Black Hills Weekly Pioneer from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 3

ANEW CLUB HOUSE. ANEwnmxo cexPAM "EOS-8LEDDINC" A Fashionable Dakotan Amusement. Bob-sleilding by moonlight, eight or ten on a bob," has been the epi SiTi'iiDAY, Deckmukb 27, 1879. HI IflW YiAS'S. Tho Central Herald's List of Cei-mon Who will Recolvt).

Tlie Central City Herald, of Friday evening, bas long article on Leap Year, closing with this list of gentlemen who will receive New Year's day: The Herald reporter, detailed tor the especial purpose, has secured tlie following list of names in the three towns, and we can assure the ladies that great the 5 i i it. All mankind and hie Sua, trrt.tr-i law and sweetheart itre napevi iu iiy reminded that the third bi-weekly of the Episcop1 tnkes place at Wertheimer's ball next Tuesday evening. We arc requcstod by the accomplished manageresses to scy that all contributions fir their supper should be sent to tho hall by noon of Tuesday. All members of the church and other friends are invited to meet in the chapel of tho Deadwood university at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, to assist in arranging the decorations of the hall. Tlie ladies are determined that this shall surpass all former affairs.

Supper, dauce, fiue music, lemonade and cigar stands and all the prettiest girls in the city will lend enchantment to the scene. A magnificent six-story fruit-cake, big enough for a pigeon-house, will be voted to the most popular lady, married or single, in Deadwood, Lead or Central; and any number of other devices will add to the Interest of the crowd and tho iunds of the handsome little church that-is-to-be. A BIO AFFAIR. Th Ball of the Lead Cornet Band. Alter the Christmas tree entertainment, Wednesday evening, a large party began to assemble at the opera-house, to do honor to the Lead City cornet band, they having issued invitations several weeks ago, for a grand ball, to take place Christmas Eve.

The music was furnished by the band and was fine. Among the MANY CITIZENS Or LEAD in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. T. Campbell, Mr.

and Mrs. T. J. Webster, Mr. and Mrs.

A. C. Marshman, Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sackett, Mr.

and Mrs. W. T. Birdsell, Mr. and Mrs.

T. E. Carey; Misses Schoficld, Scott, Green, Webber, Maria and Hattie Gold-worthy; and Messrs. Noonan, Searles, Higby, Fawcett, Lewis and Owens; Mr. and Mrs.

Angus McMastor, of Ter-raville; from Central, were Misses Lizzie ami Mary Steiger and Mr. F. Stall; from Deadwood, were tho Misses Petti-john and Messrs. Bock and Edwards. Nearly 100 tickets were sold and nearly that many couples were there.

THK SUITER, which was served at Frank Abt's from half-past 11 o'clock until 2, was simply magnificent. Mr. Abt spared no pains or expense in setting one of the most sumptuous banquets ever spread hi the Hills, which surpassed the most sanguine expectations of his guests. A dozen different meats, paotry, confectionery, fruits and creams of a hundred varieties loaded the tables, and the gueBts showed their appreciation in the strongest manner. The ball closed between 4 and 5 o'clock, in the morning, and all expressed great satisfaction with the night's entertainment throughout, and all wish that the Cornet band may give another similar entertainment ere many weeks.

The Walking Matoh. Wertheimer's hall was crowded Wednesday evening, long before the hour arrived for the contestants in the 24 hour walking match to appear on the track, with the personal friends of the trumps and the admirers of athletic sports. Messrs. Whitbeck and Farreu were chosen to keep the record, and promptly at 11 o'clock Riar, St. Charles, Allen, Lovette and Wood started on their wearisome round.

For the first hour the men took a trot which they maintained steadily, though Lovette and Riar did occasionally change their gate to a walk. All the men were in excellent condition, and there was an evident determination on the part of each and every man to win the race if it lay within his power to do so. The walking-match did not attract a great deal of attention among the people of Deadwood and vicinity, and the tramps had their walk for comparatively little. From the outset, or from the time Lovette, the Bismarck champion, was compelled to leave the track on account of sickness, the race was virtually decided, as it was evident that Riar had it all his own way, and St. Charles, our Deadwood newspaper boy, would be second.

This of course destroyed all interest in tho match, and no attention was paid to the pedestrians with An Establishment Unsurpassed This Bids of Chicago. Many of our untutored eastern and southern metropolitan friends persist in associating buflitlo, grizzly bears, Indians, tomahawks and scalping-knives, buckskin hunting-shirts and barbarism with every idea of Dakota. They obstinately insist on attributing nothing but frontier rudeness and ruffianism to our indomitable little queen city of the Golden Hills. With them Deadwood is a synonym for dingy log-cabin or clapboard bar-rooms, greasy decks of cards, omnipresent Colt's revolvers, and long-haired, wild-eyed, loud-talking desperadoes. We wish it had been possible Wednesday evening to have ushered' a few of these misguided dwellers in fossiliferous regions and amid an obsolescent civili zation, into chase's club-rooms, which were for the first time thrown open to the public, with a royal ban quet and a general invitation to attend.

It would have been interesting to note their astonishment at finding themselves in an establishment, away out here in the wild mountains of Dakota, as elaborately nnd luxuriously elegant in all its appointments as they could show in any of their boosted cities. Richmond, Virginia, has no club-house that begins to compare with it. Raleigh, North Carolina; Little Rock, Arkansas; Columbia, South Carolina, and Lexington, Kentucky, have none that would do for a kitchen to it. St. Paul and Minneapolis have few that equal it, and St.

