Black Hills Weekly Times from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 2

BLACK JEJXLJLS WEEKLY TIMES: 8ATU DAY EVENING. AUGUST Q. day. The' town will be surveyed to Hills. Thosswho lsil to get posses- WI OlO 7atS D.

v3A Aa we anticipated, a majority ef the the enterprise in despair. At last, after numerous experiments, wbiob Old not send to rrpredent them, and bu'Mozoi'S, or naughty, bad wss to re organized fur the purpose of keeping tbe denii m-nde from lo. eating in tbeir-old cjtmrtw. Should this society ba firmed, that fact wiUa le la I til Geo. P.

cutitntcl i lime, lentil, iu- 10 9 4 M) IIJ 1 TH TIMES Deadwood, iMltot. iui'ouD nA.it. H. "f-T, T04S, I A "IHtX, i rc I Mnsis -T, T.I.Ai.1, It 4 W'XJnrmu, i.J kko I aft. Vva it.

1) JK KnA. 1, JT feAttri. en who composed the majority of the last legi jature, and who came from the southern section. None of the arguments have any especial force, save the one that the territory ia too large and should be divided. In the call by the northern journals for a convention, to take steps toward ft division on the 4Gth parallel we supposed, of course, the movement con teal- plated general convention for II.

Such, however, is not the programme, we are to bj practically and geographically divorced without further action, the north ern or weaker vessel has left our bed and board and taken op with herself. can' endure the parting, as this separation has long been seen. General inoompata-bility is an excellent plea." Here ia the sweet farewell of the Fargo Argus: 1 There appears' to be mlitmder-sUndlnjr among Southern Dakou paper aa to the proposed convention. The Prrii and JjuJceiaian for instance, takes it for trantea that It Is IaUndsd to include the whole territory aa at fireaentcoottllnled. litis baa error; is proposed only to gather represen tatives oi me various sections sua interests 1b North Daketa.

tor the nar. pose of formulating the wishes Of the people north of the forty-sixth parallel of latitude on the subject of division, and put the matter In shape for formal presentment to congress. The Interests, aims sod tendencies at the people of North Dakota and Souther Dakota are so divergent and forelra that it seems a hollow mockery to keep Dp a onion wdicb lor an practical purposes la obsolete, eneroua, arbitrary and del ii mental to the treat MW northwest. The southern portion of the territory desires admiwioo aa a stale, aad oa that account should get iu leading men together arrange programme; bat this is of dull as little interest to North Dakota if Uie neoDle of Arizona or Utah cootempiatvd a movement of Uie same character. An amicable divorce Is the thing hmgedtfor and the parties interested, while Turoul to nomiualij occupy the same house, to speak met- aptforically, need not bold family prayers together lor the purpose of ob taining uiQ qecree.

'Far the wall, and if forever Good-bye, sweetheart, good-bye. The forty-sixth parallel divides us, This Sudden divorce puts us mind of Indiana, or Utah, or still more forcibly of Chicago, And now that the north has gone and left us what name does the fair ad ventures mean to take? Of course the name of Dakotewould be entirely inadmisgable. Why not be poetic ftnd romantie, and select some name with muaio In it? and we can think of none mors to the purpose than "The Territory of th Mew yortWV As foe tbe south, or Dakota, we will have" to take steps toward -sovereignty by ourselves, and the sooner we set about it the better. rn TUB tttt.tSl It may astonish our eastern friends to learn that an Average orop of wheat in the Hilla is reok oned to be abdut thirty bushels to the acre. This look like and is an enormous crop, but tb facta justify the statement that such is tb ease.

Several varieties have been tried with varying success. The Colorado variety does not seem adapted for nar soil, as it is liable to smutv No disease of any description baa appeared in the other varieties, neither bav fa sect injured the plants. The va riety which appear to yield the beat and be the tnoet favorable for our soil and climate Is the Scotch Fyfe. Tbi grain strong and fills out remarkably -well. The looal market is sufficient tb consume all the breadstuff we can raise; however, the yield and the demand ftre abont equal believe were we to cease import ing floor the home market would furnish all that could possibly be consumed.

A our agriculture ha advanced machinery for the muling of the raw material has in' Creased, until at the present time there is ft danger of the milling business being As wheat and the reduction of it to flour are intimately connected, oa leading naturally to the other, a alight glance at the milling inter ests of the oountiy may be worth our wlile. The first mill In the country was built at Spearfish. A large population, consuming ten thousand pound of flour or even mora, two or three year ago when our population -wa larger, every day, in the midst pf fine wheat growing territory aa the world produces, certainly offered an at tractive field tor a milL The machinery was bought and erected, but the gentlemen who saw a for tune almost begging them to come and secure it, a they imag ined, reckoned without their host. AULoi'rh the wheat was as srood coulJ be found, and the was of the latest improved ni, tlie mill would not f.onr. Day after ra" ur.

vorv end unsale- t' 9 day. Jndee Caulfleld and others locat ed lorty odd seres for another town, to be called Bed path City. Three hundred men camped her last night No new discoveries reported; all nf the others are improving. Dava. A Vlait esarsal CxirrtAt.

