Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-23

ny ohe Denfan, on hlnzle street, 1t was
shown that they have to work from in
the morning to 0 at night, and threeInights
each week until IL, making lunches for
cigars. The majority receives So per
week, and in ord:r to make profit off this
seanty pittance, he charges them cent
minute for lost time. When the health
inspector visits the place the proprietor
manages to seerete children under age en-
ployed by him. Other tyranical practices
are alleged and it is claimed that this
place is only type of others in Chicago.
Mr.. J. II. Saunders, one of the United
Stat es treasury cattle commission. leave
for Europe next week on special govern
ment commission. 1t is understood that
his trir has particular reference to the re-
strictions which are now imposed upon
our export cattle trade with Great Britain
and to our pork trade with Germany and
other European countries.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad
new transcontinental line to San Francis
co via Ogden and the Central Pacific rail
road is completed, the last spike being
driven at Ogden, connection having been
made with the Central Pacific road at that
point. Through business has opened up
and already travel over this line TO San
Francisco has begun.
A cold blooded murder was peIpetrated
Sunday afternoon at Memphis, Tenn.
Michael Heniey, keeper of II grocery store,
killed a negro named Dunlap with large
butcher knife, almost severing his head
from his body. The murdered man was
IS years old. The murderer escaped.
The most destructive flo cd that has ever
been known in the history of this section
has Just visited Deadwoodand surrounding
country. For month past the country
has been deluged with water, causing the
greatest suffering and depriving every
city In the Hills of even the necessities of
life, on account Of the condition Of the
roads and streams. On Wednesday the
barometer took sudden fall and contin-
ued going down until evening when a
steady min set in. Very soon when the
snow which had been laying in the noun
tains began to melt, forming rivulets
which continued to grow every minute in
to torrents. At p. m. the telephone mes
sage from the Ten Mile Ranch apprised
Deadwood that the entire volume of snow
from the mountains was moving, and to
prepare for the worst About this time
Whitewood creek, which runs through the
city, left its banks and began its first work
of destruction, increasing every minute in
volume, sweeping houses down the stream
and cutting into the bank at some places
to the extent of 100 yards. In a few min
utes over seventy houses had been washed
away. But for the timely news it is inn
possible to say what the number of deaths
would have been. Over half of Dead
wood is swept away, fortunately leaving
the substantial portion Of the city on Main
street standing. The loss in that city is
estimated at 5000, 900, but even now it is
impossible to get definite figure. Basket
communication has been established be-
tween the separated portions OF the city.
The only deaths BOW known are George
Chandler and wife and hired man and
another man, unknown. All the towns up
the gulch are more or less damaged. All
greatest portion of Crook City and Spear
fish. The total losses from all the cities
viii be immense. Business is paralyZed
throughout the gulch, the Homestake mine
has nine feet of water over it and it is safe
to say that weeks of work viii not repair
the damage done to the mines and rail-
roads. All the mines in the vicinity OF
, Deadwood are shut down. The Golden
Gate and South Bend are washed out, all
the bridges through the country are swept
/ away, and reports OF disasters are being
received from all quarters. Communica-
tion is almost impossible as all the tele-
graphic lines are washed out aud it is i'm
possible to ascertain the amount of dam.
age done. Only one telephone line re-
mains and that is over-crowded with
work. The entire loss from the food cant
fail to reach into the millions.
, 1t is impossible to decide the condition
of crops between Meade, Oak, and Dead
wood, or to imagin the destitution that ha:
; followed the floods. The Telegraph linei
are down and cannot be repaired. Mer
sent out narrowly escaped drown.
ing and returned without success.
Rapid City, Oak, is entirely sur,
rounded by water and many buildings viii
J be swept away. The Rapid City Valley
: more than forty miles in length, oil Of
! which has already been seeded, is entire
: ly submerged. The amount Of damages
; in this Valley alone cannot be estimated
: Many of the houses up the Valley are be
( ing washed away and probably lives viii
be lost An entire destruction of th,
! coming crop may be expected.
The capitalists are sailing on Devil
Lake at present, and looking over th'
] town Of Odessa. From that point they g
: to Bizmarck.
! Cyclones ragged throughout. Missouri
Illinois and Wisconsin last Saturday, max
ing desolate towns, killing people an,
stock in a most woeful wholesale manner
The New York Herald yields to its pro
q prietor six per cent. on sl0,000,00O annu
ally. Who would not be "a newspape
proprietor under these circumstances?
Robert J. Creighton, special Posta
s Commissioner for New Zealand, had a fina
e interview with the Postmaster Genera
: Monday in relation to the continuanc