The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-03
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MOSES IANs, Blunt small boy, was
rudelv awakened the Other day by falling
out of a hammock, in which he had fallen
asleep, and breaking his arm.
THERE are sixtJ-two a~rtesiau wells in
Yanktou county, and it Is claimed every
farm in the county will be supplied with a
Well inside of two years.
RETAIL liquor dealers Of the Hills
towns have been holding secret meetings
at ] Wildwood of late to determine upon
some notion regarding tho prohibition law.
LARGE herds of horses and cattle and
docks of sheep are being wintered IN the
gulches of the Yves ,inRton hills. SO fur
this winter they have III ekd up n good
living wi hout Q p-nse to The owners.
A decision was rendered in Justice Jew
etts court at tureis the ut er day which
did not g 1ac;ly suit one of the young law
yels in the case. and in The argument
which followed he insulted the Justice,
who very promptly jumped down from the
bench id knocked the legal light out in
o g very short but decisive round,
RAPID CITY is only ten years old aud
has a popul ,tion Of over 5000.
TIE pros ,~,ective railroads ave caused q
boom in Blunt raal estate.
The burn d out St. Lawrence merchants
will at once start IN business again.
A COLUMBUS, O., syndiclte, is making
large purchases of real estate in Chamber
lain.
FARMERS il the vicinity of Harold are
talking of building a creamery at that
place
HAND COUNTY people are making prep
%aratirns to sink q number of a~rteslau wells
next season.
A PETITION is being circulate d iii HYDE
county asking the legislature 10 abolish
the road aud s, bool poll iax.
JOHN GARRISON is held to await the
q ton of the circuit court in Sully county
on a charge of burglary q d stealing wheat.
E n. COATES. of Yankton, has brought
suit ayal st the Standard Oil Company for
$io,OO0 dam ges for uppropriating his
tank cars to their own use.
The first trading post with the Indians
of Dakota was established at vermillion.
WITH the exception or $5I,U U bond.d
indebtedness Beadle county don't W q
cent.
WHILE %chopping wood at his residence
near D.adWood, Banker Wiliam Selbie
received an ugly aud painful cut on the
head from his ak catching on q clothes
line.
The first term OF the supreme court Of
South Dakota will be held at Pierre on the
first Tuesd ~ in February, Judge Corson
presiding.
THE Pierre Packing company has asked
permission Of the city council to slaughter
aud cure hogs.
TIE Fsirview schools were closed on &C.
count Of the prevalence Of chickenpox aud
diphth-ria.
In u drunken quarrel at Yankton Martin
Green. of Gayvilie, stabbed Ray Leigbaum
in the left shoulder, making o wound two
aud O half inches. Green Immediately
skipped for parts unknown.
lHE new gas works at Aberdeen are
completed and n operation. Aberdeen is
4he second city in South Dakota to use gas
Il : lighting. The works have o capacity
Of $1,000 feet per day.
HARRY WILSON, an inmate Of the Lake
bounty Jail, wanted to spend his Christi
on the outsids aid pried the jail door
,f its hinges with an iron poker. He was
liscovers BY the sheriff and ate his turkey
q close cell.
4 LAHENoE BRADFORD, living near
White wood, while cutting wood tho other
y, cbepped the big toe re 2 Of his
ssty