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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
A Would-Be Paul Revere.

An old man who lives east of the
city rode to town to-day ON horseback,
and his raw-boned steed was flecked
with foam when he arrived. The old
man had come all the way from his
home to warn Meadville people that
there was going to be war between
the United States and Germany, and
making him second edition of Paul
Revere of revolutionary fame. The
old fellow was much excited, but the
information he conveyed failed to
create undue enthusiasm.-Diecd
Tribune.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
DIED.

WELLs-At Deadwood on Monday February
%, 1891 from injuries received in railway
ACCIDENT, D. A. Wells: age twenty three. Son
OF David Wells, OF this city.
SlMMONs.At the residence of Mrs. H. J. Aid
rich on Box Elder, on Tuesday, FEBRUARY.
"a, 1891, J. NJ. Simmons.
DUNNING-At the residence of her daughter In
this city on Tuesday, February a 1891
Mrs. H. D. Dunning, aged fifty four.
BOWER-Near Custer, at the residence OF War
rem r. Bond, on Tuesday, Feb. "a, 1891 Mrs.
Chrlstlana Bower, in her eightieth year.
WELLs--At the homestead, upper Rapid val
icy. at TWO p M, Wednesday, Feb. 25 1891,
Mrs. Geo. Wells, age ffty-two.
JONEs-February 25, at her residence on Kan
sas City street, Mrs. VIM. Jones.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

an appearance and begged the honor
OF knitting me, but my old friend oh.
jected and they had q lively set-to on
my stomach. The new conner was
knocked out in three rounds and went
off for repairs.
/ And you didn't sprin up and dash
the tarantula asidep''
''Did you ever spring out Of the way
OF bullet. young manp couldn't
have gathered myself before he'd have
popped it to me full figures. No, sir.
l just laid thar and waited for him to
get tired and go. He finally went, but
1 couldn't say how far, and I hadn't
moved finger when a couple of COW,
boys rode up. Then jumped clear Of
the blanket and told my story, but
they wouldn't believe it.n
'.They wouldn't!''
s:No. sir; but while was shooting
one of them the other lifted nv blanket
and that blamed tarantula, who was
hidden away, stung his hand and he
died in an hour. Had to have an in
quest and bury both of 'em at my own
expense, and I lost five days time.n-
Detroit Free Press. ~.
An AnAuburn.Haired a utI,orae.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Geo. w. Barrows and son, Fred, de-
parted on Mondays freight with y car
load OF stock and household goods, for
Omaha. Mrs. Barrows and daughter
took Thursdays evening train for the
game city, where they will make their
future home. Although Mr.. BarroM'g
mission in the Black Hills consisted in
shaking up the usual order Of things and
ia a general smashing Of states, lines OF
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
That Single Tax.

Keeping in mind .That one fool can
ask more questions than ten wise men
can answer I cannot refrain from add
ing one more to Cowboys single tax rid
die. If man owns 1000, (more or
less) head OF live stock, but neither owns
or occupies any land himself, how do
you,propore to get ground rents out Of
him? DENNIS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
A PRESENCE Explained.

Merchants Wife (suddenly appear
Ing in her husbands office}-Ha! I
thought you said your typewriter girl
was an old maid.
Merchant( (much confused) -Um-er,
yes, M dear, of course, of course; but
she is sick today and she sent her lit
tie granddaughter as a substitute.
Philadelphia Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

The jingle OF the sleigh bells bring back
old associations, but the sleighlng don't,
there amt enough Of it. It the Black
Hills we never have good sleighing al
though occasionally the young people
make believe it is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

business which are not conducive to
friendship, yet he was a man who COM
manded the respect OF even his enemies
and made many warm friends who great
sly regret his removal. The best that we
can wish him, is that he may be as sue
cessful in the new location as he has
been in Rapid City.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
Card of Thanks.

