The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

ARTEsIAN BREvITlEs.
Past, present ana fa.urS ftsns u Rows
GSthsred From the New State.
PAT WAGNER, of Yankton, Is threat
ened with another prize fight. A Sioux
City man named O'Donnell wants to meet
Patsy with two-ounce gloves, and Patsy
Is "wiliin'', " providing a purse large
enough to pay for the trouble is made
TIP.
Mr.. MILLER, the Gayviiie planning mill
man, wanted $1,000 of tho Elkhorn COM
pany for damages by reason of the APP
Rfafsefs gave Tim 81, s6S, WRich lie rs
fused to take, and will go into court and
leave it to @ jury to determine.
Mrs. q. weldon and little son recently
arrived az Pierre on the steamer Abner
UNei1. Their home is In Brooklyn, N.
Y. They have been living at Standing
Rock for some time, and Mrs. Weldon
says the papers have INDUCED in q great
deal Of uniustifab]e. rot Rbeut her afec-
ton for old Sitting Bull-there being no
ground at all for such talk. "A few days
ago her little boy ran a nail in his foot,
and on their way to Pierre lock-jaw set
AS Soon as the boat touched the Pierre
landing DR.. Robinson was sent for, who
is doing all possible to relieve his suffer-
ings-with the chances very much against
the lads recovery.
EVERYTHING Is In readiness and in a
few days now the biggest blast ever fired
in the Aack Hills will be discharged.
1t will be in the Caledonia mine, and is
destined to bring down the vast pillars
of ore by which the roof and hanging
wall of the mine are supported, and if
possible to bring them down to-, A ton
of powder will be discharged by an
electric battery placed in the blacksmith
shop. There is a good deal of specula-
ton as to the probable, effect. Some
think the whole roof will be brought
down. The hardness Of Caledonia rock
is proverbial, and for this reason quite o
number DC, not believe that a a v of any
considerable ~conseQdetce will follow,
even after the pillars are torn away.
They think the rock strong and hard
enough to remain in place without
support.
FROM a bulletin Just issued az the ag-
ricultufal department. showing the yield
of crops throughout the country the fol-
lowing concerning South Dakota is
taken: The yield of both corr and po-
tatoes when harvested was a disappoint-
ment Us to quantity, while the quality
was about all that could be desired. The
long-continued drouth,. commencing
July Is and lasting until Oct. II, short
ened both crops. The stand of stalk in
the corn fields was excellent, but lack of
moisture when the ears were forming
checked the growth or prevented their
formation altogether. Late planted and
poorly worked fields suffered far more
than those planted early and well culti-
waited. The same is true of potatoes,
the early planted yielding much the best.
The yield Of corn fodder was good and it
has been secured in good order. Up to
Oct. II dry weather delayed blowing.
Since that date timely rains have put the
soil in better condition and farmers are
completing their fall blowing. The fall
was unusually free from frost; the first,
a light freeze, occurring IN the Goth of
September,
IT is alleged that at one of the cleo
ton precincts in the Black Hills the
clerks were both under age, and that the
judges were some Of the time engaged
in a game Of cards at side, the voters
depositing their own ballots In the box.
The Golden Reward COLONIZATION
works at Deadwood are about to be en-
larged by the addition of another chic
Harris Franklin departed Saturday for
Chicago to purchase the additional bar
rel, as also an air compressor and other
machinery
HENRY FORD, of Grafton township,
Miner county, was carrying O lantern in
his barnyard while. engaged in doing
chores, which exploded, setting fire to
his barn. The building was consumed
and all his stock, together with his gran
airy, which contained no small amount
of grain. The loss was not less than
$1,000, on which there was no insurance.
The register OF deeds Office will not be
such a big thing next year. The salary
year, and the Office inust earl the salary
before it is paid to the officer. No clerk
hire is allowed unless the office makes it.
The fee for recording WARRANTY deeds OF
real estate mortgages Is reduced to sc
cents, and for filing chattel mortgages
to 10 cents.
FRANK LAPPA, who was sentenced tc
three years in the Sioux Falls p%eniten-
tiary for stealing horses from Billy
Myers, in what is now known as Meade
county, has returned to Deadwood. He
claims he has gotten the worst of it on
all sides during his confinement, and
threatens to sue Wilbur Smith for $1O,.
600 damages because he had his feet
frozen while being taken to the peniten.
tiary.
JAMES G. RoBB died in Chicago on the
18th inst. Jimmy Robb is a very
familiar name to old Dakotians. He has
been connected with mercantile business
at Fort Sully, Cheyenne and other points
for twenty years or more and is still the
owner of trading posts in that neighbor.
hood. He traversed the river road from
Sioux City via Yankton to the upper
country scores of times in the old stage
and blackboard days of travelling, anC
his genial nature and kindness of hear
made him an ever welcome visitor II
every town or farm cottage along the
road.
THE tests of the machinery at the
YanktOn cement works are now beine
made and within thirty days it will bt
definitely known whether or not any
changes in the machinery will be neces
sary. That portion of the process be
gun is the grinding and mixing of the
raw materials. The clay and rock ar
ground, and then poured into the mons
trous mixing watts, whence 1t is stirred
and stirred, as q housewife stirs flour
water and yeast to make good dough. II
the watts the stuff is about the consist
ency and color Of a new grass cream