Louis not many that surpass it. Just opposite the Pioneer office on Main street, Chase has SIX LARGE KOJMS, three on each side of the entrance hall, all furnished throughout in a style that would bo creditable in any city of ten times Dead wood's population. The stairway leading up from the street door is richly carpeted. Upon entering the first door on the left at the head of the stairs, the foot sinks noiselessly in a magnificent Axminster carpet, of the wannest, richest dyes. Luxurious sofas, softly cushioned chairs, marble-topped tables, handsome mirrors and a stylish sideboard adorned with endless quantities of glassware, render it fit for any case-loving son of Epicurus.

Tasteful paintings ornament the walls, and an elaborate bronzo-and-crystal chandelier pours a flood of light upon the luxurious scene. THE TWO ROOMS back of this are carpeted with costly Brussels of dark hues and elaborate patterns, and the furniture is of carved walnut, ebony and Egyptiun marble. On the opposite side of the hall from thcee three beautiful parlors are the dining-room, pantry, wine-closet and kitchen. The dining-room Wednesday night was a sight good for sore eyes and epicurean stomachs. THE HITl'Elt, which was got up by Jim Stills, of Rose- Brothers' restaurant, was superb, and the tables were arranged with exquisite taste.

All delicacies of land, air and water, game, oysters, poultry, salads, jellies and confections, were there to tempt one to suicide by cramming; and choicest and costliest liquids, from twenty-year-old Bourbon to Mumm's and Koedorer's most sparkling chain pagnos, were there in Hood-liko Bound- unco to wash the solids down. Among the throngs that were coming and going all the evening, were many of our most prominent gentlemen iu every profession and line of lifo, and Chase may congratulate himself on a big success for his opening night. The Christmas Tree. Tlie Congregational church was jammed Thursday evening until corsets were unnecessary for squeezing purposes. Saint and sinner, old and young, merchants, doctors, lawyers, artisans, editors and everybody else, with all their feminine relations, were there to see the Christmas-tree distribution of juvenile delights.

The church was beautifully decorated with evergreens, bunting and flowers. Three exquisite green arches spanned its entiro width just in front of the pulpit, each surmounted by a cross of arbor-vibe. From the center arch was suspended an immense star, from the one to the right a cross, and an anchor from the one to the left. Tasteful festoons of cedar and pine ornamented the walls and the trees were rainbow-hucd with their loads of gifts. When illuminated by five hundred wax tapers and the many-tinted fires, the effect was enchanting to the host of youngsters, and enjoyable for those of older growth.

Superintendent Mund officiated as distributor, assisted by Rev. E. F. Atwood, County-Treasurer Neill, Col. R.

D. Kelly, Major E. C. Bent and Capt. Fred.

McKinnis. The choirjand school furnished some excellent Christmas music; nearly everybody got a present; everybody had a good time; and paregoric and catnip-bottles were in demand in half a hundred homes before daybreak. Verdict too many goodies for the urchins. Ahead on Stamps. "Bullion," ono of the New York finance and mining authorities, says: Captain I.

M. West, who Archie Borland says is the best gold-mill builder in the Black Hills, Bays that the first stump was dropped in the Black Hills January 1, 1S77, and that January 1, 1880, will see 1,350 Btamjis at work there, or 800 more than on the Corn-stock in its prime. The average work of these stamps is about 2,700 tons a day, yielding about $6,000,000 per annum. Those Columns are an Index. The Brownville (Neb.) Granger says: J.

C. Shurtz Bends ua a copy of the Deadwood Pioneer and, from the appearance of tlie advertising columns, we conclude that business is pretty lively in Deadwood. We notice that 250 copies of the Pioneer were sent to one postoffice, and the demand was not nearly supplied. We trust Mr. Shurtz will strike a paying lead, and stick to it until he gets rich enough to come to Brownville and pay off tlie city debt.

IA CROSSE ASD DEADWOOD. A Pewerftil Corporation of TVIncon.ln Railroad tfea Organized to Operate In Our Golden Hills. Tlie interest manifested in the east among men of capital in regard to the mines of the Black Hills, though a trifle tardy, is none the less gratifying. It shows that the merits of the Hills are becoming better understood and appreciated by the class of men to whom we must look for the development of our vast resources, that are only waiting for capital, backed up with energy and experience, to open up and add to the wealth of the world. A short time ago, if a man had broached to eastern capitalists the subject of forming a company to operate in the Black Hills, he would have bceu received most coldly, if he bad not been made the subject of a rude rebuff.

There is no disguising tho fact Unit the Hills have been AN OBJECT OF SUSPICION to many men, who, had they thought there were any mines here that would pay, would have been only too glad to invest in them. Since the Homo- stake and Father Pe Snitst mines have shown up the wonderful bodies of ore that wcro concealed in them, and have erected their gigantic works within the short space of two years; since other new camps have boen opened up that promise to become the rivals of these monster corporations; and, better than all, since there has been A STEADY FlOW OF GOLD from the Hills, the feeling of distrust that existed in the minds of many in the east, has given way to unbounded confidence, and men who would have laughed at the idea, are not only will ing but eager to interest themselves with us and to invest their hoarded wealth where they are so certam to re ceive such grand returns. We hear daily of new companies forming in the east with a view of investing in the Hills, while nearly every stage brings representative men here who are looking about in every direction to see for themselves what thore is iu our Hills. Among the latest com panies formed is the WISCONSIN MINING ANU MILLING COMPANY, which was organized Decemher 8, at La- Crosae, Wisconsin, the incorporators be ing Messrs. John R.

