Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-17
TELEPHONE NO. SIS,
THURSDAY, JULY II, 1890.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Cocoa just received at Sparks, direct
from London.
The burglars are making it exciting
for number OF the residents OF Dead
wood and Lead City.
An Elkhorn surveying party is re-
ported as camping at Spearfish, running
lines in that vicinity.
A timber fire has been burning
furiously for several days In the vicinity
OF Tlford.
Achenbach is now proprietor OF the
old Bowman dray line, and anything en-
trusted to his care will receive prompt
attention.
The leading restaurant in Sturgis is
that OF John Schiferstein place where
the wants of the inner man are catered
to in the highest style of the culinary
art.
Messrs. Polk 6 Street have the only
complete transcript of the records of
Meade county, and from them alone can
true and correct abstracts of title be OBJ
tanned
A picnic was given by the Sisters of
st. Martins academy short distance
below Fort Meade last Friday. A large
number were in attendance a splendid
time is reported.
Vol. !, No. I, of the Buelah Globe
News has been received at this Office. It
is good representative of the new town
of Beulah and deserves the hearty sup
port OF its citizens.
Under the new law many of the old
soldiers are able to have their pensions
increased. Quite number are making
applications for pensions now who have
never applied heretofore.
A lamp has been placed in front of the
Presbyterian church for the convenience
of those who attend evening services at
that place of worship. "More light"
however, is displayed from the pulpit
when once inside.
IL you have no other business at
church but to "giggle'' and t'tee hee"
you had better stay at home and laugh
it out. Such action on the part of any
one annoys an audience and certainly
must embarrass speaker.
Three or four extra trains came up
Sunday, loaded with construction mater
ial for the Minnesota extension of the
Elkhorn. By the way, this piece of road
will pass through portion Of as fine
country as there is in the Hills.
Although the young shavers may be
numerous and the big shavers may do
you up in trade, you can always call
in at the elegant tonsorial parlor of
Schnell's and get clean shave and first
class hair cut at reasonable rates.
George Schlosser, secretary of the
South Dakota Press Association writes the
ADVERTISER that the boys will visit the
Hills late this month, and will take in
Sturgis about July 80. A dinner and
drive to Fort Meade should be provided
in order that they may get favorable
impression of this locality.
The grocery and provision house of
P. e. Sparks, successor to Sparks &
Allen, always carry full and COM
plete line of groceries and provisions
and those dealing with them are sure of
getting the best the market affords.
Yesterday, while playing near young
colt, Cecil, the 4-year old child of
Mrs. G. A. Gray, was kicked in the face,
fracturing the nose quite seriously. The
child was at once brought to town and
left in the care of DIR. Smith. Mrs. Gray
is sister of Mrs. Walton and recently
came from Washington.
At $50 a. m. Tuesday morning, dur
ing blast in the Highland mine, near
Lead City, the timbers gave way on the
tenth floor, resulting in the crushing to
death of three men working on the eighth
floor. Their names are Thos. Bunney,
VIM. Hodge and Peter Lahti. They
were all married men with dependent
families.
Miss Maud Bachand, living on Spring
creek, last Saturday met with a very
painful and serious accident, the result
of kick from horse which was being
hitched to hay rake near which she
was standing. In kicking the horse
struck her leg just below the knee with
such force that the bones protruded
through the flesh. DIR. Smith was at
once sent for and set the bones.
Don't kindle fire in the kitchen these
100 degree days and make your hus-
band hot when he comes to dinner, but
go to the popular grocery and provision
store Of p. e. Sparks and get some Of
those elegant canned goods and fine tea
and serve cold lunch with sliced tea"
The Newport, Or. L J Mercury con-
tains the following, the lady named be-
ing the daughter OF f. B. Smith, the
Deadwood- Sturgis stage man: s'Miss
Katherine r. Smith, neice of d. s.
Mayberry, Of Rapid City, South Dakota,
has been pupil in our schools for the
past two years, and during that time
she has not been absent from single
session. Neither has she ever been late
This is good record
It is not safe to buy land without a
correct abstract OF title. Many of our
citizens have paid dearly for deed only
TO find out subsequently that they had
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