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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-12-10

In the District Court First Judicial District, pa-
kota Territory, Custer County.
Dora NJ. Thompson,
William W. Thompson
De!enoartJ
The Territory of Dakota sends greeting: TO vii.
liam w. Thompson. the above named defend
You are hereby summonCda and requested 10 an
swcr the complaint OF the above named p~iaii:it,
which was filed with the clerk oi the District
court within aud FOR Custer county, Dakota Ter
ritury, nj Ats office in the town OF Custer City, i'm
said county Oh the 18th day of August. A. ID.
1881, and to serve Il copy Of your answer "a said
complaint upon the subscriber AT his Office III
said Custer City, ID. T., within thirty days AFTER
the service of this summons on you, exclusive OF
the day of Sucll service: or the plaintiff Will aI-
ply Ia the court for the relief in her said COM
rlaint prayed Cor. together with costs OF this ac-
ton.
Dated at Custer City, d. T., this 10Th day OF
August. A. ID. 1851.
FRANKLlN W. Insight.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
To Win W. Thompson, the above uamed defend
ant:
Please take notice that the complaint in this
action WAS filed IN the Office oitl,e District court,
in and for Custer county, Dakota Territory, IT
Custer lily, in said county and Territory OF ia.
29;h day al August. 1881, and the foregoing SUM
mons is row served on You 10y publication, pnr-
Suqni To M order OF the Hon. q. &. Moody.
IN .ye of said couut, made herein on the 5lst day
OF August, 1881.
FRANKLlN W. KNIGHT.
Attorney for PlaintiG.
Custer City, i. r., Sept. 3, 1881.
TEHE!r"GN OF DtkorA. = In Justices Court
County DfciStcT
Before J a.. Lewis. Justice OF the Peace.
Henry silver AMI oscar
silver. co-,aitl.e!s doin.
business under The firm
name and style OF silver
Brothers.
Plaintiffs,
Parker W. Masters
DC!cndcnt.
The Territory OF imkutn sends greeting Ia
Parker W. Masters. the above nnmed defendant.
You arc hereby summoned and required IL b'
and appear before the Undersigned. one oi lie
Ju>,icc's of liz. Pace in aud for said Custer conn
~. ID. r., ut my once ia Custer City IN SAID coun-
Is and ~trnitoF! ON the 9h day of Novcint,r.
1871, at the hour OF 10 O'Clock a.. IN. To answer
the complaint OF the Plaintiffs now on file In nay
office, IN Il civil action for the recovery 81 Nv cniy-
seven dollars ana McntA -ive cents tS@'.-ol ut
value of Goods. wares and merchandise, sold and
: delivered ~ the plaintiffs to tie defendant NJ he
request on tIe ist day OF september, $3.50. And
YOU are hereby notified that in ease YOU tail u
50 appear and answer. The plaintiffs Viii lax,
Judgment against YOU Tor the sum OF twenty
seven dollars and twenty-five cents C:27.21) viii
interest thereon from september lst. 1880, 20
gtthCr with costs oi this action ANA attorney
fees as allowed Dy law,
Given under ny hand al my onice in fustcl
City, D.. r., this 2Hth day OF september. ISL.
S. NJ, LEWIS,
Justice pf the Peace in and for Custer County
d.. +.
ERANKLIN w. KNIGHT, Atty for Plaintiffs.
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he property DESTROYED il thus enumerated:

