The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-16
LOCAL NEws.

LOCAL NEWS.
For Bakers wire and hardware, call
on w. w. Cliff.
Charles Geiger brought IN a load Of
hogs Thursday.
See Schleuning & Young as to prices on
fresh and salted meats.
Arthur Donaldson OF Spring creek, will
leave soon for the Pacific coast.
The small grain looks we'll. There is
considerable oats yet to be sown.
The best meat at the lowest figures,
wholesale or retail, at Schleuning &
Young's.
d. F. Roberts is re-ftting and painting
his store building, corner St. Joe and
Fifth streets.
One OF last weeks estray notices was
the means OF returning valuable horse
to it's owner.
fyou need garden or field seeds and
would select from a new and large stock,
call on Gilbert Getchell
-Four wagons, drawn by eight yoke of
steers, removed the Blair saloon Tues
day. We believe it goes to Sundance.
We would call the attention of our
readers to L. Morris & Co.'s new ad.
Read what they have to say about
clothing.
A new town has been located on the
line OF the Burlington & Missouri, four
miles north OF the Nebraska line. Hat
Greek is the name.
Go to Trowbridge's jewelry store for
watches, jewelry, clocks, etc. Eastern
prices. Repairing OF watches, clocks and
lewelry promptly done.
If you are in want OF boots or shoes
you will find that you cap save money
by buying at Lampert's. Prices on all
lines have been greatly reduced.
The Hyers sisters accompanied by
band of singing comedians, orchestra
and military band, will appear at Ii
brary Hall Tuesday night, May Goth.
The Union company has engaged W.
A. Hopkins, OF this city, to solicit sub
scriptions for The UNION and he is au-
;.thorized to collect and receipt for all
subscriptions taken by him.
It is rumored that the B. & M. will not
run the road further north than Hill
City and instead will run line to Rapid
City. Report has it that party OF
surveyors are now at work on Spring
creek.
Mr.. L. E. Parrish has purchased OF
Jacob S. Tucker, OF Hermosa, the fifteen
sixteenth norman stallion, Mark Wells
Jr. He is a dapple gray sixteen and one
half hands high, OF fine carriage and
weighs 1, ,45O pounds.
Thomas Sweeney is constantly re-
.eeiving additions to his large stock Of
farm implements. He now has by far
1the largest and most complete line OF
.single and double top buggies, phaetons,
tdog carts. buck boards and lumber
wagons in the Black Hills.
1t is reported that q ledge OF silver ore
has bsen discovered on Iron creek, some
two and one.half miles from the Eta
mine, on the Custer road. It Is said to
essay very rich. It will be known as the
Big Horn groupe, and is owned by ]. w.
Brown, ]. F. McCann, Jack Wilson and
Joseph Hare.
There is to be a session Of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows OF North anc
South Dakota held at Deadwood May
21st. The Times says that a handsome
and appropriate souvenir has been pre-
pared. It is of tin from the Bear Gulcl
.,district the size OF a. silver half dolla
,spendant from bar OF the same metal.
w. A. Hopkins last week re ceived tn
ssad news OF the death OF his uncle, Gee
Hopkins. 1t occurred at Wallinyford
Vermont, April Oath. Mr.. Hopkins vii
ibe remembered by many as a forme
resident OF Rapid Valley. He came t
this country in February 's6, and wa
engaged most Of the time at the carper
tier trade in this city. In 'e9 he Wa
.called east to settle family estate.
Some smart ones played the hole-il
.the-wall game on a new plan, one da
recently. In darkened room bottl'
ssere arranged and some parties su
posed to be on the thirsty list weregive
mysterious hints of such hole. The
tumbled, paid for an original packa
and as opportunity offered sneaked int
the room and secured q bottle. o.
party of two or three repaired to
quiet room and uncorked the origin
package preparatory to smile. 1t W
cold tea, and the smile was with
fellow who sold the original package.
VIM. Waugh doesn't propose to
vest u lot Of money in tools and not U
them. He his making his disk harrt
and seeder more than pay for itself Il
season in saving the hire OF a me
Although well past sixty he is doing
own work and has the crop all in a
not a furrow turned outside the gard
Germ stubble, last years breaking a
osat stubble have all been seeded
wheat with the disk and it is look
fine. Some four acres prairie sod hs
sbeen chopped up with this machine 9
n,illet sowed on that, as an experime
Mr.. Waugh is now preparing wheat st
s9ble with the same tool for corn planti
His theory is that spring plowing allt
the moisture to escape, by following
disk with the roller and that tool v
the harrow the ground is left in
shape. Mr.. Waugh's old ground
plowed very deep last year.
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