St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-23
Two Hundred Masons Are
Taken in the Black Hills
and Treated
With the Most Royal Hospi-
tally by the Entire Pop
ulation.
New Mining Developments
That Promise to Show
Large Results.
A Dishonest Postmaster in
Limbo--Insane Incident
Highway Robbery.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
DEADwOOD, June 22.-Two hundred
delegates to the annual session of the
Dakota Grand Lodge of Masons, con-
vening in Deadwood on Tuesday, ar
rived by special train on Monday last.
Many of them were accompanied by
their wives and sisters. To participate
in the gayeties announced to take place
during the session, hundreds came from
all directions, within and without the
Hills. The consequence has been that
an unusually large number OF people
spent the first part of the week here.
and that the session, though brief, pro-
duced the merrieSt, gayeSt season in the
social world that our city has enjoyed
for many long day. Preceding the ar
rival OF visitors, every arrangement for
their comfort and convenience had been
carefully provided; nothing was forgot
ten. The local chapter looked to
transportation and had chartered
almost every hack, carriage.
or vehicle of other description suitable
for the purpose to bring visitors from
W hitewocd, where the train was left,
to .DeadwOOd, distance of thirteen
miles, reaching the former place at
a. IN. By 9:30 o'clock each dele
gate or visitor was seated at the break
fast table of DeadwOOd hosiery en-
Joylng with hearty appetite as excellent
meal as 1T was possible to discuss.
Breakfast over delegates not members
of the grand chapter amused them
selves in walking round about the city.
taking short drives hence to Lead, Cen
trail or Terraville, where few seized
the opportunity to descend several hun
dred feet toward the bowels of the
earth, watch the miner at his toll, and
returning once more to the surface &C
quire faint knowledge of the process
by which stamp mills and copper plates
extract and save the precious metal con-
tanned i'll auriferouS quartz. Having
passed several hours in this wise return
was made to DeadwOod and to supper.
In the meanwhile Deadwood's hoSpita-
able ones of
THE GENTLER SEX
had not been idle, and committee con-
SiSting of MesdameS Seth Bullock, J. A.
Harding, William Lardner, A. w. Coe,
l.. r. Graves, Adolph Fisher and Miss
Coe had spared no effort for the enter
tainment and enjoyment of the visiting
sisters. Numerous excursions were
planned and executed, drives taken here
and there in various directions. and
most points of interest in the immediate
peighborhood pointed out, whilst where
history or legend attracted it was re-
lated in charming manner and apt Ian
guage by one OF another of the untiring
hoStesseS. Tuesday morning the ladies,
hoSteSSeS and guests one and all visited
the great HOmeStake mine, and under
the chaperOnage of superintendent Guer
were escorted through the different
tunnels, croSs-cutS and chambers by
which this wonderful property is de-
velOped. After the mine had been thor
Oughly explored the visitors were taken
through the mills, whose hundreds of
stamps dropping with a noise like in
ceSSant, uninterrupted thunder. crushed
from the generous rock, its rich herit-
age of gold. Back to DeadwOOd again,
few hours rest and then to
DELIGHTFUL RECEPTION
at the elegant home of Mrs. Bullock,
who had kindly placed her house at the
disposition of the committee for this
purpose. Before this, however, and
Monday evening as well, the Terraville
band, one of the best organizations in
the Hills, had discoursed delightful
music. classic as well as gay, national
and likewise simple, from hotel bal
comics, on the streets and from
other points. To Wednesday nights
ball, however, all eyes turned with
general anticipatiOns of pleasure. The
DeadwOod opera house had been en-
gagged for prOmenadeS and dancing, and
Hernia hall, hundred yards away, for
supper room, where covers were laid
for 800 guests. Not one too many was
provided; in fact, all could not crowd
to the first table, fully 700 having con-
tributed their presence to the ball,
which, without question, can and must
be written
THE MOST BRILLIANT
social event that has ever taken place
in the Hills. Thursday,the grand lodge
concluded its labors and departed, tax
ing special train from WhitewOod at
O'Clock in the afternoon. All regretted
the session was so short, and many
hearty wish was voiced that friends
made during it might meet again.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
who were here as delegates were Hon.
Abe Boynton, chairman of the terrific
rial board of railroad commissioners,
Hon. c. T. Mccoy. eX-register of the
Aberdeen land office; Hon. III. w. lie
bach, a prominent candidate for COVER
nor two years ago; Hon. F. r. Fulton,
who by want of two votes missed going
as delegate from North Dakota to the
Democratic national convention; DR..
II. NJ. Wheeler, of Grand Forks, whose
unerring aim brought to earth one of
THE JESSE JAMES GANG,
of Mortified, MIMI. bank robbers a
few years ago; Hon. Joseph Picker,
register of deeds for Custer county; j.
+. Schroeder, successful Rapid City
attorney, and prominently mentioned
as candidate for the legislature from
Pennington county, and many others,
too numerous to mention, of equal note
and prominence. Everything gave way
to the entertainment and enjoyment of
the guests. For the time even mining
news failed to excite its wOnted interest;
18th of July committee meetings were
neglected; freman's tournaments and
horse races brought fourth no discus
sion.
DRnGRESS MINING