Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-07-18
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

/ AUUlIlONAL LOCAI.
The commissioners were busy yester-
day and Tuesday as o board of equal
ization. The full proceedings of the
board, including an itemized account OF
the settlement with Lawrence county
will be published in our next issue.
Tomorrow the Meade county board
meets in Deadwood for final settlement.
Numerous complaints have reached
this Office concerning the handling Of
mail matter at the Tilford postofiice. The
editor of the Meade County Times being
the conservator of the people as regards
the railway service may be able to turn
his attentions to his local Nasby and see
that existing evils are corrected.
Misses Nellie Jones, Kate Fuller,
Christine Anderson, Mrs. William Reed,
and Henry Jones, of Spearfsh; Miss
Tillie Crist and J. Pyles, from Dead
wood, were in the city Monday for the
purpose of attending the party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. O. Anderson to their
son Albert.
A large party of Deadwood's youths
of both sexes came down from the gulch
Thursday morning and spent the day in
Fort Meade and vicinity on picnic and
sightseeing excursion. They remained
in Sturgis until after the rain in the
evening and returned home by moon
light. &~
Bridget Shefferstein, formerly of this
city, now resident of Terraville, won an
elegant oil painting worth $3.50 Wednes-
day evening at rattle in Deadwood,
held for the benefit of ST. Edwards
academy of the latter named city. It
was painted by the sisters.
Last Thursday evening during the
rain storm lightning struck mare and
yearling colt belonging to Charles Cor
bish, on Spring creek, and killed them
instantly. The fluid also crippled two
cows and blinded one belonging to a
rancher named Berger.
While digging cellar at the residence
of Mrs. Beedle, about three miles north
of town one day this week, the skeleton
of man was uncovered. 1t appeared
to have been covered with rocks when
buried. Oelrichs Times.
Colonel George L. Woedford, the
prohibition lecturer, will visit this city
on July 80 and 81, and deliver two of his
addresses in the interest of constitutional
prohibition He is sent out by the cam
paign committee.
Mrs. P. E. Sparks, Of this city, was
elected treasurer of the w. 9. T. u,
Black Hills district, at Rapid City on
Thursday last. The regular annual
meeting of this order occurred in Rapid
last week.
George Shingle came into town Thurs
day from his Belle Fourch ranch with
| twenty y-five calves for purchaser.
George says the calf roundup this year
beat anything he has ever seen on the
range.
sTubtown" and that portion of Crook
county, Wyoming, surrounding Kilpat-
rick's camp, is promised newspaper to
be known as the Stockade Journal. j.
L. stotts projects the enterprise. Times.
John T. Potter went east Saturday for
an extended business trip. He will visit
Chicago, New York, Boston and other
points before returning. He won't over
look anything while away.
Charles Harris came up from his ranch
near Tilford on Thursday and stopped a
short time IN the Meade county metrop-
oils. He reports everything lovely fol
the granger in his locality.
Mrs. Helen M. Barker, president Of
the territorial w. G. T. O.. one Of the
finest lady speakers in the west, ad-
dressed large audience in the NJ. 3.
church Sunday morning.
The r., e. 4 M. v. has issued another
folder on which Sturgis is conspicuous
lby It's absence. Sturgis people have
nothing to say
Mayor Davenport went out on the
range Monday Tor two Or three days
looking for horses.