CYrv, Aug. 1 Then was ft pleasant time at Spear fish yesterday, which was enjoyed by many from the different camps. They left Lead, Central, Deadwood and TerJ ravllle early in the morning and returned late la the evening, after spending almost nine hour ia that beautiful town. Those from Lead were Sam Kirk, M. Beach, Billy La Toilette, Kugen McPliws Eugene Beach, Thos.

Bryant, Judge Kholer and many oth ers, who put In the day rusticating, trying to build up their impaired health. Among them we noticed our old friend from Lead. John W. Beck and Miss Lizzie Owen, wbo seem to be enjoying mem selves. i nose rrom UentraJ were im Allen, A M.

Barnes. Mr. Bewenderfer add wife, Tippia and wife, Ed. Sbas- son ana wue, reter uara and wife, J. Chase, superintendent of tbe da, and clerk, and Lawyers Harvey and nsisoa oj ueaawooo, ana "others whose names we were unable to learn.

ana a party irora lerravllle. ol which John Anchor was the leading soirit i ney an spoas nigniy or tne way they were treated by the tSpearash people. Kvery attention was sbown them. menouis ana nusinea bouses did a Qns business that day. E.

M. Black- well, who is runnings large billiard hall, and is a credit to the town, was particularly favored by the excursionists. E. M. Blackwell has erected a fine residence on the cottage style which is about completed, which he will occupy as soon as his wife arrives from tbe easts which will be sometime this month.

A. 0. Tippia aud wife, ot IpTllral Whn will Mmiln ln.ll, wallow ss tbey have purchased a ranch, and win necouM an honest er surer. The new Store of A. M.

Barnar and A D. Woodson, wbo opened out bun-day In the Spearfish hotel building, has already commenced to do a rood hnsi. sea. Tbey carry a good aesortmen of eTeiyuuug wnicn is usually Kept in a first-class stationery store, and a fine layout In the silver line. Kirk Davis, who have a brick yard lust Outside tbe city limits, are burning a large kiln of brick, which is in even one Hundred thousand, and tbey expect to finish burning it this evening.

Frank Welch has just opened out one of the largest grocery will compete with any in Deadwood, while M. O. Toon of the Wyoming store is doing a good business. The Spearfish hotel, which isnnder me gooa management of Air. lfoiers teems to catch good share "Of the trade, and bis little daughter Miss ana, is mucn aamtred by those visit ing this place, as she makes herself very entertainine.

Joe Wendels the carpenter, baa all me wore ne can attend to. Her Vasaeta firaaa Patata Ualeh Potato Cbbu, July 89j 1881. Editor Hi Tubs. Since I wrote last I have taken out a ntigget of gold that weighs $SL10 at 30; petronnce, at which nuggets of such dimension generally sell. I am bworklnff In a vulch that runs Inlo Pn.

n.i r. uik (uvu wages lur a qonui or more. )tfy mode of working Is to keep up on the rimrock, I believe this country will yet turn out to be a rich placer camp, but I don't think that the waih ba ever beea sufficient to force the gold out of the mountains into the creeks and gnlches, therefore miners must go into the mountains to find the goia. a much as j.uou in gold nugget have been taken out of claim 29, at the mouth of the gulch where I am now at work. The largest nneiret ever found in the Hills waa taken out of the aforesaid Now this, gold must have some source, and 1 believe that 1 am on the right track that read to the mammoth bonanza.

At least the coarse quality of gold that i am getting give me great courage to work in that direction. I work so hard I often fall asleep before bedtime, tor I don't know what minute may find the largest nugget ever found on the American continent, and If do yon bet I'll strike out for Oregon to see my wen loot gi sno eat rea apples. at; COLB. iei Him Oat aa S)ea Bbat Here. Tfew York.

Aug. 8. Tribune Wash, fngton special i District Attorney Cork. am visitea tne Jan ror the nrst time in ten days. His visit was in toonsequeno or a notincaiion rrom uuiteau tnat he had Important communications to make.

Upon tbe entrance of district attorney into an ceil, uuiteau arose and produced a folded paper. It was found by CorkhiU to be a petition drawn np In the hand of the assassin praying for his release from, jail on ball In the sons of flttsea thousand dollar, uuiteau bate hi claim for release upon bail jon tbe fact that president now out ot danger and that hi physician concur ia Mating thattnere.is no probability whatever oi relapse. The construction of the petition how considerable familiarity with the form and method of law, and the document throughout taarawn np wun a conciseness ana ex. Mines than Indicate anything but in. sanity.

