The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

City, Neb., and j. B. Wilson, Well
III. The officers of the com
pany are: President, e. f. Thorp;
vice president, j. B. Wilson; trea-
surer, M. e. Pinney; secretary, W..
s. Elder, Deadwooi; general mlna-
ger, NJ. e. Pinnev. The company
owns a very promising group Of
three claims east of Hill City.
Serg't. Platt, Charles Trusty and
Chas. N. Day, were arrivals from
San Francisco. where they have
oecn rccuperaling for some time
jlaet ince ihrir eur from tue
Philippines. Messrs. Piatt and
Irusty are looking we'll, but Mr..
Day returns in pretty hard shape,
navinA suffered intensely from
rheumatism and other ailments.
All the boys are thoroughly glad to
be at home again and out Of service.
None of them we're particularly fa,-
cinated with campaigning in the
Philippines nor are they laudiny
that Investment to the skies.
Pat Mccarthy is the happiest man
in town, all on account OF word re-
ceived Saturday by his attorney,
C.. w. Brown, in the case Of p. b.
Mccarthy VS.. E W. Speed etal. on
the motion for rehearing and motion
for a new trial, the court entered
judgment reversing the decision OF
| The lower court, denied the motion
for a nex trial and remanGed the
case back TO the circuit court for
the entry OF judgment as. prayed for
in the plaintiffs complaint, which is
for an undivided one-cightn interest
in the Holy Terror and keystone
No. 4 lodes.
A telegram from Pierre Saturday
V
announced that the state supreme
court had passed on the Crockett.
Mcmahon contest case and decided
il favor Of CIR ,cke taNardiug Lin the
office as county auditor. The ruling
j. strictly partisan and was no
unexpected. in view of the DrcSen
states of that body. TIE UN1o,
treats the matter editorially on tn,
4th page.
Work on the Grand Junction il
progressing steadily. The shaft i.
in almost solid pyrite which runs
according to ASSAY certificates re
ceived, from $50 to $50 90 in golt
per ton. The two veins which rul
side and side, connected by numer
Gus zones, make an ore bod,
with an average aggregate of 60 fee
in width.-Custer Chronicle.
Edmund Smith, who is one of tn
attorneys in the Wind Cave case
says they are argue for a rehearin;
before the commissioners Of tn
general land Office, that the decislo,
rendered which ba- become Quit
famous, that the government Shout
take charge Of the cave, was render
ed by "a clerk in the office and nc
by the commissioner himself. -Ho
Springs Star.
OF all the democratic pape.s il
newspaperdom, the Chicago Chror
! icle outstrips them all. Its new
service is the acme of newsoape
excellence and enterprise and it
Sunday edition as a whole library i
itself, consisting of every class c
literature desired by the readin
:, world. The Chronicle leads ther
all and is democratic to the core
!, Sinking in the Golden Slippe
mine had to be suspended OWNS t
:, the insufficient capacity Of the pun
to handle the water at the presen
depth, $50 feet. Mr.. Pinney
trying to lease a sinking pump an
, as soon as he secures one work wi
again be resumed.-Hi City New.
!, The Hill City News says that I'll
Blue Lead will be developed by
tunnel, which will tap the Strate
; and Gray Eagle Lodges $50 fleet dee
: The tunnel will be run a distance
! 1900 feet, and Mr.. Maloney expec'
to make 300 feet a month, compile
ing the work in about 6 months.
Mrs. G.. s. C%levenger and sc
Henry were Tuesday evening pa
9 sengers for Freeport for and i
. definite stay. Rev. Clevenger h;
y been at that point for some tin
past and word from him stated tn
, his mother was i'll and that Mr.
e Cletenger's mother was seriously
also.
? Geo. L~oventinsky, an old attacI
The UNION force, came dow
from White wood Monday eveni'
for a visit in the old town. Geor
d states his gladness at getting ba
to his old haunts and just to EEL
d home he's sticking type on II
b UNION this week.