Hodges, E. L. Wilcox, of Portage City; Lorenzo D. Blauch- ard, Charles H. Williams, of La Crosse; Simeon Hcdding, of Minneapolis, Lee Baxter, of Deadwood, and Moses Coffin, of Lead City.

The last two gentlemen are among the pioneers who came to the Hills at an early day, and have boen favored by fortune, as they are the owners of the Big Missouri mine, for which a fortune has been frequently offered, and as often refused. This new company is in one respect peculiar, as it is confined ALMOST ENTIRELY TO RAILROAD MEN employed on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Southern Minnesota roads. The company has a capital of $500,000, represented by 20,000 shares at $25 each. This stock is al ready on the market, and is meeting with the greatest success, enough having been sold now to make tho scheme an assured We are not at liberty to state where the mines are located, hut suffice it to say they are on what is known as THE HOMESTAKE BELT, and tho nature of the ore so closely resembles that in the Homestake mine that only an expert can distinguish the difl'crence, while in the matter of assays or prospects it will compare favorably with the best mines in tho Hills.

The company has quietly kept at work, and has secured a large tract of land, together with a water-right, which is entirely free from litigation, as the whole property was purchased from tho original locators. The mines can be worked as cheaply as any in the country, as the mill can he placed close to tlie mines, and thus do away with the cost of hauling. It is not necessary to state that the mines are fully developed and show up LARGE BODIES OF ORE, for that is an understood necessity in this country. More especially is this the case where the mine is to be worked for. tho profit to be obtained from it, and not to Bell stock.

In a short time a large mill will be erected, and thus will be added another powerful factor in the development and progress of our wealth-producing region. The Pioneer congratulates the company that it has bcon able to secure tho valuable property it has, and has not the slightest hesitancy in declaring that an era of prosperity awaits it, beyond the most sanguine expectations of its friends. Our Deadwood Christmas. Never have we scon, in any prim and dignified southern or eastern town, a more quiet and orderly Christmas than ws have just wilnossed in our wild young municipal queen of Dakota's Golden Hills. Not a row, not a wrangle, not a single drunken man came under our oliservation.

The sacredly festive and festively sacred day was passed in social and convivial reunions, and everybody seemed to have a good time. A number of dinner-parties were given here and in our neighboring camps. The streets were crowded all day long with gay turn-outs, and the whole air was full of the music of sleigh-bells and merry salutations. The walking-match drew some to Woi theiiner's hall. The clubhouses and billiard-rooms hud a constant run of patronage.

All the hotels and restaurants spread themselves in luxurious bills of fare. And the Christmas-tree at the Congregational church in the evening gave a sort of frolico-religious farewell to a day that left few headaches and unpleasant reminders behind it when it wheeled itself away The bar-keep's motto: Put out the light, and then put out the mob. C' Ad assessment of ten cents a share has been ordered on the Cashier mine. Weather glorious! warm and sunny as April in Carolina. Snow rapidly disappearing.

While walking down Sherman street, -Christmas Eve, Mrs. Schonland fell and broke her wrist. Hie road between here and Central is a horrible condition, caused by the overflow of the creek. With the exception of the plug in front of Whittaker's store every hydrant in South Deadwood is frozen solid. George Burr came in Wednesday with a sleigh-load of dressed hogs that were raised on his ranch on the Bedwater.

A cabin on the hill near Mt. Moriah was burned Christmas Eve, and no one teems to know where the fire came from. The "Armstrong" men huld a stranger up night before last and robbed him of sH) that he had drawn out of Tom Han-ley's faro game. Tlie boys and girls had a splendid time at Junes' ranch Christmas night. Among those present were Jack Mo-Master and his sister.

Colonel Hammer, of the Times, is short a fine overcoat. It was nipped while he was at supper, and he would like to nip the nipper. We regret to learn that Mrs. Whitfield, wife of Rev. A.

J. Whitfield, died at the residence of Mr. Ford, in Cleveland, at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. Married, at Spearfish, Christmas Eve, by Rev. D.

Ames, Mr. John E. Walton and Miss Louisa Johnston, all of Spearfish. Montana papers please copy, Stuck up on the door of the Sidney Btnge-office Thursday morning was this strange device; "Closed for to-day This is Christmas Agent off on a tare The Sidney stage came in Wednesday evening on sleigh runners, an even 24 hours behind time, which was again of ix hours on the day before. An elegant two-seated sleigh, with crimson plush cushions and all the gay trappings of a Central Park turn-out, attracted attention on the streets Wednesday.

The Pionoer's big Cottrell Babcock steam-power press and stereotyping apparatus are at Rapid City, and we hope to have them in running order before the end of next week. There was a little speck of war on Main street, Christmas night, and one or two revolvers were flashed, but the belligerents were disarmed before they had time to get their work in. The elegant bronze-ond-glasa post-office boxes were placed hi position Christmas day, and Deadwood now boasts as handsome an office as any in the west. It is simply perfect of its kind. We are bceomiug a highly civilized people.