Guiteau was yery anxious tbat the district attorney should take Prompt action on his' prayer for re lease, and intimated that in the event of a favorable consideration ot tbe net! tiea be would have no. difficulty I securing bondmen in tbe sum IndU cated. A queer feature in the matter is how Gultteau ba managed to get information as to ins lavorauie condi tion of the president and opinions expressed by the physician. Tbe appearance ot the assassin ba changed but little iao hi commitment to jail. ill complexion aa paiea somewhat and he move with a languor that is slightly different from tbe lounging manner noiiceaoie ai me time oi nil Incarceration.

Chleaate Chicago. Aur. 4. Officer O'Brien. wno waa snot ny i sm lauuii mesaay aiirht died this afternoon.

3 Tlie weather has been- very hot here this morning, the standard thermometer ranging np to 94 and thermome ters about tne city going as nigh as 98 in the shade. This is the behest record tor tne tummer. Chlcaao. Aug. A The heat contin ues, thermometer S3.

Tne weather, which ha been very warm for three day in the city and for a much longer period in tbe greater part ot Illinois and Iowa, ba seriously threatened tbe corn crop. If rain should tall soon it probable that the damage would, be mo. 'y prevented, bnt tbe ground, es peciitlly -where high and (andy, Is gre'iv in need or rain. A bt l'nul s.iK iiil report the otilcial figures for Hie t--'ni wheat acreage 01 Minnesota for 1 0 at 2 O.OuO acres, and for on: kiiuut CvJ acres more. sion of a bonanza will be benefitted by th general pmtperity of the country.

The character of th men tik ing the lead in the new developing companies organized In this city, Is a big card in favor of the present agitation. The Mile City sUmpeder are now warkingliieko the UilliTUe JliUs look better to them at a distance. Mannville, the pbotographor, I tak ing view of the carbonsle motriipo. 11. The sand carbonate at West Virgin ia City are greasy, and the and are said to be a rich a they are oily.

All who have beea at the new city In the wilderness or the carbonate region, speak in the highest terms of the Water 10 oe had there, but never brag 00 the The universal opinion of the visitors to tbe latest section of suriferous prom ise i that the Indications are tbe best in the world lot a rich and extensive camp. Hacks are now running between Deadwood and West Virginia City. The tax for the round trip I $2. It isaaid that the crowd Is so great about tbe open Cut and shafts' In the new csmp that miners are unable to do any blasting for fear of killing tbe stampede'rs who" gSBcf about the worker, and will not get back long enough to give the miuers time to set off a There is one faro layout at the new camp that "turns" for specimen ores. The limit is twelve and a half pounds "open." The only draw back to this scheme is tbe "splitters," A Deadwood man "went" a ten pound rock "open on the Jack" yesterday, and two jacks showing up the "look out" and the dealer were occupied hour In dividing the bet.

Mo flinty quartz Is now taken at that table. City lots are selling for $50 and $100 apiece in the new carbonate metropo lis. West Virginia City is a two bit camp. No change is made for 1 than twenty-five cents. brand of whisky and beer goes for a quarter a drink.

This fact will advance the merits of the pew camp in the estima tion of the old miner, prospector and sUmpeder, who can not be made to concede tbat there is a single good fea ture in a one bit camp. The only thing that the new carbon. ate center lacks to plnng it at one bound into world wide notoriety is a murder or two. It will never main tain a very firm grip in the esteem of the eld miners until somebody has been hot there. A movement is on foot for the organization ot a (melting company in Deadwood, with a capital stock of $1,000,060.

We understand It is the circulation to erect smelting works at uus piace. 7 Jeany'a KtackaAe who- camo trp from Jenny' Stockade with me escaned horsethieves. Informs a Tins reporter that the oil product in that neighbor hood is engrossing a good deal of attention at this narticulsr time. Bam. Parker and.

Mr. Spencer have made arrangements to sink a new welL Ma- chluery is now being delivered on the ground of sufficient capacity to go aown BOO feet, and as soon as it ii placed In position boring will com mence. At tne salt springs, in the same neighborhood, the proprietors are also at work. Eight hundred pounds of salt Is made. each day, and yet the supply is notr equal to the demand, arrangements are malting in tbe way of flumes sad tanks to increase tbe Quantity nn to a ton a day.

Hefetolore tt has all been evapo. rated by boiling, but with the new tanks and pans it will be evanorated by the sun, tha cheapening the pro duction. With oil and salt on the south, and the biggest carbonate camp in the world on the north, the Hilla will soon be the only place In the world worth living in. Keeaptwre the Cheyenne. Tbe brace of prisoners wbo escaned from our city jail earlv last Sundav morning are again occupying their old quarters in ins, Dastue on Ingleeide.

