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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14

Judge Walker c. Gresham OF Indiana
VAS on the 4th appointed postmaster
general by the president. Judge Gresh-
am was born in Harrison county, Ind.
in 1928 He was educated in his native
state, and after graduating at the In
diana state university in Bloomington,
he studied law and afterwards began
practice at Corydon, the county seat of
Harrison county. He was from the first
successful as lawyer, and took an act
i've part in the politics of the state.
Shortly before the outbreak of the late
civil war, he was elected representative
in the legislature, and in 1861 he was
chairman of the house committee on
military affairA While occupying this
position. he co operated so faithfully
and energetically with Gov. Morton in
the organization of state militia and
raising and forwarding troops that the
latter, on the 18th Of September, 1861
commissioned him lieutenant colonel of
the Thirty eight regiment, Indiana vol
unteers On the 10Th Of March, 1862, he
was promoted to be colonel Of the Fifty
third Indiana, and on the l lth of August,
1863, to be brjgadier genera, of volun-
teers. He participated in the siege OF
Corinth, the siege eHd capture Of Vicks-
burg, and sieget,t5 be Jkson, Miss, and up
to the Sth of January, 1864, commanded
the Third brigade, Fourth division OF
the Seventeenth army corps. He was
brevetted major general for distinguish.
ed gallantry, and after January, 1864,
commanded the Fourth division of the
Seventeenth corps, until July Of the
same year, when he was severely
wounded in the action before Atlanta
He was mustered out Of service on the
30th Of April, 1866, and as soon as his
health and strength were fully restored
he entered into partnership with Judge
Butler, of New Albany, Ind, and resum-
ed the practice Of law in that city. In
1869 President Grant appointed Mr.
Gresham district Judge for the district OF
Indiana. This position he still holds.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14
Omaha w eekly Bee.

Special nducement-Since the distri.
button Of premiums is over and our
premium list closed until next year, we
are vet anxious TO increase the circula-
ton Of the Weekly Bee to such num-
ber as to greatly reduce the cost Of tho
paper and to furnish it to our subscribers
at mere nominal price. In order to
do so, we offer the same for the balance
of the year, from now until January lst.
1884, for One Dollar This is the lowest
price ever asked for any western journal
of the size, and. all should avail them
selves of this liberal offer.
The BEE PUBLISHING Co.,
Omaha, Neb.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14
General Crook Killed.

Tucson, A. T., April 5.-Word has just
been received here that Gen. George
Crook has been killed by the Apaches
while on his way to Camp Bowie. No
particulars have been received.
San Francisco, April 5.-A Silver City
dispatch conveys tidings Of the death of
General Crook, who was killed by
Apaches while on his way to Camp
Bowie. There is great excitement in
army circles, but no particulars are
known.
I.ater--A dispatch from Whippbe
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14

The libel suit brought by George B.
Hite and wife againt the Louisville
Courier Journal for publishing state
ments relating to an alleged liaison be-
tween Mrs Hite and the brigand the
murderer Jesse James terminated in a
verdict for the defense.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14

Peter Cooper, the oldest native resi-
dent OF New York, the man who built
the first locomotive ever made in the
United States, and through whose agcn-
cy 10000 people have been educated
died in New York on the morning of
the 4th.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14
Salmi Morse's Passion play was finally
presented to an audience Of 200 in New
York and is pronounced a good thing.

Carter Harrison, mayor Of Chicago,
was reelected on the Sd by majority
Of over 10000 Notwithstanding the fact
that he was charged by the pastors OF
the city the Sunday prev ious. with all
the crimes in the category.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14

16rMake your old things look like
new by using the Diamond Dyes, and
you will be happy. Any Of the fashion
chile cnlors for ~ cents
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-04-14
Tax Payers. Take Notice.

All delinquent taxes must be paid by
May lst, 1883. If not settled by that
time, collection will be made by dis.
tYess.
J. III. RIcKERT,
Treas. Custer Co.
Dated st Custer City, D. T.. April l4th.
1884, 32N
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
scHAEFER TEE CHAMpIoN..

