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

A CONGREGATIONAL church society has
been formed at Canova.
THE clerk of Stanley county sold q
day.
THE little child Of silas Carmen, living
near Mound City, drank from q dish of fly
poison with fatal effect.
IT is estimated that there are still 47T,-
200 acres of vacant land in the Aberdeen
land district. Mcpherson county has 1885,
$50; Campbell, 109, 500; Edmunds, $3.50;
Walworth, 3,640, and Brown, 1000.
THERE is a scheme On foot to secure
the location of a thing factory at Pierre.
1t is expected that the thing will be manu-
featured out of the famous gumbo which
exists in large quantities in the vicinity of
Pierre.
BILL Roy, Joe Palmer and E. Palmer
have just arrived home from the zeserva-
ton country, says the Rapid City Journal.
The boys are now located on Bad river,
where they have struck a large quantity Of
very rich iron ore, and are hard at work
developing their find. Bill says that for
the past two weeks in his section it has
done nothing but rain. The country
around their location, the boys say, is q
magnificent one and Astounding in every
kind of game.
A BEAUTIFUL cave has been discovered
on Elk creek, Lawrence county, contain
ing three large chambers from the ceilings
of which depend very large and exquisitely
beautiful stalactites, while the walls are Of
spar and vari-colored rock. The cavern
has beea located as a mining claim, for
which patent is pending, but it is con-
tended that no patent can issue for prop
erty Of that kind, as it should be reserved
by the government as national property
and added to the list of natural wonders.
DEADwooD citizens have raised o fund
of $500 with which to entertain the ed
itorial excursion.
Ten thousand head of steers are now
being rounded up in the Hills ranges for
shipment to the eastern market.
PREPARATIONS are being made to open
the Indian industrial school at Fort Totem.
1t is expected that the school will have
about $50 pupils to begin with.
SpoRTsMEN are anxiously awaiting the
date when prairie chickens will be ripe.
Reports from various parts of the state
indicate an enormous amount of young
birds.
WHILE building a wigwam for political
meetings at Warner, J.B. Holt fell from
the roof to the ground, q distance of twelve
feet. breaking three ribs and sustaining
serious internal injuries.
THE sheriff of Lawrence county has
served mandumus papers on the commits
s:oners of Mead county in q suit to COM
pei the latter county TO pay certain bonded
indebtedness to the former.
THE Mellette Tribune says the present
ssason has fully demonstrated that farm
ing in that section without irrigation is q
failure and that several artesian wells will
bs sunk in the vicinity Of Mellette next
year.
BY the opening Of the Sisseton resetva-
tion, which is expected to occur before the
present congress adjourrs, about 100000
acrts Of the finest farming lands in South
Dakota will be thrown open to settlement.
Dunno the past week a number OF deer
carcassFs we're brought into Rapid City and
Offered for sale. AS it is unlawful to Kill
d.ft Of this time of the year. the Iocal gun
ciab E&s taken the matter III hand and the
guilty paities will be arrested and prose-
ente 1 TO Tie full extent Of the law.
SEVERAL Back Hills manufacturers
hayssign fed thsir i~ntention to have their
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