They were returned this morning about' 1 o'clock. Sheriff Beldine gave a description of the prisoners to tne ireignters who went out during the week. He wss pretty well sstisfled that the runaways would make for the Missouri river, snd bis conclusion proved Well lound. ed. Mr, Freel, who received deecrip.

lion Of the fJ a friend on the Uheyenne river who bad seen the oris. oners, and the two went in- quest of toem. i ney were round and rounded np in the rough country bordering that stream. Their shackle had been re. No resistance, we understand, wss offered.

They had experienced a tough time and seemed to lie willing to surrender In order to end their suffer. tag. Traeke Ueatraya ay rivet Han tPriiut.twA in. tt A dispatch says that afire broke out last eight a dance house ea (lib Boom street which raged thioaghout tbe night and i Mill burning, timiigh now under control, having destroyed every business home in tbe city except three snd many residences. Tne los la eatt-' mated al MA Th i in, the city wss saved with the utmost difficulty.

The water supply was abort Tb losers show commendable pluck, and rebuilding has begun. Tbe Insurance will probably aggreatne One third lh Ini mi uii-iuiiiiue are houseless, and the prevailing opin. un wnnminnn allow thftm tn immIii wtik 1... i. of seeking other localities.

iue cuarreu cones or some person, uuidowd. were ionna in the debris of the fire. Beside this no loss of life ha oeen reporoa. roni street Is filled with temnarar hnttillnm VWUVUIL-n trom Keno and tbe neighboring towns uhtv wun iv iauur anu nnne are turn- Iw.r Tnmm hv fl 1, place in large number. It i rumored tbat the GUI.

which Irucke ttmuom tbe j' TMsalled Investigating committee bar submitted their report upon the conduct of the commissioners of Law rence county, and we bav no hesitan cy In staling to the people of this coun ty and to the republican party, that the report is a thin: whitewash ail the through, and will not satisfy the tax payers who are ground into the earth through the waste of these officials. This committee of calclminers -may not know It, but al ihe county does, tbat there has been waste. They may not know It, but we do, that this board has done wrong In diverting the money of a certain fund to other purposes. It would appear the committee did find such in stances, and they were so numerous that they must have been stricken blind not to have, seen rt, where targe sums or money we re peat, large sums of money were paid without vouchers being taken' from persons who portormed the work, whereby, the door was left open that the conoty might be swindled and la onr opinion, in one case at least, we believe it was. The minority, if they make a report, will doubtless so find life, The committee say nothing about how roads and bridges were built, Aow poor funds were.applied.

how It comes we have no. Jail, In fact they are dumb upon the very subjects for which the investigation was called and which, the people most decidedly want to be Informed apon- The report of this committee is a ridiculous larce, and we can Inform them that their conduct will provoke anything but complimentary criticism. We await the report ot the minority, when, perhaps, the facts, which are no torious, will come out Yet we must confess that the majority report la anything but complimentary to the commissioners. Their system of doing business Is condemned from beginning to end by even this report; which Is appended below.butina maa. net calculated to mislead the average reader.

We believe that the mem- bers of the committee, who Would not endorse this report, have sufficient re gard for their political standing, and stability of character to make straight, full and fearless report of lbs Irregularities of tb transactions, and the incompetency-and wastefulness ot our board of county blockheads. To the RapaMleaa Caatrsl CoaimlttM aad reoiut of uvmm uooatj: JU your soecial committee, selected tor the purpose of making inquiry as to the administration of the affairs of county, and after a careful examination of the system and methods of transacting the business of the county, we respectfully submit the following statement: We recognise the difficulty attending the transaction of, business of the msgnitute of that of our county, and considering tbe time as fixed by law limiting commissioners to sixty-four days In each year as wholly inadequate and insufficient we nna that tne anairs of the county revenue consumea in nsvins oirrt county officer and defraying the con-tineent expenses. We deprecate the -system now practiced of diverting the moneys of a certain fund to the use of an exhausted fund, believinc tbat moneys raised tw. i .7 taxation tor specific purposes are sa erea to me purpose, ana that the spirit and Intent of the law makes the office executive rather than discretionary. We deprecate the system of reducing the assessed valuation of property toe iar dbiow its actual vaine, tons necesst-tatlne a high rate of taxation, and ba.

lieve it is the especial duty of our county officers to see that proper values ue nieu oa property. We would recommend that In each and every eaae where disbursements ot county tunds are made, whether dU reetly or through a disbursing officer, a voucher be taken from the person actually performing th labor or rendering the service, and that all work for the county aggregating an turn or eiuu, anonm oe aone by con, tract after duly advertising for bids. And further, we would recommend that all bill against the county be allowed quarterly; that all bill for tbe quarter shall be presented for the action of the county commissioners by the first day ot th entuinir Quarter. recognize the present system of ton roaa as aetnmentai to tne public interest, and an imposition upon the community, and recommend that the action of our county commissioners land toward th establishment of tree roads and highways. 1 Again, after duly notifying the pub lic aou requesting any person or persons having-Charlies to maka concara.