To the friends OF the late David A.
Wells, Jr., better known as "Sam" both
in Deadwood and Rapid city, who SO
faithfully attended him in his illness in
Deadwood and who rendered valuable
assistance in the funeral arrangements
at Rapid City, is extended the heartfelt
thanks OF his father and family
DAVID WELLS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
Why hesitate? What, there appears
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

dare not drink for my own sake; I
ought not to drink for my neighbor's
sake.-Theo. l.. Cuyler.
1 can abstain. but I cannot be moder-
ate,-Dr. Samuel johnson.
o God, that men should put an enemy
in their mouths to steal away their
brains! That should, With Joy and rev.
el, pleasure and applause, transform our
selves into beasts! To be now a sensi-
BILE man, by-and-by a fool, and present
ly beast! 0 strange! Every inordi.
nate cup is unblessed and every ingredi.
ent is devil
Let us not despair OF saving men ad.
'dicted TO strong drink. Drink Is STRONG
but the Son OF God is stronger than
strong drink-Moody
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

An Appeal.
Whereas, 1t has come to tine notice
the alliance that through crop failure in
some portions OF the Black Hills mem
bers OF the order and others are without
seed grain or the means OF purchasing
the same, 1T has been resolved by the
alliance to raise a relief fund from alli-
members an other willing givers OF the
Hills. This fund is to be raised by sub
|scriptions OF cash or grain, to be received
and distributed to settlers in actual
need in proportion to the amount
raised; parties receiving seed will be re-
quired to receipt for it at the market
price, with the understanding that the
same is to be returned in cash or it's
equivalent in grain by those able to do
SO, said funds SO returned to constitute
q permanent relief fund, to be under the
control OF the Black Hills District alli-
ance for use in like cases OF need.
The state alliance is raising a relief
fund and have rendered the members OF
the Hills aid, but while some sections OF
this portion Of the state raised nothing
the past year, other portions had good
yields and our mines are never effected
by drouth. Believing that the Black
Hills can Gaze for their own, as an effort
to this end, the following relief commit
tee has been appointed: A. T. Adams,
Lawrence county; Manley Dunckel,
Meade county; E. B. Reed, Frank Stuck
er and Joseph Jolly, OF Pennington
county.
4 The committee has organized for work
as follows: Chairman, A. T. Adams
4 Centennial, S. d.; secretary, E. B. Reed
Rapid City; Treasurer, Joseph Jolly
Rapid City; solicitor for the territory
i Lying north OF the south line of Mead,
!. county, Manley Dunckel; solicitor iol
!. all the territory lying south OF the abov,
Il line, Frank Sucker. The address o
d both is Rapid City
4 Any member of the committee will re
j ceipt for money or grain. Wheat ant
i l[oats are most needed, but potatoes AM
q corn would be acceptable. a.. T. ADAMS, +
n 3. B. REED, Secretary. Chairman
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

;ss \ aEIs ssaanapJ 1yozssii
an with red hair, and she ought foi
consult quiet taste in apparel and
demeanor. On the contrary, she has
shown herself to audiences in costumes
nothing short of outlandish in bril-
lance Of coloring and in extravance Of
cut. But eccentricity is allowable to
genius, and so when / recorded that
Mrs. Burnett is amusing she should
consider it as compliment Clara
Bellies Letter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

cation sermon.
The Great Sale of Draft and Coach Horses,
We wish to call the attention OF the
horse buying world to the third annual
sale OF the well known and popular con-
Germ doing business at Fremont, Neb.,
under the name OF the Percheron and
Arabian Importing Horse Co. AS Is
known to almost everyone this is but a,
branch establishment, as it were, or
rather one ola collection of important
sale and breeding plants located in vari-
GUS parts OF the universe, the parent or
original farm being in the far famed
Perche, OF La Belle France. Here for
many years the old Medovy farm has
taken solid place among the substan-
tial establishments OF the French repub-
he, and done its full share in attracting
wide spread attention to the superb the
gay, the grand French horse. In time,
being progressive Frenchmen, they
brarched out, and in the due course OF
events selected the stald little city OF
Fremont, resting on the north bank OF
the river platte, as desirable point for
base Of operation in the United States.
In connection with this plant they carry
on a large breeding ranch in the Black
Hills country Of Dakota, and seem to be
in the most favorable position imagin-
able for transactlng a huge horse indus
f,.y Fnp
OF the best strains and at Quebec have
a branch taking large numbers OF horses
it seems within the bonnds OF common
sense that they should be able to sell
cheaper than the cheapest. Remember
February 26 is the day set aside fo1
holding their third annual sale, and that
rare specimens OF the breed offered will
| be put on the market. Send to thecom.
pany at Fremont for catalogue.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Happy and content is home with sThe Ro-
chester;;' lamp with the light of the morning
Fo,eatalogn<, svrite Rochester Lamp CO. Ne1o Pork
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

