The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-25
u DAKOTA NEWS.

After a delay of about three months
Deadwood now enjoys a free nal de
livery.
At Pierre last week Judgt Gafy de
MED the motion for an order to show
cause in the Stanley county annexa.
ton case. The interested parties will
carry the matter to the supremt court
The sixteenth annua mteting Of the
Northern Association of Congregations,
Churches was held at Watertown las,
week. The attendance was exception
ally large. delegates being prestnt from
all over the state.
A. L.. Parmley Of Sioux Falls, who for
a number Of years past has been SUI
perintendent of agencies for the North
western Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany, has resigned his position and
Joined the Andrews Opera for
the remainder Of the season. Mr.. Parm-
ley is we'll known throughout the state.
Jacob BartelS proprietor of the Key
stone hotel at DeadwoOd, died in that
city last week. He was q pioneer in the
Black Hills, locating at Deadwood in
1879, and figured in a number of the
stirring events in the early history of
HNS 1s-~>N AAio "ClC iDp
to Davenport. Ia, where they will be
Cremated.
Senator Kyle is at home once more,
getting back to Aberdeen in time to
vote at Tuesdays election. The SEN
ator Is telling almost recovered from
his late paralytic stroke, except that he
is still very nervous He announces
that he is strictly independent so far
as politics is concerned, n does not
expect to take any active part in them
for some time to cume.
The remains of Elba Patterson, a well
known cattleman whose holdings have
FOR years been located on the range
country between Rapid City and Pitrre
were brought into Pierre last week,
Patterson having been killed in a runs
away at his ranch a day or so before.
He was we'll and favorably known and
was worth a considerable sum at the
TINT Of his death.
c. E. Pitcher, who had charge of the
Black Hills exhibit at the Trans Missis-
sippi Exposition, states hat the exhibit
received twelve out of the sixteen di-
plomas contested for with the other
mining states. This record is certainly
very gratifying in view of the fact that
the entire Black Hills exhibit was the
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the aid Of any appropriation from the
state legislature.
The city marshal of Jefferson was at
tackled and severely beaten last week
by a gang of young sports Of that town.
A sham fight was started in front Of
the marshaIs residence in order to
draw him u and induce him to at
tempt an arrest. When the marshal at
tempted to discharge his official duty
he was set upon by the whole gang and
given such a beating as to render him
unconscious for some time.
Last week Judge Garland Of Sioux
Falls decided the case of Thomas Swee-
ney Of Rapid City VS.. the Burlington
road, which has been in the courts
constantly for the past eight years. The
case was brought by Sweeney to re-
a large sum Of money for sup
plies furnished the railway by the COM
plainant when the road was being built
through tht western part Of Penning-
ton county into the Black Hills. The
failure Of Sweeney to collect on these
supplies at the time caused him to fail
in business, but the decision of last
week gives him a judgment of $27, 900.
h cast has attracted attention all
over the state.