Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-06-27

tity the best quality Of lime. Deliy,
cred at any point desired at the loves
rates. Special prices on large quaint
ties.
Mofett's dray line. Ready for bust
ness at any time or place. Light pack
ages and parcels, as well as heavy goods
moved on the shortest possible notice
with best of care. Motfet, grain. hay
and coal dealer.
The band gave its usual weekly con.
cert, from the balcony of the CONNER
cial hotel, on Sunday afternoon. These
concerts will be a regular feature Of Sun.
day afternoon entertainment during the
summer months.
A contract for carrying the mail be.
tween Sturgis and Volunteer, newly
established Office in Bear Butte valley
has been awarded to J. +. Hopkins, Of
Sturgis. The contract calls for two trips
week each way.
III the streets ever get dry the Hose
and Hook and Ladder teams will prac.
tice. There is one consolation, how.
ever, and that is that no team in the
Black Hills has the sage weather
having been decidedly damp all over.
James HALEY, Jr., of Rapid, accompa-
MED by his father, James, ST., Of Wash.
ington, d. c., sojourned in Scoop or
Saturday long enough to take in the
town, the post and little of the sur
rounding country before returning home
General Manager w. F. Fitch, wife
and daughter, accompanied by few
guests, passed through Sturgis in theil
private car on Saturday morning, en-
route for the northern camps on a visit
of pleasure. They returned Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Webber, mother of William H.,
held in default of $1,000 bail for rifling
registered letters whilst deputy post
master at Spearfsh, Saturday succeeded
in getting the necessary bail, and pro-
cured the young mans release from Gus
tody.-Pioneer.
For one full week Sturgis was blessed
with heavy wind storm, commencing
on Monday afternoon, the 18th, and
lasting until Monday, the 25th. The
wind was accompanied daily by rain
storms, and as whole the week was
most disagreeable.
Grabill, the photographer, wishes his
Sturgis patrons to bear in mind the fact
that he is in his Sturgis gallery on Mon
days and Tuesdays only, of each week.
Anyone desiring to avail themselves OF
his services should prepare to call on
him on those days.
The people of Sturgis are making big
to entertain the old veter-
ans at the soldiers reunion on the 4th
Of july. The ladies are making arrange
ments to banquet the delegates and their
wives and sweethearts, and entertain
them in the style the services of the vets
deserve. Register.
We notice in the Yankton Student,
the official paper Of the students of
Yankton college, that the first prize in
the annual oratorical contest was award
ed to Elmer A. Chase, of Bear Butte
valley, brother of W. s. Chase, of this
city. Mr.. Chase is now home spending
his long summer vacation.
The people of Sturgis are sparing no
pains to make the coming celebration a
grand success. AS far as we can learn
it is the intention of the people of Til
ford and vicinity to celebrate at Sturgis.
Why would it not be a good plan to all
meet at Tiiford ON the morning of the
ath and go in procession.-T ilford
Times.
Harry Scotland, while catching behind
he bat Sunday in the game between the
Fort Meades and our nine, received a
ball upon the end of his finger, breaking
5he digit squarely in two. The injured
member was set by DR.. Smith, and now
Harry is ON the retired list for two
months, if not for the whole season.
This weakens the nine UNNECESSARILY.
Last Sunday morning Mrs. Porter
Warner, OF Deadwood, received a dis
patch from Chicago stating her father
,ad died. It now transpires that the
Message was badly bungled, and that
instead of being her father it was her
mother who had passed away, aged 76
years. It is strange that in matter of
life and death the telegraph cannot be
'elied upon.
Although this office is at present
with job work, yet with our
ABILITIES for handling the same we are
to turn out anything in plain
" ornamental printing in black or col