"Johnny, get your gum"
What for?"
To shoot the groceries home to our
customers Horses can't deliver them
fast en- ough. RED FRONT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

A prize fight in Minneapolis drew q
crowd OF $4,000 people. The press re-
ports state that nearly the lntire city
government were present A large
amount OF money changed hands. The
fight last for five hours and a descrip-
ton OF it is nauseating in the extreme.
Surely there is work for home mis-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Z We are pleased to announce the com
pletement Of arrangements whereby
James McNickle takes an interest in
and assumes control OF the job depart
ment OF The UNION. Mr.. McNickle is a
practical workman and has a wide ac-
quaintance, not only in Rapid City, but
throughout the Black Hills. We know
that he will merit a continuation OF the
liberal patronage heretofore accorded
The UNION and we trust that his friends
will not forget him in this new venture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Wood and hay have both been in de.
mand the past week; not near as much
on the street as usual Of either.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Three cold days the past week. Thurs
day the weather began to moderate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
A Hint.

"Don't argue with fOol.'' is good advice; ..,-s
just let him talk, and give your tongue
rest.
You'll Ind this method easier thrice,
And he himself will prove your view the
-Harper,s Magazine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

M. stover, OF Elk creek, has purchyscd
OF Simmons AMI Wilson that fine gray
Norman stallion which they recently
brought into the Hills. He is a beauty.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Capt. Griffith, who has been lying at
his residence quite i'll with pneumonia
is slowly recovering.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
Mrs. Birchard, who has been quite i'll
for some days, is slowly improving.
CrestOn.

Creston.
The continued cold weather is hard on
range stock, it is beginning to tell on
them in this part OF the country.
Tbs present cold weather keeps one
hopping around pretty lively to take
care OF the stock and prepare fuel.
There will be supper at the Creston
school house Friday night, February ~.
Given by the Creston alliance. There
will be program OF songs and rhetori-
cal exercises. All are invited to attend.
ANON.
Mrs. Kennedy is quite i'll will the
prevailing cold,
We WANT your trade and are putting
out great snap bargains every day in
every line. See them at The Fair.'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
". c.. e. u. COLUMN.
THE RuMsELIER's 1Ny1rAr1oN.

THE RUMSELLER'S 8 INVITATION.
Come e, and take glass, young man;
I've liquors choice and rare; 4
They'll fire your heart and craze your brain,
And drive away al care 3,
All care for health, Or friends, or 1iie,
For character or soul,
For starving babes, or suffering wife
You'll sacrifice the whole.
Look now upon the rich. red wine,
Heed not the mocker there
The adder, coiled, with design,
Whose sting is dire dispair.
Let bowl touch bowl, In revel high,
Quaf liquid streams from hell;
And needless OF the Judgment nigh,
Toll forth your souls death.kueil
Come drink my health, destroy your own;
Let children plead for bread;
Close fast your ears against their moan,
For mine must needs be fed.
My wife must grace stately home,
Though yours no shelter know;
And day by day my gains must come,
Though coined from human woe.
Why hesitate? What, there appears
Beneath the rnby glow?
Naught but mothers prayers and tears,
In sorrows whitening flow;
Naught, but crushed manhood's dying groan,
fathers hopes-dismay-
wild oats" OF ruin broad cast sown,
For the great Judgment day.
Still, for your stomach's sake, you ought
To sell your soul to me,
Although that soul was long since bought
With blood, on Cafvary's tree.
Fools talk OF reputation, friends,
And wisdoms treaures fair;
But drink wild delirium lends
With which naught can compare.
What though you reap eternal death,
And fill a drunkard's g grave?
Drink! drink, my friend, while you have
breath,
And thus your freedom save!
Plunge down the steep of endless woe,
If that at last must be,
But neer a day you drink forego-
Take pride that you are free!
La Plume.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
It seems good to see Postmaster
Blakely behind the CRATE once more.

