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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
An Early Memorial.

The irrigation convention at Huron on
the l4th was quite largely attended and re-
suited in a thorough discussion of the
subject of irrigation by a~rtesian wells and
the Inauguration Of plans whereby a sys-
tenn OF practical irrigation can be estab-
lished in South Dakota. The following
memorial, acquesced in by twenty or more
counties, was prepared:
To the Senate and House of Representative
Of South Dakota: At a convention held on the
l4th day of October, 1889, at Huron, S D., to
consider the question of the construction of
artesian wells for the purpose of establishing a
system of irrigation in this state, itwas unan.
imously agreed that the subject is one which
ought to receive your official recognition and
support and we were appointed 9. committee
by said convention to present this memorial
for your consideration.
We, the undersigned, therefore,, under the
instructions of said convention and on its be.
half, respectfully request that appropriate res
%olutions be adopted by both houses, pledging
support to the enterprise and pledging IN APP
preparation at the January. 1880, session to de-
fray the necessary expenses OF committees and
Of sending trusty and competent persons to CO.
operate with our senators and representative
at Washington ut the coming session of con-
gress in obtaining government aid, and also to
pass such laws as will promote the construction
OF wells, bitches and waterways for irrigating
purposes in our state.
We also respectfully request that appropri-
ate instructions to our representatives. ut Wash
ington be embodied in said resolutions requir-
Ing them to press tho subject before congress
with a view to prompt and early cotton.
There is a determined effort being made
by the people to push their work as rapidly
as possible and bring about results THAT
will certainly be beneficial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
FAyORITES OF FORTUNE.
Two Cleveland Men Draw Largo Amount
in tho Inuiaiana Statc r Dttory


in the Louisiana State Lottery.
A Sun reporter. having learned that D.
w. Gibbons. who lives at 497 Lorain street,
near the corner Of Tracy street, held one
twentieth of ticket SO. 52G. which drew the
second capital prize Of 500. OUO in the re-
cent drawing of the Louisiana State Lot
terry. Sept. 10. called at the residence of
MI. Gibbons a day or two since to see if
the rumor were true. Mr.. Gibbons was
away at work, being a maker of washers,
at the Epson nut and bolt works. The
young lady who opened the door of the
humble cottage informed the reporter tn at
the rumor was true. MIR. Gibbons and
seven others had drawn $1,000 in the lot
terry. and the money had already been paid,
each receiving a share Of 1925.
L. w. Gibbons Is not the only lucky man.
There is another heart made glad on the
East Side. G. A. File. q young mechanic OF
IS or 2G. who lives on Dent street. near
Wade Park avenue. and works at tho Brush
Electric Works. near Wilson avenue, held
one-twentieth of ticket 9,159, which drew
the third capital prize of $50, 600. J. H.
Maskell. Of 40 Willet street, purchased the
ticket for Mr.. File ut his request, the latter
never for once dreaming that tho lightning
would strike him. Great was his surprise
when the news came that he was one OF
the~f avorites of fortune. and greater was
his JOY when the tangible reality Of 50. 500
was put In his possession.
Only a few months have elapsed since
Mr.. Peter Weber. OF Liberty street, q
bridge-tender, had Il windfall Of Sis. OOO
from q lucky drawing in the same lottery
Cleveland (OhjOl SIM OcL Q
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Appointment. THAT Arc 70 Be M.ae.

LEkH.aA
Appointments That Arc to Be Made.
After the admission OF the new states.
says a Washington dispatch, there. will be
several fat offices to distribute. Each ofthe
Dakotas will be entitled to a United States
district judge, to be appointed from the res
idents of state. In each there will be a
United States district attorney and a
United States marshal. In South Dakota
there may be NJ changes. although upon
admission appointment will have to be
made. as these officers are now holding
their positions under the title of territory"
and the admission act says they must be
appointed. Each of the new states is Gre
ated a judicial district. and the new officers
will have to be officers of the state judicial
district. In Dakota Marshal Marratta is
still serving. When the states are admitted
a marshal for North and South Dakota will
be appointed. There is no provision in the
bfllfo the division of the surveyor generals
district ofDakota. and it is probable that
North Dakota will remain under the SUPER
vision of B. H. Sullivan, who was appointed
last summer forthe territorial district. A
bill will no doubt be early introduced for the
division of the surveying districts of Da-
kota on the new state line. The candidates
front. All that will be necessary for early
appointments will be the endorsement of
the delegations in congress-.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
New Cement,

