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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25
low used owing to the cost Of Transport

now used owing to the cost of transport
tatiOn.
I~nexhaustible beds o fgypsum encircle
the entire Hills, just inside the foothills
and outside the main Black Hills. At
present it is only used by plasterers.
with the advent Of railroads, it will he
shipped 10 the states east of the Missouri
rive, there to be used as q fertilizer on
their worn ont lands.
Petroleum is found on the west side of
the Hills in Wyoming territory near the
boundary line between Dakota and
Wyoming. No works have H. yet been
established for refining. 1t is only used
for iubricating purposes by the Home
stake and other companies at their
mills.
Salt springs are situated about eight
miles northeast of the oil springs AMI in
Wyoming territory. Salt for the entire
Hills is manufactured here, and sold on
the or und for two cents per pound.
Marble of Il beautiful purple color is
found near Rapid City and ulster, and
sand stone, granite, slate ~porphyry and
limestone is plentiful, and is found in
every part Of the Hills.
The Black Hills is a well watered
country, being drained by the forks Of
the Cheyenne river and their tributa-
ries. On Hot Spring creek in Custer
county are situated min, raj springs
which are fast acquiring a reputation for
curative powers second to none in the
United States. The average tempera-
ture is 81 degrees Farenheit.
The average prices Of the different
products of the country are as follows:
Cogn, s. per bushel oats, 81 wheat,
Sl.25 potatoes, 50 onions, $3.50; -four
So per hundred weight eggs, fifty cents
per dozen; butter, forty cents per pound;
groceries cost about ) cents more than
in Chicago; dayboard So per month
with lodging $50. Farm hands, $50 per
month teamstcrs, $40 TO 500 day labor
ers, 81 per day mechanics from - to So
per day miners. Il per day.
Money is loanc. at from Is to SO per
per annum The reason ofsuch high
rate Of interes. is that there are 50 many
opportunities of investing money to
good advantage that few people have
any to loan, and the demand has always
exceeded the supply.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25
CUSTER CITY,

The pioneer town ofthe Hills is situat-
ed in the southern portion about twelve
or fifteen miles from the o. t-hills and
its natural advantages are acknowledged
by all az excclling oil others either in
the mining or agricultural districts.
Located in a valley ten or twelve miles
long by one mile in width. il il easily
accessible 60 railroads either from the
east, south ar west, and is the only town
in the HIS that could be tapped by a
road running on an east and west line,
from either Pierre or Chamberlain. To
tap any other town, a road, having as its
objective point the Yellowstone park or
the Pacific coast, would have TO make Il
lct0ur from leo to POO miles. Already
surveys hay" been run hV v~arionS roads
having this point in view. Thus %sitlat-
ed il draws to its support the business
Of the mining districts of tie Southern
iIi,l> and also that of the farming and
stock raising interests, the latter ex-
,cnGing for sixty miles Ia the south and
west. II is also tie centre Of the richest
mica district in the world, there being
within a radius Of three miles no less
than a half dozen producing mines the
annual WELD of which is upsard of
10000 pounds of understandable mica to
the mine. On the north, and from two
to ten miles from town are the bonanza
gold mines of the Southern Hills inriud-
ing the Grand Junction, Old Bill, Hart
ford, Atlantic, Salmon, 1t. Elmo, Penob.
scot, Gold Star and others, Il majority of
which have mills, hosting works, etc,
now in operation. On the south for ten
or twelve miles are to be found rich cop
per and silver mines and on the west
the coal fields, gypsum beds, salt and oil
springs, while fertile farming lands are
sandNirhed in between all. As an illu-
s~tration Of the money to be made on
even Il small piece Of farming land in
he valleys surrounding Custer we will
state that j. n. Wright on seventeen
acres, located two miles west of Flown,
cleared 81 800 in one summer. On the
south, within six or eight hours ride,
are the famous Hot Springs, whose eur
alive powers are already attracting the
attention of the outside world, and
! which are equal to those Of Arkansas.
The town is the county seat of Custer
county, which hasan area $4,000 square
miles. two-thirds Of which is agricultural
and grazing lands and the other third
mineral, the latter occupying the north
ern portion of the county are covered
with a heavy Growth of Norway pine.
The town h4~ "A $4,000 court house, two
fine church. buildings, belonging to the
Methodist and Congregational societies,
and will O o have IA large school build
ing. Business is increasing, improve
ments are being made daily and 1t is
bound to be the metropolis Ofthe South
err Hills. All those of our eastern
readers who think Of coming to Dakota
to locate and invest i'm either mercantile,
mining, agricultural or stock-raisine
pursuits can do no better than to camp
in Custer county or city.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25