ing the character or action of eoontv commissioners appear and present them, we desire to Inform you tbat no speciuo oaargn naneea made aaa we Bnnesiuiingiy. condemn the un warranted agitation of tbe people i being without foundation. UKFCBLICAJf COHMITTU. laaperUa laa Deemaav Attorney Oeneral MacTesrh hair de cided tbat where homestead entry of puimo wiue naa oeen maae oy settler the land so entered cannot while such entry stands, be set apart by the iHwieat tor a military reservation. even prior to a full completion of title in me euier, Dot mat wnere preemption ha beea made of public land the land covered thereby may be set part by the president for such reservation at say time previous to payment and entry by the settler under the preemption Faptr.

rrom this it would appear that th claimant of public lands under the bomettead law ba a preference ever the pre-emptor, and while tb first cost of making a homestead entry Is twelve dollars more on 160 scree than a preemption filing, It ta to tbe ultimate advantage of the settler to avail himself of the homestead act for th reason tbat be can at any time after tlx months residence and cultivation pay the gov ernment price for the land If be wants a patent for h. will publish the decision in lull ss soon it is received. Careewatn MnreaaeaAewew. To th Editor ef Uw Tlsisst Wasr Yuarau, Ang. 4 Camp Is booming more than ever.

Two saloons were opened last evening, one by Jo Kayes and the ether by Joe Kltter. Some of tin boys got quite happy. Stone opened bis restaurant last evening and it was well patronised. Several to the town and scvw.4 buildings were started i Abmt Hsa Halfer tha llntWsrl Dttswss la Aa la the SleUhhravfM- Vroa WsituJsy's Dally. About four o'clock thui morning tbe' City was startled by the dreadlul cry oi Are, Ia an Instant tbe Are companies were-eot with tbehose earts going with all possible speed toward Fountain City is now tbe first ward of this city.

A besvy column ef flame indicated that the conflagration an extensive one. Arriving at the scene of disaster tbe large frame building be longing to Dudley but occupied by L. Q. Williams aa a grocery store, wss discovered to be in fiame' As the Home-etake company shot by Fink's pawn shop they made an attachment' to tbe plug there, which I the last one on Main street, but to the chagrin of the firemen when tbey bad connected their hose they discovered tbat they lacked over a thousand feet of having enough to be within reaching ditance ixf- the fire. In minute the South Deadwood com pany, who bad a longer distance to run, were.on the ground and attached their hose to tbe Homcstake, when tbey discovered they still lacked sever al hundred feet before they could do service.

In this dilemma there was absolutely nothing to do but wait until the upper camps could come to onr assistance. It tbe meantime it was discovered that a quantity of hose was deposited in the Merchants bank. This was sent for and forwarded without de lay. When this was attached the fire had progressed beyond control, and tbe entire lower end of Fountain City and all or Elizabethtown along Main street were in flames. A soon as it was discovered that tbe water could not be brought on the fire, the department proceeded to tear down buildings and save what wss possible.

The hook and ladder company pulled down some (mail building which stood between the Fountain City house and the upper end of town, thereby arresting the fire in that direction. In the meantime the buildings burned furi ously, as nothing could be dob to save them. In a remarkably short time tbe firemen from Central and Lead came down and tendered their services, but a tUere was nothiug to be done, their friendly offer, -which are duly and tuanafaHy nsMgniaed, were not avail able. The Lead City company brought their truck and hose with them, but they were not needed. In fact the nearest plug to the fire waa quite a quarter of a mile distant, and through tbe gross carelessnets of tome, one, we do not pretend to -say whom, was in such a condition that out naif a head of water could be turned on as tbe case stood this made no material difference, as the department lacked hundreds of feet ol reaching the fire.

We can now ienloy the benefit of loekinir the door alter the horse is gone. As this fire has demonstrated, all the lower part of roe city of pesdwned Is practicalljr wnnout protection. As tbe fire raged unrestrained the Intense heat caused numerous whirlwind, which carried the flames and burning brand a hundred fret into Tbi fire 1 most unfortunate, as the loss falls mainly upon poor men who can ill afford it The fire was discovered by Air. Uurdetto in an unoccupied, un furnished room over William' tore; the cause is enveloped -in mystery, out toe supposition is 11 was the work of an lncendlary.3 At the present time It Is difficult to determine the loss, bnt it must be somewhere in tbe neighborhood of 150,000. A partial list of losses are given be low.

Dudley Caldwell, loss on build- ings, $2,000. L. Williams, loss on stock of groceries, 1,800: insurance 11,600. Cpt Humani Toss on building, 11,000. J.

