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Rapid City.

A correspondent in Tuesdays Daily
Deadwood Champion, speaks in the
highest terms of the future prospects of
Rapid City. The writer says:
Rapid City is just beginning to loom
up. Many enterprising men, with capi-
tai, have located here during the past
two months, and are erecting a number
of fine business houses and hotels, and
are putting IN large stocks of goods. They
consider the place the gateway to the
Hills-have stcome to stay" and to make
it second to none in importance in this
land ofgiant pines and gold and silver
mines: The town is pleasantly located
on Rapid Creek, the largest Iand loyeliest
stream in the country. It is real noun
tain torrent, succession of rapids and
cascades from its very source to its end.
Itswaters are limpid and cool, and abound
with fish. The territory on two sides of
Rapid City is one boundless ocean of hay
land, and this will prove great source
of wealth to the place. Many men are
now engaged in stacking the grass. They
calculate that they can furnish the con-
sumers of hay in the Hills, especially at
Deadwood, cheaper than any other par
ties. The quality Of this hay is superb.
It is estimated that over 100000 tons
will be put up before the snow flies.
A larg ditch is now being constructed
along the southwest side of town for the
purpose ofirrigation and supplying the
residents with water. The work will
probably be completed in 4 few weeks.
when Rapid { City, like Salt Lake, can
boast of bright running rivulets in every
gutter. The gold diggings are on the
Rapid, few miles from the town are
prospecting big, and no doubt when bed
rock is once reached, it will create a
stampede and make Rapid City the 1--we
Hest camp in the Hills. The place at
present shows more solid prosperity than
any city we know of outside of Deadweod i.
The town was laid out on the 24th of
February, 1776, and had hard struggle
for existence until this season. The or
iginal townsite company was composed
Of JOHN Brennan, the present postmaster; F;
John Allen, VIM. Nuttall, now of the
Belle Union, in your town; H. Hutch
inson, w. P. Martin and O. Nicholson.
The latter gentleman was the firstto open
cut with stock of goods.
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BISMARCK D. T, MONDAY, JULY 3d. 1877.

of exchange with this rapidly settling
country buying their valuable products
and selling them in return their naachin-
cry and supplies; the future of our city
bids fair to be grand success but it re-
quiers far sighted public spirited policy
on the part Of our business men to reap
the fruition of our hopes. Many fine
natural points in, the west have been Sc
riously crippled, and not a few forever
ruined, by mistaken management on the
part of those who held control. We want
people, we want capital.. If we can hold
out sufficient inducements to the latter to
become identified with us the people will
follow. We must.make provision for pub
lie enterprises, good schools, buildings
whlch will compare favorably with the
magnificent provision for future school
fund with which the torritory is endowed,
q public park pleasantly fitted up where
our citizens with their families can retire
from the dust and turmoil of business and
refresh themselves by holding commu-
mon among trees and flowers. singing
birds and busy nature; and yet our public
fna pcial interests must be looked after,
taxes must be kept low il we expect
our popuhtion 70 increase ard capital to
invest with US. One Of the greatest in.
ducements to capital is lev rate Of tax
alton. With wise Management, we have
every reason to believe that :eur present
business, enormous though it is, is per-
fectly legitimate and with good manage
ment on our part will increase beyond
our fondest anticipat,ons. Asw remark
ed before the entire north and west find
here natural outlet, and the advanta-
ges offered by this point seem to be efec'
tually gaining upon the Cheyenne and
Fort Pierre routes to the Hills. Our COM
mercial importance is already assured
only needing to complete its commercial
and business symety the improve
ment of our vast agricultur al resources
w hen the immense fields of now greer
prairie shall yield their richness to the
labor of the husbandman, and their sur
face glitter in the sunlight of heaven witt
golden grain. then shall the full fruitior
of our hopes be realized and Bismarck
may at least be modestly mentioned in
connection with Minneapolis and St,
Paul.
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The editor of the Perham 1ndepen-
dent, in speaking Of communication
written by Mr.. Peter Daily, which ap'
peared in the N. w. Chronicle in rela-
ton to the quality of the soil along on
the line of the N. P. Railroad, in this ter
ritory says:
He makes general assertion about the
land from Fargo to Bismarck, and says
its no good, yet such men as Cass, Dal-
rymple, and others, disagree with him
sufficiently to invest in farms of from ten
to thirty thousand acres. At Worth1ng-
ton, on the Cheyenne, there is valley
as rich as any on the Minnesota River,
and at Apple Creek we have seen acres
and acres of potatoes that went Is and
so bushels to the acre, besides wheat
that yielded over 40 bushels, with ber-
ry that beat any wheat we have seen IN
Minnesota anywhere. This creek is II
miles from Bismarck, this way. He says
that from Bismarck to Buford the land is
worthless for agriculture. Now we have
seen gardens (unmanured) on Knife Xiv
Ter, ssTobacco Gardens, Painted Woods,
and elsewhere along that route, not to
speak of the gardens at the forts, Buford
and Stevenson, that raised as good vege-
tables as any this side of the mountains.
/ We are waiting to hear from Mr.. DAILY
from Tongue River, when we will ven
ture to criticise him again, as there's not
an acre of land on this route from this
place to where the new forts. are being
erected, but what we have rode, walked
and fought over, as a member Of. the 9th
U. S. Infantry, under Stanley and Gus:
tier, and since We have become a citizen
we have worked as day laborer between
here and Bismarck, wherever we could
iget employment, sometimes as railroad
hand, and sometimes a farm hand, so we
know whereof we speak; and we don't
contradict Mr.. DAILY as an editor who
feels bad because his country is made lit,
tie of; indeed, we would not contradict
him at such length, il at all, were it moi
for the appearance Of his letter in the
Chronicle gives it an air of truth and a
shadow OF respect.
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The Railroad War.

