The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-18
Supposed to BE Dead at the Present Writ
Short Items of Interest,

ONIDA wants o first class blacksmith.
The Ward memorial fund has now
reached Sl3, 900.
FOREST CITY is in the race for perma-
nent capital.
LACK Of business has caused the North
western road to close its depot at Holabird.
SOUTH DAKOTA editors are talking up
an excursion to Hot Springs (Dak6ta) this
summer
OVER sixty applications have been re-
ceived for clerkships in the new land Office
at Pierre.
MEADE county officials claim that the
prohibitory law will cause q deficiency of
$1,400 a year in the revenue of the county,
and they intend to cut down expenses.
THE striking miners in the Harvey
Peak mining districts are still out, but q
satisfactory settlement of the difficulty
will probably be made IN the near future.
The Black Hills press speak highly Of the
mannerin which the miners are conduct
ing themselves.
The public library at Pierre has been
moved into new quarters.
THE Consolidated Tank Line company
WILL put III u plant at flerTe.
= A LARGE party from Manitoba will soon
take up claims on the reservation.
PROF. G. Z. CULVER, of the state uni
versity, will have charge of the irrigation
survey in South Dakota.
THREE different parties are willing to
put in a Touring mill plant at Mellette on
condition Of being supplied with power
from the artesian we'll.
A P]osToFFIcE has been established at
Lyman and official notice has been received
that a daily postal service will be estnb-
lished at once between that place and
Rapid City via Shackton and Grindstone
Butte.
The Roberts artesian we'll, in Sphinx
county. supplies water for i1rigating 2,400
acres, distributed among seventeen farm
ers of $50 acres each, at an approximate
cost for we'll, surveying and ditching Of
S6.42O, or $3.l5 per acre.
JOHN McVEY, the brute who attempted
to outrage a 1O-year-ol dc girl at Pierre, is
held &c. trial IL the gun Of $4,000. Dur
ing the examination the child told her story
in such a plaintive way that the crowd be-
came enraged and attempted to capture
McVey and lynch him.
THE Indians of Chief Chargers and
Swift Birds camps, across the river from
Forest City, will this year plant in the
neighborhood of 5000 acres in small grian,
sorn and vegetables: The Indians on that
part of the reservation, and especially in
the two camps mentioned, are said to be
very thrifty and industrious.
EnDr NTrrur1cr ,ocb;o, - a.. C:.c4
National bank of Minot, enjoys the dis
tinction Of being the last bank cashier of
the United States to drop into the friendly
arms of Canada before the new extradition
law went into effect. Fred won't cut much
CT q figure on the other side, as his short
age only amounts to about So 900.
A PosToFFIcE has been established at
Big Bottom, Lawrence county.
WORK on the artesian well at Worthwhile
will begin in about tive weeks.
SEVEN ont of the fourteen officers of the
state Woman's Relief Corps, reside in Get
tysburg.
"A COW fight at Rec Heights resulted in
one Of the animals having her neck broken,
and the owner OF the dead COW has brought
suit against the owner Of the victor for
damages on the ground that his animal
was the aggressor.
sULIY county is without a physician
and consequently has no legal board Of in
sanity.
TIE county commissioners of Lake
county haSe decided to extend aid to farm
srs needing seed grain.
A COLON of ~thirty-fye families left
New York city the other day to take up
lands on the Sioux reservation.
SEVERAL new business blocks are in
course Of construction at Stanley.
4 GAS well was struck at Summit, Sully
county, Of q depth Of 200 feet by parties
boring ter water.
A REwARp Of $50 is offered for the ape
~,prehension of the thief whe stole q horse
and buggy from r. u. Barnes, Of Vent
worth. One-half the reward is offered By
lsks county