A new cement, for securing iron into
stone, is described in some of the foreign
PAPERS. The cement is made by melt
ing resin and stirring in brick dust,
which must be finely ground and sifted,
until o sort of putty is formed, which,
however runs easily while hot. In us
ing, the iron is set into the hole in the
stone prepared to receive it, and the
melted putty poured in, until the
space is filled; then if desired bits of
brick, previously warmed, may be push
ed into the mass, and a little of the
cement thereby saved. AS o o as the
whole is cool the iron will be firmly
held to the stone, and the cement is
quite durable and uninjured by the
weather, while, unlike lead and sui
phur, it has no injurious effect on the
iron
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
The Ito beg Member from Boston.

mister Speaker-well, I said Mr..
Speaker, see, gents? an if dere's any
body here wants to have de precedence
over de member from Boston he kin
have it accordin' to de Markus of
Q~ueensberry's rules, see? Now, as I
was about to say, Speaky, ole boy,
dere's II ting about dis tariff business
dat nobody's got onto yet except my
self. If you fellers go to work to shut
out de foreigners from tradin' wild us
folks widout dey pay for it, see? why
dey amt going to come and trade wild
us, see? OATS where a protective tariff
is dead wrong. Sooner stay home an
trade wild dierselfs, would'n dey? Well,
I should say so."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
DREAMrN q. HOME.


I ean't, jes' tell what's come to her, an yet /
That sumthin's gcin' wrong o, lsts-to see her
slttin' there
A-dreamin' in, the doorway, with that look Into
As of the, still was re.tin' onthe ole tins nslds
an skies.
She's ely, slxs sgs, drsamin', dream,n' q the life we
The little two-room cottage where the mornin'
The roses IN the garden, the yellow sunnowers
The vioiets-but she herself the sweetest flower
q all.
You see. she usetsr sit there in the doorway. 80
content,
h brown bees aippin' honey and a-buzzin'
roun' the place;
The roses climbin'u up to her an smilin' in her
face.
An nov she can't forget it. When I tell her
Little wife,
There amt no use in grievin' for that simple
country life"
She twines her arms aroun' my neck, an smilin'
She says: at seems so fer way to where we
useter bel"
There Amt no use in chidin', or sayin' words O.
There's nuthin' in the city life like she was
useterthere;
Where preachin' cum but once a month an
street cars didn't run,
An folks they tole the time o. day by lookin' at
the sun.
An larks got up at peep O. dawn an made the
medders ring;
that kind o. thing,
It's hard to get AVA from it old feelin'a bound
to rise,
An make a runnin' over in q woman's tender
eyes,
So there she sits a-dreamin', till I git to dream
in, too,
An when her head draops on my breast an
sleep falls like the dew
An closes them sweet eyes O. hers, once moro
we seem to be
In the old home, where we'll rest some day to-
gether-her and me.
f. u. Stanton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Barnum,s Advertisement IL London.

