The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-13

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pear, supported by the Keystone
Orchestra. keystone Recorder.
THE UNION is doing pretty well,
thank you, Its job department has
been running day and night the past
ten days to take ARE of a pretty
nice run of printing.
Mrs. w. T. Coad entertained the
Current Events club at her home
last Friday afternoon. A most in
teresting program was rendered
and the session was made one of the
most interesting Of the season.
AS a result of years of faithful SER
vice as local agent for the American
Express company, James w. Post
has been promoted to route agent.
The new position brings a raise in
salary and Mr.. Post is to be con-
graduated.
Wolves have been creating havoc
among some of the fiocks of sheep in
this locality of late. B. L. Allender
of Creston has had seven head killed
by the brutes recently, and The
UNION is told that Joseph Wattersor
of Dakota City has also suffered
considerable loss in the same way.
The thermometer in Custer regis.
tered Is below on the morning of
the 4th. This will be a little tough
on the stock on the range, which &C
cording to all reports have been
doing we'll up to this time. We
usually get two Of these cold snaps
during a winter, which generally
last two or three days. This winter
the cold weather has been put off so
long that we will probably not
have another Cluster Chronicle.
One of The Northwest Post read
ers from Slim Buttes writes that
the cattle that are able to get plenty
Of water ave doing the best for many
winters, but range stock are suffer-
ing for water, not a speck of snow
having fallen in that vicinity, and
the creeEs all being frozen. Ee adds
that it is a pitiful sight to e humid
reds of cattle running up and down
the frozen creeks that should be
kept open by the big cattle com
panies.
Up to date, Jack Sully, the grand
sachem of the Lyman county cattle
rustling contingent, has not come
into the clutches Of public officials
whose duty it would be to lariat and
hobble him. If he landed safely
among his dozen or more pals, south
of the White river, it will require
something Of an effort to corral him.
It is more than likely, however, that
he will drift westward to the NOM
tains or over the line into Canada
Chamberlain Journal.
1t is reported that there is con.
siderable h~orse-orand shaving being
done, the perpetrators being parties
who do not own a hoof. Brand-shav.
ing under such circumstances is sus.
picious. It is apt tolead the owner
to conclude that some one was at
tempting to rob him. 1t is SAID thai
in case the brand is indistinct an6
easy Of alteration the brand-shavel
makes things come his way by sub
stituing a new design. By working
diligently andcautiously the brand
shaver in course of time would be
enabled to round up quite a herd o
his own.-Sturgis Press.
Peter Sweeny and John Glover
came up from Rapid City on The
Elkhorn Friday morning. and were
Immediately taken in charge by
number Of friends who prepared
them for the trying ordeal OF initia
ton into The mysteries of the orde
Of Elks. They were given the degree
at the meeting Friday night and re
turned to their homes in the vale.
lefty with all the wildness taken on
of them, for the goat which the.
were compelled to ride that nigh
was of the vicious kind, which doe
not give . fellow time to do mucl
thinking after he has mounted it
-Pioneer-Times.
N Fea Of tie OhingS