A man can wear a silk hat without being shot, as twoof ourgentle-nicn proved ChristmoB day. Still it is not beBt to tempt Providence, and the slouch felt is much safer. Will the ladies of Deadwood, Lead and Central, who propose to receive New Year's day, be kind enough to notify the Pionocr? We wish to publish a list of them beforehand, as a sort of guide-book for their gentlemen friends. Alexander Hewitt, extensively engaged in mining, and owning a number of properties in the Hills, designs erecting a stamp mill at Rochford at an early day. Mr.

Hewitt is engaged in taking preparatory measures at present with a view to that end. Justice Colman is a man of peace but if the boys do not quit waking him up nights and inquiring after young ladies, there is no telling what may be the result. He wants it distinctly understood that he lives in the house, and the other outfit has moved. Mr. Kurtz was confined to his room a few days last week from an injury he sustained shortly after the fire- The change in the temperature was probably the cause of the injury becoming so painful.

He was able to be about yesterday, hut was still suffering. Early yesterday morning Joe Richardson was knocked down and robbed of a check for $250 by two men who came up to him and inquired if ho could toll them where they could find lodgings. The thumping took place in Elimbethtown, of course. The building owned and occupied by the proprietors of Beatty's saw-mill, in Two-Bit gulch.was burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Over $150 worth Of provisions, together with the furniture, bedding and wearing apparel of the occupants, was totally consumed.

In order to give publisher, editor, printers and devil an opportunity' attend the religious services incident to this hallowed season, the Pioneer was not issued Friday morning. Custom gives a Christmas holiday to every other type of Blaves why not to newspaporial drudges? Merry Christmas I Roader doar if feminine, dearer What thall we wi.li for Mine, till Oil rlitniM-IHeJ Health, wealth Mid )MpluM I Aild yet taaide, Think of thy daHttwt wish, whitte'er 11 be, Awl that, be nire, la what we wleh for thee.11 A merry Christmas and happy New Year to thee and all who like or love thee, or are liked or loved by thee, among the first of which classes is, and among the second of which would ever gladly be, the Tioneer. demic fun in Deadwood during the past week. Everybody has it, and children cry for it. No dignity withstands it, no prim sense of propriety is stiff enough to resist it.

Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls and miscellaneous urchins, pinks of decorum and romping hoy dens, all bob with the very wildness of jolly enthusiasm. Dignified city reader, did you ever see a "bob?" No? What, never? Then your life has been wasted. Fancy two iron-bound sleds ten feet apart, with a smooth, strong plank, fifteen inches wide, lashed on top of them, with a cross-piece on the front end for the fect of the conductor, the stecrer straddling the plank just over the hind one. That's a bob." Imagine a steep mountain-side of ice and frozen snow, slick as if it had been greased, and half a mile down. Eight, ten or a dozen ladies and gentlemen all Bested on tlieplimk, horseback fashion, clothes-pin style.

Let go I Truck I track I And in the twinkling of an eye you are flying downward 60 miles an hour. Your eyes pop out. Your hat flics off. Your false hair blows to Kamschatka. Your crockerywarc teeth are whisked out through the back of your neck.

Streams of fire flash from the icy track at every bound. You hold your breath, and cling like grim death to tlie plank and your next neighbor. You shout. You scream. You laugh in wildest glee with every hair on end.

A twist in the road, A crash. Ten thousand shrieks in a pin-point of time. And ladies, gentlemen and youngsters are rolling, tumbling, sliding, flying in every direction, but all down-grade, 1,000 miles a minute, with nothing for a sled. That's riding on a "bob." Frank Riggs, late of Paris and Washington, but now of the Stand-by mine, exclaima: "By George, it beats the world Miss Lizzie Sloan, of St. Louis, pronounces it "too perfectly splendid for anything!" Mrs.

Dixon declares "it's just glorious Robert Goode, of St. Louis, in rhapsodies avers "it's as delightful as it is novel; there's nothing like it Sweet little Miss Lizzie Fules says: "It's the best fun in the world Miss Ada McHrinc, of St. Louis, thinks "it's awfully awful, but absolutely enchanting And the editor of the Pioneer bashfully feels to see if all his bones are in their places, and murmurs a big, big "Ditto" to all that all the rent of them have said. With a gawky bluxh of shattered dignity and buttered anatomy, he owns that he has been there too. Personal.

A. H. McLary, of Deadwood, was registered at the Palmer house, Chicago, Doc. 18. Postmaster Fawcett, of Lead City, was skipping around through the atmospheric frigidity Wednesday.

Deputy-Sheriff Brewer got Christmas and his legs mixed Wednesday evening, and carries a limp from a sprained ankle. Miss Lizzie Sloan and Robert Goodc, of St. Louis, returned from Fort Meade Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Ella Sturgis and one of the officers of the post. The Denver News, of Dec. 19, contains this mention of one of our most esteemed former citizens: N.

Wood leaves this morning for Jordan, N. summoned hence by a telegram stating that his mother is lying dangerously ill at that place." We only express the feeling of all his friends in Deadwood, when we tender him our wannest sympathy, ond trust that his mother may speedily be restored to health. Grand Jury Work. The grand jury came in Tuesday morning and handed in the second re port, after which they adjourned to meet again Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Quite an amount of business has been transacted.