CHICAGO, April g. The closing game
Of the billiard tournament to decide the
worlds championship at the balk-line
game was played this evening to an audi
ence which literally packed Central Music
Hall to- the doors. The players were
Maurice Bignaux and Jacob Schaefer. The
Characteristic points of the game were
nerv BUSINESS on the part of both players.
Schaefer however, made fine rally to-
ward the close, after VignaM, Through
extreme nervousness, failed to profit by
two or three good opportunities to win.
So nervous, indeed, was he, that he
'conld not retain his seat while his OPP
ponent was playing, but moved eXcitealy
about while the Precipitation stood out in
great drops on bis forehead.
Schaefer won the lead and schose the
black ball, but failed to count on the first
stroke. He wasafollowed by Vignaux with
a run of / t. Then Schaefer gathered i38
on his string. Vignaux made in his
second innings, driving the balls into a
bad position, and Schaefer failed to count
The first point of special interest was by
Nfgnaux in the fifth inning, when, having
conquered for the time his nervousness
in the previous innings he ran f39. the
game then standing: SchaefeT, 3d. Wig
naux. 154.
sSehaefer then took the balls and by the
most brilliant play conceivable. including
open and close caroms around the
table. draws, masses and rail run ming
amassed a total of 300 points. The call
then stood, Schaefer, 299; Viguaux, 175.
The most notable performance was by
Fignaux in the eighth inning in which
he counted 70, and in the twelfth, WREN
he scored 100, Schaefer making small
runs until the seventeenth, when he added
So points by rapid play. The score
then stood 44S to 423 in favor OF
Schaefer. In the eighteenth inning Wig
naux made SO and both began to show
great nervousness, making small runs and
misses. In the last half of the twentieth
with the game standing tie at 492, Wig
naugh had the balls where he should have
made game easily, but Fan ogercarefuf
play caused him to miss an easy stroke on
the eighteenth shot. Scbaefer opened
the twenty-first inning with the 1903
necessary to win the game. The balls
were in bad position, but the little man
in making a count and after a
few shots got the balls together near the
rail. From that point to the end his play
was of the most daring description. Again
and again the balls broke badly for him. 4
He took every chance, however, and with
iron nerves, in the face of trying circum-
stances, brought them together again, and
ran the game out amid great and de
served applause. Score: Schaefer, 600;
average, 90 1921; Vignaux, 500; average
25 9-20; highest run; 139
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
How did you come TO learn the keno

How did you come to learn the keno
eards2'
s.Oh, chat was my work. When no
game was going on II used to take the
cards and look over many of them. In
that way got to know them all. and now
I'm pretty well fixed on these things, and
nobody can foolme on a set of keno cards
after look over them little"
John and Charles Barker, two brothers,
who dealt in Sixth street faro bank,
could keep track of the fifty-two cards IN
the box. and with out consulting card
or ANYTHING else. could announce just
what cards were In the box, after a GER
tain number were dealt. In the deal,
when it came to the privilege 10 call the
turn, neither of the brothers who were
equally endowed in this respect. ever
troubled those keeping track of the game,
but announced the and denomination of
the cards left in the box. In playing
against the blank they DIS played the same
confidence instheir memories, and laughed
at the idea of keeping count of the cards
A local celebrity, known by the sobriguet
of Overcoat Johnny, bestowed upon him
on. account of his fondness for appropria-
ting great coats TO his own use, has a
much better reputation as casino play
er than as a citizen. He can safely give
his opponent one half the game before
the first card is dealt and then beat him
with ease. From frequent playing he
has so trained his.memory that in a rap
idly played game he can mentally keep
account Of every card played, with the
trick taken bysit, and at last cards invar
iably announces the cards in the hands
of his opponents. If given an opprotun
ity he stock deck and call off every card
in its order, dealing with the toward him.
The. remarkable memory of gambler
known as the New Y ork Jew was so not
orious that it was with difficulty he could
persuade faro dealer to allow him to
buck against the hank. He never dis
commoded himself keeping tally on the
cords with pencil, but at the end of the
deal or at any stage of the game he could
announce the acting of any card called
for and tell every bet and the amount of
the same made by half dozen players
about the board. A week after play
he could tell to a certainty how many
times a certain card won or lost, and
after nights play would sum up with
out the assistance of the cards the win
nings and losses of any card for the pre-
vious four hours play. These facts
ious dealers to refuse to allow
him TO put money on the board.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07

