The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-13

several hiohthS past ahls curing
ing that anne bore her tria1swicdout
a murmur Of complaint, remaining
hopeful of her ultimate restoration
until a few days prior to her death.
She leaves a father and stepmother
in St. Louis. d sister in Pine. Bluffs,
Ark, another sister at Galveston,
Texas, ii brother at EdgemoHt and
two sous, Edward and Fred, the
latter Attending the last sad rites.
Funcrals services were conducted at
the Presbyterian church Sunday al
ternoon. Rev. Prugh officiating, and
the remains laId to their final rest
in Mountain View cemetery west of
the city.
Col. Richard Lee, the well known
mining magnate and lunch route
perambulator. has decided to retire
from mining for a time and plunge
headlong into the literary world.
In short, he it to blossom out into d
~''literary feller." The genial col
onel, realizing the popular demand
for instruction relative to becoming
IL money king, has decided to pub
fish a book entitled ''How to Dis
cover a Cola Nine or From Soft
Mud to Nuggets in which he will
wildly portray his rapid rise to
wealth and influence through the
Gi covrry of his now famous U. S
Grant mine. Col. Lee declares that
half the world is sound asleep and
the other half is snoozin9 but he now,
proposes to wake the whole business
and point out to them the royal path
To wealth.
Owing to numerous h~indrances,
chief among them being a lack Of
space, THE UNION failed to publish
une story "T,A>agA" which won the
second frjze il the story contest
conducted by this paper SOM
months ago. The narrative is mer-
iturious in every sense Of the word
aud is from the pen Of Miss Ora
Snavely. a high school pupil. Now
that THE UNION has been enlarged,
the story will appear in these col.
ums next week. Watch for it, anJ
read it when it appears. 1t is q
credit to the writer and is worthy
a place in the columns Of the best
story paper in the country.
Mr.. and Ms. VIM MCMILLAN very
appropriately celebrated their gold
en- wedt ing last Monday, though the
celebration came unexpected
through the invasion of a crowd OF
friends. The invaders brought
plenty to eat and a number OF gifts
were made also, rendering the event
highly enjoyable and oue long to b.
remembered.
Rev. Prugh, three children, and
Miss May Prugh were passengers
east Wednesday evening. Miss
Prugh and children will 90 TO Penn.
sl.ylvaina while Mr.. Prugh will &C
company them to a point in Mis-.
souri, where he will preach Sunday
with a view to taking up his pas
toral labors in that field.
The annual meeting and roll cal
Of the Baptest church was held a.
the church Thursday evening. A
general good time was had and tht
Baptist organization was shown tt
be making considerable advance.
ment.
Sheriff Cash Leedy was busy
Wednesday moving his household
effects into the county Jail building
preparatory to the assumption o.
his duties as sheriff.
Dan Brooks was down from Tepet
gulch and called on The UNION Ions
enough to add a dollar to u bank
account on Wednesday.
..-ts-AE.L
The date for VIM. Hawley Smith
OF the High School Lecture course
has been changed from February
to January 80.
Paul Murphy came in froma sheer
IIDD