0. Fargo lion, loss on buildings, A. Marble, lots on building, $1,500. J. a Root, less on building, $800 John Beuter, loss on building and stock, abont insurance $500.

Michael O'Brien, owner of Fountain City hotel, loss on building and furni ture, $2,500. J. W. loss on building, $2,000. J.

M. Rickle, loss on building stock andoods, $2,990. a Oarr, loss on building, $1,800. Dr. Lowe, loss oa building.

1600. ilr. Hammond, of Sturgfai, lose on building, $600. 3 Dr. Harris, loss on build! ngs $2,000.

R. Grtmshaw, loss on nay mar ket, barn, Elk Point hotel, meat market, dwelliog, and other smaller Im provement, $7,000. No insurance. Jo. Shoudy, loss on'uide, $3,000.

For lb protection, of the tower por tion of tbe city water mains should be put In without delay. Through false economy this city has had to pay this uvy jnHMUiy. 3 Carheaate Flatters. Those who did not seenre claims In tbe new camp a month ago are now clubbing themselves. If the developmenta -continue la our carbonate region the stampede to the Hills in "77 will be nothing in comparison to the rush that will be here tblsfU.r The carbonate excitement rattling some of onr most level headed citizens.

After the formation of tbe first carbon. ate developing company in Deadwood Sol Star wu anxious to become a mem ber of the second that was forming, and upon tb presentation of a ubtcriptlon paper to purchase a wooden leg for aa Unfortunate hospital patient, be sub scribed 5,000 shares, thinking the doc ument wss for the formation of the Franklin company. The assays of float and, tor rock from the carbonate eamp run from on hundred to three hundred ounces in silver. The success of the new carbon tie district will belp everybody la Vte were steady draia upon capital, the remedy for the fault waa discovered, and to-day these mills produce as good flour a can be found in the There is no truer saying than, "ft prophet is without honor In his own country neither is 4 home product appreciated at it full value at the place where it is manufactured it require the stamp of foreign approval to impress it fall worth on the natives, a Although, our home made flour has been steadily raising id domestio it is only recently that it has stood Al which it undoubtedly is. These mills are now making patent flour by ft new process recently introduced here, which has been placed ia com pariaon with the beat faoov produot of Minnesota, hich I recognized the world over as the best flour produced.

In all the great fairs it has invariably taken premium. When the Black Hula produot was placed alongside of it thorough experts, the best judge in the country, could scarcely tell the differance, declaring ii there was any, the preference was favor of the Black Hill. To the casual observer this small ad vantage" may ap pear only as ft very dimioitive af fair, but when the thousands of mills all over the country, each of them Striving to produoe the best artiole In the market, are taken in to consideration, the fact of having a resource which will eclipse them all ia ft cbeeriug indication of great future wealth in thie direction. A the cue stand now we shall pro duce no more this year than we can consume, but in the ooming time, when bur now wild prairies are waving fields of wheat, the supply will be greater than the demand, and then we must have a market for our surplus. By that time the Iron horse will be at our doors, then the product of the western arrain can be converted into eastern gold and one great industry of the country secured to us forever.

BBS CULTVRB OS BARREN LANDS. The Southern Californtft papers report the honey orop very light One writer says: "The land whioh produces nearly all ofthe beat honey in California ia not worth two cent an acre for anything elseSan with her timber- leas mountains covered for miles with white aage, "was dreary waste until Harbiuson set ft few swarms of bee at their feet To day his honey is known in almost every market in the world. He buys lumber by the cargo to carry on the business, That man is ft real benefactor of bis race, it is said, who causes two bladea of grass to grow where only one grew before, California, as is stated, has a world wide reputa tion for the excellence of ita honey. This source of wealth has been de veloped and prospered in ft ooun try which for cultivation waa ab solutely worthless. No amount of labor could make it profitably pro ductive, yet for the very purpose for which it is now used ft pasture for bees it ia the best land in the state.

Bee culture ha been tried here on limited scale, and so far the experiment has been entirely suc cessful. The hives have been en tirely free from disease, the i in sect require but little care, aa they look after themselves, -end the product of their industry ex ceeds in quantity the same hive in the Another fact in our favor is, the hive commence work ing fully a month earlier -than in the states. Wis have before stated that our mountains are covered from early spring until late in the summer and fell with honey bearing flow ers of many varieties. We do not pretend to sufficient, botanical knowledge to classify or even cor rectly name them, although we are of the opinion that several vari eties are peculiar to the country. Thousands and millions of acre in mountain and valley 1 will for.

3 all time remain 3 uncul tivated. No reward would. ever compensate, the husbandman' toil in cultivating this -rooky soil, consequently it will remain for all time as it is to-day, the great ke pasture of the country. Although the business i an insignificant and apparently trivial one now, the time fa not far distant when it will be an important source of wealth. We nope our rancher will try the experiment with a few hives, just to ascertain what can De done in the way of bee culture in the Hills.

