Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-03-12

the drills, ana II enough can DO secured
the machinery will be brought and the
work commenced early in April.
Small Parcels.
PIERRE is to have baby show.
An electric street railway is being talked
Of for Rapid City.
WORK ON Chamberlain's electric light
plant will soon begin.
4 rEnRY iii" be started Il Forss;ss Csty
as soon as the river opens.
A. o. U. w. LODGES are being organ.
lied in Eureka and Ipswich.
AN effort is being made to organize Q
Black Hills historical society.
The Pierre papers have declared war on
the shell workers" and tin horn" gamb.
lers.
A FLOWING we'll was struck in McPher-
son county the other day at a depth of sixty
feet.
AN effort is being mede to have daily
mail service betweeA Deadwood and Ga.
lena.
APPLICATION has becn made at Wash
ington for charter for . national bank at
Stanley.
POLITICAL organization composed en-
tirely of old soldiers is being formed in
Beadle county.
DEVELOPMENT work will commence on
the Harney Peak tin property as soon as
the weather will permit.
THE proposed pontoon bridge across the
river from Pierre to Stanley will contain
l,0oo, coo feet of lumber.
THERE is an Iodian burying ground
short distance south OF the new town of
Sherman, in Lyman county, In which, or
rather on which, thousands OF children OF
the prairie have found their last resting
pl ce, for the Indians do not bury their
dead in the ground, but wrap them in
blankets and securely fasten them among
the branches of the trees.
STANLEY, the county made famous rs
containing the mile square, is possessed
of considerao Die local history. 1t Was in
that county the Rees aud Sioux struggled
for final supremacy. short d stance to
tho north Of Fort Pierre is the scene Of the
first battle of the tribes, the trenches still
remaining to mark the battle-ground, and q
little further to the north aud west, on one
of the bluffs, is the place Of the last stand
OF the ILL., fated Rees, where they were ex-
terminated, and the Sioux became the pos
sessors Of the "land OF the Dakotahs."
TIE postofice department has been Pc
titioned to establish a tri- weekly mail route
between Fort Pierre and Smithyllle, and
to have offices established at Willow Greek,
Plum Greek, Medicine, Mitchell, Grind
stone, Peno Springs and Lake.
A VALUABLE find Of lead aud zinc ore
has been made near Winchester, Emmons
county. The mines have been known to.
the Indians for many years and it is said
they formerly procured ali the lead used
in the manufacture Of bullets in that
vicinity.
BUFFALO GAP is boring An artesian we'll
with doubtful results. The Ners finds
consolation in the fact that in event Of tho
we'll proving dry hole" tho city council
can have it sawed up into post holes Of any
desired length or pattern to sell to farmers
in the vicinity.
A YANKTON man who was candidate
for an appointment on the board of trus-
tees for the insane asylum has received .
communication from Gov. Mellette in
which the latter states that the board will
be composed of members appointed from
other localities, and further says this rule
will be applied in the case OF the govern
ing board of each and every public institu-
tion in the state.
NAzARRE LA FLAMME, the murderer Of
old man Cartier, has been held to await
the action of the Meade county grand jury
without bail. During quarrel between
the two men about two weeks ago La
Flamme struck Cartier on the head with .
billie. Of wood, killing him almost in
ssantly.
GEO. SWANSON, an Edmuuds county
farmer, lost q steer last week, and after >
Ave days hunt found it In an old we'll.
The nnimal was fshed out and was found
10 DO uninjured, but Was suffering terribly
from hunger.
GOLD bullion to the value Of 9l75, 900
was shipped from Deadwood representing
the product Of the belt mines for the last
half Of February.
IT 10 estimatcd that the farmers OF
Bro ~n county will have to buy $4,000
bushels OF seed wheat this spring Il they
seei al their land.
A cITY hall is being built In the new
town Of Stanley at . cost cf &9,9N. A
new hotel is also in course OF construction
which will cost $4,000.
TIE soldiers in camp at the Lover Bruls
agency have laid Aoors ia their tents and
made themselves comfortable Tor q e.
tended stay.
The Harvey Peak Tin Mining e,npany
has used $4,000 pounds Of dynamite and
2e, 900 pounds Of candles in the dsvsiop-
,nent Of their tin mines during the past
six months.
NowLIN CRY 10 the name q : nsv
town now being plated near The esntss of
No~lin county. about sixty Ave miles wsst
of Pierre. Ia the Had rivsr valley.
BEING unable 70 securs ,watsf ~ othss
day, the engineer Of the Dsadwood Csatsal
locomotive rajdsd ~ ~ house anA damped
thres tons of ~ fsossa liqaid Into - a.
girs jacket. Sss8
FoRT PIERRE capitalists hAse efgen.
iEsd transportation soznpsay wish "a 0oQ
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