The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

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RAPID CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA
S OUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Much damage has been done to the
cattle range lying to the west Of
Chamberlain by prairie fires.
Henry Smith Of Mitchell has the dis
tinction of being the first victim to the
craze Of too early skating. He went
skating Sunday afternoon and his body
was recovered the next day.
The Deadwood First Ward M. e.
church was organized last week, and
the new organization will build a new
church edifice in the early spring.
A new iron foundry Is among the i'm
provements being added to the bust
MSS interests of Beresford. The e
plant is being put in by Edward John
son Of that city.
The state board of pardons has rec
commended that John HaValOta, sent
up for burglary from Dawson county,
be pardoned, and Governor Lee has
granted a pardon to the "a as d.
rected.
The Yankton brewery has changed
hands, the plant having been purchased
by Lewis Moritz Of Bay City, Mich.
The consideration a $1,000 and the
institution will be overhauled n It's
capacity added to.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
postoffice at Garretson was made last
week, but, failing in the attempt to
open the safe, the robbers c%ontented
themselves with taking the postmasters
coat, which he has needed very badly
since that time.
The Iron foundry at Rapid City, which
has been idle for the past four years.,
has been leased and will be placed in
operation 500 1t will be used to man.
ufacture mining pumps and do custom
work for the big mining plants through
the hills.
John Q. Anderson, a prominent ceded
Sioux land c%attleman, n Miss Clara
Wilrodt, daughter of Senator Wilrodt
Of Brown county, were united in mar
riage last week. The grOom was the
recent republican nominee for state
senator, to represent sever Of the coded
olOuA lduU COuElLleS. ne was uGlSdtGu.
Aberdeen reports another holdup.
Wesley White was the victim and was
thrown from his bicycle while riding.
He was severely bruised and scratched
UP but succeeded in getting away from
his would-be robbers. This Is the sec
n occurrence of this kind at Aber-
deem within ten days. Nv
Dave Thompson of Canton suicided
a few days 6 by hanging. Some
thing like a year 6 his wife obtain
ed a divorce from him on the charge of
cruelty, and since that time he a
brooded over the matter. This, it Is
thought, Is what induced him to take
his own life.
The first genuine blizzard Of the sea-
son swept over he state last Sunday
and was the worst storm in three years.
The wind blew q gale and was bitterly
cold, piling the snow into drifts as fast
as it fell. The snowfall was not heavy
or doubtless the loss of stock on the
open ang would have been heavy.
On motion Of the attorneys employed
by Governor Lee to conduct the cases,
the civil suits against ex-Auditor Hip
pie, Editor Mayhem and Insurance
Clerk Anderson for the recovery of fees
claimed to have been illegally col
lected by these officials, were dismissed
last week. The same action will be
taken in the criminal suits pending
against Nipple and Anderson.
After suffering from blood poisoning
for two months, Major Albert r. An
dersong passed away at Hot Springs a
few days ago. He had been prominent
in politics in Iowa and South Dakota
for many years and was also q promi-
nent lawyer. He has held several POI
sitions Of trust in Fall River county
n his death Is mourned by all the
people Of that section. His remains
were taken to his old home at Sidney,
Ia, and laid to rest.
Harry Brown was acquitted of the
murder of pitch Pine" Frederickson,
which occurred at Runaway Springs
last August. Brown had been held at
Rapid City ever since the commission
Of the crime, and his acQuittal leaves
the mystery Of the crime unsolved and
without h least clue as to who the
perpetrator a Frederickson was
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