The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-07
GENERAL NOTES.


hanged Aug. 10 for the murder Of 3. C.
Evans.
The officers of the Alabama and Great
Southern road are now certain that the
burning of the depot at Birmingham Ala,
| was incendiarism.
The queen Of England has exchanged
kilograms of congratnlation with the
queen of Itlay over the visit to England Of
the prince OF Naples.
William Penn Wilson, New York law
yer living in Elizabeth, N. j., died sud.
denly at Asbury Park from heart trouble.
He was IS years of age.
Free gold has been discovered at Pine
Nut, New, and has caused a rush of prospect
ors to that district. A town named Lirn-
vile has been laid out
Marquis Lansdowne. viceroy of India,
reports vast improvement in the farm
ing prospects of India, due to good rain
fall throughout the country
A report reached Houston, Tex, that
s15,000 is missing from the express Office
at Hountz, a big saw mill center The
express company is very reticent.
Floods are doing immense damage to
property in Posen, Hungary. Many scores
Of persons drowned in the foods have been
found floating in the river Neisse
At the tuberculosis congress in Paris
Professor .Jacoby of New York cited a
case in which the bacillus tuberculosis
had traversed the maternal placenta
At Warren, O.. Ed Caldwell, colored,
and John Tumason took refuge under
tree during a rainstorm. Lightning
struck the tree and killed both men
In the Berwynd mine at Altoona. Pa,
John Church and William Myers were in
stantly killed by a fail OF coal a third
man, a Hun, was probably fatally injured
D. B. Fisk, one of the wealtl,iest mer-
chants in Chicago, died after two weeks
illness. He was the senior member Of .
B. Fisk & Co. Mr.. Fisk was rs years old
He was born in Upham, Mass.
At Vicksburg, Miss, the Sprangler saw
mill, sash factory and large quantity pf
lumber burned. Loss, siO,O0O; INSURANCE..
10000. About 300 feet of the Mississippi
Valley railroad trestie were burned
The Chilian cruiser President Pinto
which went ashore few days ago at Tou-
lon, France, has been rehoated and has
been docked at Lasene. Her hull is dam
aged. She will be unable to sail for some
| time.
1t is reported that France, as mark Of
friendship for Russia, will largely reduce
the tariff on Russian products and will
impose prohibtory duty on Indian corn
in order to encourage the importation of
Russian corn.
The police made raid on the United
Exchange club in Cheapside, London
They smashed in the windows and DOORS
entered the rooms and arrested many per-
sons who were awaiting the result of the
Goodwood races.
more. Md. will lose about fifty eight thou
sand barrels Of oil from the two tanks at
Canton which were ignited by lightning
This is valued at s232 900 The tanks
were valued at $4,000 each
! Barre VT, is excited over the sudden
deaths Of two young daughters Of Jeremiah
Mccarthy. The physicians are unable to
explain the nature of the illness The
mother and another daughter are also
sick. having the same symptoms
Ernest c. Roeber. champion wrestler IT
America has challenged Tom Cannon and
Carl Abs, the German champion Offering
to wrestle either for $1,000 side and the
worlds championships the match to take
place in Hamburg or New York
The secret division has information Of
the arrest at indianapolis Of w. A. Teal
and Maud Jacobi for manufacturing and
passing counterfeit dollars. MolGs and
materials and many finished coins were
captured with the counterfeiters.
The remains of the late Herman Rasto,
we'll known as the editor-in-chief Of the
Chicago Stats Zetung, who died recent
ly in Lubowa. southern Slecia. started
from that city on their way TO Chicago,
accompanied by the dead mans family
At Houston. Tex. while preaching to a
large audience, and when in the midst Of
his discourse some people on the out side
turned out the lights and rotton egged
Rev. Sam Jones and his audience, most Of
whom were ladies. There is great irdig-
nation.
The Grand Black Chapter of British
| North America is in session at kingStOu
Ont. The secretary declares that the or
der has a great work cut out in the strug-
gle to maintain the British connection.
This they would do at the sacrifice of life
If need be-
Lucas Dougherty, Jerry O'Brien aud
Willie O'Brien, aged Is, and 12 wears.
were at play on Il raft in the Ohio river 1T
Pittsburg. The strong current swept the
raft under a coal barge and the two first
named were drowned and the latter swan
to shore.
Georgetown, Tex. was arrested in Denver
on the charge of ,igamy, He deserted his
wife for handsome young widow He
admits the charge, but says he could not
help his action, because he loved the wo-
man desperately.
During heavy thunder storm near Dry
Run, Franklin county, Pa. the barn Of
Phillip Skinner was struck by lightning
and totally destroyed by fire. Two chill.
dren Of Mr.. Skinner, aged II and Is years.
playing in the barn at the time, were
killed instantly.
George W. Poor deputy sheriff and ex
customs inspector, was shot and killed at
Woodby, Skagt county. by Customs In,
spectors J. c. Baird and James Buchanan.
J. E. Tory, an eX.policeman of Seattle.
was also seriously wounded. 1t is said the
shooting was over band of Chinese being
smuggled into the United States.
The East Street Reaper Works Of
Springfield. O.. the largest agricultural
implement works in the world, were sole.
to syndicate of capitalists OF Cleveland,
Chicago and New York to be used for the
manufacture of railway cars and supplies
of all kinds. The building of the great
works swamped William II. Whitley
Organization of the Law and Order
league, of St. Paul, Mimi. has been con
frmed. Judge J. r. Mcmillan is presi
dent, and other leading citizens are prom,
inent in the league. 1t dates it's birth on
July %, 1891, and fixes that date because
of the popular uprising which stopped the
Fitzsimmons- Hall fight announced for
, then.
One of the executors of the late Mrs.
Hopkins Searles of New York says the
clause in the will relating to Timothy
} Hopkins was not caused by any i'll feeling,
but Mrs. Hopkins Searles had transferred
very considerable amount of property to
her adopted son in her life time, and he
was so we'll provided for there was no oc,
casion of making any provision for him in
her will.
That the two old parties mean to pool
their issues in 1892, if they become con
vinced that the new party recently
formed at Cincinnati stands a chance OF