decide as to what kept him away.
Schaefer was also painting the town
red the night before and Morpheus Field
him TO late. Sexton and Dan Straus,
Vignauxs interpreter, were said to be
handling the sfizz" at lively rate Sat
urdag night, and this probably kept
them away. These mentioned so far
could have had no reasonable excuse for
appearance. One player remarked
that Sexton would not go because Dion
was there" Morris has been really i'll
for some days. and was unable to be pre-
sent He is let out of blame. Parker
Byers. the referee sauntered into the
Brunswick Bake company's warerooms
about 1890 yesterday noon, and, looking
at the clock, remarked that it was to late
to go He had no excuse to offer. Mr..
Bensinger was seen at the Collender late
in the afternoon, but did not say why he
was not there, only that he thought il
great shame that the boys did not go.
Vignaux and wife dined early in the day
with the Rev Father Roles; put he prob
ably, with true French politeness, sent
his regrets. He should have done so at
any rate. The majority of the players IN
the billiard tournament have shown them
selves adopts in playing at the 'balk''
game
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
The Novel of To-Day.

confess that am harassed with the
incomplete romances, that leave me,
when the book is closed, as one might
be on waste plain, at midnight, aban-
doned by his conductor, and without a
lantern. / am tired of accompanying
people for hours through disaster and
perplexity and misunderstanding only
to see them lost in a thick mist at last.
am weary of going to funerals which
are not my funerals, however chatty and
amusing the undertaken may be. con-
fess that l would like to see again the
lovely heroine, the sweet woman, capa-
BILE of great passion and great sacri-
flee; and do not object if the novelist
tries her to the verge of endurance. in
agonies of mind and in perils, subiecting
her to wasting sickness even, il he only
brings her ont -at the end in n blissful
compensation of her troubles, and en-
dued with II new and sweeter charm.
No doubt it is better for us all, and bet
ter art, that in the novel of society the
destiny should be decided by character
What an artistic and righteous consum-
nation il is when we meet the shrewd
and wicked old Baroness Bernstein at
Continental gaming tables. and feel that
there was no other logical end for the
worldly and fascinating Beatrix of
Henry Esmondi 1t is one of the great
privileges of fiction to right the wrongs
of life, to do justice to the deserving and
the vicious. 1t is wholesome for us to
contemplate this justice, even if we do
not often see it in society. 1t is true
that hypocrisy and vulgar self-seeking
often succeed in life. occupy high places,
and make their exit in the pageantry of
honored obsequies. Yet always the man
is conscious of the hollowness of his
triumph, and the world takes a pretty
accurate measure of it. 1t is the priv
lege of the novelist, without introducing
into such career what is called disas-
ter, to satisfy our innate love of Justice
by letting us see the true nature OF such
prosperity. The INSCRIPTIONS man
amassed wealth, lives in luxury and
splendor, and dies in the odor of re-
spectability. His poor and honest neigh
Dor, whom he has wronged and defraud
ed, lives in misery and dies in disap-
pointment and penury. The novelist
cannot reverse the facts without such a
shock to our experience as shall destroy
for us the artistic value of his fiction,
and bring upon his work the deserved
reproach of Unfortunately forwarding
the good and furnishing the bad. " But
we have right to ask that he shall re-
veal the heart and character of this
passing show of life; for not to do this,
to content himself merely with exterior
appearances, is for the majority of his
readers to efface the lines between vir-
tue and vice. And we ask this not for
the sake of the moral lesson. but because
not to do it is, TO our deep consciousness,
inartistic and untrue to our judgment
of life as it goes on, Charles DudleyI
WQrner IN Apy-iI 44klantic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07

John N. Dixon, who has near osNa,
loosa one of the greatest fruit farms N
Iowa, tells the New Sharon 6tdF 'hse ne
fears that 10, 900 apple trees in MS ihls
mense orchard, all but his willow t"igs,
are dead. This. he says, was occasioneu
by the warm, wet spell last lah' "h'cn
started the sap in October, and which was
frozen between the wood and bark early
in December. Mr.. Dixon says ne mas
.,;s;,ad several of the best orchards IN the
state and found them in the same deplor-
able condition.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
Associations Among Farmers