Among the matters presented, which are permitted to be made public, were tho following wises which were dismissed: Thomas Redding, obtaining goods under false pretences; Nat. Kelly, petit larceny; W. grand larceny; Isaac Hanley, obtaining money under false pretences; Fred. Hazen, grand larceny; F. T.

Allabaugh, obtaining money under false pretences; G. F. Harris, assault and battery; W. Hazen, malicious mischief; Alex. McDonald, threats and malicious mischief; Joseph Hanoi', obtaining money under false pretences; G.

Alburt, petit larceny; Tchan, assault with intent to kill. Tho grand jury came into court yesterday and reported these cases, in which all the defendants, plead not guilty: Cyrus Reed, James Harris and John Harris, for stealing 160 bushels of oats; Levi Simpson, assault with deadly weapon. Inolplent Fires. There were two alarms of fire about 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, tho first of which was caused by a stove-pipe in a small building attached to Wertheimer's hull, setting fire to tlie roof of the hall. A large crowd soon gathered and the fire was put out without any serious damage being done.

Tho second flurry was due to the burning out of a chimney in the Overland hotel, on Sherman street. Nobody hurt and no harm done. Be careful I Many of our business men complain of the non-arrival of their stocks of goods, ordered weeks ago, and expected some time before tho holidays. This delay embarrasses not a few and oper ates to their disadvantage, A lot of wide-awake business men are eager for their goods to come on, as they are anxious for a boom in the advertising columns of the Pioneer. Thos.

James, the great Lead City merchant, has distributed all over the city beautiful and stylish monogram card advertisements. He could have got them at the Pioneer office cheaper than by (ending all the way to Boston. pains has been taken to have it full and complete, to the end that they, being less experienced than their tnusculine friends, may not make any mistakes. On Treasure Hill, Frank M. Allen, assisted by John Rigby and C.

E. Thum, who will be up from Rochford lor the occasion, will receive at the residence of the first named gentleman. The ladies need not expect that strong liquors will be furnished them, but a large bowl of mild egg-nog may be dished up on the occasion. At the Roderick Dhu office, Superintendent F. A.

Babcock, George Batwoek and Ed. King will hold forth in darkened rooms by gaslight. The parlor will be decorated with arches, evergreens and choice gems of art, including the diamond drill. buporintenricnt rainier emun ana Dr. O.

B. Thompson, being: situated quite a distance up the valley, will keep open house early in the day, and earn estly entreat tnc omer lemaie callers to appear in a sober condition, as Borland and Bowie are away, and tbey are in an entirely unprotected condition. Superintendent C. D. Porter, L.

D. Kelluiur and Walter Mackay will re ceive in due and ancient form in the Gopher tunnel, which has been arranged in elegant style witli large masses of evergreen pine (logs) for the occasion. Sticks of giant powder will be used for lights. Abe Cohen, J. U.

Davis, vr. Li. v.tnw lcr and Joe Zoellncr will entertain the ladies in the parlors of tho American house. Cake, wine and excellent cigars will lie furnished, and Manager Council will illuminate the tables with electric light. Dr.

Fuller and Joe would like to have the younger ladies maintain the strictest order. In the lower towns, Thum, Stokes and the First National's receiving teller will receive at their old quarters in tlie alley, under the high steps, Stokes has boon trying to persuade the other fellows to run in a can of something hot, but Thum desires the Herald to say tnat nothinn but the thinnest kind of Home- stake goose-drink will be provided, and it dollars to little apples tnat ueorge gets full on that. Hicham Laice, James Mcrnerson, Little Dick" and Morris Goldberg will receive in the fire-proof of the Big Horn store, where an elegant collation will be spread and no end of little chicken tilings Bet up. To show the thoughtfulness of these eligible gentlemen, it is enough to say that everything tnat can be thought of has been provided. Tlie boxes of gum will stand just back of tlie big coffee-mill.

Sam. McMaster, High John Ainsley, Colonel Pat. Donan and Billjones will receive iu claw-hammer coats and white vests under a beautiful bower at tho residence of Judge Gideon Moody. Out of regard for Mr. McMaster's weak stomach the colonel lias prepared an original ode interloadcd with strong, pleasant adjectives, which will be steeped in wine and served up on toast.

An orchestra has been hired, and the ladies will be received with great and prolonged fiddling. This is the extent of the list as ob tained thus far, but it is six days yet before new tear and other names will probably be handed in for publica tion. Blaok Diamond. Yesterday afternoon Joseph Merritt, one of the owners of the newly-discovered coal-mine south of us, called at the Pioneer office and left a specimen of his coal, which is now on exhibition in our counting-room. He brought a wagon-load of it in to lot Our people see it.

The mine, which is situated 15 miles from Sturgis City, is called the Independent, and was discovered pay-triotically the 4th of last July by W. M. Merritt, a son of Joseph. A tunnel has been ran in 148 feet, discovering a vein of coal 18 inches thick, which will probably widen to an 8-foot vein. The coal is now being used by blacksmiths throughout the Hills.

It can hardly be told from Rock Springs, Wyoming, coal, and burns well in a common fireplace and wood-stove, making a brilliant and hot fire. Four men take out 4,000 pounds a day with perfect ease. The mine is owned by Joseph Merritt, his three sons and a young man named Miller. It is the intention of the parties to open it up and then put it in the market for sale at a reasonable figure. The South Deadwood Hose.