Capt. VIM. Harmon, the post trader at
Fort Lincoln, is in Washington. In 2
recent letter to his brother at the Fort,
in speaking Of the railroad difficulty, he
says: @ =,
tsThe trouble is the people are in Z
starving condition. Thousands upon
thousands are willing to work for enough
to keep hunger from their doors. No
person living on the Missouri River can
form any idea Of the many thousands o'
families that do not get enough to eat,
and this phase of the case is getting
worse every day. =. -,
Washington, D, c.. July 7rst q -
The above is an extract Of Z letter
written by Capt. Harmon to his brother,
from Washington
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[Istriters. Their Rights and Wrongs.

>AeO~S S~~eS ~O-6~
Dubuque Herald.
The rights of strikers have before this
been pretty definitely defined by Law.
They embrace these principles: Isl
Every man has the right to decide for
himself for whom he shall work, and at
what wages. ed. Workmen have the
right to combine, to agree with each
other in any numbers, that they
will not work on certain conditiors
or for certain wages, and to. agree
to support each other. Sd. Employers
have the same right to obtain labor as
cheap as possible, and those who decline
to serve for these wages have no right to
molest those who are willing to accept
what they will not. No workman has the
right to interfere with the business, much
less;injure or destroy the rsperty of his
employer. These, in briefp are the tun-
in strikes. and it will be see n the law pro-
yides for and protects labo'iag men as
well as capitalists.
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The 5th q. 8. Infantry, which 80 sue.
cessful last winter under its Col, Gen.
IN. A.. Miles, was reviewed iby Generals
Sherman and Terry on the OCCASION Of
their late visit to3 the Cantonment On
Yellowstone. and Tongue Rivers. The
Ereyiew took place on the 18th Of July.
EFYhe regiment Was formed in two battat.
lions-one under .M,jor Gibson, the
other, mounted on; captured Indian
ponies, under: Capt. Snyder-CoL
Miles commanded the regiment. After
the review Gen. Sherman presented the
medals awarded by Congress to men Of
the regiment for conspicuous galiantry
in the engagements with Sitting Bull,
both at Cedar Creek ana Red Water,
and with Crazy Horse in the Wolf
Mountains. Gems. Sherman and Terry
left the same evening for the Big Horn
on the new steamer Rosebud, Capt,
Grant Marsh, commanding. .r.-
HEADQUARTERS 5th 1sTAxTRY,
Cantonment Tongue River, N. T.
July 18th, 1877.
General Orders-No. Is. The Con-
gress having bestowed upon the follow.
ing named enlisted men of this Regi.
ment, "Medals of Honor for conspic-
uously gallant and merituous services
performed in engagements with hostile
Indian at Cedar Greek, NJ. T., Oct. 81,
'76; Red Water, Dec. 18th, T6, and
Wolf Mountains, n. T., January 8th,
IT, the medals will be distributed by
the General of the Army, at parade, at
$50 p. m. this day.
Co. A. 5th 1nfantry-1st Serg't Da-
vid Roche, Ssrg't Michael Mclaughlin,
Corp. David Holland, Private Frederick
O. Hunt, Private Henry Wodenbsrg.
+. Co. B.-Corp. John Hadds.
J Co. C.-1st Serg't Aquila Coonrod,
Serg't William Wallace, Corp. Edward
Johnston, Private Phillip Kennedy,
Private. P. G. Whithead. sfe
7 Co. D.-Musician John Beker, Private
christopher Freemaper, Private Edw'd
Rooney. -a .4.;., s> - u
q Company Z. E.-Serg't Robert McPhe-
Ian. r:ts..,!.s -s..e..
