Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-08
THE BLACK HILLS.

THE BLACK HILLS.
The new Jail at Deadwood is about
completed.
There are only four houses in Rapid
City with blinds.
Villa hay brings twenty-five dollars a
ton at Deadwood.
The Homestake foundry six
teen tons of iron per day.
The Rapid City public schools have
an attendance OF ever 2GG.
Rapid City is annoyed by sneak thew
ing, somebody losing something almost
every day.
The Tribune says Lead City is full of
fire traps and warns the people to keep
a close watch.
The Mills and hosting works of the
Homestake mine burn ninety cords OF
wood every day.
There ID q noticeable increase of big
game in the Black Hills, such as ante
lope, deer and bear.
The Pioneer says the Deadwood
narrow gauge will be built to the coal
fields early next spring.
A thresher and $50 bushels of grain
were destroyed by incendiary fire near
Deadwood the other night.
A disastrous fire which did great dam
age along Elk creek recently, was prob
ably the work of an incendiary.
Iron Hill has declared another div
idend of i've cents per share, or $l2,500.
Total dividends to date $112 SEQ.
John e. Higgins, of Rookerville, saw q
steam engine for the first time In ten
years at Rapid City the other day.
Judge Thomas qualified for Office
| Monday. the 18th: in time to participate
in the session of the supreme court.
Gen. Forsythe has forbidden the
soldiers at Fort Meade to play cards for
money, either IN the barracks or private
quarters.
An unlimited amount of English
capital can be secured to use in develop.
ing the tin interests of the Bills if con.
sidered advisable.
The Northwestern transportation com
pany delivered $4,000 pounds of freight
in Deadwood, $4,000 at Sturgis and 80,
600 at Spearfsh in n day recently.
The census of the Hills country ii
being largely increased by arrivals from
the east this fall. Eleven children
nnloaded from one stage Coach OF Dead
wood last week.
A grand welcome in the shape of
reception and banquet was given Judg'
Thomas and family on their arrival q
Rapid City, by the Pennington count,
bar association.
Mrs. Louise Maillard, OF Rapid City
died very suddenly Oct End. She wa,
in her Usual Wealth at noon and at 4:3
was a corpse. Her disease was some
thing similar to cholera.
The Journal says that the railroad
business is a splendid paying institution
and has been since the first train raj
into Rapid City. Freight due Oh good
received averages $4,000 a day.
The dairy is a neglected industry il
the Black Hills. Butter is shipped il
from the east and cream is an unknow,
luxury. This is all wrong as no bette
grazing country can be found than ii
some sections OF the Hills.
The trial OF three negro soldiers a
Deadwood for the murder OF Bell, q
Sturgis, has been concluded. The iur,
returned a verdict OF guilty against tw,
of the egroes-G rier and Morris-ant
the penalty was fixed at imprisonment
for life. The third prisoner was &C
quilted.
Four men were killed by the explo
sion of o box Of giant powder in the 30
level of the Caledonia mine, last Tues
day evening and enc man was fatal.
injured. Six others were more o
less seriously injured. The bodies o
the killed we're blown to atoms and til
remains were removed from the mine il
barrels.
The Deadwood Pioneer says that
band of Piegan Indians is camped il
the Wolf mountains. neal Tongu
river, west OF the Hills, watching for
chance to run off horses. A number o
cowboys armed with Winchesters ar
keeping cases" on the red thieves, an,
in the event OF any attempt to carr,
their supposed plans into execution
the Indians Will stand an excellent shoy
of being carelessly handled by the COW
%punohers.
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