Combined effort. practiced.with sy s.
tenn and business energy. could not fail
to excite emulation and prove beneficial
to men of q neighborhood or county.
Rubbing together, and comparing notes,
will bring men of medium intelligence,
in quite degree, up to the standard of
che higher class of minds. Combina-
tions of every kind, made with view
to fixing prices upon what farmers. buy,
aim to make the farmer pay the highest
possible price for such goods as are con-
trolled in whole or in part by those who
form the combination. In this way
current is formed SO strong that no man.
single handed, can row against it.
The producer of the necessaries of
life is placed at great disadvantage,
as compared to manufacturers, who
themselves settle all questions as to the
selling prices of,their products. While,
of course, supply and demand are in
separately linked together, still there are
many ways in which the interests of the
farmer and stock grower can be adj
yanced by the united action of the lead
ing minds of a neighborhood or county.
Men in a given county or district, who
are engaged in growing live stock, can
materially advance their interests by
meeting for the interchange of views.
exchanging and selling breeding and
working animals to each other. Many
an excellent male animal as been con-
signed to the slaughter pen merely for
the want of an opportunity to dispose
of him TO some one who was looking for
just such an animal. In these opportu-
mites to sell and interchange live stock,
the giving of information as to where
exchanges or purchases can be advan-
a lE rfSare In of 1ninf
arrangements for disposing of the ac-
deputizing some one acquainted with
The markets and accustomed to selling
to 60 forward with the shipment, lie
some of the advantages that would ae-
crue to farmers if they would more gen
orally form clubs for the purposes in
dictated. National L5Ue- Stock Journal,
Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
D1sCOURTEOUs BILLIARDIsTs.
All Accept Invitations to a Private
Dinner. and only two see fit or are fit
to attend.
From the Chicago Herald

Mr.. III. V. Bemis, former over nf one
of the greatest trotting stables in the
world-containing Little Brown jug (the
pacer1 Bonesetter, etc.-and former
chief stakeholder and treasurer of the
Chicago driving park, extended court
eous and kind invitation to all the play
ers in the present great billiard tourna-
ment, and other friends, to dine with him
at his residence, 2322 Indiana avenue,
yesterday afternoon. Nosexpense was
Spared by the host to make the affair a
grand success. Mr.. Bemis never does
things by halves. The exotic flowers.
tropical fruits, wines and menu were
perfect Those specially invited were
Maurice Vignaux, Joseph Dion, Maurice
DAILY, Jacob Schaefer, Thomas Wallace,
William Sexton and Aionzo Morris, of
the players in the tourney; Parker Byers,
referee; nj. Bensinger, manager T. S.
Cowles, of the American. 1ports and sew
al other gentleman. The dinner hour
was o'clock p. IN.
DAILY and Dion, with Mr. Cowles,
Frank Parker, and one or two more out.
side parties, were present. 1t was said
that all the rest had accepted the invit-
alton This dinner was given by one of
the leading men of Chicago, with a gen :
erous desire TO show courtesy to men
who, for week past. have occupied CON
siderable space in public attention.
With two exceptions the popular" ex-
perts failed To materalize. With an
utter disregard of the code of etiquette
which is supposed to govern the action
fof billiard players as well as gentlemen,
Messrs. Sexton Schaefer, Morris. Wallace
Vignaux failed to appear. Mr.. Bensing
er and Mr. Parker Byers failed TO show
up. An effort was made yesterday, late
in the afternoon, to find some reason
why Mr. Bemis WAS treated in this man
| nef.
1t is resulted in developing the fact
| that they ali, with or two exceptions, had
no reasonable excuse for non attendance.
| Wallace was met in ont of the Collender
about p. m. with a tired, sI-want-to-go
home to-nay mamma" expression on his
boyish face, and from reports of where he
was seen the night previous, or rather
iearly Sunday morning, it was not hard to
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
Mora Than Oysrshoes.