& Company G.-l.t Serg't Henry aHo.
gan. .Serg't Denis Byrne, Privstes Rich,
ard Burke and David Rysn. a III, ..o39s
II Company H.-Cerp'la George Miller
ind George " Wilson, Private John.
4cHuFh. a.9 :. i.sT 415se <Fe IH9 37a
- Co. I.-Corp'l Joseph A Cable. lase
q Like medals Of honor were awarded
to LIST ,Serg't oWende]in Kreher, Co. G.,
9TH Infrntry-since dead, ALSO to Prs
Yates Charles Sheppard, Co. A, James
s Calvert and Owen McGar, Co. G, and
Michael Mccormick, Co. G.-since dis.
charged.
!: By command of Col. Nelson A. Miles.
Signed, G. W. BAIRD,
1st Lieut.. 5th Inf'y, Adj.
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use OF actual SeLClefS, maintenance Auu
perfecting of the common school system.
Pertinent to the issues now pending be-
fore the people, frst,I resolved, That we
look upon the Inauguration of R. B. Hayes
to;the high office of the presidency of the
United States in spite of a majority OF
electoral and popular votes given by the
people to Samuel Tilden as the most
dangerous encroachment upon popular
rights that has ever been attempted in
this or any other free country. A repe-
tition of the fraud will not be tolerated.
Second, the destruction of the industry
of the country and pauperism of labor
are the inevitable fruits of the vicious
laws enacted by the Republican party.
Third. that as means for relieving the
distressed portions of the community and
removing the great str1ngency complain
ed of in business circles, we demand the
t ACT.
Fourth, we depounce as an outrage upon
the rights Of the people the enactment OF
the Republican measure demonetlzing
silver and demand the passage Of = law
which shall restore to silver its monetary
power. Fifth, that we favor the reten-
ton of greenback. currency as the best
paper money We have everhad and de-
Clare against any further contraction.
Sixth, we congratulate the country upon
the acceptance by the present admins
tration Of the constitutional and pacific
pelicy of local self government in the
States South, so long advocated by Dem;
ocratic party. and which has brought
peace and. harmony to that section o.
the Union. Seventh, that the registry
law framed by the last legislature is bur.
densome and expensive and discriminate
unjustly against the poorer class of voters
and We. therefore demand its immediate
repeal: Eighth, we favor tarif for rev
eniie only Ninth, We favor the issue by
the general government alone OF all clr-
cu1ating medium, whether paper or met
allie, to be always legal tender and inter
convertible. Tenth, that we condemn
the act of the federal administration in
using regular troops of the United
States to interfere with elections and
other political afarso States as uncon-
stitutional,, unlawful and unjustifa
Bile destruction of the rights of the peo'
pie and States. Eleventh, we recon-
mend the ticket this day framed by the
conventions to the favorable considera.
ton and support of all the citizens of thu
State. Gen. Jabez w. Fitch, of Cuyaho
ga county WAS nominated by acclana
tiou for lieutenant governor; Judge J.W
OKey, of Franklin, was nominated fol
Supreme Judge; R. L. Tanning, OF Guy
ahoga, for clerk of. the supreme court
Tud re I. Hillars, Of Allen, for attorney
general; A. ]. Howells. Of Stark, fo
States treasurer; J. ]. Burns, of Belmont
Hon Martin Scheller, Of Rose, fo1
school commissioners, the latter by &C
clamation.
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'4do5aIoinA