cmnx rms crea. Central Line, anords 10 Travellers by reason OF N" unnv .ns..n
cya.,rcai postuonst the shortesr n best route oet"ee NO eao'
Eoutbe.s ar IN tn West,N Northwest an Southwest.
Ii sE.ornUya md stisty tno, that its nnscuo ae a"o' 'op ""p"
y oad between the Aianhc and the Pacific. ,-.,. o...w.
- ., ,,I, una M branches 1t reaches Chicago, Joliet, Peoria ot'a"a'
4, am. osnosoo Moline an Rock island, In IMnost emp w. 1Is.rn
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80, cS Ar,,nc avoca. Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie center n Councm n'l"'
Ia ,o~a. csu.,n.r trenton, Cameron nj Kansas City, IN seouu ano .." aw".
worth 10 Atchson In Kansas, the uncreo OF coes' """se
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25

THIS Is THE ONLY LINE FROM
TIE HILLS OPEN ALL THE
YEAR ROUND AND
NECESSARILY THE ONLY RE
LL1BLE ONE.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25

An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist.
now travelling in this country. saws that most
OF the Eorse and Cattle Powders sold here
are worthless trash. lie says that Sheridans
Condition Powders are absolutely pure n
immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will m
ful 70 | pint food. Sold svery where, or seDt by
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-25
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE

A.. Il. ,,,uu,ry caued onevs TO travellers a ~ tho vantages aho coro.es
a,a, 20 "A n,ota track, safsb njgos, UIon oepots at ~ onnecunS P.m s'
= - ns,ress Trains, on,,ose OF CoMMooious, WELL ia We" We.
6 MAGNIFICENT Hoaron RECLINING CHAIR Cars cver untj UISomeanM,,s
49,. s.uEnaa ord rdsom PALACE SLEEPING CARS N O'NIHO CANS
snn, arc acknowledged by press an people 20 be tine tINssI W. Ur 100. ~.
ROAD ~ the COUNTRY, N In which superior mea'sa q" s"'SN
In ,w rat Of sevENTv-FtvE CENTS EACH. ,o,, ,wro
rWo TRAINS ech way between ~ ano
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21
The Alleged Diggings.

j. Hendry, editor of the Livingston
Enterprise, says: During recent eastern
visit we had an opportunity Of obtaining
some authentic information regarding the
Lisbon gold find which set Dakota wild
with excitement a few weeks ago and is
still spoken of in that vicinity as region
of great wealth. Our informant was a
prospector who had had long experience
in Montana and the Black Hills, and
though now Dako+a farmer, followed
old instincts by rushing to the scene of
the alleged find, and was one of the first
on the ground, and it may also be said
one of the first to leave. He says there
is gold bearing quartz as stated, but that
it cannot be considered as naturally ex-
listing there. The quartz Is found IN one
body of no great extent, fully exposed
and living on limestone formation, which
is the natural rock. He. was of opinion
that the quartz was great body Of drift
deposited there during the glacial era,
and this idea was strengthened by the
fact that all the adjacent valley is full of
drift boulders and rock that have no con-
nection with the formation of any por-
ton of Dakota. Relative to the alleged
placers he said it was possible to obtain
colors of gold by panning, but nothing
more, and that any story of rich diggings
in that region, or any other portion of
the prairie country was mere laughing
matter
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

