The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-07-24
! .DCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS
Raspbcrrics arc ripening.
Rye harvest has commenced.
William lIamm has ten acres in gal-
den.
r. w. Jackson is painting the elevator.
Ranchers are busy haylng.
The binding Irvine trade is booming.
Prairie chickens are very scarce this
season.
VIM. Robinson's house is being plas-
tered.
George "lIcckcr has nearly recovered
from his serious illness.
The market is sluttcd with new pota-
toes.
Miss Corwin has gone to Pierre to visit
relatives.
G.. w. Gritty has commenced work ON
the the third ward school house.
Glen Violin Is laying the foundation
for his residence.
Frank Eaton has returned from a trip
to Philadelphia.
Garden stuff is sold cheaper than ever
before in the Black Hills.
A.. j. Thompson is receiving four dol
lars per day for bridge work i'll Dead
wood.
Common laborcrs complain Of very
dull times in Rapid City.
S. Faux will erect II small dwelling on
, his lots in vest Boulevard this fail.
The Alliance Hail Association lost
$ about $4,000 i'll bennington county by
the recent hail storms.
: Theodore Redcr is preparing to build
another elegant cottage to rent.
The hail last Monday killed large
numbers OF chickens IN Rapid City, one
, party lost forty.
Work on the motor line is 50 long de-
{ ferrcd that people begin to doubt its
" completion this fall.
Al Anderson has been l~atlnns ut Fort
Meade.
Hugh Lyle has commenced work I'M
der his contract to erect @. U~imcbuugh's
residence.
Contractor Young was down from
Fort Meade on business last Saturday.
McCameron Bros. haye the contract
4 to build thcnew wholesalchousc. Build
ers say their bid is below Il profitable
wage earning contract.
t NJ. S. X. Clark has secured the con
tract to build H. P. Lewis residence for
$4,000. Mr.. Clark is IL skilled mechanic
y and will give Mr.. Lewis i, first class Job.
\. Thoma has grown ;s fine currents
and goOsebcrrics us could be found any.
where. He is sellingSlargc quantities oil
y them.
Some anchcrs spend two days cutting
e a load OF hay, haul it twenty-five miles
e to Rapid City and sell it at four dollars
a load.
n The crops on lower Spring creek were
nearly ruined by drouth when the hal
came and totally destroyed all grain
o and grass which had escaped the drouth
Rec mt reports from the eastern part
OF the county Indicate that small grains
will not be more than half Il crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson tender then
g sincere thanks to the Knights OF Labor
and other friends for interest and kind
hess shown during the serious illness O
their little boy.
II VIM. Boyd is experimenting the con
,e struction OF the new school house.
Upon returning home after the recon
2 hail storm II. S. Holsclaw found the
windows all broken out OF his residence
Believing in the theory that"cvcry clou(
Il has q silver lining he gathered up som
hail and made a quantity OF delicious
ice cream.
, Quite a number OF Rapid City people
visit the booming town OF Spokane
every week.
Rapid City is fortunate in having two
physicians specially skilled in the treat
ment OF diphtheria. We know from ex
p~erience the Drs. Davis and Van Bus
kirk are emlnently qualified to copt
with that dreaded disease in it's worst
form.
Ranchers will generally find the crops
Il that require the most care pay the best