The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-30

There is no dude about James L..
Davis, of Beadle county, the newly recon-.
mended can ilate for Il West Point cadet
ship. When his examination at Redlield
was concluded all the trains had gone,
and he must stay where he was Tor a day
or walk eighteen miles home. He walked.
The Black Hills Falr association has
decided upon September 25th to 2Sth as
the dates and Deadwood the place of hold
ing the annual fair. a base ball %tourna,
ment, band contest and balloon ascension
will be among the features of the pro-
gram.
AT Minor, the North Dakota consti-
tuition was burned in effigy and IL telegram
~denouncirg the location Of the public
institutions was sent to the Sargent coun-
ty delegation at Bismarck.
William Forger, Of DeSmet. has in
vented an attachment for harvesters which
takes tho place of a reel. 1t is a cylinder
with rotary fans inside which blow the
grain against the sickle.
Rev. Otto Iardetti, of the diocese of
Dakota, will be corsccrated in October as
the bishop Of St. C oud, Mimi. to sue
coed Bishop Seidenbusch, resigned on ac-
count of old age.
-Ryland TruXton, a farmer living near
Steele, was accidently shot in the arm and
head by Dan Sachs, who was hunting
prairie chickens. Truxton will probobly
recover.
Foster X Thompson recently shipped
from their ranch near Huron thirty-eight
3.year-old steers to Olebolt, Iowa. They
ranged i'll weight from 1000 to l,43O
pounds.
The ten recruits sent to Fort Suily
will be assigned to companies of the
twelfth infantry there, so rs to euualize
the companies of the regiment at that
post.
Lars Olmstead, living near Slaughter,
n~orteast of Bismarck, was kicked by a
mule over a month ago. He llved in agony
for weeks till death came to his relief.
B. f.. Sage, a Castlewood harness
dealer, has skipped. He packed the best
of his stock and had 1t hauled away in the
night. The stock was mortgagod.
About 400 add ional patents have
been issued to settlers in the Huron land
district, and will be ready for delivery in
about a week.
The Capital Investment compan is
upon stockholders for their first.
second and third choice for the location of
the capital.
1t is said that eastern CAPITALISTS have |
invested in Aberdeen's stree. railway and
the work of building the line will
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III.
"A baby was born to Mr.. ana Mrs. Asa
lark, OF Forest City, last week that
but two pounds. 1t is alive and I
althv. I
light vote was polled Oh the uues- !.
n of bonding Cakes for an a~rtcsian we'll
d was nearly unanimous i'll favor of the l
,nds. !
-Aexander Mckenzie, of Lead CITY,,
&c net $500 tina. prohibition will
SCUM Dakota at the next election.
Mrs. Carmiehan, who has held the
postot1ice at Ormo for tho past two wears.
has resigned on account of failing eyesight.
The contract has been let for the con- |
of the new Methodist church eli-
lice ut Gettysburg. 1t will cost Sl4. 600.
Geo. w. Bain, the noted Kentucky
temperance orator, will speak at Aberdeen
September 21st and 22d.
a Walscy man tlrashed $40 bushels
CT oats from twenty-five acres, and thinks
he got a good crop.
A school house near Blunt was str,1cl5
by lightning and almost completely de-
moliShe |.
An artesian well Sticking up in the
air" is not considered anything unusual at
Yankton.
The Sioux Falls deaf mute school
opens for business again September 18th.
A young lady bicyclist on the streets
OF Huron is the subject of much attention,
The hay crop in Sullv county is better
than was expected a few weeks ago.
-The first can of corn has been canned
ut the Sioux Falls canning factory.
Lauren Dunlap. the first commissioner
OF immigration in Dakota, is dead.
The new Pierre National bank will
open for business September 1st.
Mat Haverly, of Blunt, had an arm
broken by the kick of a horse.
Aberdeen wants the state fair pcrma-
nently located in hat city.
Work on the Indian school at Pierre
is progressing rapidly.