The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
The fall term of the district court
will convene in this city Tuesday.
October Sth, with Judge Levi MCGEE
on the bench.-Custer Chronicle.

October Sth, with Judge Levi MCGEE
on the bench.-Custer Chronicle.
department of telegraphy has
been opened in connection with the
Huron business college, to meet the
growing demand for competent oper-
ators in that region,
Arthur III. Simpson, an experienced
mining man, of Lead, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Branch Mini
mine at Galena and will take up his
duties October LIST.
A terrific electrical storm passed
over the vicinity of Gregory Tuesday
AFTERNOON destroying thousands of
dollars worth of property and kill
ing four people.
Users of tobacco are to be barred
from attendance at the Spearffsh
Normal from this time on. r. l..
Cook, principal, believes hat no
smoker will ever make a good stu
dent.
VIM. Lawrence, a %liveryman,
drunkard and gambler, shot and
killed his ~housekeeper Mrs. Kerr, at
Kadoka, last week, then turned his
revolver and shot himself in the head
dying instantly.
John White, who lives near Ole
richs was found guilty of illegally
fencing government land, by the Uni
ted States court at Deadwood, and
was fined $500, and was also sen
fenced to thirty days in jail. W. are
told that he had 1000 acres fenced
in.
Robert Bale, who lives lear Her
mosa, was found guilty of trespass,
at the late term of the United States
court at Deadwood, he being charged
with grazing cattle on government
land without a license. Jude Car
land imposed a fine of 500 which
was paid.
For the first half of 1907 the state
land department has loaned $780,
800 of the permanent school fund.
BY faI. the larger part of this is in
the shape of farm loans, S342o700 go
ing on that class of securities, and
the loans are scattered in nearly ev-
cry county of the state.
H. w. Ccrl, clerk of courts of Nc
Cook county and prominent in G. A.
r. circles, has. received the appoint
ment of clerksh!p In tho soldiers
home. at Hot Springs, S. D., and will
leave October l to assume his du-
ties. A special meetti Of the conn
ty commissioners has been called to
APPOINT a clerk to I'LL his unexpired
term.
DR.. II. II. French has been elected
to the chair Of anatomy and physi-
ology in the college Of medicine of
the University OF South Dakota. DR..
French was graduated from the
Washington State college with high
nonors and with the degree OF A..
b., and taught for several years in
the high schools of Washington.
The farmers institute held at the
Normal Spearfish, Tuesday and
"Wednesday, was not as we'll attended
as 1T should have been, largely owing
to the fact that most Of the farmers
in that vicinity are busy harvesting
or t~nreshing. The lectures by Prof.
Brigham on farm and fruit topics,
and by Miss Hoover on domestic
science were Instructive, and appre-
dated by those who heard them,
thoughth lectures were hampered
by Tbs n%on-arrival of apparatus
needed to illustrate parts of the ltc-
sture.s
Teachers who are without po-
sitions would do we'll to correspond
with Miss Latta Bailey, count, SD
perintendent of schools OF Gregory
county, who makes her headquarters
at Fairfax Superintendent Bailey
otlicially announces that there are
yetAabout a dozen schools in Gregory
county which are without teachers.
notwithstanding that salaries OF
from $40 to $50 per month are paid
lin the schools which are without
eachers. no applications for the va
cant positions have been received.
The frst brick In the first regular
Job OF paving ever done in DeadWood
was laid Thursday morning hS
Chief Of Polio eLambert. The brick
SWas laid In the southwest corner on
Deadwood street, adjoining and eas.
81 the Northwestern tracks, and
against the curb. The brick, how
eYerwas not allowed to remain III
the street When q considerable
patch had been laid, Mr.. Lambert re.
moved The brick and replaced ii With
another. The original he will keea
49, me1nento OF conspicuous CO
cAsion.
he Sioux Falls Press says that In
AAAction Appealed from the circuit
o0nrt of Faux county, the Supreme
EsscOnrt of South Dakota maintained
tho principlesof law that when an In
suirance company states . Valuation
policy and accepts q premium
based mon il GENERALIZATION, ii must
pay the full extent Of the valus
spIacsdiullponth e property In case OF
$0tnls Sio1s.T The insurance company
calinll6gontf sup plead Foyer-insurance
&dsSttleEthegslo sa ON the terms fixed
Ip1sASlIddl31ster. The estimate al &the
ASsatsRTittng3 the pollcymriusstt stand.
s5 & p5essdwood Telegram nus this