The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-08
LOCAL NEWS.

For Baker's wire and hardware, call |
on w. w. Cliff.
Machine<oil at Churchill & Sprouts.
Hernosa, S. D.
Ice cream is the diet for this weather., |
You will find it at spaulding's.
Churchill g. sproul, Of Hermosa, sell
drugs and groceries cheap.
A. c. Boland has received the appoint
ment OF deputy United States marshal.
The best meat at the lowest figures
Wholesale or retail, at Schleuning &
Young's.
Prof. Gilbert E. Bailey left for Chicago
Tuesday evening. He expects to return
about September first.
B. T. Van Doozer has sold his ranch
on Spring creek to Samuel Scott OF this
city. Consideration 5000.
On the petition OF Bradford Johnson,
portion OF Creston precinct has been
set over into Lebanon precinct.
Ii you want a good square meal call
on the Denver restaurant on Seventh
street, just north OF Hotel Harney.
Go to Trowbridge's jewelry store for
watches, jewelry, clocks, etc. Eastern
prices. Repairing OF watches, clocks and
;ewelry promptly done.
Chatterton and Godkin, photograph
ers, have opened up business at Collins
old stand on Six street, between st. Joe
and Kansas City streets.
S. E. Forsha, formerly OF this city, is
now the general manager OF John Den
mans hardware and agricultural imple-
ment house at whitewood.
Mesdames Howell and Colby, the two
equal suffrage lecturers, are meeting with
great encouragement in their efforts for
that cause in the upper camps.
Fred Geiger is one OF Spring creeks
substantial farmers. Drouth does not
dismay him. A few days since he pur-
chased OF Isaac Young 1GO acres which
Joined him on the north. Price 5000.
Joe Timmons, OF ELK creek, who has
been living in his granary while having
hls house plastercd, was burned out last
Monday. He succeeded in saving some
of his household goods, which he moved
back into his house.
Commissioner OF Immigration Hagger
ty is doing some very effective advertis
ing for South Dakota. The latest
scheme is a Autographed hanger, repre-
senting all the industries OF the state il
a very artistic manner.
E. Smith, late prosecuting attorney
for Custer county, made this office g
call recently. Mr.. Smiths resignation
as district attorney has been accepted
and he is closing his business preparatory
to a removal to Salt Lake City.
In speaking OF an equal suffrage lecture
delivered by Mrs. H. NJ. Barker in Dead
wood last week, the Pioneer says: 81
is impossible to hear Mrs. Barker ant
not be convinced that there is but on
right side OF this question, and that il
for the suffrage OF woman"
The old and reliable eating house O
E. D. Spaulding has been moved acros
the street and is now located tw'
doors east OF the postoffice. This NOV
was made necessary by increase c
business. The building now occupies
lis much more roomy and in ever
way an improvement over the old lC
cation.
The following road petitions have bee
rejected by the county commissioner
C. r. Mcdonald and Field and Others
The following were allowed: Willar
Keene, D. B. Murray, G. w. Mentch, Pa
Burns and John Hall. The petition {
Martin Anderson and others asking ths
the name Denis precinct be changed t
Victoria was rejected.
An extensive fire was raging during tt
greater part OF last week east OF Rocke
Vile. It started on the bank OF tt
Rockerville gulch, south OF the JAG
son place, and was caused by lightenin
Only by the strenuous efforts We're Il
jackson buildings saved. A great de
OF timber was destroyed and numb
OF cords OF wood burned. Theneighbo
all put in the greater part OF the we
fighting fire. Only by hard, all mig
work was the standing grain Of Slmps,
and Wright saved.
There are two ladies up at Rochfo
who, ii they could, would doubtless vc
for laws for the strict enforcement OF
prohibition clause. Last Monday VIII
,neandering about that ancient villa
they were 'treed, as it were, by a agrac
who was laboring under a consideral
larger load Of original package llql
than was really good for him, and w
compelled to bida for some time
their lofty retreat until help in the p
son OF a civil engineer, came to tn
rescue. They were most grossly insult
and OF course highly indignant at
treatment to which they had been 81
iected.
The Chamberlain Democrat has
following to say OF Fred Dupree and
ranch: "The big ranch belonging
Fred Dupree on the Cheyenne river is
point of considerable interest to perst
visiting that portion Of the ceded Sie
sands. He has asherd Of tame buffalo
caught wild years ago when young,
which now roam at will on his big ra
will. the cattle. Dppree has lived "
The Sioux for about thirty years, an
is claimed has been married to Sc
different squhws. The old man has
.cumulated quite property since c.
ing his fortune with the Indians an
very wealthy