The insurance on al this DESTROYED
property is said to 30 only S623, ,63a.
Representatives Of the different local
relief committees of Day City, East Saginaw,
Port Huron and Detroit met in the lstter city
and held G prolonged conference with Gov.
Jerome, with the result that the Governor was
unanimously requested toappoint State Gen.
tral Relief Committee. through whom, here
after, all aid for sufferers by The recent terrible
fires should he distributed. This will simplify
the work aud condnce to the utmost economy
in the important work, which must necessarily
continue through the winter. Ex-Goy. Henry
p BALDWIN heads the committee.
A casket Of sheet bronze, with gold
nloantings, was rendered by New York COM
,any for the Presidents remains. Mrs. Gar
,ie!d went to Cleveland to inspect it, AMI OF
4, red the transfer of the body. It IL now
thought that . crypt will lie erected in Lake
View Cemetery. and the casket exposed to view.
Lieut.. Bernard, pursuing the hostile
lns.lans IN Arizona, tclesraphed to Gen. W l.
cox. on tho 7th inst, that the savages would
cross the Mexican border, and that he would
fellow with ,he sole intention Of Furnishing ,he
murder,rs and robbers. The Mexican Consul
nj Tucson dispatched couriers TO various points
IN the line. sskine the Mexican troops to CO.
operate in tho pursuit.
The corn corner in the Chicago mar
ket burst last week, decline Of II cents hay
,us taken plaas In ssvsaty.two hours. ahs
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was fired It BY man disguised In female cloth
ing, who escaped. A girl riding on ajaunting-
car with the intended victim WAS wounded.
Eight students at the Military College
Of Moscow, and two 1t 81. Petersburg, have
been arrested for Nihilism.
A Berlin correspondent says he has .
communication from st. Petersburg announc-
ing that the headquarters Of the Nihilists have
been discovered and sixty arrests made.
Gladstone, on appearing at Leeds, was
presented with eishty-six addresses. He claimed
that ElOO 600, 900 had been lost BY bad harvests.
At banquet in tho evening be expressed ths
sentiment that, while justice to ireland il !
sacred duty, It must bs accompanied BY equal
justice to England and Scotland. He took oc.
casion to contrast O'Connell's fidelity to the
crown with Parncll's hostility TO everything
EnSliah.
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EXTRA SENATORIAL SESSION.
Republican and Dcm0cratic Can-
eMScas

WASHINGTON, Oct. :.
Caucuees were held on Saturday BY both the
Democratic and Republican Senators. There
was quite full attendance 1t both. Tho three
new Senator'S, Lspham, Miller and AldTich,
were Ut the Republican caucus After remain
ing in session an hour or moro discussing the
situation, the Republicans appointed . COM
mittce, consisting Of Messrs Edmunds,
Logan, Allison Sherman and Mcmillan,
to confer with tho Democrats on
the general subject OF organization
vor OF electing Mr.. Bayard ~ President Of the
Senate the first thing on Monday was over
wLelming. 1t was agreed to without even
suggestion to the contrary. The next qnes-
ton. involving the right Of the Democrats
to elect Secretary before swearing
lengthy Discussion cnsned, some holding that
the Secretary should properly be elected before
SWEARING in the new Senators. and others that
it was tic right Of the new Senators to partici-
pate in this election. Mcsers. pendleton, Gar
land. Voorhees,, Pngh aud Davis. Of West
virsin'a, We're appointed committee to meet
the Republican committee and confer with
them in relation TO tho organization.
The two committees met aud were In confer
ence iu.t fifteen minutes. Before proceeding,
Mr.. Pendleton said that It was fair to the Re-
publicans to state that the Democrats had a.
ready selected q cxnd date for the Presidency
Or the Senate, and that any conference could
only take into consideration the remain
ing officers connected with the Een.
ate. To this Mr.. Edmunds, for the
Republicans. replied that they were only au.
thorized 10 confer - to the organization Of the
Senate. He also stated, in connection with the
selection OF Democrat to be presiding oflicez
| Of that Dody, that such an act WAS to offer 4
| premium to some Democratic Guiteau OF
| dangerous person to murder President
| Arthur for the purpose OF placing thu
| Democrats in control OF the Government
| The Republican committee returned TO theil
| caucus chamber, and made their report, wheI
Senator Anthony WAS unanimously nominated
| the Republican candidate for the presidlng OF
ficer. be being the oldest Senator in confinu
! GUS service
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- = =
SCANT CROPS.
a Summary of the wheat and Corn
Yield for 1851, Compared with Pre-.
ylOuS Years,

