The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-04
Gen. A. b. Ward, Etc.

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1t may interest Dakota readers to learn Of
the|lnai antic of the late lamented Gen. A. |
B.. Ward. A New York dispatch gives it |
thus: DR.. A. Bently Worthington. other- |
wise Ward. otherwise a dozen different
aliases. has skipped the country. He did
not go alone. His companion was the latest
wife which he claimed, or in other words,
Plunkett. the teacher and exempli1er
If Christian science. DR.. A. Bently Worth
lngton paid his last visit to New York nearly
a week ago. AS one Of his numerous wives
or equally numerous angry creditors might
have met him with unpleasant conse-
quenees, DR.. Worthington appeared in q \
false wig and whiskers. His hfst visit was
.s-~--
that DR.. Worthington and Mrs. Plunkett
lived together before he was driven out
of is city by the exposure of his past life.
DR.. Worthington. after helping Mrs. Plum
kett to get out the last number Of her mag
azine. left the city with one of Mrs. Plum
kett's children. The next day Mrs. Plunkett
followed with her other child. Her friends
say that the destination of the pair is Aus
tralia. Nothing could be learned about
them at the old quarters in West Forty
second street. The blinds are drawn and
the floor is to let. Mrs. Piunkett's depart
.ure has thrown CONSERVATION into the ranks
of the Christian scientists who still believe
in her. When DR.. Worthington left New
York City some months ago Mrs. Plunkett
gave a pledge That all his debts would be
paid and matters SO arranged that he could
become free. The little band has waited
with exemplary patience for the return Of
DR.. Worthington. 1t was to be the supreme
test of Mrs. Plunkett's good faith with them.
Mr.. Plunkett, the injured husband, has also
left the city. A fortnight ago he suddenly
announced that he had determined to go to
Chicago. Since then he has not been heard
Of in Christian science circles.
IT has been learned that Boone May, a
once noted character of Deadwood and the
Black Hills. is deputy United States mar
shall in New Mexico. 1t was believed thathe
hap died Of yellow fever in Rio Janeiro after
taking a prominent part in several South
American Instructions.
NORTH DAKoTA millers have secured for
eign agency and will henceforth ship their
-four to Europe without having it pass
through the hands Of brokers, spectators,
etc.
The school of mines has entered on it's
third year OF regular work at Rapid City
with a full attendance of students.
ANOTHER rich tin deposit has been found
near the Etna mine in the Hills.
ABOUT 800 Ogallala Sioux Indians, out on
a hunting expedition, camped near White
wood recently.
' SHIELDS, one Of the Oldest miners
in the Black Hills, was badly injured at
Deadwood by falling into a street excava-
ton while watching a street parade.
SWAN Bros, of Andoyer. Mimi, lave Sc
cured the contract for sinking the ~artesian
well at Cakes. over four competitors. They
give q water guarantee and drill the first
LOGO feet for So per foot.
H door of q cattle car on a Northwestern
freight was left unlocked and when the
train reache1 Bro okings it was discovered
that some of the animals had made their
escape. They were captured, however, and
the train proceeded on it's journey.
"A NUMBER of Indians from the Yankton
agency are on their way to Pipestone. Mimi,
10 lay in q winter supply OF pipe clayt make
their pipes and trinkets out OF.
WHILE Alexander Platts, a young farmer
and q single man. Yves working for a neigh
Dor cleaning out a well. at skyeston, a stone
rolled from the top of the well. striking him
on the back of the head and shoulders. He
was unconscious when taken from the well
n only lived forty minutes. The well was
forty-f1ye feet deep. He leaves an aged
father in Dakota and two sisters in Ohio,
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DURBN has a female burglar By the name
Of Jennie Markham. She was recently ar
rested at that place for burglarizing the
residence of q citizen. and is now under
$1,000 bonds to appear for trial. She car
RES a revolver and a full set Of burglars
tools when engaged In business.
CURT1s McCuTcHEoN. a farmer living near
Heights, while blowing In a field noticed
q large prairie wolf sitting calmly on his
launches watching the proceedings. Mc=
Cutcheon hurried of home and loaded up q
back number army musket and went in
search OF the wolf He soon found him.
Tekine carefulaisn he blazed away. When
hs came to himself half an hour later he
discovered that the woa was very absent.
fhat hagMo,ld hayes to- have his jaw
set. as the recoiio Of the gun had caused
8 had fracture Of that portlonSoi Rls talking
apparatus.
AcosrAar nom ST, Paul q arranging 70
,ntin ! $4,000 ploW and implement manu-
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