ITO be poetic, said young man to
the young lady who had won that price
less treasure of his love, II love you
more than a pair OF overshoes,
Il don t understand YOU. > the young
lady replied. TO be poetic indeed. /
do not see any poetry in snch compar-
ison. :"
The comparison is from a man who
is credited with saying comparisons are
odious. refer. loved one. to Shaks-
peare-
Shakespeare did not speak of one
loving more than a pair of overshoes.
He did. Let me show YOU. and
turning to The Two Gentlemen of Yer
ona, be read;
g That's deep story of deeper love;
For he was more than oyer-shoes in love. -
The quotation is not quite the thing,
but it is near enough.
They were married and he now cur
ries horses for a living. Arhasssaa0
TTareler.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
An Aristocratie Dog.
Milwaukee Sentinel

There were two of them, one a man
the other a dog. The man was tall,
raw boned specimen of humanity and
his face wore an expression of care. He
held little string in one hand and at the
other end of the string was very aesthe-
tic pug dog. The faces bore striking
resemblance to each other, but there was
certain aristocrat1c look about the pug's
face and he daintily raised one of his
paws and shook off piece of coal dust
which had settled thereon.
"Will yez place tell where the perlice
station is, till / take this little devil
there?"
"Why that dog looks like good an
imal, remarked the reporter.
The descendent of an ancient line of
Irish kings drew himself up and look
of pity stole ocross his face.
: Good dog? He's bloody aristocrat,
an he's been the hane of me life for the
last foive days" He gave the string a
vicious jerk and continued: II came
home from me work a few days since.
and me wife says: Faith, an look at the
purity crature we've got for Teddy to
play wild At supper | gave him an in
telligent piece of stake. an yez win hard
ly believe it, but he turned up his nose an
walked off. An the only thing he wud
ate was poi an cake. An he'd sleep no
place but in me own bed on wun of the
pillows. stud it four days, an, be hev-
ings, I'll stand it no longer. I'm no arts
tocrat, an dog what ates poi and cake
is to high toned for me. Get on ter the
mug of him, and giving the string an
extra hitch started in the direction OF the
police station. while the aesthetic CANNES
hind legs merely grazed the sidewalk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07

The Jacksonville (Fla.9 Times Union
amouncesthat the Palm Paper Company
of Washington; D. G.. has decided to
build in Jacksonville or Fernandina a
I ulp mill; to cost $3.50, 600. for the man
ufacture of pulp from the palmetto tree.
The capacity Of the mill viii be twenty
tons of pulp per day. and the product
will be disposed of to the paper mills, TO
be used in the manufacture of paper for
which it has been demonstrated the pal
metto pulp is admiralty adapted. The
President of the Pulp Company who is
now in Jacksonville, seeking a location
for the proposed mill predicts that the
wild palmetto win become Florida's
greatest source of wealth
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07
The United States department of agsi-

The United States department OF as1i-
culture will shortly establish, near Hash-
ineton, an experimental farm and
hospital for the treatment OF domestic
animals with a view of aseertaining by a
series of scientific experiments what are
the causes of such diseases as the Texas
fever, pleuro-pncumonia, etc, and what
are the best methods of preventing or
curing them. The experiment. will be
under the direction of DIR. D. T. Salmon,
of Asheville, N. c., specialist, who has
been for some time engaged in such
investigations.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07

How the Cincinnati Enquirer found
this out is amystery: ''And what in the
name of goodness, is this?" asked Mrs
David DAVIS, as the Senator lugged
something into the room and dropped it
at her feet. That is my'shirt darling;
and will be greatly Obliged if You viii
sew on button for me" David
Davis said the lady, sternly, when
you bring me your shirt, will sew on
button for you with pleasure, as becomes
a fond and dutiful wife; but just now.
sir, must insist upon your removing
this circus canvas from my apartment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-07

nOOa 1Il5. q .,:l)anes5 syoiilsaii retsa2nei 20
her native dad She writes back that
she quickly RECLAIMED facility with chop
sticks, and il convinced tf5at skill with
them is hereditary. She found the men
of Japan more polite, as rule, than
Americans. She became perfectly fa-
miliar with the Japanese language
within month, though she supposed
she had entirely forgotten it. She has
resumed the native dress, and considers
it very pretty and graceful; but she
positively cannot bring herself to ar
range her hair in the true Japanese
fashion, which is beautiful in appear
ance, but requires so much pomatum
that the thought of it is repulsiye to one
accustomed TO the American couture.