The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-03-15

and Lead have commenced a reform
movement against the saloons and
gambling houses. The mayor of
Deadwood was recently pre- Vailed up
on to order the saloons closed on
Sundays, according to the law, but
the order was ignored completely.
The better class OF people will now
back the mayor up in enforcing not
only the Sunday closing law, but al
so the removing OF the games OF
chance from the places and stopping
the music at the saloons. The move
ment will extend to Lead. There,
the Homestake company will back
the reformers,for the company has
noticed of late, that many of their
employees frequent she saloons Sun
days and the gambling dens at night.
In Deadwood, the Golden Reward
company will help the church people
for the same reason. There are now
about two dozen saloons in that city
and nearly as many at Lead.
The gang of rowdies which made
St. Joe street hideous last Monday
night would have been good ag-
gregatlon for the city marshal or
night police to practice on. Every
thing went" from the promiscuous
discharge of firearms to the ringing
of false fire alarm. The disturbers
were not molested by the officers.
Low-abiding people are growing tir-
ed of this sort of thing, but then,
the present city government was
elected on the promise to ''enforce
every city ordinance and state law"
| Ot course, the present police force
reflects the good intentions of the
power that made them. Monday
nights performance would look like
lit. r.
/ DR.. Ratty called at John Reddick,s
"Wednesday and found John broke
out in fine shape. He ordered the
lhouse under quarantine at once.
The town board called NEE ting and
placed 7. L. Monaghan on the board
Of health with Instructions to keep a
close watch to see that no one left
the house or sent any mail or other
things from the house. No oneis to
goinside the yard or on the premises.
John lives eighty rods or over from
the depot east of town. The doctor
thinks there will be no danger Of its
spreading. -Hermosa correspondent
to Buffalo Gap Republican.
The special and general appropri-
atoms made during the legislative
session just closed foot up to the
snug sum of 1856, 500. 1t was a
pretty expensive session when you
come to, figure on the time spent
and the small amount of good re-
suits obtained. But then. the state
has been redeemed foom the blight
of populism," to use the words of
four more or less distinguished con-
Igressman, Eben w. Martin. A
'business-like administration comes
high, but that's what the good peo-
| pie like, SO let them foot the bills.
/ The failure of the, senate to con-
4 firm the appointment of George p.
! Bennett as register of the United
4 States land office of this city, will
not prevent him from entering upon
his duties of the Office. He will
probably serve as arecess appointee
and will hold the office until his ap-
pointment can be confirmed by the
nextsenate. There is large volume
LOT business at the land Office, that
has besn accommodating for the past
six weeks, that must be attended 70
by Bennett.
The unvelling Of the Lignum god
formed 9 wierd ceremony at the
room Of that more or less mysterious
Organization Saturday night. The
god aforesaid turned out to be half
! fish and half human and the cere-,
monies were in keeping with the I'M