The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04
GENERAL n j NOTES

The Eris canal has tres6s oEsf.
Russi. may issue . sksss ssaiass ~
lxportation OF horses. = ~
Bank bills are at discount ID Cabs;
md much embarrassment results.
The Sangamon river pearl hunters srs
meeting with remarkable success.
A. A. Sawtelle. the New Hsmpshfrs
murderer, has applied for new trisI.
A four story frame building in Lynn.
Mass. was damaged t75, 900. by fire. In.
Bured.
Mexico is hurrying regular troops to the
Rio Grande, In an effort to suppress
Garza
Congressman Hatch OF Missouri feels
confident he will be elected speaker Of the
hext house.
Minneapolis reports that there has been
large demand for rooms for the conven-
tion already. -:
1t is rumored that an attempt will be
made to annex the northern provinces Of
Guatemala to Mexico.
A freight train on the Southern Pacific
was wrecked at Ashland, Ore. Brakeman
Coughlin was killed.
Disastrous prairie fires have occurred
near Colbert station, I. T. Many poor set
tiers have boen burned out
Consumption experts Of Germany are
Investigating the healing qualities Of
climate In Colorado and Texas.
Badjer Lawson OF Rocboro, N. c., has
been sentenced to hang Dec 2o, for the
murder OF William Dixon and wife.
Mrs. Georgia NJ. Cage Of Memphis.
nd H,{~ .,cl r.
mouse crawling in her hair.
run was started on tho Mansfield Val.
ley, Pa, bank. After short suspension:
the bank paid all demands made on II.
A supposed wild man haunting the
neighborhood of Beck's Creek, Ills, has
been found to be an escaped insane negro
Terrible suffering is reported from Du-
rango Mex, among the poor people, ow-
Ing 20 the complete failure of the corn
crop.
Herr Krapi Won Liverhof, secretary Of
the Austrian legation at Washington.
while absent on leave shot himself in
Vienna.
Mrs. JEFF" Davis has sued the Belford
Publishing company Of New York, alleg.
Ing the company has violated its contract
with her.
The British bark Georgetown, from
Palma, Najorica, was wrecked near Faro.
The captains wife and six OF the crew
were drowned.
The agent Of the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad at Wingate Station, N. NJ, has
been held up and robbed. The robbers So
cured about $500.
At Mansfield, La, Gus Simmonds and
Frank Garrett were hung by Sheriff HUI
son for the murder OF an unknown man
near Gloster. La.
The archbishop of AK is still defiant
and refuses to obey tn French minister Of
public worship. The pope does not ap.
prove of his course.
The Cherokee Indians, by decision Of
the court Of Illinois, have recovered 1894.
| 600 due them from the United States un.
der the treaty of 1s4s.
Representatives of the Pennsylvania
| coal r DIS have met and decided to re.
strict le production Of coal for the month
| of December to S,25O, 900 tons.
| It is said that new treaty has been
concluded between the United States and
Hawaii which provides for absolute free
trade between the two ountries.
| The Matte tribe. in southeast Africa,
has captured numerous Portuguese settle.
ments on the northern coast of Mozam.
bique, including the island Of Ebo.
The Republican State Central commit.
tee Of Ohio are making arrangements to
inquire into the eligibility of Colonel Brics
to sit as United States sen ator for that
state.
The First National bank of Damsrls-
Gotta, Me-, which closed its doors on &C.
| cnynt Of tho oi,ororairn ne ho NavARiok
bank of Boston, has resumed business,
and is transacting Its affairs as usual.
| John j. Roth, the insane real estate
John Hall of New. York, has been held In
S, 900 bail, and conlmitted to the :rembs,
There Is no doubt OF Roth's insanity,
Oklahoma timber inspectors have. dis.
covered 5000 worth Of timber being
shipped to market which had been stolen
from government land. Prominent men
are implicated and big scandal will fol
low.
A combination OF the electrical supply
companies and contractors of St. Louis,
control prices Of supplies and an endeavol
way.
The report of the board of control Of the
worlds fair has been completed and, will
be presented to the president. 1t ia
thought the president will send special
message to congress recommending further
congressional aid to the fair.
The Santiago correspondent OF the
Times says that the people Of the province
arising from tho deposition Of Marshal da
| Tonoooa ,nk poH{ooI
complications are feared.
George Moxey, colored. was taken from
the Jail of Many, La. by mob and hung
to the nearest tree. Moxey caught little
1S-year.old white girl returning home
from school and outraged her. 1t was 10,
this crime that he was lynched.
A bill has been fled in Chicago court
asking for the appointment of receiver
for the American Mining and Smelling
company. an organization incorporated
under the laws of Illinois, and the minei
and works Of which are located at Den
yer, Colo.
Immediately on the securing by Mime
apolis of the Republican national conven
tion. tho Democrats of that city have
thought they should have the Democratic
national con ntion. and 1t is probable
that an enormous movement will be made
1 to get it.
4 Suits have been commenced at Chicago
to snnul the charters of the Chicago Mu
tual Benefit association and the North
American Benefit association. on the
ground that they have been conduct
ing their business in . fraudulent man
ner.
i Revolution Is spreading in the north Of
China, and a conflict between the imperia
forces and the rebels is daily expected. Il
Is reported that the massacre of the Bel
gian missionaries was witnessed by troops
OF the Chinese government. who did moi
raise hand to protect them.