The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10
BRIEF MENTION.

goes merrily on.
Rev. w. S. Peterson Of Lead spent
part Of the week in the town.
The land office case seems to have
been pretty thoroughly settled.
Henry Barber is the proud father
of a new daughter, an arrival of'oat-
urday.
Read the call OF the mass county
convention Of silver republicans in
another column.
Michael Keliher, the ~five-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Keliher
died Of scarlet fever last Friday and
was buried Saturday.
Prof Geo. Galloway Of Valley
Junction, Iowa, has been chosen as
principal Of the city schools for the
coming year. He ONE highly rec
commended as an educator.
The friends of Miss Corinne Lari-
more will be pleased to learn that
she is o. in charge OF the Western
Union telegraph office at Falls City,
Nebr., having left Mantiou, Colo,
some weeks ago.
G. H.. McKibben, who has been for
several years clerk in the U. S. land
office in this city, left to join his
family in Georgia Sunday. He
leaves a good !record behind him,
and a host of friends and well-wish-
crS.
Col. M. FL. Day came in from Den
Yer Sunday and spent the fore part
Of the week in the city. Tuesday
he went up to his Gilt Edge mine
and will put a force at work get
ing out ore for the big c]hlorination
plant in this city.
The city concil held a session Mon
day evening and after allowing bills
awarded the city printing contract
to the Journal, the contract for
furnishing nails and hardware for
the city use to Congdon Hardware
Co., and granted "a 81 per month
water. rent to the chlorination works,
Some other routine business was
transacted.
The annual commencement of the
Rapid City high schools was held at
M. d. church last Friday evening,
the exercises being most interesting
to the immense throng congregated
to witness them. The floral display
was strikingly handsome and the
event most successful. The mem
bers of the graduating 0class were:
Misses Bertha Quiggle, Tha Woods,
Selma Sneve and Mr.. Frank Read.
The city authorizes nave taken up
the case of the abused pedestrian
and will try and protect him from
the heartless scorcher on the city's
sidewalks. Chief of Police Hewitt
requests The UNION to say that
bicycling is prohibited in the follow
ing district: between 4th street on
the east to 9th street on the west,
and from Rapid street on the north
to Kansas City street on lthe south.
The penalty for riding on the walks
in the above district is a fine from
$40 to $50 or an Imprisonment, of not
less than ten days in the city jail.
Cylista must keep off the walks.
Owing to the accident occurring to
the big show trains between Sturgis
and Wbitewood last Tuesday, the
great thron G Of people which had
gathered to witness the John Robin
son show in Rapid City were com
PEELED to 60 home without seeing 1T.
The circus train did not reach this
city until about 6:3O in the evening
too late to show. Reports fromDthe
performance given at Deadwood and
and from a personal Investigation of
its people and paraphenalia, The
UNION has no hesitancy in saying
that the John Robinson shows are
the best that ever visited the Hills
country. In spite Of their inability