n Gun NJ macy ~ fnne wheat md 6sMFna
v...s -. s.se. r~.-..s ..,s.s. 49,
u - 1eo1, eOlDPal0"
vsous Ae0
Reports to Brddsi,fefs Col New York; num-
bering 5000 in response to INQUIRIES sent to I'll
rho.t .nI cor,, .~n,,ro .ornt;os i, .ha rrn;ted
mn.as anu ~" slo""s oo"'.''e' = 'n0 o.1... :.
states, enables tnat Journal 70 summarize .no
wheat and corn crops Of the United States for
1871 . While the r.tnrns ~ hand. A. might be
..,.,.,a.aa - e. ...,.-.a;a. ~, a,ro,,,,, -
e.ppoee., w ~. eoA.A.'os 'no
counts OF total rum to farmers OF the West, u
can not be said that the situation aud outlook are
"a yo,h;dd;n~ !. .o,oa opar.,ors von,d have the
-
world Deneve. AZ REGARDS wneas ana tne y'elu y
INT tho v;e,d nor .cra has declined from 16.s
bushels. III. irnre of the census for 1879. 10
7.5 bushels pcr acre IN 1881. The total Weld Of
wheat for the seaaon IN Illinois II estimated at
% eas ooo hrshoIs - - - rod With 81 ia. .5O2
hnsheis IN iS7g these beIno the census figures.
and b6. 800. 600 bushels last wear. The story of
~. Ss.s.s. ]. =. siald a. fllinnis in III ~
we're winter, chnch bugs and drought. The
The returns from Ohio indicate total yield
OF wheat for the season OF Sc, 81. 900 bushels,
~ compared with the census figures Of 46, ,019.-
600 bushels for the crop Of 1879, and 4s, ,5OO,-
600 bushels for 1880, these latter being our
own eELlnl0te, COrr0Cy0O III tue uBut VI luO
revelations Of the census, falling on Of IS per
cent. The two influences which have affected
the Ohio wheat vie j are the severe winter and
drought. The average per acre in Ohio il esti-
mated At 1913 bushels, = compared with Is
bushels Id 1873.
The wheat crop Of Michigan. this year, We
place at - $40 goo bushels, against the census
return of 20 5S2 OoO bushels Tor lsls anu eon OUT
own estimate ot SS51o,OOO Dusnels :oI i.o1. .s,;.
Inc average yieid per acre u Mlcnls.n ....s .uas
year Is put at i0.b bushels The census return a1a
indicates Yield OF ~ bushels per acre III Ioss.
The falling on against last year q per Gen..
MnnesotA promises YIN IA .Ll's ,,ol.' 49,. r.;ns
that Of last year, but the late ana severe Ialns
have caused falling on. Inc average yaelu aa
per acre this year y given q WI. Per acre, .ne
average ior lS.S nssvlng Nv Decn Ia r 10 IN
ane ~ toss. y'elu ,,. ,T .ns 80 :, ooo aoN hr.hsia
W pusle'As : i@lile - = o'"oo'oo
saIcc H. 49, ~ -,. !, &t;s.or,, th;s ve.r i
Inc ylsu ono nnn - .ns;,,st o. oes non i,
esma.ea n ~ - oo ooo ooH I.oc.. ~ tea,, a.
!oas, .na - 1o'vooa sot annsr" .ouo n M,sso.r The
sn:. = s;a,S .c,,,ns rad Nth last vaar l.
sa'nne e on - yie'u' Oo'np~iO1 "''1 ''' 90 :
q PoI Cons -. 80. 49, i. o. oea coo
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The Captain Of the German schooner
Ph@nix reports the discovery Of new islaA
in the South Pacific ocean . square mile in ex-
tent, and war vessels Of three nations set out
from Callao to investigate the claim.
The British commission appointed to
inquire into the Afghan campaign has discov-
cred gross corruption in the accounts Of quar-
t.nnasters and commissaries. Several intuen-
tial bankers have been arrested in India.
The Sultan is interfering very actively
in Egyptian affairs. He has sent three Conn
mlssioners TO that country on various missions,
and has informed the Khedivet that he has done
so, though he has not yet informed his cabi-
net. Tho Sultan's interference may lead to
serious European complications.
The price Of Confederate bonds in the
London market advanced last week, it il said,
because Of committee asking holders to regis
ter the bonds, and this being taken TO be pre-
liminary step to An appeal to some OF the
Legislatures Of the Southern States for the
redemption Of part Of the bonds at least.
An Irish farmer, named Leary, living
on the estate OF Lord Kenmore, near Baltimore,
was fatally shot by band Of armed men, who
warned him not to pay rent.
At Wadzergha. Tunis, Arabs captured
the railway station, burned alive the station
master, who was an ex-Frcnch officer, and
massacred ten OF the Italian employees. The
outrage 10 supposed to be BY way OF reprisa
for the Wholesale destruction, by Gen. Saba
tier, Of native orange forepts, vineyards and
yillsges.
Dipththeria is causing terrible NOR
tality in the Province Of Orel. Russia, wher.
II per cent. OF the cases prove fatal.
Parnell has advised Irish tenants moi
to appeal to the Land Commissioners appointet
under the new Land bill until the working Of th,
all has been tested.
An Irish landlord. named Bingham
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POLITICAL STATE CONVENTIONS.