A SMM4. Weaveaaa. Hulnorlbe for the weeklv Tinas. corn iRKue contains more news than forty onhnary letters. sending it to your fi mot's you avoid Uie trouble or so ji.iy If-' rs, beside sav.

net tioney u. ezpenutid lor only nave 10 oe h' -j-t, derided effect At 6:80 p. had been qoeucbed lat Uie Odd Fel-low' hall. The interior ot the build ing is in gixl conaiuon eMwre la Laeatlag Utile Rock. Aftg.

the 1st Inst. Mrs Dr. 8. W. Bird.

Iivin oesr Ham. ilton, Koanoak conuly, give birth to a girl Child weighing twelve- pounda with its brsins on the outside of lu cranium. The cbild is well di wloped, has a floe form ann no aeiorniiiy save that its eyes are inclined to stand out It has no forehead ssre abont half an Inch; from thence Uie bead recedes and cranium is entirely and where the frontal should be is the child's brain. Tbe brain ba Its usual covering but no skin or other covering exists on tbe back part of tbe head. About sn Inch and a hnlf trom the upper part of tbe neck is very coal black nair sn men ann a nan black eves: feature regular, nd tbe cbild is well formed and, is doing well.

Haaaaa, Toneka, Aug. 4. The nuarterlr te- nort of the stcretarv of tbe state tward of agriculture shows acreage th I year In winter wheat of 1,914,683, a decrease of 241,254 acre from last year. Estimated yield this year, logJAH bushels, or an average or iu bushels per acre. The acreage i spring wheat tbi year 2,098,29, a de.

crease ol 20,318. I be acreage or corn this year is 4,171,544, an increase of acres. -The acreage of oat ia 338,180, a decrease of 138,697 acres. Tbe decrease is mostly in wheat, with maraud increase in coi and grasses. CsatpalMry Vaccination.

Chicago, Aug. 4. The citizen. of tbe fourteenth ward, wbo are chiefly of the lower grade ot society snd Immi grants, have steadily opposed -vaccina--tion, but the smallpox ha of late proven quite virulent among tbem, the city health aided by a detail ol police, began to vaccinate. About 800 were treated, and the entire ward will be canvassed in the same manner.

A Haadrc Year Ol ladlaa At- tack. Bethel, Me Aug. 4. The Indian at. laolr O.Vw.l ii.nn.i Q.l commemorated yesterday.

The block ion wss again occupied by the "settlers" and wm again turprUed and burned by tbe "savages." An nddreas, poem and parade followed. 1'aitM Tw Rapwhiiea Wlta alll. ver Mplke. Galveston, Aug. 4 Nows El Pan special: Gov.

Torrasas, state of Chihu ahua, drove the silver spike this morning which united the two republic by rafl. Ceasing Over See their Auarleaw Cawsla. London. Aug. 4.

Baroness Rnrdcttn Coutts and husband go to America In October to remain several THE LITTLE GIANT POCKET SCALES, TH! (StATEST INVENTION OF VHg (( ontmin tot mrySodir A 4nvntKa of nerit wkkh. TUaUttlsOiaaS Pocket SoslsUaSMt asit nd icl Mch ttae wlUihro. all th Cldftey Scales indW.nc. iBtah Bhsla. They weigh aocarate Ir nan one ounce to eight pounds.

Centrally built and COMtrueteoTby skUlfal workmen, tbey will girs th best satufacdoB whererer tntro-daced. For beauty and workmanship they take the lead. Heavily plated with olckl -silver, they cannot nut or tarnish. The scales are so small and portable that the; a be easily carried ta th vest pocket and occupy ao more spaes thaa a en. pocket knife.

These acalee are datable, strong and accurate, and with ordinary see wUI last a lifetime without getting oal ol order, as they are built upon aa entirely new principle, which the owner spent nearly two yeare In perfecting. They are pronouaced by Ned (B. Z. 0. Judeon) and other leading American tportamen to be superior to any eoale heretofore Imported from Europe, and they should be Sees 10 be appreciated.

Jut the thlLg for sportemea. tnppera, hunters, agenU and tamlly aee, la laet "something for nerybudy.n So dealer in the world gireyoa aerate eauel to the Little blent mr Ire times the price asked. The patter ta neatly constructed and Snely Snlthed. Brery scale we send oat le la perfect order and le warranted so or money refunded every time. Sstlalaction guaranteed In every ease.

Thee -scslee are ao catchpenny afhlr but some- -thing both good aud useful to every person In the land. AGENTS WANTED Brerywheie to sell these scales in all sections of the -country, as yoa will Snd them tbe fasteet selling artiole on record. Big die-, counta are offered la asenta, dealers and tha trade. Our motto la lire and let lira, quick sales and smell prosu, tense, and full particulars sent free to any addreee. -One sample scale, put ap ia a neat aaee, sent by mall lo any addree on receipt of Sfty eta.

