Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-16
THE A HILLS.

mine.
Cross walks of marble are being laid
in Deadwood.
A chimney sweep is cleaning up
Central for the winter.
The total assessed valuation OF Rapid
City is about 81. 800. COO.
Deadwood will shine by electricity OF
q very early day or night.
There is no limit to the water melon
supply or demand in Rapid.
The prospect of a $4,000 Touring mill
at Hermosa is very fattering.
Deadwood's main street is being
macadamized at q cost OF $4,000.
The tax levy of Lawrence county Is
nearly double that of Pennington.
Centrafs public schools opened with
seventy-ive pupils in attendance.
A fine body of ore has been found in
the Queen Bee mine near Hill City.
During g late t%wenty.four hours thirty
cars OF freight were received in Rapid
City.
Horseback riding By. moonlight is a
favorite amusement of the Hills girls
and boys.
D~eadwood's new sampling works are
estimated to cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
Spearfish's normal school has an atten-
dance of seventy-two, forty being non
residents of the city.
Rapids schools opened with an in
creased attendance OF thirty per cent over
the opening day last year.
Two hundred and seventeen scholars
answered roll call at the public schools
in Deadwood last Monday.
Judge Moody is engaged in a law case
IN connection with the Iron Hill mine
wherein $4,000 are involved.
The tax levy in Custer county calls
for a ratio of 25.7 mills; Lawrence, about
80 mills; Pennington, 16 mills,
The Deadwood Pioneer says: Hon.
&C Moody of Deadwood has a law
practice that nets him SIS, 900 per
annum.
A new weekly paper is soon to be
issued from Carbonate to be devoted to
the mineral interests OF the entire Hills
country.
The recently reported strike of high
grade ore IN the Iron Hill mine, is of
u. UGH greater magnitude than at 6rst
supposed.
Rapid City will be lighted by cleo
tricity perhaps this fall and without q
tdoubt before the flowers shall bloom in
the spring.
The Rapid City Republican contains
o long list of building notes. There
seems to be'much activity and prosperity
ut Rapid this fall.
Deadwood is said to contain 400 inhab.
itants who neither toll nor spin for {
livelihood, an average of enc to every
six Oh the iinhhabitanfs.
The wages of the mlllmen, blacksmith
and machinists, employed in the Home
stake mine, have been reduced from fit,
cents to n dollar per dey.
A Dendwood Chinaman drew q thou
sand dollar prize in q San Francisco
lottery the other day upon an invest
ment Of Collar sad u quarter.
Some one poisoned q valuable do
belonging to a Deadwood alderman til
other day. A reward Of fifty dollars
offered for the discovery of the mi,
%creant.
Girls FOR domestic service are a scare
commodity in Rapid City, twenty-fs
dollars a month and board not bein
sufficient inducement to supply th
demand.
, Rapid is delighted with its new systel
of water works. The supply Of water
SO abundant that the overflow frcai II
reservoi. would be sufficient to suppl
another city of 10000 people.
. The Black Hills salt company h,
! been orgsnized in Deadwood with
capital stock of S~1,a5o,ooo, divided I'M
q ESQ, 600 shares of a par value of five do
lars each. Tho company own $40 acr,
of land near sone salt springs and q
a hopeful OF finding a body OF rock salt
e q depth of fifty feet.
Rapid City aud Pennington count
enjoy exceptionally good times
n promptness and thoroughness in payir
, taxes are an indication. The Repu'
: lican says: The delinquency in til
city is the smallest known il year
9 either as to the number of pieces
property or amounts unpaid.
e The Rapid City journal says: FL
years ago Seth Bullock offered to pr
9 sent to Rev. James Williams, of Cente,
nial prairie, the best riding horse tn
could be found in the Black Hills in CA
Deadwood did not have at this time
! population of at least 5000. Mi. Bullot
Q is now hunting MP a riding horse, with
!, view to fulfilling his promise.
M
r Chicago to SedgwIck.
4 Washington, Sept. 14-Secretar
Baysrd ia 10th to give up his faith j