The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-09-12
South Dakota Waits.

connecting him with the crime being loo
vague 10 hold him.
SAMUEL CUsHMAN, 4 prominent citizen
OF Dcadwood. at present filling the office
OF auditor of Lawrence county, has
been rendered the position OF dean of
the Dakota school Of mines.
Mrs. HENRY JAssMAS, of Scotland,
died from the effects of Il fall from a
chair that caused Il premature birth. A
husband six children. the eldest II years
old, are left TO mourn her death.
JOIN b. MASS. of Dcadwood, was
going home about l o'clock in the morn
ing, when he fell into tho clutches of two
footpads, who. approaching from behind,
threw him on his back, gagged him and
went through his pockets to the tune of
$3.50
TIE Young sons of John Reich and
Jacob Rcsncr. of Scotland, were playing
in the yard OF the latter when the former
had the end OF his thumb cut clean Off
just above the first joint. Icich's boy
WAS holding Il stick on Il block while
Rcsncr's boy was doing the chopping
| with a hatchct. and 4 miss lick cut the
little fellows thumb off. The boys We're
only . years old.
JACOB SEER and two Young ladies We're
out walking in Scotland when Gottlicb
Pomarcnska walked up to them and
grossly insultcd the girls. Seer escorted
them home and returned ard gave Pom
arcnska Il woli-dcScrvcd pounding. Both
parties were arrested. and Seer was
fined 81 and costs for fighting, and Pom
arcuski s. and costs. amounting to
| S1l.l5, for using indecent language.
PROBABLY the largest blast ever put
off in the Black Hills was recently dis
charged on the Burlington Il Missouri
grade near the northern limit Of Custer
City by Contractors Gable e Chute.
Iifty-tive kegs Of black powder and $50
pounds Of giant powder were used, pro-
ducing all explosion which fairly made
the mountains tremble, and displaced
many thousand tons of rock. The resi-
dcncc of Peter Mckinney. located near
by. was literally buried under the debris,
and would have been utterly demolished
had he not taken the ]prCcaution to pro-
tcct it with heavy timbcrs.
Mrs. Jane J. Hanback,, of Custer City,
had long been afflicted with bronchocelc,
a tumor on the fore part Of the neck,
causing spasms OF the CLOTHS, which
lately had become more frequent and Sc
we're, producing intense suffocation
which was liable to cause her death at
any time. AS a last resort the tumor
was removed by the physicians, and the
success OF the operation, i'll a surgical
view, is amply attcsted by the fact of
the patient having sustained a loss Of
less thar n pint of blood; but, as feared
by the operating surgeons. the shock
was too great for the patient to bear.
The deceased rallied after the operation
bol han, ,,,rf1rrhnI l,t yary Cbnr SIr.
cumbed to a Spasm coming on just before
the completion of the operation. passing
away in less than four hours afterWard.
LAVENDER & SPANNAGEI, of Scotland,
have submitted to their creditors q
proposition by which, if accepted, they
hope TO pay 80 cents on the dollar on all
claims except that Of I. O. BOgert,
which is an execution on the entire stock
and must be paid in full. They pro-
pose that II man, mutually agreed upon,
be put in charge Of the store and sell the
stock in the regular course Of trade, col
lect The accounts due the firm, and the
amount received above the claim CT II.
o. Bogcrt to be divided pro rata among
the creditors, they TO accept the same in
full payment of their claims. The APP
praised value OF the stock is $50, 550.51,
accounts and notes 81, 9O5. so, and if put
up at forced sale would not more than
satisfy the execution. The liabilities of
the firm are SCI. 900. The farmers
around Scotland hold notes Of the firm
to the amoun of nearly $4,000 for cattle
sold them and money loaned. The bal
ancc of their liabilities are with eastern
wholesale houses.
An extremely difficult case Of trache-
o,omy was performed recently upon a
little boy 7 years old, living with his
parents neal Lennon. He had swallowed
a large pebble, n tWcnty-grain stone,
and it had managed to lodge in his wind
pipe. When cut out it was neal to the
bronchial passages leading to the lungs.
1t is a wonder that the ciild's life was
saved.
TIE man who was run over a few
weeks siucc by n squad of cavalrymen,
of D troop. was sent to his homo in the
cast one day last week by the county
paying the greater part of the railroad
fare. The citizens of Sturgis made up a
purse of SIS to pay the mans board
while he was laid up.
A FIRE broke out Friday in A. E.
DiXon's residence in Milibank, destroy.
ing the entire structure. The fire was
caused by an explosion of 4 gasoline
stove. Mrs. Dixon was severely and
probably fatally burned by tho accident.
MIKE MCDONALD was recently arrested
in Deadwood charged with larceny. He
is accused OF stealing a time check call.
ing for $2O.35 from a friend. Both the
men had been working for Wade & Jones
on railroad work.
KNUDT L. HUspoE, a Sioux Falls car,
pentcr, fell from Il scaffoid and broke
his wrist.
Work OH the new city artcsian we'll a
Huron continues at o standStill On &C
count of tho sand pump being fast. some
$50 feet from the surface.
FRANK CoRNwELL. of Sturgis, while
ut work on his brothers residence thu
other afternoon, accidentally swallowed
four lath nails. He says he had quite (
time of it for awhile, and could not spcal
for some hours.
W. McIIowN, of Lcola, was recent!
dragged by a runaway horse and severed,
bruised.
REV. A. n. DUBoc has rendered hi
resignation as pastor Of the Baptis
church at Brookings.
HAND COUNTY hopes to tap the arto
sian basin with several wells this winter
The S $500 appropriated for build
ing o laundry and a barn at the Indian
school near Fort Pierre according to gov
eminent plans, will not allow a lowe
floor in the barn. The barn plan, too
: fits the Cite quite high, and compels
filing in and q lii!ing up Of several feet
the stone walls being put on top instea'
of being put in the ground.
Il A PRAIRIE fire was started near Artl
choke, and the wind being from til
southeast, the fire was carried to TIL
north and west. On the way 1t burno,
about 500 bushels of wheat for Mr.. Cat
ron and about 100 bushels for j. M. Otto
The fire reached the river burning owe
most of the stock range, but was kept GU