The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-02
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GENERAL NOTES.


to be very rich.
Advices from Odessa report steady
movement westward of immense bodies
of Russian Troops.
It is stated that GOO buildings remain
standing at Consuegra, Spain, There wers
2, 100 before the food.
Members Of the creditors commit tee de.
clare that the plan for the extension of the
Union Pacific debt is success
Judgments for s204,25o were entered
against s. 7. Meyer & Son, real estate OPP
eratoss at A Broadway. New York.
The disastrous Minneapolis fire. at
which SO many fremen were injured. is
said to have been of incendiary origin.
The convention of Democratic clubs of
Washington met at Spokane Falls. Off.
GERS of the national association were pres
ent.
The president appointed Sam S, ,Lockhart
Of South Dakota to be Indian agent at
the Sisseton Indian agency. South Da.
kota
Secretary Blaine arrived at Augusta
from Ellsworth, Ne. He is looking we'll
and his cheeks showed the color OF
health.
The man who furnished the arms to the
convicts in the California state prison has
confessed and all the weapons have been
secured.
Several OF the new steel mortars have
been tested at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds, and have given the highest sat
isfaction.
The railroad convention in session at FL
Paso, Tex, has provided for preliminary
work of building road from that city to
Denver, Colo.
Railroad bridge superintendents from
every section of the country have met at
ST Louis for the purpose of forming an
organization.
Russia, it is reported, is seeking an alli-
ance with Greece in order to use the feet
of that nation, which has been greatly i'm
proved, in case of war.
Peter Johnson, of Dszzell, Mimi, thinks
he has discovered the long lost art of tenn
pering copper. The new process will
make copper as hard as steel
yhe boiler in the Borlins lumber mill at
Bear Greek, Pa, exploded, killing J. Elva
Borlin, James Conger and Charles B.
Grove, all well known lumbermen.
Rev. Howsrd MacQueary of Canton, O.,
has left the Protestant Episcopal church
and will occupy the pulpit of the First
Universalist church of Saginaw, Mich.
While delivering lecture in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, Shannon, Ills. Mrs.
Zerelda Wallace was taken suddenly i'll
and fell unconscious to the platform.
Francis J. Heney of Tucson, Ariz, shot
and fatally wounded Senator j. O. Handy.
Heney was the attorney for Mrs Handy in
divorce proceedings brought by her against
her husband.
The Unior League club of New York
rendered q olnner and reception to Hon.
J. Sloat Fassett at its club rooms. Near
ly every Republican Of prominence was in
attendance.
Forest fires completely surrounded the
towns of Pittsville and Dexterville, Wood
county, Wis, and the entire population is
out fighting the flames. The gravest fears
are felt for both places.
| At Andalusia, Ala, the county Jail was
burned. All of the prisoners were gotten
out safely except Peter Jackson, who was
in an iron cage, charged with murder.
and he was burned to death
The steamer Laporte, which arrived at
Antwerp from New York, reports having
encountered on her trip terrible cyclone.
Chief Officer Yath and seaman were
| WdSIleu OSoFUOdfu duu olOWueu.
| President Harrison authorized the sale
of the dead and down timber on the In.
dian reservation lands in Wisconsin The
| proceeds of the sale will be expended for
the benefit of the Chippewa Indians.
United States Minister Grant believes
that American pork products will soon be
admitted into Austro-Hungary, but says
no definite action can be taken until par
lament meets later in the season.
Franklin K. Lane, editor of The Daily
News of Tacoma, Wash, is in New York
City, and his mission, he announces, is to
secure the holding of the Democratic ma
tional convention in 1892 in Tacoma.
Charles Howard, who confessed that he
attempted 30 wreck the Pennsylvania
limited in Indiana was taken TO Crown
Point, Ind, or trial, convicted and sen
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
j. c. O'Brien, the defaulting secretary
of the Catholic Knights of America, has
written a letter offering to settle. making
semi annual payments of 5000, until the
amount of his theft has been wiped out
Chairmen of the Republican and Demo
cratic state committees have arranged a
joint debate between Major Mckinley and
Governor Campbell at Ada, O., Oct s.
Mr.. Campbell has the opening and closing
of the debate.
Counsel on behalf of the Chilian gov.
ernment have applied to the English
courts to forbid the distribution of any
of the Balmaceda silver brought to that
country except to the Bank of England
for storage purposes.
Thomas Carr, . farmer living near Quin.
cy, Ills, hacked his wife and her sister to
death with corn knife. cut his mother
in-law's ear off, and then ended his exist
ence by cutting his throat. He was in
sanely jealous of his wife
The adoption Of minority report oi
the privileges and elections committee oi
the Ontario house of commons finding
Minister of Public Works Langevin gull
ty Of completely in boodling practices
was lost on a vote Of So yeas and 104 nays
The joint committee of the Western
Traffic association has passed a resolution
recommending the use of continuous pas
senger tickets from Chicago, st. Louis and
transcontinental eastern gateways to Col
orado common points and all points west
! thereof.
The grand duke OF Baden has made a
| speech in which predictions of coming
war abound, and in which he intimates
that Germany must again unsheath the
sword against an enemy which has not
profited by defeat. The speech has ere.
ated great excitement.
Professor Winscheid of Lipsic has de
nounced Catholicism. He did not believe
in the authenticity OF the garment, now
| on exhibition as Christ's coat at Treves
and had scruples of conscience against
supporting church that would lend it:
sanction to such an exhibition.
The Terry Show Case company of Nash
vile. Tenn, which has been in flrancia
difficulties for some time, made an assign
ment, naming James S. Head as trustee
The total liabilities are e43, ISL. The tota
assets are not given in the figures but art
supposed to be in excess of liabilities.
The Kansas Reform Press.
In the estimation of impartial Judge.
its comparison with the press Of the ole
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