h& O8EUUO1,0 AVv0E UAU0Wx0m0 Ia AVUVV2e az
Barnum is not in London himself,
but some Of his people are, and
they have always succeeded in work
ing the London press in a manner en-.
tirely satisfactory to them if not to the
lord mayor. The other day the news
papers received copies of sthe program
of the lord mayors show" This pro-
gram excited admiration. 1t men
toned a number Of allegorical floats,
one Of them representing England and
America, drawn by twelve cream
horses. It also mentioned an Ameri-
can band Of forty musicians in a char
lot drawn by twelve horses, thirty
American thoroughbreds and jockeys,
twenty-five camels and dromedaries, a
new musical pantechnicon in o chariot
drawn by twelve Llamas, and twelve
ostriches drawing cars. To an Ameri-
can the program" looked like the
usual pronunciamento of the great
Barnum show, but to English editors,
in spite of several startling innova-
tions, it must have appeared right and
proper, for it was printed. Sir Henry
Isaacs, the new lord mayor, looked
long and anxiously at this program.
He first thought there must be some
mistake. He finally said: Marvel
Gus! as%tounding!" and was then lost
for nine seconds in thought. Having
emerged, he said: "This cannot be
the program, for it will not be decided
upon until tomorrow. Twelve gen
tlemen-six appointed by me and six
appointed by the two sherifs-will
meet at Guild hall tomorrow and ar
range the program. I can't say exact
ly what they will do, but can say
that there will be no floats, no llamas,
no ostriches and no Barnum in the lord
mayors show" Barnum as usual has
got there. It is q matter of secondary
consideration to the great Snowman
what the lord mayor said so long as he
said something.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
BIarh Nills Mniom
RAPID crTY. pAKoTA
GARNERED FROM DAKOTA FIELDS.

UNION PUBLISHING co.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Collected for Quick Digestion.


The United States steamship Pensa-
cola, with the solar expedition on board
has left New York for the west coast of
Africa, where the savants intend gathering
important facts about the eclipse of the
sun which will take place on December ~
next.
OWING to the depressed condition Of
the coal trade nine collieries of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron COM
pany, employing nearly 1000 men and
boys, have been temporarily suspended.
THE entire plant of the Brush Electric
Light company in Boston, is understood,
has been sold to the Thomson-H Houston
Electric company for a cash consideration
Of SO, $50, 900.
A COMPANY has been organized at St.
Louis for the manufacture of whisky and
high wines, with the avowed purpose of
fighting the whisky trust.
FoRTY-NINE oyster packing houses of
Baltimore have decided to raise the price
of standard oysters to 81 per gallon, an
Increase of 20 per cent.
SERGEANT NoaUEs, of France, has
been sentenced to imprisonment for life
for offering to sell a Lebel carriage to
Count Won Moltke.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Natural Gas, and No Mistake,

There is much excitement overthe discov-
cry OF q natural gas we'll within three miles
OF Salem, in McCook county. The flow
seems to be increasing. if anything. The
we'll is a two-inch bore. and the gas escapes
with great force, making a noise which can
be heard over a mile. The lighting qualities
OF the gas were tested the other evening il
the presence of over 200 curious spectators
The volume of the gas was reduced to les:
than o~ne-quarter OF an inch. and whel
lighted produced Il pure, clear flame, fftcel
or twenty feet in length. and about four fee
in diameter. which efrcctually lighted tn,
entire premises. Steps are being taken t.
form a stock company, when the town vii
be lighted with gas before snow flies.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Herculean strength

Continually on the strain, or overta1ed at inter-
walls, is far less desirable than ordinary vigor
perpetuated by rational diet and exercise, and
abstentionf from excess. Professional pugiists
and athletes rarely attain extreme old age. AS
ordinary vigor may DO retained by a wise regard
for sanitary living, and for the protection
against disease which timely and judicious
medication affords, so also it may be lost
through prolonged sedentary labor, uninter-
rupted mental strain, and foolish eating and
Of all four being dyspepsia. For this condition
thus, or In any way induced, and for its Off
Ipring, a failure OF muscular and nerve power,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the primest and
but loss of flesh, appetite and sleep are relnedied
by it.. 1ncipient malaria and rheumatism are
banished, and kidney, bowel and liver com.
plant removed by it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
AS to Crop Failure.

well posted Dakota paper makes a plain
statement of tho crop failure scare forSouth
Dakota to this effect: In a dozen counties
in South Dakota there has been a very per-
ceptible shortage in crops, and in two or
three an almost total failure. In these last
the farmers are needy and must have help.
There is no justification. however. for tho
use of the word starving" for such a condi-
ton can never exist so long as The granaries
OF the state are bursting. as they are. with
grain. Local failures must,not be allowed to
overshadow the general prosperity of tho
state. The crop totals make q magnificent
showing. 1t is only in a few unfortunate
districts that the crop failure will be likely
to produce absolute want.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