Three cent postage etamps taken, or you oaa send a one dollar bill and we will tend three scales. Address all ordera to J. THOMPMOW, Bole priori! nrtdgawaWf, Coan, A SUM OHM VOB i 7 CATARRH Wlllbeaullea with IKHUrrLiATOSt all complete for 1 Address Dr. O. B.

v-ass, lev B. Madleoa atneL Chleeeo. III. aha was cured by It nlns years ago. Thoueanda eared slue.

If afraid ol being humbuued. pntUng end poatage fur book of fall Informs- Uon, testwaaiala, eta. Toa will aver regret OTIUB J-ok Office at lleadwood, July Mb, Ha.IA lA fcaukS ak ii. wt meiofHiwing in. wvu o.i.iee nis intention to make Snal proof In support of hie claim, URUAt I.U IHnfl.

will lu register and receives at Deadwood, D. on Honday, August loth, 1W1. rls: Arthur Baca bee, D. Ko. mo for the aoutheaet quarter of tbe Mtulhwest quarter, aoathweet j- -wira gainer una weei nair or southwest qaaruv section township iusMtb of rang I east B.

H. M. una me Billowing witnesses to pmn tU M.UMMM Mdriau. of satd land, via: Altiert Kelly of BtUrgts City, D. B.

Waif knit U.w....- and John Sootlard of Stnrgls City. D. T. -A- OtlCB FOB oSloaat Deedwond. lUkni.

j.i. Node le hereby etres that tbe following named settlor haa lied notice of his Intel? Uon lo nuke Sua I proof la support of his sairpioof wlU bVmade Aajpst Sta, l(i. Tie: beorgo Mettoox, 0 8. No. SSI, for the north-Metquanerof aoathweet aunW u.ikMt quarter of nonhet quarter sup south half of uerw ot aecuoa ta, lOWBSklD aoeth of ranges east B.

M. Be names Uie following witnesses to prar ineTOtinuous neldeao upon andeulUTa-noa olssld land, via: B.IaTt,Johrcf!l.id is Piawanr. wp-wir. tJT'C r'i iSh.iwi. 3-- nSJt 0at thelbUowInf Uoa to mske ftnal piwrf Mpportof bla that ee.ld proof will In mad be.

flM that rmerita- -B BVawiTVr UWltlWQWL liai for tha west halt of eonUieaat qnarter, southeast quacter of soaiheastquartw section is, and southwest quarter of southwest qnar. Bonh Un nanism tksw Clirt iJ a bUet.i. h.aoos upon ottiUvtii, Of Mid lu.it ll. vH- L. Merrl.ft.

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it. Sesmia, Qklt A HTATJS AJtJ) TSIUUTOJtr. A few weeks ago the Tower Vhy 1'ornid, in tiaw the time rrpnJIy approaohing- when the tei6 would have to be divided, a cuuvfiition tiibf held iX i'aro to consider measures to- hastening that result. The e.Leme appeared tci be favorably by the entire territorial press, with but few esceptions. The sentiment of the people ap rears to be as follows: The ma r.ity of the population be-1 low the 4Cth parallel save 1 enoogh of inefficient rriioriul government, and re to be admitted aa a state, fjr wliich they have the needful pulation, The people of the i aection desire- a new ter umatl loisiftaotKm a to La to remain 1 1' are KJ are endeavoring ii a foelle way to at Lid or divert attention I- nm leading measares by "ringing tile question of the i oval of the territorial capital, a j'ct that never can be made an i ao' as affairs now stand.

The of thIt6tfierajpiwQbTirI0 i regard it for a momeat. The Tower City Ilerald, when pressed fur its reasons, gives them, some cf wl.iuh are founded on fact, oth-t are and ft few i re conjectures without any initiation whatever. The first "Lie objection urged is that 3 territory is too targe. So it is, 1 is no new discovery; the la of the Hills ascertained that years ao, yea, five years ago, i i even went so far as to send an to Washington to see if could be done in the forming ft separate territory cf Ulack Hills country. '( l.tme met wttb such furl- -Ion, especially from the which has always i i- a old man oi the sea on the every young and vigorous at it was abandoned, i of the Hills by themselves of the ittela of the Yankton couij not nave made a iult.

As for the pat- i' a southern portion of the I 'ii so solSshly appropii 9 lave never bad any por and as a matter of fact, 1 tut Kttle for it, of v.nraeut pap is good, nut.Rions, but we of i do well without c' jection tojthe en-f it is, is rather i much of the cf a (1l Latin so r. i i i i i lucriscd I 1 un- i re- to -i bll.l 'i (..