Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-03-21

! Troop f, of the Sth cavalry, is now OF
the Little Missouri preparing the sum
mer camp for their regiment.
The reduction works company received
$50, 583.42, or a loss of $1,456.58, OF
the face of the policies, from the insur
. ance companies in which their building
was insured.
The "honk, honk, honk," Of the wilc
goose is heard in the land. During the
night an occasional flock can be heard
flying northward. A sure harbinger Of
spring.
FL. w. Tinker, of the Lakota bank
Rapid City, accompanied by his father
e. r. Tinker of North Adams, Mass,
spent portion Of Sunday last in Sturgis
gazing at the sights.
J. W. Andrews returned from the east
Sunday morning prepared to so to work
Immediately on the final survey of the
Sturgis, Deadwood & Bald Mountain
railway.
All the Black Hills members of the
defunct Legislature are now at home and
are busily engaged in following the pillow,
counting cash, reading law and-loafing
j. Stevens Miner, of the Stevens Mi
zner Cattle company, Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming, is guest of his father Lieut.. Col.
J. K. Miner of Fort Meade.
Those desiring to attend the annual
encampment of the G. A. r., at Aber-
deem can purchase round "trip tickets for
one and and one-ffth fare, by calling on
A. D. Wood, agent Of the F., 3. & M. ",
in this city.
To shave or not to shave! That is the
question. If you finally decide to
"scrape" call on John Schnen He'll
fix you.
Rev. G. q. Ware of Rapid City
conducted the services in st. Thomas
Episcopal church Sunday morning,
preaching an able sermon. Rev. Ware
is an earnest, eloquent and most pleas
ing speaker.
Moffett's dray line. Ready for bust
ness at any time or place. Light pack
ages and. parcels, as well as heavy, moved
on the shortest possible notice with best
of care.
The board of control of the Black
Hills Firemen's association will meet in
Sturgis next month. Before they meet
the fire board of this city should thor
oughly prepare the department room in
the city hall for the meeting.
1t is reported that a colony of $50
families from Iowa are on the road to
Buffalo Gap with the intention of locat-
ing on the magnificent farm lands near
that city. We hope this is SO and con-
graduate the Gap.
Oranges and lemons at Fishel's.
Il. H. Harberd, formerly citizen Of
this city but now of The Needles, Cali
fornia, returned TO Sturgis Sunday on a
pleasure trip. Mr.. Harberd, it is said,
will not return to his southern home
alone.
Mrs. farley appeared at the Opera
house Tuesday evening according to adj
vertisement. The house was comfort
ably filed with an audience which seem
ed to enjoy itself. The ladies of the
church Melted a good sum for their
labors.
Arnold & Meyer are not in this country
for their health. They had that when
they came. Neither are they selling
goods for glory. They want money.
At the same time they don't want the
earth. If buyers will call on the above
named firm they will get the best prices
possible to obtain in. the Black Hills
country.
The locomotive on the south-bound
train Monday afternoon set
fire to The grass on the prairie west of
the track, nearly in the rear OF the resi-
dence Of J. w. Rodebank. and but for
the absolute absence Of wind, danger
ous fire might have resulted. As it was,
d large area was burned over before the
fire expended itself. a few Of the fire.
men went up and looked at it while |
burning but anticipating no danger did
not call assistance.
When Colonel Higgins OF Fredonia
was building the Louisiana and Texas
railroad, nothing was found to prevent /
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