80 "a 49,
~ 49, .Ol. nePoOncsn = 80. eS1,o1.D.' ~. ..1
nst u ne Academy OF Auso, Nov 1OsA c'sN'
there being 1000 persons in attendsncs. Hon
Thomas 9. Platt called the delegates TO order.
Hon. Frank Hiscock was proposed g tempo
ry Chairman, but declined IN the spirit o.
harmony. The new Senator, Warner Miller,
~. 'nen e'eo'sa 30, ~ m,1u.s :. .u ~ -
cock. George William Cuft1 suDmtted 80.
luton III Endorsement Or civil-service reform,
which was referred 70 the Committee on Plat
form. Chauncey II Depsw was chosen
permanent Chairman. The following ticket was
n Dsyenport Comptroller: IoslSe W. Russell,
Attorney General silas Seymour, State En-
rineer and r. NJ. Finch. Judge or the Court Of
Appeals. The proceedings were harmonious
throughout. a lengthy platform was
adopted. The 6r1t section IL in memo
second y complimentary 70 President
Arthur; tho third relates to the national finan-
ee., and favors toe reduction Of national taxes,
D u .nat e ~. sucn e;n ass,,on ~ ns Amsrc.n
industry !: the fourth fayors the earnest prose-
cution Of the star-route swindlers, - well ~
au others wrongfng the Government; the n1tn
favors proper civil-service reform the sixth
d complimentary 70 Gov. Cornell the seventh
=: Il 1.-e, - Isa..ins fha 4.a.1. ar.e Tho ~.
c.snsn ,; liz asss 90 !.,,s.i. ..,,n-.ss - ~.
Po1os Ii0nolo'lOs sAss 1nJus'y oPp.o~ -
PsoPe.
The Massachusetts Democfatic convention
assembled a Worcester and nominated the
s.,,a-;.r o.... .,,a,o. nc.o-ror ch.r,e. .
.U1o"Ae o'@,9 - r.~... -. .
rns,a.pss rny,psonS Se-St.rv - at.te nen NJ + nona.
hoe Treasurer and Receiver General, Col.
Francis J. Parker; Auditor, Charles i.
Field Attorney General Gen. Patrick
A. Collins. The platform declares that the
tariff needs readjustment; monopollrs
have to be watched corporations snonld nave
their charters revised shipDuhding snouii De
encouraged. not BY subsidies, Dut Dy donR
Away WITH taxation Dnrdensome snlP-
builders prohibitory laws have not accom-
plished the purposes Tor winch tney were en-
acted, and are an INVASION of the personal ND
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Conservatism.
fW. @. +. Shedd.l

The proper posture, therefore, Of tho
individual mind, and especially OF the
educated mind, toward the current topics
Of the age in which he lives il that Of
moderation. The educated man should
keep his mind equable, and, in some de-
gree aloof from passing views and
theories. He ought not to allow theories
that have Just come into existence to
seize uron his understanding with all
that assault and onset with which they
take captive the uneducated, aud es-
pecially the unhistoric mind. OF what
use are the teachings Of history II they
do not serve to render the mind prn-
IDENTIFY distrustful in regard to newborn
opinions, and at the same time that they
throw II wide open and fill it with
strong confidence towards all that has
historically proved itself to be true? Is
il for the cultivated man, the man OF
broad and general views. TO throw him-
self without reserve and with oil his
weight, into what, for anght he yet
knows, may be only cross current and
eddy, instead Of the stream Of truth?
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STATES.

For Kentucky the yield for 1881 il 4n,3 1000
bushels, against q crop o. n, So, 900 bushels IN
1879 and 86,h39. 900 ia 1850, the last figures ne
ing those OF tho Agricultural Bureau.
Tennessee reportsa shortage of is.6 rer mt.
the figures for 1891 being 81, 100000. In 1879
the crop OF the same State MAS 81, 764, 900 bush
els, and in 1880 about the same.
Virginia has short crop, the decrease being
40 per cent.
Texas reports falling of amounting to
about the same proportion Of last years drop,
or near ~ per cent, and the same thing ma.
be said OF West Virginia.
The estimate OF the corn crop IN the South
ern States, ~ whole, this yesr IL 247, BOT. -
bushe.s ~ against 8G2, ,47s.0 900 in 1879, accord
ing to tho censns, and Att. s25, 600 IN 1881, nc
colding TO tho bureaus revised figures.
The drought has most seriously affected the
yield OF crcn In the Middle htstcs. Tue short
age in pcnasyiyania snd New Jersey y fully ~
p.r cent u New York St$ss the damage hes
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POLITICAL POINrs.