Mrs. FAIR, the divorced wife of ex
Senator Fair Of Nevada, lives in a pal
c on Mob Hill, San Francisco. She
is a large, ~fne-looking Irish woman,
with o plain, common sense than
education and refinement. When hel
husband was a miner, working hard
and making little, she was his help,
mate and mainstay, living with him in
his cabin, cooking his food, washing
his clothes, and encouraging him by
her bright, sunny society.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Don't Waste Your Time

And money experimenting with doubtful
remedies. whe1 DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Dicovery is SO positively certain in its
curative action as to warrant its manufact-
urers in supplying it to the public. as they
are doing through druggists. under a duly
will accomplish all it is recommended to do,
or money paid for it will be promptly re-
turned. 1t cures torpid liver, or bilious
ness. indigestion. or dyspepsia. oil humors.
or blood tains, from whatever cause aris-
ng. skin and scalp diseases. scrofulous Of
lung scrofula) if taken in time and given a
fair trial
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Destructive Fires i'm the North,

An immense prairie fire. many miles in
extent. has recently been devastating the
prairies around Bismarck. The efforts of
farmers to check the flames were unavailing
and a large number of farms were scorched.
A strong wind Helped the fire along and the
flames made terrific leaps of over twenty
feet. The village of Menoken. fourteen
miles below Bismarck, consisting of sixteen
blocks, was entirely swept away. and the
inhabitants are reported entirely destitute.
Aid will be furnished them at once.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Forest Firea Raging.

A Superior, Wis, special says fierce
forest fires are raging north and south of
there. Already about $1,000 worth of
farming property has been destroyed and
the fires are gaining much Roadway.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

COLOGNE is to have q singular expo
sition next year, the exhibits being
confined to instruments of war;, ammu-
milton and accoutrements. Several
entries have already been made, and it
is stated that all the recently invented
life-destroying machinery will be
represented.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Tho News In Brief.

FTnERUGs are loose'in Deadwood with good
prospects Of being tied W if caught.
H Methodist university at Mitchell is
completed and is entirely free from debt.
A. Fl. HORTON recently shot a crane at
Crystal Lake which measured eight feet from
tip to tip.
NORTH DAKOTA cast 80, 500 votes, while
South Dakota cast in the neighborlood Of
77,OOO.
The Indians on the reservation neal
Pierre Observation-Disclosures rifles and shot.
uns Probably to protect themselves from
the real estate agents. @
Two young men hired a livery rig from f
s. Pew. at Andover, and drove to Putney
and sold it. Mr.. Pew recovered his proper
ty. The authorities are after the thieves.
FRED GRANGER had his hand caught in
the gearing of a thrashing machine at Clear
Lake and SO badly mangled that amputation
was necessary.
ALL appointments to federal positions in
sion, except such as are absolutely neces-
sary. There will be a number of appoint
ments made in the p%ostof1ce and interior
departments as soon as the states are ad-
mitted formally and the congressman ar
rive and make recommendations.
THE Parker flour mill h been destroyed
by fire. Loss. 1000; insurance. So 600.
Hon. H. H. SHEETS will represent South
Dakota in the National Farmers congress
to be held at Montgomery. Ala. November
is. "A and Is
On has been discovered a short distance
from Newcastle. in Fall River county.
The saloonkeepers Of Aberdeen have sent
apetition to the city council asking that arc
duction OF 5000 be made in their license
from now until the third Tuesday in April
or until stopped by the prohibitory Law.
They have already paid $500 Of the $1,000
yearly license. and say they will quit bust
ness before they wiz pay all Of the $500 bal
ance. Tie council looks fayorably on the
proposition. as there is about $1,000 In
volved.
FIRE destroyed the elevator and barn oil
J.. ". Scott. q Glib, twenty mi'ssHssoEs
Grand Forks, together with 5000 bushels 81
grain. The loss will reach 5000: insurance
B,,2O0 Spontaneous CONJUNCTION VI tils
ssauee
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Scrofula Hunlor

MY little daughters life was saved, as we be.
heve, by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Before she was six
months old %scrofula sores began to appear, and in a
short time She had running sores. One physician
advised the amputation of one of her fingers, to
which we refused assent. We began giving her
Hoods Sarsaparilla. A marked Improvement was
noticed after she had taken only one bottle, and BY
o continued use Of it her recovery was complete,
And she is now, being seven years old. strong and
healthy" Be. JONES. Alma, Lincoln Co, Me.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Your Life in Danger.

