The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-23

William Norrington has received
word that he is to be transferred tx
the weather station at San Francisco
soon. He will go to Denver shortly
to prepare himself for his duties or
the west coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lennon anC
Ralph Throckmorton went up tt
Belle Fourche this morning, where
Mr.. Lennon will superintend the
loading of a lot OF Sheidley cattle
Ralph will leave on n of the trains
for Sioux City, Iowa.
Mrs. f. Howe leaves on this even.
ing's train for Milwaukee where she
will spend some weeks visiting her
son. Mr.. Howe will leave for the
same place at q later date.
Geo. Ralph, of Grashul and
Stephen Nichols, of Piedmont,
made this Office a %pleasan: call
! Saturday and left instructions tc
have the leading stock paper of the
Hills sent to their address. Re-
CARELESS of politics the Stockman
list keeps getting larger.
Ed Lennon, manager of the
Sheidlcy Cattle Co., Sundayed with
his family in the city, the first time
for several months.
While leading a horse into the
barn on Sunday last Master George
Boland was painfully injured. A
horse which was following the one
being led bit the animal, causing it
to lunge forward, striking George.
He was knocked. down and quite
badly hurt. but will be out again in
a few days.
Stein Bangs and James Hartger-
ing are home again, having com
pleted a five months government
survey down in the White river
country. The job was a big one,
but the party reports having had a
good time while out.
Miss Tarbell, in the November
McClure's, will tell the story "a most
dramatic story, by the way) Of Lin
coins nomination in 1860, drawing
largely on the personal recollections
Of the men who were most instrument
tai in securing the nomination. The
paper will be fully illustrated.
Swan Nelson, who was arrested a
'ew days ago by Deputy Sheriff
Aiken, of Keystone, on the charge
OF horse stealing, and having been
bound ove to the grand jury by the
justice court, the party vas brought
TO this city Thursday and placed in
the county Jail.
The household goods of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wells we're shipped
to Lead City today. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wells expect to leave for that place
tomorrow morning. Their daugh-
ter Bessie will visit for a few days
with the family of S. D. Barber. For
many years past this estimable
family has made their home in our
midst and their departure is re-
GREETED by the large list of intimate
friends and acquairtances, but who
wish them we'll in their new home.
Belle Fourche Times: The most
exciting horse race Of the season
occurred here Tuesday. Riley OF
Lead, matched a race with D. Bow
man, Of this place, for quite asum OF
money. Side betting was freely in
dulged in and several hundred dol
lars in money and property changed
hands. The Belle Fourche horse
lost by a neck. The ace was the
more exciting from the fact that the
horses we're matched a week pre-.
vious to the last race and the money
went the other way. This should
teach all to risk nothing the second
time, but horse racing will be horse
racing. Our boys took their med.
icine without an outward struggle.
Sturgis Press: Rev. G.. NJ. Bos
we'll left Peoria, ILL.,, last week where
he has been transferred from this
field of labor to more desirable quart
ers. His wife's health has beer
poor since their arrival in the Hills
and feeling it his duty to seek an
other climate he has fortunate II
securing the passionate of the Peoria
charge.