The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-01-21
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was highly satisfactory.
Mrs. J. S. Somers passed away at
her home in this city on Monday af-
ternoon at the age of sixty-seven
years. A complication OF diseases
was the cause of her death and the
remains were laid to their last rest
in Mountain View on Tuesday, fu-
neral services being conducted at
the First Congregational church,
by Rev. j. w. Barron. Just
twelve days prior to her demise, the
dread messenger summoned her
husband and called him home, Mrs.
Somers was woman loved by all
who knew her. Her whole life was
made up of kind deeds .and consist
ent christian living from day to day.
She leaves two sons and two daugh-
tiers to mourn her death.
One of the pleasantest social
events of the season was the A. O..
u. w. memorial held at the hall of
that order on Tuesday evening.
The attendance was unusually large
and after listening to a most inter
estlng and pleasing program COM
posed of musical and literary Sc
lections the throng was treated to a
supper consisting Of everything
which would appeal to the cravings
of the human appetite-all free of
cost to the visiting populace. The
remainder of the evening was pleas
antly spent in games and other
pastimes of a social nature until a
late hour
While walking from Black Hawk
to Rapid City on the railway track
last Tuesday morning William
Waugh was struck by a freight
train and narrowly escaped death.
He is quite deaf and knew nothing
of the approach of the train
until the engine struck him
and threw him to one side. The
train was stopped and Mr.. Waugh
was taken on board and brought to
Rapid City, At first he did not
seem to be much worse off for his
experience, but later he was found
to be qui.d badly injured He is
getting along nicely, however, and
no serious results are apprehended
The UNION is pleased to announce
that word has bee received direct
from Alex Chisolm, whose name was
connected with that of Root. Flor
mann in the recent report which
was circulated here regarding some
alleged trouble into which these
gentlemen had become involved in
British Columbia, which enables us
to fatty contradict the report re
ferred to. This correction is glad
ly made and The UNION is pleased
to be able to say that both Mr.
Chisolm and Mr.. Flormann are
doing we'll.
Mrs. W. G. Blair was taken sud
denly ill at the Jester house on Sun
day evening and messenger was
at once sent for Mr.. Blair who wa
| at the ranch. He made the trip t,
the city in four houres. Mrs Blai
is now BETTER which enabled her t.
take Tuesdays train for Chicag
where she will receive medica
treatment,
A. H. May, who has looked afte
the Interests of the Western Unto
Telegraph Co., in Rapid City durin
the past year or so, left Tuesday ey
ening for Omaha to enter the su
perintendent' Office. Mr.. Ma
made many friends during his sta
here and his departure is general
regretted.
/ Hereafter all who pay up all al
/ rearages on The UNION: or to ne,
> Subscribers who pay year in &C
y vance, will receive free one year
! subscription to the Successful Farm
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