The charity ball given by the Masonic
fraternity at the Hotel Harney on last
Friday evening was q social success.
Our city orchestra under the leadership
of Prof Richardson, did themselves
credit.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

Mrs. VIM. Gramberg, who has been
having siege with neuralgia, is better.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
VINO Saves You MONEYS

Who Saves You Money:
You agree with us that '"The Fair
does. Special sale OF ladies fine shoes
next week.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27

The new building OF the First Baptist
church, OF this city, will be formally ded-
icated on Sunday, March 15. Rev. DR..
Lamar, OF Omaha, will preach the dedi-
cation sermon.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
An Appeal.

Come and see our window display
every week. RED FRONT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27
Rapid City Markets.

Carefully prepared each week from interviews
With our merchants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-24

land for a wedding present, and Pm
willing on that and other accounts 10
give you ten or twenty times what 1t is
worth. the moro especially as I've just
sold twenty thousand cattle and don Z
know what to do with the money. What
will you take, Hiram?"
~Once for all, isn't it?
Eyes, q final offer"
Cash down, too?"
@Yes, cash down, Hiram"
@Well, you may have my interest in
that Musselshell property for $780, 600.
~All right; I'll take it," said Jerry.
without an instant's hesitation, produc-
ing a second Wad of greenbacks ike the
first ~Give me the deed and I'll hand
you the money"
For nearly a minute Hiram SlIidder
looked as If threatened with a stroke of
apoplexy. His eyes had a CLASSY stare;
his tongue lay motionless in his open
mouth The veins on his forehead stood
out like skeleton fingers The thought
that his brother had taken all this money
secretly from the lands which had been
so persistently decried, and which had
now been so fatally fooled away by
Jerry's falsehood, was simply whitening.
But he managed TO conceal IN part the
tempest raging in his soul. and to re-
mark, with forced calmness;
~I'll get the deed, Jerry, and let my
cashier draw up a new one. Make
yourself at home a few moments I'll
be back soon
Wiping his damp brow vigorously, he
took his way toward Perry's desk.
His senses were in a whirl. Just what
to do he didn't know. Perhaps he would
make another attempt 10 buy Perry out.
He was busy with all sorts OF desperate
schemes for recovering his lost footing
vrh ha. raaHhah parrrrf1 haelr IL -,
find that he was not there.
-Where is Mr.. Wynans?7 he asked of
the first clerk he encountered.
HE went out a little while ago, sir, y
was the answer, Sbut he didn't say
where he was going or when he would
return"
@NoP That's odd. Have you any idea
where he tsp"
%Not the slightest. sir. He said, how
here longer than to-day"
@Not longer"
The words died away upon the lips of
Hiram Skidder, and an awful trouble
looked from his eyes.
~GOne?" he gasped. @Where can he
be?"
There's a note on his desk addressed
to you, Mr.. Skidder.H said the clerk. Il
noticed it moment ago, and should have
DGouBAb IL 10 you II you mum mAuo
your appearance just as you did"
"A motel" cried the merchant; "let me
have it instantly"
The note was handed to him, and he
hastily tore it open, reading as follows:
beg TO resign my position as cashier,
Mr.. Sktdder. have taken the precaution
TO have my accounts examined by Mr..
Spoor, the well-known accountant, and he
finds them quite correct. The balance of
my salary you may hand TO any public char
ity. II any one inquiries for me. you may
say that I am going TO Montana 10 take
care of my wild lands, which have become
immensely valuable. and that my future
pOstofice address will be Musselshell, Mont
PERRY WYNANs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-24
STOCK AND FARM.

