Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-06-19

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| ing from the general appearance Of the
advance guard, the liberal( p display
Of colored posters, and the general repu-
tation of the show, as CLEANED from
western Nebraska, it is mighty good
thing to stay away from.
Chairman Martin of the county board
had an exciting experience a few days
ago. He took his family out for drive
one day last week and stopped at a
neighbours and purchased two small pigs.
These he loaded in the wagon with the
rest of his family and started homeward.
Ills team became fractions, overturned
the wagon, dumped people, pigs and
everything out on the ground and started
off on run. One of the children, a
little girl, had very narrow escape from
death by falling on barbed wire fence
and cutting her neck severely. Had she
been thrown with a little more force the
juglllar vein would have been severed.
Aside from this accident no other injuries
were received.
Meade county has curiosity, in the
shape of two-tailed yearling bull.
1t is the property of J. J. Riggs of Big
Bottom. The second and superfuous
appendage is situated on the top of the
head Immediately between the carson
the wrong end Of the bovine's anatomy,
to be sure, to be of service as fly brush,
but nevertheless there just the same.
The thing is several inches long and can
be Topped around by its owner just as
we'll If it occupied the usual position.
This may be a Dakota improvement on
the old style in order to give the rear
narrative little less work when flies are
bad
"To keep the papers quiet we gener-
ally give them couple of tickets" was
the actual language used by the advance
agent of a so-called circus troupe, billed
to appear in this city Wednesday, June
26. The travelling agent referred to
also stated that his troupe was not of the
best, but plenty good enough for this
section of the west. The chances are
that his gang of travelling fakirs will
find, before finishing their trip through
the Black Hills, that the people in this
portion of South Dakota only patronize
the best and an entertainment to catch
them has to be one of the finest.
Two strangers who spent their time in
asking peculiar questions and thorough
ly inspecting the city and surrounding
country, arrived in Sturgis Sunday and
remained over for day or two. Specu-
lation as to the cause of their visit was
rife. ,.but as they gave no idea as to their
intentions nothing could be learned.
This much is known however. One of
them is in the employ of the Illinois
Central railway and the other is prom
inent real estate speculator. They vls-
tied Minnesota before stopping at this
point.
Arnold & Meyer are making things
hum, evidently, in business way in
Whitewood. Their store, but short
time ago built and opened with full
line of dry goods, groceries, etc, has
been found altogether too small for the
requirements and an addition of forty
feet is to be added to the rear, making
the store room proper 25x100 feet. As
the firm says: "We are not kicking.
We have to have the space to hold the
goods our custom demands" Spearfsh
and Deadwood feel the draught on their
business from this reliable house.
Captain Shannon, M. D., OF Fort
Meade, .hassreceived orders to proceed to
Ft. Yatess for duty at that post. He
will probably leave within the next
thirty days, awaiting first the arrival of
Major Justin M. Brown, M. d., from
Fort Omaha who win report here on his
being relieved BY Major Albert Hartsuf,
M. D., from Fort Hamilton, New York
harbor.
Mr.. g. G. Rogers, representing the
Northwestern Mortgage Trust company
OF Redfeld, Dakota, is in town with a
view to establishing headquarters for his
company in the Hills at sturgis. We
hope the gentleman viii meet with such
encouragement as win induce him to-
locate with Is.