One OF the flying rumors Of the day
10 to the effect that President Arthur has ten
dercd Cabinet position to Judge Lapham, Of
New York, giving Gov. Cornell chance to call
aspecial session Of the Legislature In elaot
Conkling to the Senate.
It il stated, with considerable posi-
tiveness that President Arthur has informed
Postmaster General James and Secretary Hunt
that he wishes them to retain their present po-
sitions, and has assured them that they may
stay 40 long as they desire. Both gentlemen
have consented to remain.
Hon. Nelson w. Aldrich has been
elected United States Senator from Rhode
Island in place OF Gen. Burnside. He il !
member Of the present House Of Represents
tives.
It is stated that ex-senator Conkling
has been offered Cabinet position by the Pres
idcnt, but has declined in the interest OF peace
and harmony.
Several public men who called on
President Arthur left with the inference that
Secretary Lincoln is tho only member Of the
Cabinet to BIO retained. There il no reason to
expect that Gen. Grant or Roscoe Coukling
will be among the now ministers. So says =
Washington correspondent.
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seen since he assassinated the President.
Some Of these papers spoke very freely q
Guiteau's crime, and Of the necessity Of hang
ing him a. speedily as possible. He il report
90 70 have been 20 excited by reading these
papers that he has been thrown into high
fever, which still continues.
The pastors Of the various Protestant
churches at Washington called on President
Arthur and presented him with an address.
President Arthur suitably responded. and con.
yersed with the individual members OF the del.
egation.
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LOTTERIES We're innugurated by the
Romans, and have iourisLed in most all
parts Of the world down to the present.
They have been used as means for
raising funds In this country since the
earliest settlements. Lotteries we're
abolished by law In England IL 1899,
aud ~ France ten years lAtss.
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MIscELLANEoUs oIEANINos.

The fund for the family Of President
Garfield amounted TO s3S4,679 on the 9Th inst.
The Cleveland committee At the same date re-
ported the receipt Of IS, l57 for monument to
President Garfield,
The National Temperance Society's
Board Of Managers have appealed to President
Arthur 10 use his influence to discourage the
national drinking customs, and thus to lessen
the great and threatening evil Of intemper-
ance.
By contract recently executed, che
Pullman Company win equip the Northern IA
ciiic road with its coaches aid operate them on
joint account for fifteen years.
The manager OF the Panama canal
states that 1900 men are employed in excaya-
tions, and that $25o,OOo has already been ex-
pended.
Capt Hooper, who recently took pos
session OF the Wrangell land in the Arctic seas,
in the name Of the United States Government,
has written to Maj. Clarke, OF the Marine Rev
enuc Bureau, suggesting that tho new posses-
sion bs called New Columbia. Capt. Hooper
mas not discovered any trace of the Jeanette.
The polar seas are very open this season, and
the Captain thinks il traces cannot be discov
cred this year they never will.
The Mexican Government has con-
tracted With = local company for drainage Of
tho valley aud City Of Mexico for $4,000, 600.
The Roman Catholic College at st.
Therese. near Montreal. has been DESTROYED by
fire, the loss being placed at $500, 600. Three
hundred students were in attendance.
It is stated on pretty good authority
that DR.. Boynton, at the request Of Mrs. Gar
field, has consented to withhold from the pub
lie the statement Of the autopsy which he had
prepared. Mrs. Garfield says she il convinced
that the Presidents wound was mortal, and she
does not desire to have the controversy about
the treatment continued. No good could come
Of such course.
At Rio Chico. Mexico. Mr.. Thomas
0astrell and wife, formerly Of Indiana, were
murdered BY their Mexican servant Robher,
OF number OF bank drafts Was tho object o.
the crime.
Guiteau dictated narrative Of his life,
under belief and with the understanding that
il should be published in pamphlet form for h;,
benefit, the money to 60 to aid him in his do
Tense, whereas it Was sold BY the stenographel
Of District Attorney Corkhill to the Now Yorl
Herald for his own benefit.
The Fenian dynamite plot, according
to PhilsdelphiA dispatch. has been thorough
| " unraveled by the Secret Service Bureau o
| the United States. II il said to be true tina
the scheme was organized TO cheat tho Britisl
Government out OF the rewards to be offered
Peter II. Foye, saloon-keeper Of Philadel
| phia, caused the manufacture Of the inferna
machines and turned them over to O'Donoyal
Rossa. Foye then began negotiations with tn
British Consul at New York, and received $40,
600 for information leading to the discover
made ON the docks at Liverpool. He som
weeks ago fled from the United States detec
tives At Philadelphia, and no one knows hi
whereabouts
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"THERR are Christian families. says
the examining committee OF the Boston
Public Library, in it's last annual report,
"in which the Old Testament y Tor
b,ldeu book to the young"
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