The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06

Pierre who make it a practice to steal
everything they can lay their hands on.
They had a cave where they stored their
plumber.
A13IG invoice of blankets and other
winter supplies for the Indians at Chey-
h,nnc agency arrived at Pierre the other
| day and were at once taken to the agency
for distribution.
Treber, of Deadwood, fifty pounds of
and Niger Hill district, which will be
sent to Titus Molitor, in Germany.
ONE Pierre storekeeper has furnished
2,7OO yards of ribbon to be made up into
capital badges. Everybody in South
Dakota wears o badge showing which
n of the two capital aspirants he favors.
Mrs. WIN. Box, of Yankton, in step.
ping out of her kitchen door, placed her
| right foot on a corn cob, which rolled
md threw her heavily to tho ground.
Her right ankle was given q severe twist.
A YOUNG son of H. j. Richardson,
residing about fifteen miles northwest Of
Madison, was out hunting, and in care
lessly handling his gun it was dis
charged, tearing away the first finger of
his right hand.
THE work of cleaning the Huron ar
tesian well is still going on. Nearly a
car load OF stone, shale, mud, ETC., has
already been taken out. One chunk of
shale measured 81 by 515 inches, and
was 2 inches thick.
The Rec flights Free Press says that
unless the people can get reduced rates
on coal there will be much suffering this
winter, and recommends that petitions
be drawn up and presented to the rail-
roads setting forth the facts.
The Golden Reward Chlorination
works at Deadwood, started up in full
blast Monday, both c%hlorination barrels
being In operation, and other parts Of
the mill. The average amount of ore
treated each day will be forty tons.
CONTRACTOR KARR finds it impossible
to do anything at the arteslan well at
Madison, as the pipe seems wedged in
the hole and he can neither drive or pull
out. He has about concluded to move
his machinery to II side q few feet and
start a new hole.
LEFT HAND THUNDER, q Brule Sioux
chief, who was recently married, was
united in matrimony with his W wife
with whom he had lived for three years
after the most approved Indian fashion.
He took this course so that his property
would revert to her in case of his death.
AN old gentleman, a foreigner, led his
little boy into the East Pierre school
house last week, into ono of the primary
rooms, where the little fellow pointed
out another boy as the one who "did it,
and right there the old man pounced
upon him and chokcd and cuffed the lit.
tie fellow hard.
INDIANS on Indian creek, in the Black
Hills country, about 200 in number, on q
hunting excursion are engaged in steal
ing cattle and horses. They took a horse
belonging to Zekler Bros, painted him
for the purpose of Disgusting him, but
the Zeklers were able, Notwithstanding,
to identify the animal and took posses.
sion of him.
JUDGE MCLAUGHLIN and Jack Gray
have secured a bonanza in the way Of a
paint mine on Two Bit, about three
miles from Deadwood. The vein is of q
Hat formation, about five feet thick,
which is exposed by a tunnel 2S7 feet in
length; 1t is known as a mineral hema.
tite, and the Deadwood painters pro.
nounce it superior to the clay paint that
is shipped to that region.
NEAL HILL, a stonemason at Madison,
was jagged again recently for drunken.
ness and disorderly conduct on the street.
He was given a hearing before Judge
Williamson's court and was fined $40 and
costs, amounting to SIS. rs. The sen.
tence was suspended on condition OF
good behavior and that he leave town in.
side of twenty-four hours.
A PARTY of hunters, consisting of Mr.,
and Mrs. Chouteau and A. w. HASTE,
returned Sunday evening from o shori
and successful hunt in the Vicinity Of
the Belle Fourche. They brought back
with them forty birds, including a large
and handsome white swan, a trophy o
Mrs. Chouteau's unerring aim. 1t /:
now In the hands of q taXidermist to be
dressed and mounted.
A SERIOUS accident occurred at VIII
bur Sutton's, near Choteau creek. Ror
Homme county, last week. It appear.
that his little boy went out and touched
a match to some hay near the barn, ant
In a few minutes the hay and barn were
ablaze. IA q result two horses and 8
number OF hogs persisted, and anothe,
horse was badly scorched. Mrs. Sutton's
brother also was much burned while
trying to rescue the horses.
The house of Peter ANbertin, Mt Aber
deem, was badly scorohed by fire. The
origin Of the fire is somewhat of a mvs.
terry, as the members of the family were
DOWN town and as there are indications
that the blaze started in the cellar. Tn
damage amounts to several hundred
dollars.
]. j, VESTS hired girl. at Aberdeen
became a%sphyxiated from escaping ga.
from a gasoline stove When-the famil,
arose In the morning she was found
lying In an unconscious condition n
the floor. She will recover, but it was
close call.
s. w. NARREaANa, Of Aberdeen. i
doing considerable to induce and adyanc,
h growing of sugar beets in that local
1ty. The agricultural department a
Washington has agreed to furnish hin
with twenty-five pounds Of seed, which
he designs distributing among a few
farmers of this county and adtoinin,
ones, who have promised to make tn,
experiment next year and report to him
He has instructions as to tho best method
OF growing the beets, which he propose,
to have printed and distributed, He he
lieyes this can be made an important in
dustry and will do all he can to further It
ONE Of the Chinese children in Ii,
lower part of Deadwood recently fell Of
the sidewalk opposite He KEGS and GU,
g cash in the celestial scalp,
The ~ contract has been let for til,
grading and building the foundation 70,
the new Baptist church at Deadwood.
The United States government il
about TO make a geographical survey 81
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