The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-09-05

Thlrtieth-M. L. Reed, Ashton, and S. B. Mil.
ton, Rediield.
Thirty hrst-J. A. Rickert, Corona.
Thirty-second-Charles b. Knott, Bristol. -.
Thirty-third-W. c. Allen, ,Groton, and J. G.
Simmons. Frederick.
-Tbistty-fourth-J. w. Banbury, Britton.
Thirty-flfth-J. H. Bottum, Faulkton.
Thirty-sixth-George G. Knickerbocker, Eu-
reka.
Thirty-seventh-No selection.
Observation-Disclosures Z. Smead, Lead City,
and R. L. Grimshaw, Deadwood.
Thirty-ninth-D. w. Clark, Rapid City.
Fortieth-I. r. Grow, Sturgis.
Forty-irst-D. w. McFadden, Custer City.
Stanley County-C. j. Lavery, Folt Pierre.
Unorganized Counties-W. H. Tremain.
In Shorter Meter.
WHILE at work in the Highland mine,
in the Black Hills, John Mastcwich got
his thumb or the left hand mashed by a
stone from the chute.
THREE bargcs for the Pierre Coal Min
Ing II Transportation company are to
be built at Bismarck. They will have a
capacity of over 100 tons each. The
first shipment of coal will be about 400
tons.
PROF. HEMINGWAY, superintendent of
the Newcastle coal mines, has just re-
turned from the east where he had OK:
tcnsive experiments made in coking the
Newcastle coal, and every test wa salts
factory. The highest testimonial was
from the Cambria Iron and Steel works,
OF Johnstown, Pa. The expert men of
the Cambria works pronounced the New
castle coke equal to that made by the
Frlck Coal company, which is every
where recognized as the finest madc in
America. AS a result of these tests
Prof. Hemingway has ordered and is
having set up 100 coke ovens.
DR.. BALMsoN, of Crookston. Mimi,
was called professionally to Fisher
Thursday morning, and on arriving at
the depot at that place was shot and
killed by a farmer named Horace Rus
sell. The bullet entered the back part
of his head and came out over the eve.
The frst shot missed the doctor and
narrowly escaped killing one of the
brakemen. A few weeks ago the wife
OF the assassin had left him, and in some
way or another he had concluded that
Dr. Balmaon was responsible for the
separation. After committing the deed
Russell fled to the woods and hid there
until shortly before 2 o'clock, when he
voluntarily came out of ambush and
gave himself up, saying: 81 want every.
one to know what l lone it for, and thcr
don't care what they do with me-"
LIGHTNING destroyed both the arc anG
~incandescent system of lightning arrest
crs of the electric light station in Yank.
ton, and matters were decidedly inter.
csting for the men in charge there for q
short time.
AT Buffalo park in South Sioux Falls
are three moose, two of which are very
promising roadsters. These will be
broken this fall, and by early winter they
may be seen pulling a piano box buggy
down Philips avenue at a 3-minute gate
or better.
INSPECTOR OF MINES CoRKH11L re-
Gently made an official visit to Bear Gulch,
Black Hills, where he found about forty
men engaged in placer mining, or rather
"rocking" for gold, as the stream does
not carry enough water to run a sluice.
Everything in the camp reminded him of
early days in Deadwood gulch, as every
miner carries his "buckskin bag of gold"
and dust is the currency of the camp.
The miners only work about five hours
per day, but they clean up as high as $40
per man per week. They take their dust
10 the store, exchange it for goods and
leave the balance on deposit or to be
shipped to Deadwood by the ssstore-
keeper" The majority of the miners
have been in the camp for ten, twelve
and even fourteen years. They work
their claims six or seven months in tho
summer season, and then some of them
lake life easy until the following spring
opens, while others spend the winter
developing tin or gold and silver Quartz
claims.
Two more grand flowing wells were
struck the past week in the vicinity of
Villas. Miner county takes the lead in
regard to a~rtesian wells.
THE loss by fire to the elevator owned
by the Aberdeen Mill company is esti-
mated at Sc, 900; insurance So, 900. Yaiue
OF grain, -four, etc, ia store in elevator.
S1s,5O0; insured for $40, 500.
SOME boys playing about the place
where grading is being lone on Mulberry
street, Yankton, found tho corps of an
infant with the head partly torn from
the body. Coroner Roane took charge
of it.
D. X. BRYANT, of Huron, has been an.
pointed a member of the state hoard NJ
pharmacy.
A TIMBER fire is raging between Ga
lena and Brownville, but not to an ex.
tent to cause apprehensions Of any great
damage.
THE people of Nowlin county, now
attached to Hughes county for judicial
purposes. have petltioncd for the or
ganization Of that county. They are
anxious to have a vote taken in Noyem-
Der.
The Whittier school house in the
Tracy district, M%innehaha county, was
struck by lightning. The chimney wal
utterly demolished and the roof some
what torn, but the damage will be coy
cred by SIS.
A FEW cases Of scarlet fever are re.
ported at Aberdeen.
The young people Of Aberdeen have
l~naugurated what they call .sstraw
rides The conveyance is q common
lumber wagon with a rack and plenty Of
straw, and four horses to pull the load.
THE National association Of British and
Irish milieyss report a decided Increase 10
wheat p~roductions in Russia, Roumania,
AuetFia and Hungary. They think that
~ approaching the time when size
laust Observation-Disclosures her wheat core.
Res0E5MnSage5tosb Wheat.exportina coun.
~ suen VIII sbstnehome demand.