The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-26

noonin the NJ e: church by Rev:
Faith, OF Keystone, after which in
terment was made in the Highland
Park cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
der have the sympathy Of the whole
community in this their sad bereave-
ment.-Hermosa Correspondent in.
Buffalo Gap Republican.
William Helm and Mrs. Georgia
ORourke were united in marriage
at the home Of the brides daughter
two miles west OF the CITY on Wed
nesday last, Rev. J.. B. Kettle Off
ciating. A number of relatives and
friends were present to witness the
ceremony. The happy couple will
reside in Rapid City, the groom
having purchased a home in the
east part of town.
While coming out of the tunnel on
the Wheeler Hill property near Mys-
tic Saturday one of the miners
stuck a candle-holder into the tim
bers. The candle burned down, fell
ont of the holder, ignited some rope
and burned up 1900 lbs. of giant
powder in storage. The powder
burned slowly and there was no ex-
plosion-a freak sometimes charac-
teristic OF the stuff.
Surprising as the announcement
may seem to the average reader,
the editor of The UNION has indulg-
ed ina bath. He experienced this
luxury at Severns' new bath rooms
at the steam laundry Friday night,
and is still able to manipulate the
editorial pencil with all the yigor of
youth. The new oath room at the
laundry is all r%ight-nice porcelain
tub, plenty Of hot and cold water,
clean towels, the best of soap, abso-
lutte privacy and everything that
goes to make a bath what it should
De. Better go in and try it your.
self. Cleanliness is next to godli-
ness, and%it Il newspaper man can
stand the ordeal of a really first
class bath, the ordinary mortal
ought to pull through all right.
Twenty-Five cents will do the bust
ness.
An alarm Of fire caused a stir of
excitement about ten O'Clock last
Friday morning, the blaze being To-
Gated in the rear Of I. III. Chase's
store, just across the alley from
The UNION Office. The fire started
in a lot rubbish and dry goods box
es in the rear Of the store and was
under good Roadway before it was
discovered. It burned in through
one Of the rear windows and ran
along the cloth ceiling inside in a
hurry, setting fire to hats, clothing,
underwear and other. merchandise.
The fire boys responded promptly
and soon had the blaze subdued, but
not until some 5000 or $500 damage
had been done, a little OF it by wat
er. The merchandise was insured,
however and Mr.. Chase is not a
great deal loser. Business is being
conducted at the old stand as here
tofore.
In the Hornblend district a veal
thy Montana syndicate has secured
an option on a large number of
claims, and included in these are
the Benedict and yellow Bird, the
mostpromising gold ledge in that
district. The Benedict has been
bonded to Black Hills Copper com,
pany for some time, which has done
quite a little development work on
the claim under Mr.. j. B. Taylor, its
superintendent. The Yellow Bird
and Benedict + very large veins
and nearly all free-milling. Both.
are developed by shafts and open
cuts. At the Benedict Mr.. Taylor
sunk a shaft 1875 feet deep, milling
theaere ir Dibble's Chilean mill.
The returns from the ora re-imburs-
ed the company for all the expense
Q fsinking the shaft. The result Of
this test and the larggeness of the.
vein is what induced the Montana,
syndicate to take hold Of properties
inthatd istricts The new company
viii atSonce put in the necessary
machinery to put the claims On q
paying basis,-Hill City News.
First Ward Primaries.
The democratic primaries for the.
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