The Hon. Martin Masinnis and wife
went through the city yesterday on their
way to Washington, where the "Maiah"
will represent Montana in the halls Of
congress. Think of it-a Democratic
representative for Republican constitu-
ency Yellowstone jopnol 18th.
The above is sample of the way the
Republican press Throughout the Territory
whistle to keep up their courage"
This, too, in the face of repeated Demo-
cratic success Territorial and county.
We should have thought in view of the
late election for delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention, where the Republi-
cans feeling sure of success nominated
straight tickets in all counties where
they thought they had a reasonable
show, they should hold hold their peace
and not claim with such unblushing
efTrontery that Montana is Republican.
These things are too thin. If it is Re-
publican why is it not Republican
How does it happen that with the splen-
did array of gentlemen put up as dele
gates that they only elected fourteen out
of thirty-five delegates and three of them
elected by the resolution calling the con-
vention? We are reminded of an old
acquaintance who was always arguing
some abstruse question and always
wound up his premises by saying,
''These things being SO the question
arises, how came they thus?' Who
worked harder for Major Maginnis than
the editor of the Journal
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

Our attention has been called to an
article in the Enterprise, written by one
Of the citizens of Gallatin county, which
was offered to the CHRONICLE forpublica-
ton. The article in question is against
the ACCESSIBILITY of the county making
any appropriation to build road no the
West Gallatin. The editor of this paper
never saw the communication before,
else we should have published it with
our comments In the absence Of the
editor, the communication was declined.
We are always willing to give place to
views differing from our own, reserving
of course the right to comment on them
as our judgment dictates. We do not
fear the investigation and discussion of
any question, nor do we profess to be in
fallible. The correspondent is in error,
IN stating that Bozeman clique has any
thing to do with this matter. Bozeman
depends upon the farming community
and anything which affects them affects
Bozeman; their interests are mutual. A
road up the West Gallatin would open
up to them great market, for all they
produce and it is in their interest we
have advocated it. The coming of a rail-
road certainly had no influence upon the
weight of oats, nor the amount raised,
nor has the railroad killed the country
deader than plague of grasshoppers
ever did Kansas" The deductions drawn
by the correspondent are misleading and
erroneous, but we want to hear all sides
on this question and until something
more reasonable is offered, we shall con-
tinue to believe in the necessity of such
q road.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21
FeSSenden and Nye.

Senator Fessenden used once and a
while to rap some other senator over the
knuckles with terse sentence, sharply
uttered. Once, in the early part of March
1867, Nye of Nevada, who had been at
home all the winter looking after his re-
election, wanted to prolong the session
that he might put through" some bills
in which he was personally interested.
So the eloquent senator from Nevada OPP
posed a proposition for adjournment and
intimated that there seemed to be a
sort of homesickness Selling on the SEN
ate. Il am told,' said he, that in armies
occasionally it really amounts to a d.
sease, SO that it is not crime to desert,
and prudent commanders on such occa-
sions always examine the diagnose care
fully to see whether the soldier means
to desert or whether he is afflicted with a
disease that he cannot help. If this is
the case here. the senators who are SO
much in favor of an adjournment will
probably 90 home if they have that
disease, and ! do not expect what | will
say will change the result. My friend
from Maine seems to be affected with 1t
bad, and SO far from considering meas
ures that are sent here, his only cry is
''adiourn Immediately" Senator Fes-
sender, answering this severe imputatiOn
in his sarcastic manner, denied that the
gentlemen around him who wished to
adjourn until December were following
out their own personal convenience in
stead Of being influenced by public con-
sideration. "Homesickness," said he,
has not affected me, but will say to my
friend from Nevada that if l had spent
all my time at home pretty much during
the last session and had got here only a
few days before it adjourned, it would
have been hard then if l had been home
sick" AS Mr.. Nye was looking after his
reelection all winter, and only returned
from Nevada about March LIST, this de-
cided hit produced a general roar of
laughter.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