The Stockton Record says 500 OF
more persons could find employment on
the farms of Rocks county.
Harper Sentinel: William and Oscar
Kort threshed thIrty-seven acres of oats
which yielded 1875 bushels. They sold
1000 bushels Of it for S400.
Quinter Republican: From five
bushels of seed sown on eight acres OF
land, a. 6. WeIkinshaw has Just
threshed 3541 bushels of barley. This
is an average of over seventy bushels to
each bushel sown and forty-four bushels
per acre.
Harper Sentinel: John A BIubaugh,
of Odell township, threshed forty acres
of wheat which yielded 1,028 bushels,
or nearly twenty-six bushels per acre.
He sold part of it land could have
sold ALI at so cents a bushel, or a
gross of about s2O.5O per acre.
Independence Tribuue:. James w.
Carpenter, of Fawn, reports the fax
yield as good. Ed COons had 389
bushels from forty acres, William Gard
ner IA bushels from 10 acres, Wesley
Phinney 156 bushels from twelve acres,
and Nate Cox had 169 bushels from
twelve acres
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-24
mbezzIement.

Hutchinson.-A profound sensation
was created here by the arrest of E. z.
Wise, treasurer of the Hutchinson &
Southern railroad, and the issuance of
warrant for the president of the same
road, H. A. Christie of Chicago.
The facts leading to the arrest are:
In 1889 a party of railroad men, chiefly
from Chicago, set on foot the project of
building a railroad south from this citv.
The railroad was chartered as the Nc
Pherson, Texas and Gulf railroad. Reno
county subscribed to the stock of the
road $92, 900 and issued county bonds
for that amount. The city of Hutchin-
son donated $4,000 for terminals, etc.
While township in Kingman county
subscribed SO, 900 and the city of King
man $4,000 for terminal facilities. The
company built thirty-two miles of road
from this city to Kingman and mort
gagged it for S12, 500 per mile, which
mortgage bonds were hypothecated to
the Union Pacific for rs per cent of
their face value, netting the company
S1O0,OOO cash. From the bonds issued
S142, 600 were realized out of a total of
S442, 600. The construction of the
road cost not to exceed 81, per
mile, or total value of S246, 400, show
ing a balance on hand of 1896, 900.
Other estimates place the cost.of the road
at $4,000 per mile, which would show a
balance of $250,000. 1t now transpires
that there are no other stockholders
than Reno county and the township in
Kingman county. To-day as above
stated, the county commissioners of
this county swore out warrants for the
arrest of Il. e VViae freasurar of the
road, and II Christie. president, eharg-
ing them with the onbezzlement of
S250,0O0, which should be on hand, but.
is not
Mr.. Wise, being in town, was imme-
diatsly placed under arrest
Mr.. Christie is supposed to be in Chi
cago, and a re9uisition viii be made MP
on the governor OF Illinois for hie de-
livery to the courts OF this state. The
excitement in this city Il intense. and
some OF the best legal talent IN the
state has been retained to assist the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-24
"a soOmaga g rata-doaon

a GcOnaGs1 " rat1s-dososs,"
over~orked, weak, nervous and de-
bilitated that's a woman that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
made for. 1t gives her health and
strength. All woman's weaknesses
and all woman's ailments are cured
by it. It's legitimate medicine
not beverage an invigorating, re-
storative tonic and a soothing and
strengthening nervine, free from al
cohol and injurious drugs. 1t i'm
parts tone and vigor to the whole
system.
For all functional Irregularities,
periodical pains, organic displace-
ments and uterine diseases, it's q
positive remedy.
And a guaranteed one. IF it
doesn't give satisfaction, in every
case, the money paid for it is re-
funded. No other medicine for
women is sold on these terms.
That's because nothing else is
"just as good" Perhaps the
dealer will offer something that's
better" He means that it's bet
ter for him.