Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1879 — Deadwood. [ARTICLE]

Deadwood.

Deadwood is booming. About two months ago it was in ashes; now it is livelier than ever. This is, of course, but a repetition of the experience of every burned-out American city, and is another example of the innate energy of Western life. The town is rebuilt with large brick and frame structures vastly superior to the original ones. All the merchants are in business again, many of the firms having over SIOO,OOO worth of goods in stock. Mechanics’ wages, which were $8 a day, have now dropped to half that figure, and last, but not least, Deadwood has 713 gari>-

biers busily plying their vocation. Who says Deadwood is not the future great?