Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-28

pit at Toronto. Ont, few days ago, a
slide occurred, covering q portion of the
pit to the depth of several feet and smoth
ering three boys named Alfred Lucas, aged
1 ~; Ernest Lucas and Henry Petit, aged
IL.
The eight immigrants injured in the Bal
timore g. Ohio railroad wreck at Salisbury
junction, Pa. were all resting copfc rtahly
at the Mercy hospital on he gid, and the
nurses entertain hopes OF their ultimate
recovery. 1t is claimed that the accident
was due to the negligence OF the tagmnn.
Fire partially destroyed the American
hotel at Ashland, Wis, n few days ago
| There was II panic among the guests, eever.
q! OF whom narrowly escaped with their
| lives. a number were seriously injured by
| dropping from windows. but it is thought
all will recover. The financial loss was
small.
Oliver u. Dunkle, ex.chasier OF the sls.
pended Merchants National Bank OF AT.
lantic City, N. j., who was convicted OF
embezzling the funds OF the bank, has been
sentenced to six months imprisonment in
the state prison. Dunkle is n very sick
man and his physicians say he cannotlive
three months.
Passenger Train No. A on the Missouri
Paciiicroad was ditched few days ago nca
Nebraska City, Kan. The fireman, Charles
Meyers, was scaldcd to death beneath the
engine. Engineer Mike Allen was badly
scnlded and it is believed he will die. The
| mail and baggage ours were thrown from
the track, but no one was injured.
\ A u,,oc;o Ia tLa a,-nn;,, N-;s,,,,;,, s,o,,
Beaver Dam, Wis, saysn row boat con-
tanning four young men capsized on Beaver
lake II few days ago and three OF the party
we're drowned. They are Peter House. n,ed
| IL; John PiRherg, aged II. and Hugo Eo-
berg, aged %. The fourth in the party,
Estman Dieckmiller, cluny to the boat and
WAS rescued. The three sank instantly,
owing to the icy GOODNESS OF the water.
Louis Post Dispatch says: A terrible rain
storm has prevailed in that section for the
past twenty-iour hours and that fences,
houses, bridges and other property have
been swept away and travel is suspended.
DR.. Bryant and two negroes are believed to
have been drowned, and IL great crowd OF
people are now dragging the ubmerged bot
! toms for their bodies. Several wnshouts
are reported on the Louisville e. Nashville
| rni!roud.
| After SO much rain in the Ohio valley
within the past week, it is not strnrse
that the Ohio river should be rapidly
swelling. 1t was rising about two inches
an hour on the 2lst inst. Reports from
i up the river indicate II stage Of about fifty
| five feet. This will he enough to cause
some disturbance in the lower cellars of
business houses along the river and hes-
troy much OF the plant OF the gardeners
in Mill creek valley. The weather is unex-
| pectedly warm the Thermometer showing
~ degrees.
Three men we're instantly killed and
four Injured, three probably fatally, by the
| collapse OF Il forty.foot brick wall in the
county court house at Joneeboro, Wash.
| ington county, Tenn, a few days ago.
| The accident resulted from the fact that
| frame archways we're removed before walls
| were dry. Five men, all brick masons,
were buried in the ruins and three we're
taken out dead. James Reed and Frank
| Harrer, the latter colored, were on the
roof at the time and jumped. Reed win be
q cripple for life and Harper was fatally in
! jured.
The influence of the reservation rush is
already apparent in the real estate market
on the borders OF the Ssseton reservation.
many sales being daily made at advanced
prices The necessity for closing the land
| office afternoons causes much inconver-
| fence and dissatisfaction, but appears ln-
avoidable. The kick of the attorneys over
being excluded from the inspection OF pitts
is assuming large proportions. The mite
OF filing keeps up to the full capacity of the
Office. Numbers are sleeping at the DIOR
| ,J,tt,f TO hn fnSv, ~,
| the line when the office opens.
| On the morning OF the 2lst inst the
Lehigh Valley line steamer Fred Merder,
| bound down, grain laden, from Chicago,
met the schooner John B. Merrill, toal
laden. bound up in tow OF the tug Swan Mt
| Bar Point, Ont. In an endeavor to avoid
| shallow water both vessels sheered slightly
| from proper course and in SO doing the
| steamer struck the schooner glanting
blow on the port side just forward amid
| ships, making ~ big hole liz the schoo,er.
| The Merrill was thrown over on the tar i,
where she sank in Il few minutes in fourteen
| feet OF water. The crew was rescued IN
| injured. The MERCER was not damaged
The car inspector on the Chicago, Nil
waukce e. st. Paul railway made n sclan-
ing discovery at their depot in Wino,a,
Mimi, a few days ago. AS he was goinghis
rounds he found the dead body Of nan
crushed in Il horrible manner under q Jar
load Of telegraph poles. The man had Cri-
IDENTIFY been dead for some time, as decln-
position had set in. He had evidently
crawlcd on the car and secluded himself IN.
der the ends OF the poles to steal IL ride,
when, by the jolt Of the train, the poles a,t-
tied down upon and killed him. No cue
can he found as to his name or friends, and
he wes buried by the cuunty ut the poor
farm.
Stock Raising in the Black Hills.