The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-07-18
South Dakota State News,

ORIGINAL package houses are being
closed in Day county.
THERE are 1857 members of the A. O.
U. w. in South Dakota.
A SCANDINAVIAN republican league is
being organized in Dawson county.
The Star is the name of a new weekly
published at Oldham by P. E. Pink.
NINETEEN government licenses to sell
liquor have been taken out at Yankton.
ELLA PEDEDRo, aged II, died at Forest
City the other day after an illness of seven
years. She was afflicted with a peculiar
ailment, her skin at intervals turning black
and then gradually fading to its natural
color.
PRAIRIE dogs are worrying farmers in
some sections of Aurora county. They
have built up good-sized towns and have
no hesitancy in appropriating additional
territory whenever the increase in popula-
ton demands a new addition"
THE Deadwood Pioneer says George 81.
Willard, of that city, has received the sad
and painful news Of the death of a great
uncle in England, who leaves an estate Of
$4,000, O00, of which he is heir to one
eighth, and that he will go over and get
his share of the "scads" as soon as he re-
covers from his pain and Sadness"
THERE are twenty-six branches of the
Farmers alliance in Hand county.
The Deadwood Pioneer has learned in
directly that Prof. Culver, of the Univer-
slty of Dakota, has declined the deanship
of the school OF mines.
E.. P. 81. ASHLEY, a full blood Indian,
is Sunday school director of the Grow
Greek agency. He is a good talker, we'll
educated and by trade is q typesetter.
FROM all over South Dakota comes word
that the supply of harvest hands will not
equal the demand, and wages are expected
to be inordinately high,
ATTORNEY GENERAL Do11ARD has
rendered an opinion that under the law on
civil townships that was passed last winter
it is the duty of county commissioners to
divide counties into civil townships, but
not to provide them with township govern
merts without the consent of q majority of
the voters of the townships.
THE report that Mrs. John H. King had
become deranged is denied in a letter from
NoohAnktOus I'll LUZ o0ou v0IJ ~ lOE tuo
past six weeks, but has fully recovered,
and is now in better health than she has
been for some months. There was poth-
ing in her illness OF the nature referred to.
The extension of the Honest axe rail-
road will 500 be ironed into and through
Galena. The party Of surveyors now at
work for the company in the vicinity Of
Piedmont will mmence work on the Ga.
lena branch as soon as their labors are
completed at the former place. The Ga.
lena line is expected to be in operation be-
fore the nov flies.
FOREST CITY is preparing for a big
celebration on the completion of the Sioux
City and Forest City road from Gettys-
burg to that point. It was expected the
road would be completed In time to cele-
,brate the event on July 3, but the delay in
the arrival Of iron prevented.
THH votes Of Scandinavian women were
challenged at the school election at Slangh-
tor on the ground Of their not having taken
ons naturalization papers.
YANKToN lovers Of aquatic sports are
Of organizing . boat club. II is
proposed to lay ont q handsome park on
lie Jim river, about Ave miles from the
With hotel, pavilion. boat houses, etc.
THEinterior Of ths Presbyterian church
i Groton was badly scorched Sunday
,ioht ~ the falling OF 9 chandelier, which
,roke and scattered Burning oil IN all di-
ecfions. Tie congregation hsdgHctas.
smblsd, slse there might hsye bssn ,
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