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

Our county commissioners met yester
day and will be in session four or five
days. They say they are going to noti-
| fy the saloon keepers OF the county that
they must take out their county licenses
from July first or shut up shop.
The New York delegation OF the An
Gent Order OF Foresters lately arrived
| at Minneapolis to attend the National
Convention there. They Travelled in a
| special train, and on one part OF the
journey made the remarkable speed OF
| 80 miles in so minutes or at the rate OF
over 62 miles per hour.
A letter received this week by jeff
McDcrmott from William Wilkinson,
formerly OF this place, at present at the
gold mines OF South Africa, furnishes a
less iattcring account OF the mines OF
that remote region than is given by the
! aN eragc newspaper. He stated that the
| country is nearly all located, and that
water is very scarce. He thinks, how
| ever, that if he had been there a year
earlier he could have made considerable
| money. The gold found thus far, is
| mainly in lodes, which are payable, but
not to the extent reported. Natives are
extensively employed in the mines, and
| receive from % to 80 cents per day for
their services. White miners are only
| employed Hs ioremcn over the native
employees. He states that O. D. IIol-
liday, formerly OF this place, and one OF
the original locators OF the Old Bill
| mine, is there in the employ Of a mining
| company as superintendent at q salary
OF 5000 per month.-Custcr Chronicle.
Jack Dempsey and George LaBanche,
| better known as the "Iarine,' fought
| thrty-two' rounds, Marquisof Queens
dury rules, at the California Athletic
| Club rooms, last Tuesday evening The
betting before the battle was 500 to
SO in favor OF the "Nonpariel' The
men entered the ring, Dempsey at l5l
| pounds and I-aBanche at lGl pounds.
! Fhc fight was fast and furious most Of
the time and was anybody's up to the
thirty-scconA round when Dcmpsy was
knocked out. Five ounce gloves were
used.
! All interested in education should
bear in mind the meeting OF the teach.
er5' institute on next Monday and aid
i TO the extent oi their ability to make it
/ success.
Acorclial invitation is extended to The
citizens to frequently visit the day ses
sions and to attend the entire evenin.
sessions. \ social viii be held at thu
lrce reading room Oh Monday cvenin!
1t which time a short program Of en-
tertainmeut will be given.
| Rev. G.. $. Clevengcr will deliver II lee.
| ture at the Congregational church on
! Tuesday evening. His subject, ''The
Need of General Culture in the Teachers ;
| Work" will be ably handled and those
who attend will doubtless be favored
with IL literary treat.
There will i,a Il lecture on Thursday
evening at the same church As full ar
, range.nentss havcnot yet been made as tc
speaker, IL further announcement will b
, made later. school officers are cs
!, pccia.ly- invited to drop in, when i,
, town, and form the acquaintance O
their employees.
We quote the following from the rc
=. publican platform recently adopted b,
-, the state convention Of North Dakota
q It begins to look, to Il man up It tree
/ or any othe" man. that the rcpublica!
e party i'll Dakota comes pretty near be
inga prohibition party:
The Republican party, viewing Will
| ynicisncd regret the growing evils Of i'll
j. | Temperance in our land, declares itsel
in sympathy with all well-directcd ci
(. forts calculated to suppress this. vice.
We cordially approve the wisdom o
| the constitutional convention in proviCl
ing for the submission to IL vote OF tn
people OF the question OF prohibition, il
accordance with the expressed wish o
the organized temperance association
:, Of North Dakota, and, in the event O
the adoption by the people, We pledg
OLr iucinDei:, TO Il strict enforcement O
: the law, and Will enact such lcsisla tiol
as may be necessary 10 that end.
- Messrs. Anderson, the managers OF tn
Orient line Of steamers to Australia
: have entered into a contract with th
u Canadian government to provide
! weekly service Of express steamers be
g tween England and Canada. The sui
+ sidy is 100000 yearly, and the steam
= iers are guaranteed to be OF 10 hnot
a speed and to complete the passage with
in six days. They will sail from Lor
i don to CherbOurg, making Plymouth
= the final port OF call before stcamin
II away for Montreal or Halifax. TIL
j. stcaming time will be taken from or Al
lie irving at Plymouth, which will be ii
J. first and final port OF call. 1t will |
le iully twelve months before the arrans
g. ments are sufficiently complete to pc
10 NIT OF the service being started. 1t
stated that this route has been start,
III in conjunction with the Canadian p
hg citic Railway.
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