The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
Blarh Rills Wnion

Blarh Rills Wnion.
RAPID CITY. Sd.
UNION puDLIsHINa co. Puas;
THERE are nearly 100 ext Confederate
soldiers in the South Carolina legisla-
tnre.
The Buffalo girl with an appetite for
.oap will make a great politician when
ihe'country has woman suffrage.
TIE Buddhists OF japan propose to
establish q bank in order to obtain
tunds fcr the propagation of their re-
ligion.
ALL of the p~ostoaices in Italy receive
money on deposit, allowing interest at
the rate Of 81 FER cent. per annum and
> dividend paid every five years.
AT the husking bee, if You get a red
ear. you may ste IL a kiss, while on the
contrary, under other conditions, when
sou steal a kiss you may get a red ear.
THs world is full OF one brand of
hnmLn nature, and even Sitting Bull
is mourned by the niece who have en-
tered into the enjoyment Of civilized
life.
THERE IRE more evictions for non
payment Of rent il New York and,
Brooklyn in n year, says u Judge of
the latter city, than in Ireland in two
years.
A San DIEGO COUNTY, California,
horticulture st is going to graft the many
live oaks on his place with chestnuts,
which he has learned will succeed we'll
on oak trees.
A GLOBE TRoTTER who has returned
from q trip to Buenos Ayres, the Argen-
tine capital, says that on Sunday when
he was present at the races more than
$4,000, 900 changed hands.
The city gas-works of Berlin brought
$l,75O,O00 clear profit into the treasury
during the last financial year, despite
the unusually heavy expenditures fol
new;gas-houses and conductors.
SITTING Bulls language was a com
pound of pure Sioux and mongrel En-
ish. in which a number of Frenct
words were mixed. The latter hac
been picked up from the post traders.
The Trinity Church estate in New
York is worth $3.50, 900, 900, and is rap
idly increasing in valne. The reason
is that it lies on the west side of tn
town, which has become q vast trade
center.
In England's A~ustralasian% propertie!
the sale of opium to the aborigines anc
kanakas is very large, and the drug is
ven given in wages. The Presbyterian
General Assembly has asked the Gov
eminent to stop it.
SOME ladies of high social position
in New York are said to have started 6
society "for the advancement of pro
priety and frugality in dress" Among
the things to be avoided are decollete
dresses and sleeveless bodi ces.
A WRITER in the Chicago HernlM,
treating Of that novel subject. "What
People Should Read" remarks that
@Very little poetry is read nowadays
That may be true, but there is far more
poetry written nowadays than ave- be
fore.
If Miss Haggerty, of Philadelphia,
had not consulted o fortune-teller re-
garding a theft, she would not be nov
defending a suit for damages for falls
arrest brought by the young woman
whom the fortune-teller indicated q
the guilty person.
A very extensive domestic industr,,
in Russia consists in the manufacture
of wooden spoons, which are made t
the extent of 80, 1000, 900 annually, most
ly of birch. The poor of that land ar
happy if they can get something to ca
even ii wooden spoons.
MOST of the men who are you
enemies we're made hostile toward yo
by the follies and interferences of you
friends. Few Of you have an enemy {
your own making. And just as you
friends make your enemies, as ofte
the bitterness of your enemies wiz
you friends.
"IF q vote was to be taken in Car
ada tomorrow on the subject of anne,
ation," says a Montreal paper, "ther
would be only one in twenty in favor {
it. These American journals who dc
clare our people anxious for such a
event are bold-faced falsi6ers and Ii
for a purpose"
The restitution among the Indian
does not appear to be any worse tina
tits amongthe people of Oklahoma, an
there is not half as much concer
about it in official circles. A hungr
Indian is an object Of great solicituds
but a hungry white man is simply
victim of hard luck.
Two MEN have found zeal Fresno
Cal, what is claimed to be the genuin
petriied body of a man. It is remark
ably we'll preserved, and even the line
on the back of the hand are visible
The head is of a good size and featur
of Caucasian type. The body measure
nearly seven feet in length.