Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-17

principle or equal and exact justice
to all. Rapid Republican.
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STATE NEWS.
1t is estimated that 10000 votes will
be cast at the elections this fall in the
Black Hills counties.
Spaulding, the man who went out
from Chamberlain to prospect on White
river, and was supposed to have been
killed by the Indians, has returned home
all right. He was with band of coffee
coolers couple of weeks having good
time, and had no notion of being killed.
The old Northwestern stage company,
Bill Gidley superintendent, has secured
the mail contrat from Miles City, Mon
tana, to Spearfsh, s. D., and have stocked
it with line of coaches. Passengers
will be carried through in forty hours at
the rate of fifty cents an hour, or $40
for the trip, reduction of four dollars
from old time rates.
A dispatch to the st. Paul Globe from
Pierre, dated July 10, says: Excite
ment around the new lead find up the
Bad river valley still continues. The
vein found yesterday is better than first
thought. A large number of mineral
claims have been fled upon along the
bluffs in the vicinity of the find, and ar
engagements have commenced to de-
velop it.
At Rapid City the other day horse
was bitten on the nose by rattlesnake.
The animals head was soon SWOLLEN to
twice it's natural size, and the poor brute
suffered terrible torture. The head was
bathed with dilution of alcohol and a
half gallon of the pure spirits poured
down the throat. The treatment proved
entirely successful, and the horse was
soon as well as ever.
The Elkhorn company will to-day be-
gin the work of tracklaying ON it's Hot
Springs branch, and will iron the road
bed as far as the grade is completed.
When the work is completed the iron
gang will be transferred to the Mime
sela branch and iron laid as fast as the
grade on that section will have been
completed. The company confidently
expect to have its cars running into Hot
Springs by the first of August, and into
Minnesota not later than the 18th of that
month. Rapid Journal, 16.
The Independent convention held at
Huron July 10 nominated the following
ticket: For congressman, Fred @. Zipp,
of Deadwood, and f. A. Leavitt, OF
Worthington; governor, Ell. L. Loucks,
of Clear Lake; lieutenant governor, A.
l.. VanOsdel, of Yankton; secretary OF
state, H. M. Hanson, of Howard; treas
urer, Frank B. Roberts, of Milbank;
attorney general, s. w. Cosand, of Get
tysburg; superintendent OF public in
struction, e. A. Dye, of Redfeld; COM
missioner of public lands, F. f. Meyer,
of Cornell; commissioner OF labor, W. L.
johnson, of Aberdeen. No Endorsements
were made for United States senator.
DR.. L. f. Babcock returned yesterday
from professional visit to one of his pa
tients on Grand river, fully $50 miles
4
Shingles ranch north he says the coun-
try is paradise; good soil and water
and the finest crop of grass he had ever
seen. Very few cattle were passed or
the trip. A few antelope were seen, but
no other game of any kind whatever
Coal of excellent quality and, apparently
in large quantities, abounds. Very lit
tie development work has been accom-
plished, however. The doctor left Dead
wood on the 9th and made the round
trip of 800 miles in nine days, including
several stops. Times, 15.
Il One of the most novel exhibitions eve
devised for the celebration OF the Fourth
of July was put on exhibition by Georgt
w. Altemus, of Camden, NJ. Two bar
rels of kerosene and one OF red fire wer,
taken to the summit of Pixies Peak will
great effort on the night of the Fourth
together with large supply of rockets
and other fireworks. At $50 bonfire
was built on the oil and powder, and tn,
peak was brilliantly illuminated Thu
mountain had all the appearance OF al
, enormous volcano vomiting forth an inn
mense column of fire and rockets, shoot
| ing in all directions, which added to tn
effect. The illumination could be seel
for 100 miles in all directions.
At an early hour this morning, Charlie
and Job Shoun, relatives of v. p. Shoun
: were at Mobiles ranch below Big Ben,
ON Elk creek. One OF them had q re
volver, unloaded of course, and friendl,
scufae ensued for the possession Of il
, during which it was discharged and Jol
! Shoun received the contents in hi
!, bowels. Charles was horror stricken i
. moment and after placing his relativ
! in as comfortable position as possible
: came post haste to this city for surgics
Z aid. Drs Carr and Whitfield went on
, with him. Rapid Republican, July IL.
LATER Young Shoun died at /
! o'clock Tuesday night at Rapid Git
9 from the effects of his wounds. The ba
z had passed through his liver and kidne
I and lodged in the spine.
q General John @. Fremont, the oil
t Isspathfnder'' and first candidate of th
: republican party for president, died ,
9 the home Of his adopted daughter |
!, New York Sunday afternoon. Gener,