A meeting of the South Deadwood Hose company No. 1, was held in the county register's office, Wednesday evening, acting foreman Bonham in tlie chair. Tho hose reception committee reported the arrival of the new cart, and that it, with 500 fect of hose, was securely housed in the company's building. Upon motion of Robert Neill, a vote of thanks was tendered to Sainuol McMaster for his generous gift of the apparatus, and the secretary was instructed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Mr. McMaster.

The financo committee reported monthly subscriptions aggregating $49, and a large district yet to be visited. Definite Information. The rumor prevailed Wednesday evening that Torn Flick, the keeper of a saloon in the lower part of Elizabeth-town, was frozen to death near Sturgis City Tuesday afternoon. A reporter of the Pioneer was dispatched to collect the particulars, but succeeded only in obtaining conflicting reports that he was frozen and that he was not. In case Tom Flick was frozen, this is a legitimate item and shows en terprise; but in case Tom Flick is not frozen, it is a canard given the guileless reporter, with malice aforethought, instigated by Satan, and calculated to deceive.

A Through Lino. The Pipestone Star says: We hare it upon the best authority that a daily through passenger train from Chicago will run over this line next summer. It will, each trip, run as near the Black Hills as the track will permit, and con tinue until the road is completed to the Hills, after which the train will run di 0ot bvhoM a. miml to aaWil aa to foBttari OftMfticyr wmwa at tit. and dtanton of tW aWar awl and nkxlvntf (Swtotlc efioa of ta biw in thing Moudfttk attnaailmr Btat th- abntuun awiiistv iif vrrrv other oncan.

awl that IB'. ItaS the dlawtt with till. prtntiia. th coliitta ami all ItailiTxmdiimlaiare rnr lloatotUf a AI.MAMU am (lata awl doalata HALL'S Cures CoWs, Pjteumonla, BronchiM, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cotrju itr: all diseases of tlie Breathing Uicp.hs. It soothes and heals the meoibmiiu of the litem, inflamed and IxMsoiMal bv the disease, and prevents the sweats and tightness across the which accompanv it.

lAiftSUJai iiu; is nut an incurable malady. on.V necessary to have the right remedy, ami HALL'S BALSAM Is that remedy, DON'T DESPAIR OF RELIEF, for this benign specific will cure you, evea though professional aid fails. Dr. M. H.

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To tho aakiutaliaiani of ati, I'm tiiw alia hail uaaS una baaf 4mm lattiaa aha a aUmt tlia hoime Muc her owe. trtai, I aaw feat a bar wural ami liiwt nu tiiMi ana initio taeovar tS-ltXWAIlE UruUUSTISIU'EITS-iLa NETS Tbo Mont Heating Agent Ever IffUty't rarrNrlififlalvA enm taim lifwry'ii I'jirUtllf Halve wrm eurem, llmry (krlnrilr Bftlve allay jmin. Henry's! iWre euros orwftltsaa, Henry' Oarlollc HtUre bcMls plrni'lea, Heunr' Ckiiiilk- beak linibsm Askfor Henry's and tnkenootUer atA-BKWAKK Of Read tho Following." John Henry, Onmtn A Ov, Oentleineii, tiiw hi nir tits i nave very large mwnntq lirej'tlri! in thin northern part of Iowa; thut my bl-uuff te fkvot.il lo IrMatuxint of shrunk avM, Involving many have boeu prououiiued lucutlU by other PhyidflaiM, unniiift'ie ymr i neve Ttrry freely mm Hraart Caiiiiuli'' HalYk, in a niunlr uf very auirnivalAd and It lisM nHen the beet uf wfefcrtW It If iiiMJlliont and nutiaeirtlf and never ilimuirolun Im pity- tdrUu or ttHOHTJA.ND HaklUtU, kL juaou uiy, town low Atifa, lm rrOB SALK BY ALL DBUQO18T0. John F. Henry Cnrran Co.

anu KorBtnoii, 84 College Ploee. Ifv Tark. AGENTS WANTED I THE NEW STYLE "FAMILY" SEWING-MACimTLl inecsuaiDMasfiinerssiiss dtc S23 -a THE CUKArEtt AND BEST TMC WOELD. TM l-mVtn Maa ts.lValiri' Ha BsMu.al Wuliai Mo Moftpy to pay antlfrrutHltM I tfUvwd fcn anil It mnkee tho nhnttle, ntahlMhrwart, Vtok-eHteli fttta eame on both fttta. of the work), wlik-h rerstvmi tn HiflriKfY aw and.

(hvOnteniiiol Kxhlliitlou And te cumidoto with a i amou Ads? MKNT "I 1W nil WOT! UMW Miy Ottlt luaolilno, and Hfftiioed to iu)y It an nwy 4tKiplmtnukhiiirtnonr)ratmnlre lh lea-t MM', prwdntien every vuriwty of work aid will wt until the txt wntnry beglM. StronK, tUmpto. IteVtd and KHMmil I'm It one ami yon will no other. The money cheerfully refunded If It will not out work and oUrt ltiii. uiiiat(hiiiM the prtca.

thftw ftutur thwi anv other tn ftnnnav iiw: -rf their belli; "the 11 at tbe Lwwntf Piiee." ton it MsM'inne titomnaitj' warranted with Written Qtiarantee fiir ive ywr. Kept In urdur free of cfrftrgej niany. rrfttu4(nl at If urt mMitw'ttiry. It the IVlklbia suxl is.lUrM't.irr fTor Inveiittsl far nit kin ln ut fiutillv work. It ts an swuowllf'd end nlrtK-al nmheiilral mat thoititiffhly loaiixt itd nwd In tlioOeaiifl uf tiuarrn.

