Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-09-03
4. GROW. PRoPalEroR.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

School books and school supplies at
Max Fishel's.
Best job Office in Meade county at the
ADVERTISER office.
Ice cream at Brandt's every Wednes-
day and Saturday.
Light frost last night, but no damage
done to late vegetation.
The Rev. G. G. Ware will hold sery-
ices in Sturgis at the M. E. church, next
Tuesday evening.
Bids are received for fifty cavalry
horses at fort Bennett, s. d. Read the
advertisement from the chief quarter
master
B. Ell. Rhein, with Isidor Bush & Co.,
st. Louis, was in Sturgis Sunday en-
quiring about the enforcement OF the
prohibitory law.
@. A. King returned from Chicago
Monday morning and reported having
met with better prices for his cattle than
he did the former shipment.
Note the change in the advertisement
OF w. e. Lowe & Co., the Bee-H Hive firm
OF Deadwood. They have something to
say that will interest you.
1t will soon be time to clean chimneys
and the public is hereby reminded that
G. HI. Cutting is prepared to do such
work in the best manner at reasonable
prices.
The stock shipping season has begun
in earnest. Seven trains went ont Sat-
urday, and every day since from three
to four have passed down the Elkhorn
road at 4O-mile gate.
The greatest variety of fresh groceries
can always be found at the old reliable
establishment of P. e. Sparks. He
keeps everything in that line and sells
below all competitors.
j. s. Denman of Deadwood visited
Sturgis Friday with party of lady
friends and took dinner at the Sheridan
The ladies were: Mr.. G. Ell. Spauldine
OF Deadwood, Miss Ada Halter of Bur
lingame, Kas.. and Miss Sadie Denmar
of Omaha.
The following named officers are regis
tered at department headquarters in st
Paul: First Lieut.. Stephen l.. FL
Slocum, 9Th cavalry, en- route to join hiG
regiment at Fort Meade, End Lieut.
Joseph @. Byron, 9th cavalry, of For
Meade, en- route to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, tc
take part in the army carbine competi
ton, which commences at that post mex
week.
Lieut.. Charles G. Walcott, 9Th cavalry
OF Fort Meade, was married to Miss
Julia ID. Crofton, daughter of Col
Robert E. A. Crofton, 18th infantry, OF
Wednesday evening last. The ceremony
took place at the quarters of the latter a
Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. Lieut.
and Mrs. Walcott will be at home afte
the first proximo at Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas, where the lieutenant will b,
stationed for the next two years.
Mr.. FL. L. Confer will take the trai,
this afternoon for Decatur, Indiana, il
response to telegram announcing TIT
serious illness of his father, who has beer
sick for some time with dropsy of tn
bowels. The old gentleman is about 5:
years OF age and owing to his critica
condition it is doubtful il he survives un
til his son reaches home. Mr.. Conte
has the sympathy of large circle 0
friends in his affection. who trust tina
he may find his father convalescent.
What has become of that Ft. Mead,
sidewalk? The council ordered it bull
sometime in May and committee wa
appointed to look after the work, but tn
whole thing seems to have gone by de
fault for some reason. AS the "Blacl
Maria" has been taken off and colo
weather is approaching, the walk shouls
be put down to accommodate the pos
people who have more or less business
with the Sturgis merchants. The wall
is needed and should be built withou
further delay.
w. s. Bowman, clerk for Land Com
missioner Ruth, stopped in Sturgis Sat
urday night, en- route from Harding
county, whore he had been engaged ii
selecting school lands for public institu
tions. He found some Of the finest ag
ricultural lands in Harding county tina
he had seen in the state, and he found
settlers there who had resided in that vi
cinity for seven or eight years. The,
have always raised big crops. He found
colony of fifty families all of whom
are in prosperous condition.
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FL. A. Carpenter returned Sunday afte