Ben. Baer's brick block, just finished,
is the most thorough fire-proof building
IN Deadwood. The dimensions are
15x110 feet.
A great number of cattle and sheep
are being driven from the ranges of New
Mexico toward the Black Hills and up
per country.
The Bismarck stage company are pre-
pared to change over to the Pierre route
as soon as the railroad shall reach the
Missouri river.
A rumor is afioat in Deadwood, that
the transfer Of the Caledonia and De
Smet mines to the Homestake company
has taken place. -
The Custer Chronicle has been leased
by A: w. Merrick to Messrs. A. D. CLARK
and Joseph Kubler, who will Immediate
~ resume its publication.
The front of the Merchants National
block, in DeadwoOd, will be made entire
l!y of iron and plate glass and the build
ing will be the finest in the territory.
Several new eastern companies are
purchasing property in the central and
southern Hills. Water rights on the
principal streams are eagerly sought for,
and good prices are paid for them.
The toll road now being constructed
from Fountain City to Centennial
prairie shortens the distance about. fourf
and half miles, besides being perfectly,
level, and is by odds the best piece of Y
road in the territory.
Deadwood Pioneer, Sd: Alais Hetzell.
of Hetzell, johnson e. Co., Yesterday
perfected a contract with Dangherty & |
Co., for the transportation of one million
pounds of oats, to be. delivered at Fort
Meade by the middle of October.
An Episcopal church is under con-
struction at Deadwood which, the Pioneer
says, will be lasting monument to the
enterprise, energy and Jealous devotion
Of Deadwood women. It is to be com
pleted by the middle of November. ara5.l
The Rockport Miner learns from a
gentleman just in from Red Canyon that
The water spout, last week, was the worst
ever known i'll that county. Atone place
the water was 40 feet deep and in many
places the telegraph wire was twisted a.
bout cottonwood trees 25 feet above the
ground.
Deadwood Times: For days and. days
past. teams have been hauling railroad
ties l from down the gulch up to Central.
These ties are for the raiIroadt that is sure
to be built from Golden Gate to Dead
wood, and on down the gulch. to where
there is an almost inexhaustible quanti-
ty OF heavy pine timber.
Deadwood Pioneer, Sd: The Standby
company made clean UP yesterday, Of
between $4,000 and $4,000. The quartz
crushed was surface ore entirely. The
expense account for the month was less
Than 5000. The ore averaged about 81
ton, but next month it will be much
better as ore of better grade will be
milled. - -
The carbonate mines of 4 the Inyanyl
harag district furnish ore which assays
LOCO to the ston. There are twenty-s
locations together, butonly few
have been worked. The principal loca-
tons are about eight miles from Inyan
Kara. and twelve miles from the Sun
Dance mountains. = The vein has tbeen:Il
traced by Groupings fora distance Of
fifteen miles. The mines are in Wyom-
ing, hence all locations are sent to Chey.
enne for registry.