A a eiiit-leiit, hflent. irid, relUht nnd art. ready to iiwwfiirj wub or wmimim, wltt OO tit wtw of a fowil fitra earn frnusHto6a tor any on wlto wittlie to tew IW a living. Tiita cotAs Im than half ttiw price nf any new like (imlity. Han extra kinf Urinated ehntllo, Uy removed.

Kxtra UrKtueiwd liu.ii.ii, lioidiAK lwyarduf tliMTuladuing uywith tht frequent iwiiii.i'ir of 1'Ohl in. It built for trtrenrti and cmtsilKiitttairdwork. IuterulinugeaLle working put mnmitttctumJ uf flurj pullahud tleef. Will run tor vm. without reuitr, hi rfiufde to learn, fauiy to nudeintotHl yoitWly in a hour, and alwiiy n-ndy In a inoiuoat todopwry dcxerijt.uu of hiiavy or fine wotfe.

at leu utwt or trouble thnw any other mtwhtueeat any prictu'ver did tiri-an do. It will kw anytldo; a nu pifrf, fixitti larc or ountrlc to heavy dutb or nosi, with any kind of thread, and will run off tweittv yenkperniiMUlK it nraa straight nnedW aitd hhthc bntake theiu. lttaantit iub cf drop a utitoh, ntwlor break the. thrad. If yaw hare anv ollwr in, tiiiu, buy th i and have a butter one.

The ear and mi-fciity it uotl'Ui and quality of It work an bt retximntmidatteiia. It witi hen, fvll, turk, ronl, twill, ruftlr, ft.M, uUlp, t't roll, hwie, nubrultW, ran up broatttlta, tn with pwotw, cm and qiikknw. vitarpwvd by any uhiue iw Beware of Imposition The iirlnw of mr ne nURhfrnw am hm that. fUn dtl by dealor In wcoad baud, rebuilt audreftobi nyu'iuntw, or hiom welling out oIJ woefc to oxm liiitftittM. taouy uoh interior ond okl-ttyle neatdiiu bfiuiod uw retitfoett idk-um; itare ot ii and only buy new nwoliiiit.

There ua new tiiwU'laiNt inndUlioe ufierod aaluw ailbu "Pasuiiy 1 many dtdhira, Mauhlnaa Mint for examination before) amy mint of Bill. BxttwmlliMry liidnreinrnts nftaraA to ftrw w-a, iWihera, 8twn. etc- to art itf-- Mono and Wiutoo furtiislimt frw. V-w teatimoniatB 9 tlw.il41vboik, mallfld fi-eu Hh minuim at Ulwral term, circular, to, Adatres, "FaisiSy" a IWlTIfB, To A. Irrlne.

Tbr an Mmmt jraf tvwwkftHMon Ins laaUdla auna, fomtwl io -1. wne mining dHrjct. Work i op ftHd ormltunud and an account uf tta aunt, i fcn prvjwty of the eutw-rTw. ID (n.MafWTU'l Tho Oam Theater. A1.

Swearingen's Gem theater, at the foot of Main street, will be formally opened next Tuesday, on which occasion a troupe of 18 performers will appear for the first time hi Deadwood. The building is 90x100 feet in dimensions, and the front presents a unique but very pleasing appearance tram the street, the architect, Mr. Albert, seeking to make it as showy as possible, and vary tlie monotony of the dashboard style of front so prevalent in western cities. Tlie interior of the theater is 20x65 feet, with arch 20 feet high. There are four proscenium boxes, and around the upper part of the room IS other boxes, with a wine-room in the upper part.

On the main floor as tho theater is entered, is the bar-room, which will be elegantly furnished. The stage will be set with 20 scene pieces, including tlie drop curtain, which reflect credit upon the artists who have executed the work. The building will lie brilliantly lighted, and taken as a whole will be a popular place of resort to tlie lovers of variety ontertainments. Leg Broken. Wednesday morning Charley Higgins, the printer ranchman of False Bottom, came into town with a load of oats.

It was a very cold day and the ride over the plains thoroughly chilled Charley. As he entered a hotel he met a brother ranchman, and in a playful way began wrestling with him. During tlie scuttle, by one of those peculiar twists wuich no fellow can find out, he had his left leg broken at the knee. He is now at Stone's hotel, but will be taken home as soon as the surgeon will permit his removal. Tha Theater.

The opera-house had as many people to witness the performance last even ing as could possibly find room to seat themselves. The performance consist ed of the same pieces that have already been noticed. Monday evening tlie troupe play at Lead, Tuesday at Central. Weduesday they open here with John Brougham's brilliant extrava ganza, "Pocahontas. Charley Wustum received a Christmas box of goodies made up for him by his good old mother back iu Wisconsin.

There were fruit cakes, oysters, a great fat turkey, home honey, fruits and mince-pics. Charley took the delicacies up to the Pecacho mine office, and the boys had a royal feed. Sealed Proposals for County Print ing. OmoE or the County Clerk, I Lawrence Coukty, D. December 13, 1879.