Take time by the forelock ere that rasp-
where SO many ~Consumptives have pre-
coded you; lose no time. but procure a bot
tie of the rational remedy for Lung and
Bronchial diseases. Scots Emulsion Of Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. 1t will cure
you. Sold by all Druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

WHAT are your prospects for the flu
ture" inquired the reporter. "You
may say" replied the bank president,
looking first at the empty vault and
then at the vacant hook where. the
cashiers overcoat had been won't to
hang, "that we shall probably pay dolor
for dollar"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

EMPEROR WILLIAM has prohibited
the use of the word cigar on account of
it's French origin. In future the frag-
rant weed is to be known in Germany
by the excruciatingly Teutonic word Of
"Glimmstengel."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
The Farmers, Institute.

The board of trustees and faculty of the
Agricultural college at Brookings have ar
ranged to hold the annual farmers institute
for 1889 from December 8 to 10 next. These
institutes are becoming very popular. and
the possibilities for good which they offer
to the farming community are hardly to be
overestimated During the sessions of the
institute six daily lectures will be given, and
one in the evening. The day lectures will
consist OF a practical discussion of the prin-
ciple of stock breeding. peculiarities OF
breeds. stock feeding, corn and small grains.
methods OF culture. fertilizers, ETC.; forestry.
fruit and gardening; the chemistry of agri-
culture; the diseases, care and cure of our
domestic animals; our insect friends and
enemies, and what we shall do with them;
farm accounts and business forms. The
evening lectures will be upon general and
SPECIAL topics by well known speakers of
Dakota n the adjoining states. A full
program will be sent to any person applying
for II.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

Beans. especially adapted for children and
women-very small and easy to take.
Price OF either size 25c per bottle. For sale
by all druggists. or mailed on receipt OF
price. J. L. SMITH g. Co., st. Louis, Mo,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25

II WOULD advise you to buy a better
watch. can not guarantee this one.
"Oh, it is plenty good enough. / am
buying it for my nephew to remember
me by, and the worse it goes the more
he will have to think of me-"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Free Transportation.

The Milwaukee company is giving free
transportation to coal for the Miner coun-
ty farmers whose crops were injured by
drought,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
John L.. Wants to Fight Again,

John L. Sullivan through
the New York Evening Sam that he is
ready to fight again and would like to nave
o match arranged as DON as possible. He
is ANXIOUS to meet Jem Smith and would
pay his expenses to America. His next
choice of antagonists is Charley Mitchell,
but is ready to meet anybody that will
challenge him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Enthusinr Over senator pettirrew.

Few men have ever had more enthusiastic
which the citizens of Sioux Falls, prospect
i've OF party. bestowed upon Frank Petit
grew on his recent return from Pierre.
Stores were gaily ornamentcd. and various
notices were strung across the streets.
Thousands of citizens gathered on the main
avenue. A torchlight parade formed and
marched to the music Of several bands.
Tn immense crow listened in the open air
to speeches from H. H. Keith, r. +. Petit
grew. S. e. Young, Acknowledgement Robt.
Dollard O.. S. Clifford, Rev. John Hutcbison,
Rev. A. X. Fuller. and other speakers.
Many members of the legislature were in
the city and delegations were present from
a nun Der of Dakotn cities.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-10-25
Designs on Indian Territory,

An elaborate bill has been prepared by
First Vice President O'Dsy. of the st.
Louis and San Francisco road, which will
be introduced in the next congress, asking
the right to build about fifteen hundred
miles of road in Indian territory. These
lines will run in all directions and praoti-
cally rsmify the whole territory.