The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-15
ALL AROUND.
A flock OF 700 sheep was stolen a fey

& "A HOck OF lOO Sheep was stolen a lew
days ago by thieves intWyoming.
Much damage has been done by the
recent forest fires near Duluth, Mime
sofa.
The next Methodist Episcopal General
conference will be held in Omaha, in
May, 1892.
A fire at Manning, Ia., last Saturday,
May 8, destroyed about $4,000 worth
OF property.
Alexander Kemp, OF the Brush Electric
Light Co., OF Chicago, was in. the city
Friday, last.
Adolp Woolner, vice president OF the
whiskey trust, died at his residence IN
PEORIA, ILL.,, May9.
A Mrs. Connolly, OF Hazelton, Pa,
aged l 10, committed suicide last Satur-
day by setting fire to her bed.
We see by an exchange that man in
Mazeppa was recently arrested for kiss
ing his wife; whot will happen next?
A Chinese detective in the employ OF
the United States, has recently been
murdered at Paso Del Norte, Mexico.
It is reported that w. D. OlneY, of.
Bangor, president OF the Young Mems
Republican club, has misappropriated
the funds Of the club.
While gathering flowers on the prairie
near Casselton,, q ten-year-old girl,
named Grace Muir, ate one of the flowers
that was poisonous, and died from, the
effects.
In a shooting affray in the Big Horn
basin several weeks ago, one OF the men
named James McDermot picked up his
fve-year-old son and held him before
him as shield. The boy was killed.
| Forest fires are reported throughout
northern Wisconsin. Several thousand
cords OF wood have been destroyed at
High Bridge, belonging to the Ashland
Iron and Steel company, at Washburn.
A detective has succeeded in running
down and capturing the leader OF a band
OF train robbers, who operated in Nlr-
ginia after chase OF 5000 miles. He
was arrested on the train near Ilayfield,
Montana.
Young Sullivan, alias Gordon, who
skipped out with $1,415, belonging to
Street Electric Light company, OF Clln-
ton, Iowa, was arrested in Brooklyn
last Saturday night. He has turned
over 81 ,2S3 OF the monsy to the police;
the. rest having been spent for railroad
fare and board.
A cattle train OF twenty cars got
started down steep grade near Trim
idad, Col, and becoming separated from
the engine jumped the track, wrecking
the cars and killing 300 head OF cattle
and burying four tramps, who were steal.
ing ride, under the wreck. The loss 10
the railroad company is estimated at
S25,OOO.
A five foot vein of coal has beer
opened up about FIVE miles down the
river from Dudley, Fall River county
Tests have shown the coal to be supe
rior to that found at New Castle ant
devoid of any sulphurous smell. Th,
Barkall brothers and Reams, owners o
the property, have been offered $40, ,00(
by representatives OF II rich mining com
pany in Illinois.
The most disasterolls timber fire which
has ever been known was raging last
Saturday in the upper central counties
of the lower peninsula OF Michigan. The
line OF flames reaches almost without {
break from Marion county, on Lake
, Michigan, to Iosco county, on Lake
Huron, with the forests OF Lake OsceOla
Clare, Galdwin, Ogemaw and Alcona al
ablaze, 100000 worth OF property ha'
been burned in Osceda.