The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-27

stops in the trunks of hollow trees al
feeds on what nuts he can gather and o
the young lambs and chickens stole
from farmers. He is considered harmless
by the men, but the women and childre
are kept in mortal terror. Cold weathe
will probably drive him to shelter.
St~eam-Cooked on Il Chicago Suburba
Train.
Five innocent lives paid the penalty o
the wanton .careIessness of a railroad en-
gineer in Chicago o few evenings since
The suburban train on the Rock ISLAND
road, leaving the Chicago depot at 6:1S
leaves every evening at Vincennes street O
Washington Heights coach, to be caught
up by the dummy. Tho car was left as
usual, when a moment later the passengers
were Mortified to see bearing down upon
them at a late of twelve miles an hour a
heavy freight train on the same road.
There was no time for flight. The enRi-
neer reversed his engine, but with almost
undlminished speed it plowed into the
passenger coach until the locomotive was
hidden entirely in the wreck. The terri
fed spectators realized from the es-
Gaping steam that the ill-fated passen-
| gers were being roasted alive. Willing
hands lent oil the assistance possible, but
the engineer having failed to shut off tn
steam, the steam-chest was blown out by tn
shock of the collision, mud the death-deal
ing vapor Kissed forth for nearly an hou1
Strange to say, not q person was killed b
the collision, the loss of life being solel
attributable to the scalding steam that en-
veloped the coach. The dead, as taken GU
were found to be literally roasted. Th
flesh dropped from their hands and limb!
and their glaring eyes told the horror c
their experience.
When q thorough search had been com
pleted it was found that three ladies IN
two gentlemen had been killed outr1gh
and a third man was in q dying condition
Six other persons were seriously injured.
The wreck appears to have been entirel,
due to the almost criminal carelessness O
Engineer Twombly. The passenger trail
was on time and signals were out at Soma
phore, and yet the freight train, regardless
of time and signals, plunged into tn
coach, running at q speed of twelve mile
an hour within the city limits. Boil
Twombly and his fireman jumped and es
capped. The engineer has disappeared.
The Census Bureau Ready for Work.
The work of the census bureau is nov
about organized, although the actual euu
meration of the people does not begin I'm,
til next June, but that has become til,
smallest part of the work performed at tn,
d%ecenniAl census of the United States
The statistics of manufacture, commerce
etc., covering q period Of ten years, re.
quires the labor Of a large number o.
special agents and an organization of thu
work that must be complete and exact il
order to produce the best results. In or.
der that the system of carrying on tn
business of the Office may be as perfect a.
possible, Superintendent Porter has ap.
portioned the entire work among eighteen
chiefs OF as many divisions and their sub.
ordinates. The organization of the Office
is far in advance of what it was on thu
23d of September ten years ago. As ii
we'll known, it is Mr.. Porter's purpose tt
complete the work as soon as possible
after the enumeration of the population
has been completed. He has for this reason
finished the preliminary work, co mpletee
the organization of the Office, and is nov
prepared for the collection and compilation
of statistics. In fact, the collection o.
statistics has already been begun.
One Fool Venture Prevented.
Wilfred Overgaard, a stalwart youne
Norwegian, was to attempt to swim thu
rapids at Chippewa Falls, Wis, which i.
regarded as a very difficult feat. A mum.
Der OF his interested friends swore out {
warrant, however, and he was arrested
A cold, drizzling rain was falling, but ovel
five hundred men and women were assem-.
bled OIL the banks to witness the feat. The
attempt, it is claimed, would end in Ger.
tain death, Us the river is filled with Jagged
rocks at that point and the water is only
breast high in the deepest places. Over
gard is only 20 years old, and the son Of
a millionaire Norwegian gentleman. HI
has been in this country about a year, and
is m expert skater and swimmer.
Lively Times snll in Okiahoma.
About six weeks ago a faction of Okla
homa City citizens, after failing to induce
the council to call q convention for the
purpose Of framing an amended charter,
framed one themselves and called an cleo