Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-06-13

lping from ono to three cars Of lumber
daily to Chadron.
i DR.. Smith cheerfuIly answers calls at
all hours. Office on First street, east Of
First National bank.
| Mrs. Chris. Ruth, Of Terraville, was
in the city several days the past week
visiting her numerous lady friends.
i John F. Schrader, on his way to
Deadwood to attend the grand lodge,
stopped over at sturgis on Sunday for a
few hours.
j The city fathers have had their new
quarters in the First National building
renovated and are now putting on
"heap'' style.
i Mrs. J. z. Brennan and children,
from Rapid City, we're in Sturgis on
Saturday. They were guests of Land
lord Farley.
| i. G. Miller, the insurance man Of
Deadwood, was in the city last Friday,
engaged in examining several insurance
risks taken by his companies.
/ Mrs. Fred Helm, of Buffalo Gap, ac-
companied by Grandma Silkenson, Of
the same town, were visiting Mrs. I'll. O.
Anderson during the past week.
| J. w. Routsyn, of Greenwood, has
taken q contract to furnish Stewart &
Price, the saw mill men of Blackhawk,
100000 feet of logs in ninety days.
4 Our Blackhawk correspondent writes
us that crops in his vicinity are looking
splendidy, and that the acreage Of
small grains is double that Of last season.
i L. r.. Graves, OF Deadwood, passed
through Sturgis Sunday on his way
down the road to meet the special train
bearing the Masonic grand lodge dele
| gates.
William Nowlan, of Tilford, had the
misfortune to severely cut his hand in a
planer on Friday. After this he will
stick boards into the machine instead of
his fingers
i John P. McManus, editor Of the
Rapid City Republican, was in this city
on Friday. He was on a business and
pleasure trip combined, to the northern
camps.
Philip Walters, Mansfield, Ohio, reg
istered at the Sheridan house Saturday.
He is the expert sent out by the manu-
facturers of our steamer to examine and
place it in good order.
freeman Knowles, editor of the South
Sturgls Times, was in town Saturday
with market basket. Whether he was
making collections or gathering grocer
les deponent sayeth not.
| J.F. Edmonds and w. Ell. Bonham,
OF Deadwood, stopped over a few hours
in sturgis last Friday, on their way to
the meeting Of the supreme lodge of
knights of Pythias, at Cincinnati.
Moffett'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. Moffett, grain, hay
and coal dealer.
"There will be great many people
from this section of the country who
will participate in the grand and glori-
GUS good time of the Fourth advertised
by Scoop" So says "Hawkshaw," our
Blackhawk correspondent.
The Hook and Ladder and Hose teams
take their daily spins when the weather
is favorable. The boys are developing
into quite good runners, and if they
continue their practice will give Sturgis
fire companies record to be proud of.
| Children's day was celebrated in both
the Presbyterian and Methodist churches
with appropriate exercises on Sunday.
Large audiences greeted the little ones
both morning and evening, and the pro-
grammes presented were entertaining
and of varied character.
The Hose boys have ordered a por-
ton of their uniforms. AS they desired
to make some sort of a show on the
| Fourth, and as the time was SO short,
only caps and belts were purchased.
In a few months they will obtain full
4 uniforms, including coats and pants.
1t is about time some of the backyards
of Sturgis were cleaned up. Unless it
is done shortly, we need not be sur
prised if cur city is visited with some of
the terrible fever scourges caused by
the inhaling of odors arising from de-
caying and putrid garbage and ash
heaps.
Miss Anna Kehoe, the popular and
successful teacher of the Sturgis pri-
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