During the first year of,the war, says
. Vermont paper, when change was
scaree apd some large firms, were issu'
ings calEenSy Of tneip own; i. farme,
went to a.stbre in 3 neighboring town
and bopght Some goods, and Jgave, the
mefeh9Ht lGfSeAd6llar bilb Of which he
wanted seyenty:fiye cents back. The
merchanf counted tout and handed il
over to the 4aymeF,owho looked at it q
NNg62k,9fk1h1saom =, ;s!a:;za a:i- d - .
h 'deI&1 ,ssG sslstnsy,e. tii;J|, s.iid the nsr.
Shan nftidGlhg ,i.faIi9d o9.:' ~. Il. ia..-asi
z 'sM tsi4ts sglead for nothins where
I livei,5s said the farmer. +aH ! ~ = ;t.s.
':YsfyWeall,9l' replied the merchant,
"keepi it until. you get dollars worth.
and btihk 'H To- my store, and I will
giye,yoaa : dollar bill for it."
The farmer pocketed the change and
depstfedd. Il few weeks after he went
into che same store and bought goods
to the amount of one dollar; and sitter
paying over the identical seventy-five
cents he took out handful ofpumpkin
seeds and counted out TWENTY-FIVE ol
them and passed them over to the mer-
chant.
"Why," said the merchant, what's
this!'' 8
"Wall," says the farmer, "this is my
currency, and when you get a dollar e
worth bring it to my place and l will
give you dollar for it. -
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A meeting Of the, ,citizens,of Sioux City
will be. held st the court house this even.
ing for the purpose Of taking steps to lay
before tho poamaster-general evidences
of the necessity for a mail route to be es-
.tablished and maintained from Fort
Pierre to Deadweod. Meetings of this
kind have been held in other towns inter-
ested in the subject, and it is hoped our
citizens viii; give. the matter. the. atten-
tion nfsdesefves Daily e7oxraak, SioNx
CITY, Iowa 9xky24tk.
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Black Hi1ls Items.

~
Elk, red deer and blacktail deer, are
abundant in the Hills.
Wolves, mo untaln lions and bears, are
found in some portions of the Hills.
Gulch claims on the north fork of Gold
Run are said to be paying well.
:, Several promising new leads are said
to have been recently discovered in the
vicinity of Lead City.
: Will S. Mcguire went out hunting ON
castle creek the other day, and succeed.
ed in capturing six deer and two elk 5 8
+, The enterprising citizens Of Lead City,
ssEnowing their place will be- permanent,
and continue to fourishfo for years to come,
are taking steps toward procuring = gov
+ernment title to their townsite. .au
i. In the higher portion Of the Hills there
;are no snakes. a few have been seen in
The valley of the Rapid Greek, and along.
EWhitewood and Deadwood lgulches, and
these rarely exceed foot in length.
NV. Boughton and John Eaves have
lust concluded arrangements for 4 ten
stamp mill, which will be soon erected
at Lead City, and will very soon cem-
mence crushing rock from the Golden
Prospect mine. ~
Two bars Of gold from the met1llurg-
|ical works of Chambers G. Davis are on
exhibition in the bank MindoH Of Steh-
bins, Wood & Post, one $2,sH,48s the
other $I,s13,s8. They are from the Enes
stamp mill, and are rich specimens o.
flour gold. z< Ii.
Z Insects are very numerous and Of great
Evariety in every part Of the Hills. Grass:
hoppers breed here, but fly away Is soon
as they get their wings. Flies Of every
description known are very numerous,
The dead pines breed red-bellied bug,
which penehates everything and bites
fsharply.
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Attention, Ladies.

Mrs. Edward Sloan wishes to call the
attentention of ladies to the fact that she
is prepared to make up suits in the
latest styles. She is . :dressmaker Of
unusual taste, aud having all the latest
patterns on hand, is prepared to do her
work in the shortest time possible.
Giyeaher trial. Room on Fourth st.
near Rosssr.
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The Custer route to the Black Hills
appears to be we'll patfonized. The
stages from Bismarck never start
out empty, neither does those from the
Hills, come into Bismarck single handed.
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Recent discovery that the wife of Gen.
Stark was named Elizabeth, and not
Mary. was thought to destroy the popu-
lar legend of a sMolly" Stark. Judge
Thurston, native of Bedford, Mass,
says, however, that a school teacher who
used to teach in the 'sStark district" and
who had boarded in Gen. Stark's family,
told him that the Gen. was in the habit
of calling his wife aaMoiiYl'
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Large shipments of goods sre being
received daily for the new cities which
are springing up in the Hills.
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Ib4 KEQUIST.J,
Respsestdiy dsdlcased 10, I'll. Big Horn, byanN


