The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-28
our nAknrA NEWS.

Mrs. c. II. Gctman. Who was alone IN
he house of her son itt-luw, j. j. brandt,
during III" absence Of the family at Big
stone lake, was awakened BIZ i burglar
MIS-, Gctmnt'R screams aroused tho neigh
borg, but before they reached The scene
the the burglar had disappeared He had
secured nothing.
During II severe electrical storm on sun.
Jay h1g!'t two horses owned by T.. H.
,ilal, of lirown county, were Killed by
lightning Thc storm was ono of the most
'oycre OF tho season, Tho wind blew a
gale ana lG5 Inches Of rain fell. oats,
fpeit, tutl some wheat wcr" blown down,
hut It Is believed the grain will revive nnG
sufgf hut lhtlo permanent harm from the
wind
Clcrlt OF Courts kellogg. OF Moody coun-
~, Is tho tifst TO make II report 10 tho
census hild vital statistics office under tho
new Nilnl statistic law No reports were
sNpceteu ~ The department until after
he frtt Of August. For tAc FIRST fifteen
days OF July Clerk kellogg reports eight
births, no deaths, two marriages, two
aturnliSnlions aud one divorce. or the
eight children reported. but two had beou
t9mod, All Of the births but one had been
rc,n,o,rted ny the regular physicians.
The responses to the appeals or assist
Nioe FOR the food sufferers at Fort Pierre
we're SO promptly met that the committee
Aolceted Tor mat work now authorizes the
staieInent that no further subscriptions
are needed to meet all the requirements
y the, occasion, They wish to tender
their thanks to those who SO promptly
responded TO their needs. The relief funds
have been. and those on hand viii be used
70 meet all necessary assistance for not
NnlF those ut Fort Pierre. but those In
tto. whole Of the flooded district.
Vhn MOSQUITO plague is giving farmers
trouble an over tho state, says reports
troin Pierre, In Hand county these pests
ar' reported to have driven farmers out
of their corn fields, and yesterday a herd
Of stamrodod cattle and horses plunged
down Into the valley OF Medicine creek
near canning, breaking fences in their
rush 'ul attempting to escape from tho
httaCks Of mosquitoes. The stock Ind
come from such a distance thnt me rnsi.
dents OF that locality could not tell the
owners,
MaSor A'arlen, OF Aberdeen. has re-
nois, III" postmark being blurred SO the
town could not be Identified, containing
*, which the senirt asked the mayor 10
place, IN the proper fuud as COMPENSATION
ior Hily water used from the hydrant OF
" Ah,erdeen, with the %nStghhor's permits
sion. hut CONTRARY to the city ordinances
md contrary to the law OF God The
let,ef was sieneai Yours for righteous
ness. u Eormet Citizen Of Aberdeen" and
nnpoitea TO he IN the handwriting OF a
y '
Ira o, Curttss, who has a field OF winter
MEM ON ms ns farm near aberdeen, has
conslueraelo quantities, The rust IN on
the stalks and not OH the heads or tho
grain AS the wheat IL almost ready To
harvest II Us not believed the rust viii
MI Cuirttsss las the only neld Of winter
wheat In Brown county, Isaac Lincoln
Who had q small field OF this wheat
nloMed Il under early In the spring. The
the wintNt wheat happening 10 ho In fust
We so0ulten 10 he affected by the rust
az the time the weather conditions w,rS
r'9h' tef ''sn Ntopaeation of the rust.