Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — Deadwood. [ARTICLE]

Deadwood.

Some unknown archive-manipulator has suddenly discovered that the name of “Deadwood,” a city in the Black Hills, was taken from a peculiar incident that happened in that town. AcrvirrliiHT to till* “nrirrin of niftor a certain miner lost his wife by death, and ordered a first-class funeral,and during the interment a piece of the coffin was chipped off and was handed to the bereaved husband as a relic. A short time afterward the man was sued by the undertaker for his bill, whereupon he produced the aforesaid chip and exclaimed: “I’ve got the deadwood on you; it’s not rosewood, as yon have charged me, bnt pine.” It is said that the sum of $30,000 is annually contributed by American ocean travelers to British charity institutions.