It vas July the nth my boyy,
We At Bismarck dock did lay;
1hxDigA Hem vsssteam mp,
ND thorat Under way;
TO plough the great Missouri
And the YelloWsone also
She 13e manned. .bY skillfui pilots
And commanded BY Captain Joe.
70 rec her.kem those rapids,
Oh, how the water5 fow,->-
Her place Of destination being
Post known a. number two.
Upon the Little Big Horn
Where the widest swine doth dwell,
The scene Of blood and strife my boys
Where the gallant Custer fell.
The scenes are picturestic,
The nountains they are grand,
The river in it, downward course
Exhibits shows Of sand.
The rapids they are numerous,
Ore them the waters flee
Like Sherman in the days Of yore
Are marching to the sea.
When, Uicle Sam needs fresh supplies
And needs them here In time
He don't walt for the contract boats
But charters the efficient line ~'-'..
With officers that are competent
Lie bur gallant Captain Jee,i -
With boats that are owned and built
By Evans. Coulson, Todd & Co.
Our little. craft ploughs gaily on.
She looks 20 trim and neat.
A model IA the steam boat line,
Apd dgsEpg aeaD three feg-J 4 1.- Zee
So now I will my pen lay by
Until another time,
All other crafts we do: defy :.
We are the. Missouri river transportation line
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Bismarck Tribune.
THE srR1KB VIRTUALLY OVER.

ST. PAUL, July 26.-The backbone of
the rebellion is evidently broken, and ev-
cry day things are becoming more set
tied. On many roads the blockade is al
ready broken and trains are running as,
usual. In Chicago there was great ex-
element, but no violence. throughout
yesterday except slight skirmish with
the rioters at noon, in which the latter
were speedily routed. In St. Louis mat
tiers have decidedly improved and the
city is now guarded by five thousand and per
lice and military. Gen. Hancock has
gone to Pittsburgh, and the blockade hss
been raised there, and trains are moving
east and west. This morninginform
comes from all other prominent railroad
centers and it is believed the strike is
practically ended.
4&r JOSEPH RAMPANT.
Latest reports state that Chief Joseph's
band is increasing in numbers, and its
members are; fully equipped. Joseph de-
clares his intention to whip Howard, and
thea 60 to Walla Walla.. - :, ; : : >'''>,
: EAsrERN WAR. =
Suliman Pasha has been defeated by
Russians, with a loss Of ten Thousand men:
Peace rumors are again prevalent, and it
is stated that Russia is not averse to en-
tertaining them. -. :. 80, -
THE STRIKE.
ST.. PAUL, July 3oth.-The days ofthe
strike seem to be numbered. The indi-
cations are strong that in few days
longer its effect will have entirely disap-
peared. Law and order prevail in Chi
cago> and there is no further anticipation
Of trouble. Strikers are returning to their
several employments, and arrangements:
are such that any attempted outbreak
would be i,nmediateiy squelched Du-
ring two days rioting 20 Of the mob were
killed and number wounded at lohi,ss
town, Pa. On the morning of thes5th
the mob attacked passing trains loaded
with soldiers, and by reason Of a mis-
placed switch ran it off the track, COLI
ding with car loaded with brick. The
train was badly wrecked. Col; Hamilton,
1st U. S. Artillery, in command of SOL
diers, was severely injured, as were sev-
eral others. Pittsburgh is quiet and it is
not thought the stikers will again offer
resistance to the running Of trains. In
the mining district of Plymouth, Pa,
5000 miners have struck and all business
is paralyzed. Baltimore, indianapolis
and other points are quiet and business is
gradually being resumed.
GEN. POPE
arrived at st. Louis on Saturday, and
took command of the u. S. troops in
East St. Louis. The same day Gov.
Cullom was also there, and the blockade
will doubtless be raised to-day OF to-
morrow: Rioters generally are disat4
pearing to avoid arrest and punish ment.'
RUSSIAN VICTORY.
The defeat of Suliman Pasha by the
Russians, has been confirmed, and prob
abilities are the Russians will in short
time be in the neighborhood Of Constan.
tinople, and it is believed England and
Austria will undertake to mediate be.
tween the contending powers.
GOV. GEN. DUFFE1M,
Of Canada, has accepted the tender Of
the grand banquet: and reception given by
~. cor,oro;++ae of tho rharnher of Coro.