Button your lip" Yes, button your
lip" when you are about to utter stan
der against your neighbor' Button your
lip" when the temptation is on you to
utter foul words or to blaspheme. If
wicked thoughts enter yourhead, as they
will do, before you give them any express
sion, button your lip" when the feel
ing il on you to say something, which
will hurt another's feelings, button your
lip" How pleasant 1t would be, if we
could only say kind things and pleasant
words. How much better would it be if
we could not say anything good of our
ncighbors, to "button our lips and say
nothing. We do not mean by this, that
we should be silent and not condemn
what is bad; that we should pass by
violations of civil and moral law, without
censure, that wrongs should not be made
known, in order that they be righted,
but there are many wicked. careless ex-
pressions which bear bad fruit, which
had better be left unsaid, admonish with
candor, rebuke with tenderness, cover all
with charity, but if you cannot do this
and do it with the proper spirit and with
the right motive, button your lip
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

II wish had some place to spend the
evening where / could derive both pleas
TIRE and profit" This remark was made
in our hearing BY a young man who was
evidently away from home and home in
fiuences, and expresses want sadly felt
by many young men away from home and
social ties, the want of which has been
the downfall of many. What a pity We
do not have public library and reading
room, but in the absence ofthem we would
suggest to all such that where there's a
will there's way" Get acquainted with
the good people of the town. There are
many nice families and accomplished
young ladies whom you might visit and
derive both peasure and profit therefrom.
There are several churches which have
services during the week which are in
teresting and instructive. Social parties
are quite frequent and opportunities are
not lacking for a young man of moral
habits and cultivated tastes to find a
welcome at many fresides. Seek the
co,npanionship of intelligent and refined
ladies and you cannot help being bene-
fitted. Any other than good society has
a demoralizing influence and young men
cannot be too particular. Look about
YOU young men.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

Bozeman Is receiving more good adj
vertising, from the fact that it has a
daily paper. than it has received for
some time. II is an evidence Of progress
and enterprise An evidence that the
people. want to keep pace with the
growth and development of Montana.
No business man can afford to withhold
his patronage from 1t. The little it costs
will come back to you hundred fold.
You have no idea how much you
would miss it, If it were discontinued. If
you have any special line Of goods you
want to sell make it known through
your daily paper. 1t goes into every
business house in the town besides a
great many private houses, and is read
by hundreds who are not subscribers.
The universal verdict is that it is credit
to its proprietors and vii! be much more
80 which we have completed arrange
ments for dispatches, which are now
under negotiation.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

The habits of the monkey are playful
and mischievous, in fact they do nothing
good except to initiate. From this has
been coined another slang word which is
coming into general use, and is like most
slang words expressive. "To mnokey' is
to do nothing of any account, to do that
which YOU are attempting to do in a
faulty and incomplete manner. When
you tell man you want no monkey
business you mean You want good
square honest action; no foolishness; no
mischief. and hence it is expressive and
full of meaning,
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

We are not surprised that our neih-
bors across the range are opposed to
road up the West Gallatin, but the in.
portance of such road to this valley
will become SO apparent that public
spirit and enterprise will build it even if
the county fathers should not think it
advisable to make any appropriation
therefore. The time will come too when
a railroad will be built that way to pene-
trate the Park. No Que has ever con-
tended or supposed that it would open an
agricultural country. 1t only opens up a
way to an agricultural country and from
that to a National Park, over which
tourists can travel and over which the
products of Gallatin valley can be hauled
easily to such a market as the Park
afford. No one questions the fact that it
is the nearest way to the Geyser region
and reports of engineers indicate that it
is easier in grade than any other.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

