The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02

reservation last week destroyed much
property. Several settlers were burned
out.
Reports from Pierre state that the
Missouri river is full of running ice
n that the operations of all the
boats there will be stopped unless warm
weather comes soon.
At Huron last week Brakeman Ma
ago & Northwestern train and was
killed. His parents reside near VOL
sey n he was their only child.
1t is said that the volunteers now
stationed at Manila, in the Philippine
islands, among them being South Da-
kota's first regiment, will be mustered
out and sent home in time to arrive in
January.
Pierre people are fitting their houses
with gas fixtures for heating and light
ing M will make use Of the flow Of
natural gas from the well there. 1t
will also be used for manufacturing
purposes.
At Aberdeen last week a hack driver
was assaulted by two unknown men
and robbed of all his loose change. A
comrade who came to the rescue was
promptly held up and relieved of s35
in money. Three men have been ar
rested on suspicion.
T.. c. DeJean. who went from Plank
linton to the Klondike, is home again.
He reports that not one in a thousand
who go there in search of riches ever
strike it. He endured a great amount
of suffering while there and is salts
fed to get home alive.
Mrs. Adolph Olson Of Beresford was
killed in a runaway a few days ago.
While returning from a visit to a
neighbor the team took fright and
started to run. Mrs. Olson jumped
ken by the fall.
Walking Shields, a full-blooded Sioux
Indian, was brought into Deadwood
last week on the charge of having bro
ken into the residence of Red Elk, an
other Sioux, at the agency Shields
a broken into Red Elk's house three
times, and Elk finally lost patience and
had the unruly Shields arrested.
Recently a syndicate was formed at
Deadwood for the purchase of the old
opera house there. The deal was closed
and something like $8, 1000 a since
been expended in repairs ON the struc-
ture. That town now boasts Of one
Of the best playhouses in the state. 1t
was opened by the jolly Della Pringle
Opera company last week.
Thoma Matthews of Spearfish has
returned from Chicago, after having
undergone one of the most delicate OPP
erations known to modern For
years he had been a constant sufferer
from neuralgia and while in Chicago he
had the fifth nerve removed, which lies
at the base of the brain. A hole was
made in the skull and the nerve sew
cred. All traces of the disease have
disappeared.
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the belt as the champion trapper in
South Dakota. Since October 1st he
has been plying his vocation, and in
that time ne has secured 1000 musk
rats, go mink and a few other small an
imals too numerous to mention. During
the last twelve months he says he a
trapped nearly 1000 muskrats and 200
mink. Game is getting scarce in his
vicinity and he is arranging to move
to greener. pastures.
Some industrious newspaper corre-
~:spondents have started an Indian upris-
ing among the Sioux al Pine Ridge.
Fortunately, the trouble exists only on
paper. There is some objection to
Agent Clapp. but there is no danger
of n difficulty with the Sioux. They
have not forgotten the work of the
Seventh cavalry in the winter of 1901.
when Sitting Bull, Big Foot and scores
Of squaws, bucks and pappooses were
n to hat bourne from whence no
traveller returneth.
The death Of Private Mortenson, who
Joined the First regiment, South Da-
kota volunteers, n went to Manila
from Yankton, is announced. He was
wellssknown in that part OF the state
and was q member Of company E. Just
before he left for the Philippines Nor
teneOn broke friendshiD with a Young