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the office of the county clerk until 2 o'clock p. Dec. 22, 1879, for all county printing required during tho year 1880, as follows: Proceedings board of county commissioners per line; blanks per thousand, as per samples in county clork's office. All Dlanks to be printed on 141b. paper, 14x17 inches.

The board reserves tho right to reject any or all bids. uy order Board or county Commis sioners. 11. McKinnis, County Clerk. Notice.

Office or the County Cliuk, TY ClIUK, 1 D. er 17, 1879. XAwrence u. xi December Notice is hereby given that the time for receiving sealed proposals for county printing as heretofore advertised, is hereby extended from December 22, 1879, to December 29, 1879. C.

H. McKiknis, County Clerk. 158 Notice. Ornci or Coluty Clerk, Soiuty Clerk, cc County, D. senmbor 17th, 1879.

I W. L. Sackott, Wil- I 1 LAwrcncc December To Commissioners liam Jones and Richard Kiiur You are hereby notified to meet at the county cleric ofuce.December 29th, 1879, to act as a hoard of canalization in equalizing the taxes for the year 1879, and the transaction of such other business as may oome beforo tlie board, C. H. McKixhis, County Clerk.

158 Notloe. To the tax payers of Lawrence Coun. ty: You are hereby notified that the Board of County Commissioners will meet as a Board of Equalization on the 20th day of December, 1879, and will continue in session until taxes are equalized. C. H.

McKinnis, 158 County Clerk. Dr. SPIT HEY No. II Kearney 8treet, San Fran-oiftoo. TMAT8 ALL CHROSIO AND SPECIAL DISEASES.

YOU NO MEN Who DMT hft nilfetiuv from thn nflM'ta of vmrthflil InJ- )Im or lixltrrrettuiu will well to Avail tltPiiiswlvr uf tint, Mif outwit vr 'he of Miffbr-tng l.immnWy. I)K, BFINNKY will Iu for frit foOii tor every cm of Sfmlnal WiwUtitm or ini-Ttte dlMMwnf uy kfiut or altarftoter wlitcb In uudur- HUtet kim mi to oiire. MIDDLE-AGED MEN. Then an mauy at the agti of thirty tn Jxtv mho are troubled wiU. loo fhxjurmt evicmttiiiui uf tho bltultlfir.

often atmraipauJod by a iHfiht malting or btimiiiw MiMtton and a weaketaing of the iyvtaru In a mauuor tha patient eanoot aooount for. On exiunlning the nrioary dojiotltt a ropy avdimunt wilt oftwt ShiiwI. and sometime! rami, ptutlclee of albomra will appu-, or the oulor will be of a thin attlkfeli bur, afxain iiiR to a dark ami toruM anrjuamiK-fl. Th-m suit men who die of tha, lUfttculty, ifruonnt of the (mum. nutua ius snwtni ram Of wiBiuai WfMKDMa, Dr.

8. will fwrnntee a perfect cutw In all mou ctm, and healthy resrtorahoo of the rnnito-tirtMnr nmm. Once 10 to 4andtoS. Handavi.fW.mlA to m.m. Couaaltation free, Thutvwffb.

miwiIimv the exception of Allen, and the chief interest in him was to see how many laps he would make without calling on his handler for something to eat or drink. The following is the score made in the 24-hours tramp: Charles Riar 89 miles 2 laps. Keane St. Charles 81 miles 11 laps. A.

Allen .65 miles 18 laps. C. N. Wood 61 miles 27 laps. W.

Lovette 14 miles 15 laps. It is reported that as soon as Lovette recovers his health he will challenge Riar to a 24-hour tramp of the go-as-you-please order. A New Departure. The appended intelligent order was recently sent to the different justices of the peace throughout the county. As will be noticed it was not dated or signed and in reality amounts to no more than a handbill.

The powers of the justices are clearly defined in the statutes, and the grand jury is assuming a great deal of responsibility in sending any instructions whatever. The justices will pay no attention to the general order No. 1, and propose to continue their usual course of procedure. Here is the pronunciamento: "Justices have jurisdiction over cases of assault and battery, petit larceny, drunkenness and obstructing highways. Send all other cases to the grand jury while in session, except extreme casta which demand immediate attention.

Do not try cases which vou have not jurisdiction over. When tlie crime was committed before the adjournment of the Inst grand jury have the parties wait for tho next jury." That Trumpet. The elegant fireman's silver trumpet voted for at the Congregational festival arrived Thursday night and is on exhibition at Gillette Main street. It is a beautiful instrument and no mistake. The Chicago price was $35 for the trumpet and $4.50 for tho silk cord and tassels.

Telegraphing and express charges made the cost here about $43. At the conclusion of the festival it was thought best, owing to the non-arrival of the trumpet and the terrific cold.togive the hose companies further opportunity to contest for it. On reflection it has been deemed the square thing to let the vote of that evening settle the matter, so the trumpet will be turned over to tho South Deadwood company. A Shootlng-Maton. A desperate shooting affray took place in Elizabethtown about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, which originated in a quarrel over the division of a lot of money stolen from a man the previous evening.

About a dozen shots were ex changed and two men were hit hard. The wounded men were taken to their homes, where they are now being treated. The matter has been hushed up and kept away from the police. This is the second shooting-match that has occurred in that part of the city during the week. The boys will keep on fooling until somebody accidentally gets hurt Uiltwadinei DR.

tPINNEY A Ml into Eternity Past. rect from New York Qty,.