While the government and the people
of the United States scoff at reputation
of obligations both State and National.
the report of Secretary Teller shows that
the government has repeatedly failed in
its obligations to the Indians of the
country This report coming from a
Western man, who has no sickly senti-
ment over the poor Indian, is entitled to
consideration and the government should
carry ont its obligations, no matter VIII at
they are. The sum due the Indians
under existing treaties and never pai!'
them is put at the round sim of s., Co.,
600. In view of the fact that great efforts
will be made to cut down the various
Indian reservations the government
should in justice perofrm its promises
previously made before they can expect
the Indians to place any credit in future
promises.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

The Billings Herald Of November 18th
devotes over a column of abuse to our
neighbor for saying that Bozeman is not
a railroad town, and for saying that the
bottom is falling out of railroad towns,
and then takes occasion to abuse Boze-
man. The same abuse of railroad towns
he condemns in our neighbor he uses
towards Bozeman. Wo do not attempt
to defend the Courier as it is able to take
care of itself, but we do wish to see this
abuse and crying down of one another
stopped. There is room for us all
and we hope room for us all to grow
up and prosper, and for one we sincerely
hope that every city, town and hamlet in
the broad domain of Montana may not
only not cease growing but continue to
prosper and many more added to the
list. 1t is false notion that the pulling
down of one will build up the other. We
do not help our reputation by tearing an
ther ones to pieces, like the boomerang
it will recoil and strike the giver of the
blow. Set forth the advantages of your
locality by all means, invite settlement,
and encourage every industry. You can
do it without throwing slurs at any other
place. at is pleasant for brethren to
dwell together in unity
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21
We understand chat our citizens on tn,

We understand that our citizens on the
Upper Yellowstone at several important
offices get their mail but once week;
this is wrong. There is large popula.
ton up there. Cooke City alone polling
a vote far ahead of many Montana
towns. That country is in the stage OF a
rapid development and the mines will
no doubt attract thousands where there
are now hundreds, and steps should be
taken at once to have this matter rene.
-Thay- shnnld at least have a tri.
weekly mail and if the proper steps are
taken it can be done. We suggest that
petition be circulatedat Chicory, Gard.
ner, Mammoth Hot Springs, Chico and
Cooke City and forward to Governor
Crosby and Martin Maginnis. We will
undertake to do all we can to see that
these people have their mails hereafter,
They have right to demand it and
should have it. If the railroad should
stop running during the winter, service
can be provided for in some other way.
Let those directly interested take an
interest in this matter, and it can be
done.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

The complaints made at the postoffice
department of the government as to the
improper distribution of the mails along
the Northern Pacifir, to the effect that
the mails were not properly worked by
the postal clerks and distributed along
the various points, bat carried on to
Portlan d has caused the Postmaster Cen
eral to send Assistant Jameson Along the
whole line of the road and make a
thorough examination Of the service and
if the force has been insufficient for the
work he will order it increased; if from
incapacity of employees he will see that
more efficient men are substituted, and
in general 10 do what is needed along
the line We are glad Of this as We have
heard frequent complaints about the
uncertainty of receiving mail at several
points and trust that it will be remedied.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21

There is growing, great deal of dis
satisfaction among our business men
over the freight charges upon their goods
from st. Paul here over the Northern Pa
clfic railroad; rome of them contending
that they can ship goods via the Union
Pacific even cheaper. We have been led
to believe by railroad officials that the
rate of freight would not be materially
advanced to points in Montana, and if it
has been done in defiance of such prom.
Uses it will not add much to the popu-
larity OF the road. The time will come
when they will be suing for favors at the
hands of Montanians and they cannot
and will not receive much from them if
q policy of extortion is resorted to. There
seems to be dreadful Encouragement
somewhere in that corporation. We are
aware that it has been said that corpora
tons have no souls, and experience has
taught us that they will grind commu-
nifty to powder if they can. But we are
not altogether at the mercy of any one
corporation and our business men will
seek avenues of freight which offers the
best advantages, God speed to the day
when Montana shall become a State;
when other lines will penetrate our
country; when these corporations can
be taxed and pay back some of the fees
extorted from our people; and when, as a
State, we can legislate to some extent to
protect ourselves. We warn them we
are not weaponIess and We will use our
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