The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
State News III Brief.

The South Dakota state fair had a
surplus of Sl,4OO left after paying all ex-
pcnScS.
H.. 5. VINEGAR, Il farmer near E'ktOn,
lost all his grain, farm machinery, barn
and grauary last week by a fire set by
sparks from Il passing locomotive,
WATER was struck in lEc artcsiah well
\ tlrcuno!s last week at q depth of2S0 feet;
the flow is not sufficient 10 meet the
requirements and drilling is still pro.
crossing.
TIE city marshal of Madison captured
twenty-five barrels of beer from a rub
Dish pile on the outskirts of the town and
thirty-scven hid in some hay stacks two
miles from town.
NIKE NORTON, an employc nj Robin
sons wood camp. in the Black Hills,
rupturcd q blood vessel Thursday by
o~ver-eNcrtion. He was taken to the hos
rit"i ut lead CITY;
lit Beard nrlcSian wcll, near Abcr.
deem, is a spoutcr Of the first water and
within the week it has been turned loose
has made q lake nearly a mile in length!
aud onc-quartcr Of a mile wide.
Tile injunction proceedings against
the city of Iankton to prevent it from
entering into q contract with Tracy
W. Pratt for the construction anh op
Grafton Of a gas plant. has beer
dropped.
REV. Il. ENGLISH, who has had charge
0 fihe Baptist church at Huron for tic
past four years, has accepted 4 cali tl
the pastorate OF the Baptist church al
Greedy. COL, and will leave for that place
about the middle of the present month
TIE Harvey Peak tin mining, milling
and manufacturing company and Tho
Harvey Peak consolidated tin compan,
have been almagamatcd into one com,
pamy, which will be known as the Harnc,
Peak consolidated tin company (lim.
ited).
OLE OIEsoN, a 1O-ycar-old Norwegia,
boy, living near Yankton, recently tool
a shotgun shell loaded with goose shot
in his left hand and with his right hant
lie took y stone and hammered mcrrily
on the cap end of the shell. The result
may be imagined. The cap exploded, SC
did the powder, and the first and seconG
fingers Of the boys left hand will be O.
no use to him on earth.
Ed. CURRIER, of Grant township. Nc.
Cook county, lost his barn and contents
inc~ludingsthree horses, by an %incendiary
fire Sunday night. 1t seems that he hat
retired for the night, and the fire wa:
first noticed by q younger brother from q
distance. He ran to the place and gave
the alarm, but was too late to save any.
thing. AS the two brothers made thcil
appearance some une rode away on horse.
back, firing three shots as he left.
JOHN T~RAZENATTs, a miner in the
Homcstake mine, Deadwood, was hit ir
the right eye by arock. Wednesday, and
went to the hospital to have the eye at.
tended TO, when it was found that a hole
had been made through the ball of the
eye.
THAT was a sad accident at Portland
last week by which old DR.. Peck lost his
life. The old doctor and his son-in-law
Mr.. Arnold, were shooting at a target.
The old man had gone to see where he
had struck the target and Mr.. Arnold
fired without knowing that the doctor
was in his range. The ball struck the
doctor in the back, below thc!ribs and
passed clear through him. lie died tho
second day following the accident.
Til schoolhouse at Pnkwana was dis.
covered on fire about 0 o'clock last
Wednesday night. The citizens succeed.
cd in extinguishing the flames. 1t is
supposed to have been the work of an
inccndiary.
IT is reported that Mrs. Haskins, OF
Terravillc, Thought she heard burglars
around her house the'othcr night, so she
hid her pocket-book, containing 5000 in
currency, in the Kitchen stove, and the
next morning built u fire in the stove.
but forgot all abOut, tho norkct.hook