Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-07-08
The Fourth in Custer.

and the amnse were equal il not
better than those of last last year.
The day was issued in by the firing of
q salute of 80 guns, and from that time
until about 0 o'clock the small boy with
his 6re-crackers and the larger ones
with their sticks of giant powder were
in their element aud made the very best
use Of their time.
At 10 o'clock the members Of the Sun
day school, and others gathered at the
Crook street hall and, headed by the
brass band, marched to the grove south
oftown, where swings and a picnicdinner
interpreted with music by the band,
we're the attractions Of the hour.
At $50 the crowd adjourned to the
ball ground where two picked mines I'M
der the leadership Of b. X. Woods on
one side and w. J. Thornby on the other
occupied the diamond for an hour or 50.
The game was u holly contested one,
but Woods nine cam out victorious by
two tallies the score standing 7 to 9.
The next in order was "a race between
the firemen's running team with hook
and ladder truck, and picked men from
%anlong our citizens, distance 300 yards.
Each team TO run and raise a ladder.
The fircmen were victorious; time 33
seconds. On account ofsome misunder-
standing i'm the citizens team in regard
to raising the ladder the race was lost,
~ the distance was run in less time than
by the other team.
Rnnaways and inGiscriminate eques
TRAN escapades by half intoxicated indi-
viduais filled out the remainder Of the
afternoon until supper time, and result
ed in a few skinned faces and peeled
elbows, but as it is impossible to kill q
drunken man, the riders escaped with
only the bruises mentioned above
While we have nothing to say against g
drunken individual breaking his own
8 neck, We must denounce the practice, NJ
{ endangering the lives Of innocent par
ties who may be on the streets. On tn,
Fourth while one of these wild horse
men WAS tearing down the street with
his horse on a dead run, h. Wenxcl
wife and baby were crossing and yer,
narrowly escaped being iun over, ant
9 it was no fault Of the. rider that they were
not. Let the next intoxicated individ
ual who wants to cool his fevered brow
. on the hurricane deck Of a horse, b.
pulled by our peace officers, and thu
offender allowed to cool of i'm the com
Portable quarters under the Management,
of Sheriff Code, and it will have a salu
| tary effect. These remarks being brought
about the Fourth, we have incorporated
them under that head.
Per announcement, at 7:3O o'clock ar
rangements were made and the work O
initiating he monster balloon, was com.
mence,l. Under the management o.
Keith Il Benson it was successfully AZ.
complished in about an hour, and a,
. $50 the balloon with the bold Aeronauts
in the car slowly arose above the house,
tops. At a height of about so or lO(
feet, as though fully alive as to what
: was necessary, it created considerable
excitement by careenlng first to one side
ithen to the other, and for a moment il
seemed that it would reverse operations
and take a trip to the entire ofthe earth
the next moment, however, it righted
and steadily, and gracefully mounted
the aer;form fluid until it appeared
. only a mere speck, when it took Il north.
eastcrly course and could be traced by
the naked eye 10 some point east 81
Harney's Peak. The fate Of our CORE.
spondent and Keith is not yet known
but WI are reliably informed that the
. latter was at Warm Brooks yesterday
/, OH his way to Custer.
Next came the fireworks on an ex.
~tensive scale and before they had con,
cludcd the disciples Of Terpsichore we're
notified by the playing of the band on
the balcony Of the courthouse, that the
ball was opened. At an early hour the
halt was filed and the dance continued
until the dawn OF the 9Th. The room
had been hung with bunting, ta~stefully
decorated with evergreens, and with the
graceful and ever moving forms of the
| dancers presenting a pleasing sight.
: The r~efreshment room in which was
! served ice-creain, cake and lemonade at
the hands of Mrs. Burke, Lunger and
Wier WAS continually crowded, and the
thanks Of the band are extended to the
above mentioned ladies for their n
Gus assistance. The receipts, including
a liberal donation from Mr.. $. NJ. Booth.
for which the members of the band re-
quest MS to return thanks, Melted $l33.7O,
and would undoubtedly have reached
500, but for the rain which set i'm about
9:3O, and thus prevented many from at
tending.
AT RAPID.
A. III. Kemmish who returned from
Rapid Thursday furnishes us with the
following account Of the races at that