The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-13

has received word from Roswell Miller,
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway, and Marvin Hughitt, of
the Northwestern, that their request for
free freight rates to all exhibitors to and
from the fair had been granted.
Reports from the thrashers now at work
throughout the region round about Bis
marck are exceedingly catering, A month
ago 1t was not supposed there would be
half a crop on the Missouri slope. The
thlashers tell q different tale. Some
pieces of wheat are averaging over twenty
bushels and many exceed fifteen. The
average will be a full half crop, and the
quality will excel that of any previous
year. Nearly all pieces put in with a
pressed drill are turning out we'll.
"A man in Des Moines, evidently not
fully posted OIL Dakota, writes to the
Pierre postmaster and wants to know if
there is a paper published in Pierre. He
says ne is interested in Pierre property,
and that if there is q newspaper printed
in Hughes or Sully county that he would
like to subscribe and wants q sample copy.
If he subscribes for all the papers in
Hughes and Sully counties he will have to
enlarge his postoffice box.
The Harmony Mining company, lessee
Of the Keystone chlorination works at Gar
don City, has purchased a set of Cornish
rolls and is having them placed in position,
hence the works are not ut present in OPP
Grafton. 1t has been found necessary to
employ some method of dry crushing in
reducing the tin ore from this company's
property, and consequently tho rolls we're
purchased. The works will soon start up
again.
--latest crop reports say North and
South Dakota will produce %, 900, 900
bushels of wheat this year. Other re liable
authorities place the figures ut 35, 900, zoo
bushels and the Pioneer Press Says that
III Il number of counties where there
were fears of not more thun four to six
bushels of wheat to the acre, it has yielded
ton and twelve.
The supreme court of the territory of
Dakota will convene in Yankton on the
25th and Goth of the present month in adj
journed session. This will be the fare.
well gathering Of the territorial supreme
court and the last session of the appointed
members of that body. 1t began it's cx-
istcnce in that city twenty-eight years ago.
Huron conventions meet in a hall
which stands on historic ground. In 1883 |
the first state convention met on that spot
i'll what was dubbed the "Wigwam." Half
q 'ozcn similar conventions have since
been held there, and it seems awkward to
many to go elsewhere than Huron.
During the severe wind storm a few
evenings since considerable damage was |
done to one Of the female ward buildings !
at the jamestown asylum. The roof was
blown in and tho loss occasioned thereby
is estimated at $15, 900. No one was
hurt.
W. +. Stoddard, living in Hyde county,
near Holabird, was accidentally shot
through the wrist the other day by his son,
who was assisting in repairing an old re-
volrer that neither knew was loaded.
The injured member will be useless here
after.
A s~killfully executed counterfeit SIS
gold piece was recently passed at one of
the Aberdeen banks. It has the true ring
and only a close examination reveals its
spurious character. 1t is said that con-
siderable bad coin is floating about.
w. L. Wielder and G. A. Allen were
driving through the country near Grand
Forks when their team became frightened
by a steam thrasher and ran away, throw
ing the occupants out and seriously iniur-
ing both parties.
The thrashirg of 800 acres OF wheat
on a farm near Columbia shows a yield of
eleven bushels per acre. Something over
800 acres yet to thrash is expected to bring
the yield up to thirteen bushels as an ay-
eruge.
A new national bank, with q capital o
$50, 1000, has commenced business in
Wahpeton, AMI another with the same
amount OF backing is expected to open
here during the present month.
A visitor at Huron last week, becom-
eing weary of being asked questions in ref
renee to the capital, pinned a card to his
coat bearing these words: II don't care a
d where the capital goes"
An unoccupied house burned at lbs
wich Tuesday night. 1t was owned by j.
w. Parmley, and the loss is over 81, 900,
with no insurance. The fire is accredited
to an incendiary.
While Andrew Eayeas, = Amcnia,
was engaged in movi lg Il building, some
of the supports gave way and part of the
building fell upon him. He died an hour.
later.
1.-Two weeks racing will be given by
the Sioux Falls and Aberdeen association
during the latter part of September, the
aggregate value Of the purses being So
Daniel Scrub, who resided with his
1sU1' lit Bismarck; 1died- rnu Other div from
| tho ntfanfS nf q poffIacro1ro IL. -a.-:-
over q month ago. He was SO years old.
Nv. N. Roach, d mocratic candidate for
governor of North Dako a, is 40 years old,
and has been ii resident of Grand Forks
county ten years. He is q farmer.
John Penderville, who was convicted
at Fargo Of sending obscene literature
through the mails, is now in the p%eniten-
tiary. His term is ten months.
Alfred Dickey, of jamestown, the
candidate for lieutenant governor, is said
to be the only old soldier on the North
Dakota republican ticket.
Arthur Puckwalter, living near Shell
don, in Ransom county. lost a valuable
horse, two COWS and several tons of hay
by fire the other day.
Ira Smith used indecent language on
the streets of Sioux Falls and it cost
him 800.
Farmers in the vicinity of Spearfsh
complain of the scarcity of thrashing ma
chimes.
james Poland, of Grand Forks, was
given ninety days in Jail for pounding his
wife.
The water in the river at Bismarck is
eight niche lower thai ever known hefora
-Excavating for the foundation of the
new college at Fargo has commenced.
There are five saloons in Watertown
paying a license of $500 annually.
Work has commenced on the new
farmers elevator at Brookings.
The a~rtesian we'll at Miller is one of
the best in the territory.
"A Farmers alliance has been organized
n II 20 yyro noa o1pfu