The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.
Wait for the political millennium,


Wait for the political millennium.
Chamberlain is infested with horse
thieves.
For Bakers wire and hardware, cal
ION w. w. Cliff.
G. NJ, Griffith, from the lower divide
lis in the city today.
Fred Christiernsson, OF Rockerville
was in the city Monday.
See Schleuning & Young as to prices or
fresh and salted meats.
Ice cream is the diet for this weather
You will find it at Spaulding's.
The best meat at the lowest figures
wholesale Or retail, at Schleuning &
foung's.
Rapid City people would doubtless
appreciate a street sprinkler this hot
weather.
Mrs. Harry Howe and Mrs. Will Fal
coner have gone to Hot Springs for g
few days.
The Spearfish brass band will furnish
music for the celebration OF the Fourth
at Minnesota.
In the words OF the Hot Springs Star,
this is what we might reasonably call
swasm weather.
Custer City is to have new elevator.
1t will be built by Kimball e. Smith OF
:Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bardenwerper & Barber are doing a
crushing business. Their store is gener-
:ally crowded with costumers
To the farmers. f. F. Roberts would
;tive notice that he is in receipt of a
.quantity OF common and German millet
A,,o off ~ ;el L.,
Gontestents for the Demorest medals,
given for the best orations on prohibition
Misses Z. Burchard and Frank Wood
attended the commencement exercises
at the Spearfish normal school last week
The material for the Rapid River mil
sidetrack has arrived and the work OF
putting it in place will be completed in
about two weeks.
Go to Trowbridge's jewelry store fol-
watches, iewelry, clocks, etc. Eastern
prices. Repairing OF watches, clocks and
ewelry promptly done.
you will find that you can save money
by buying at Lampert's. Prices on all
lines have been greatly reduced.
The red front store is prepared to
:41andle all the farmers produce that is
rGffered. Call on Bardenwerper and
Barber, Main street, for prices.
Custer City has lost her corners That
lis to say, the corners OF the town are
siost and the citizens OF that place are
:;nnXious to have them re-established.
Intelligence has reached this city to the
.effect that the wife Of John II. King, a
former resident of this place, but now OF
Washington, has become violently
insane. Her insanity IS attributed to
.long and continued illness.
Merchants and Others should beware
rof dangerous counterfeit twenty-dollar
,bills-First national bank oi 1ndianapo-
llis, lndianna, November 21, '63, A. It
can be easily detected, the shield having
but six stars instead OF seventeen.
August Winkleman of Spearfish,
stepped out on the wagon tongue between
two bronchocs last week and enjoyed a
ride on that part OF the vehicle until it
brought up against brace on bridge.
He was not seriously injured, but is
considerably wiser.
There will be a picnic on Box Elder
on the Fourth OF July at Stapps place
near the Ingersol school house. The
three Sunday schools will celebrate to.
gether. They are making arrangements
to have good time and extend q cordial
invitation is to ALL
The people OF Box Elder and Elk
creek, in the vicinity of j. d. Moores
will celebrate at his ranch, sx-and one.
half miles north OF this city, on July
Fourth. The committee announce an
abundance OF shade and ice water and
good music fCr those who desire to
dance.
Some OF the Burlington and Missouri
contractors have got themselves into
trouble down at Custer. Peter McKin.
.ney ownes water right on Laughwatel
and last week the workmen filled his
reservoir with rocks, whereupon Peter
became quite wrothy and caused the
ARREST OF contractor and two foremen
The Minnesota Star says there was a
v'ush to the United States land office at
this place from Minnesota last week to
see who would be the first to contest q
piece OF land valuable for townsite pur-
N)oses. Like the race between the rab.
bit and the snail, the man that started
hast and travelled the slowest, but kept
soing, got here ahead OF all.
A number OF Milwaukee surveyors
avere in town last Sunday and left fol
their camp on the Cheyenne Monday
They have finished the survey to the
mouth OF Bull creek, on the east side ol
the Cheyenne river, and will now run
back on their line. When built the line
will undoubtedly follow the old survey
made to this city some time ago. Con.
cerning the probable movements OF the
Milwaukee. the boys had not heard any.
thing and could say nothing.
During the past week we enjoyed a
two days trip through the eastern sec
ton OF the county, going down Rapid
valley and back BY way OF the Rapid
and Box Elder divide. Our first night
was spent with friend Mccain at The
residence OF Hopkin brothers. Mr.
Mccain reports very pleasant schoo
with some thirteen scholars Messrs
Hopkin are raising fine bunch OF cattle
1'hey are using q Holstein cross anc
l,ays this season about thirty promising
calves. Dinner was taken with thai
genial republican, Peter Hammerquest
whom we found very pleasantly located
IN his new dwelling. Mr.. Hammerquest
is an old timer and gave us many rem
inescenses OF the earlier days One o
AN early Indian scare was no doub
more truthful than the ordinary Indian
story. The company were encamped a
Nine Mile Hole on the old Pierre trail