The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-14

state senate was down from Hill City
this week looking after political mat.
tiers.
The first football game of the season
was played Saturday afternoon between
the School of Mines eleven and the
Indian school team, resulting in score
OF 30 to 0 in favor of the School of
Mines.
The infant son OF Mr., and Mrs. II. G.
Horton of Rapid City died last Satur-
day Of cholera infantum after all illness
of only few hours. The funeral SER
vices were held Monday afternoon at
the Methodist church.
While sitting In the shade OF high
bank to rest last Friday Hugo Myers,
the 1l-year-old son of Henry Myers OF
Creston was killed by the bank sudden
ly caveing on him. Tho funeral SER
vices were held Sunday afternoon at
the residence OF his uncle, John I4eary,
of this city, after which the body was
inferred in Evergreen cemetery
While the board of commissioners
were in session Commissioner Miller
OF Deerfeld was suddenly taken i'll. A
physician was hastily summoned and
Mr.. Miller was relieved of immediate
suffering He decided, however, to re-
turn home for the present SO the board
decided to adjourn till October Is when
the regular business will be resumed.
One Of Rapids most popular young
ladies, Miss Edna Fowler. left last
Monday Cor Parsons, Kansas, where
she has accepted a position with the
Strauberger department store. she
will be greatly missed, not only at the
| Beehive store, where she has been
bookkeeper for the past year, but by q
host Of trends who regretted much to
lose her from their midst
Judge Peck and wife returned last
| week from visit with their son. Fred,
at his ranch ttirty-fve miles from
Belle Fourche. The Judge has lost
none OF his youthful enthusiasm over
the game of politics, and while he is
not looking for any political favors he
| likes to drop In on the boys occasion
ally to see how things are running
He reports his visit at his sons ranch
an enjoyable one and says that section
Of the country is looking good, but tina,
water is scarce up there.
| ]. A. Behrens. the reliable furniture
dealer, who has held forth on lower
Main street for years, has purchased
the Morris block, now occupied by the
Felgel secondhand store, and will re-
move his4stock OF goods as soon as the
room is vacated. The Morris building
is a fine one and Mr.. Behrens will find
ample room to display his stock OF fur.
nitnre. which is second to mona In the
country, We understand Mr.. Eiegel
will move his store into the room re-
lcently vacated by the Fallon Phar-
macy.
Harry" Hunter. w. j. Underwood
and ], F. Love, Milwaukee officials
who have been travelling overla nd
from Chamberlain to the Hills, arrived
in the city sunday. Tom Sweeney and
Chauncey Wood drove them out around
the country Monday and they were
very much pleased with what they saw.
Notwithstanding what the space writ
ers on the Sioux City Journal have
been saying, these gentlemen sdo not
say the Milwaukee will build aeross to
the Hills this year. They are out,
they claim, to get into closer touch
with the roads customers.
Jack Parry, who has run a dray line
in this city for several years, sold out
his interest to Nels Nelson last week
who will continue the business. We
regret to learn that Jack will zoye his
family to Missouri, where his father
lin-law recently located, Jack has been
lone Of our most valuable ball players
and II will not be easy to find one to Ali
This place. He has always been a hard
worker in the fire department, and has
generally been found in the front ranks
i Of every move that has been made for
the betternent of the town. He aud
This wife expect to leave as soon as they
can settlc their business matters here.