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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19
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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19

now used owing to the cos Of transpor.
ta,ion.
Inexhaustible beds of gypsum encrcle
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 be
shipped to the states east Of the Missouri
rive, there to be used as "A fertilizer on
their worn out 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 as yet been
established for refining. 1t is only used
for lubrivating purposes by the Home
stake and other companies ut their
mills.
Salt springs are situated about eight
miles northeast of the oil springs and in
Wyoming territory. Salt for the entire
Hills is manufactured here, and sold on
the or ind 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 mineral springs
which are fast acquiring Il reputation for
curative powers second to none in the
United States. The average tempera-
ture is 05 degrees Fahrenheit.
The average prices Of the different
products of the country are as follows:
Cogn, 81 per bushel oats, 81 wheat,
$l.25; potatoes, 81 onions, So so -four
So per hundred weight; eggs, fifty cents
per dozen; butter, forty cents per pound;
groceries cost about ) cents more than
in Chicago; dayboard $25 per month
with lodging $35. Farm hands, $50 per
month teamsters, $40 to $50; day labor
ers, So per day mechanics from 81 to So
per day miners, 81 per day.
Money is loaned ut from Is to 36 per
cent per annum. The reason ofsuch high
rate of interest is that there are 80 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, 1884-04-19

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19
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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19
CUSTER T

The pioneer town ofthe Hills is situat-
ed in the southern portion about twelve
or fifteen miles from the foothills and
its natural advantages are acknowledged
by all as excelling oil others either i'm
the mining or agricultural districts.
Located in IA valley ten or twelve miles
long by one mile in width, it is easily
accessible TO railroads either from the
east, south or west, and is the only town
in the Hills that could be tapped by a
road running OF an east and west line,
from either Pierre or Chamberlain. To
tap any other town, a road, having as its
the Pacific coast, would have to make a
detour from 100 to 200 miles. Already
surveys have been run by various roads
having this point in view. Thus situat-
ed it draws to its support the business
Of the mining districts of the Southern
Hills and also that of the farming and
stock raising interests, the latter ex-
tending for sixty miles to the south and
west. 1t is also the entre of the richest
mica district in the world, there being
withia a radius of three miles no less
than a half dozen producing mines the
annual Yield Of which is upward Of
10000 pounds Of understandable mica to
the mine. On the north, and from two
20 ten miles from town are the bonanza
- ..x.., - 49,, AA,,lA.. II.ll, ...t.,l
ing the Grand Junction, Old Bill, Hart
ford. Atlantic, Salmon, st. Elmo, Penob-
scot, Gold Star and others, Il majority OF
which have mills, hoisting 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 ives!
/, the coal fields, gypsum beds, salt and oil
springs, while fertile farming lands are
sandwirhcd IN between all. AS an illu
s~tration Of the money to be made Oh
even a small piece Of farming land IL
he valleys surrounding Custer we viii
state that j. y. Wright on seventeen
acres, located two miles west of town
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, anC
which are equal to those of Arkansas
Tie town is the county seat of Cus;e'
. county, which hasan area of3,00N square
|, miles. tWo-thiris of which Is agriculture
4, and grazing lands and the other thir,
, mineral, the latter occupying the north
{ ern portion of the county are covere,
{ with "A heavy growth of Norway pine
, The town has $4,000 court hou,e, tw,
!, fine chnrch-buildingS, belonging TO tn
Methodist and Congregational societies
? and will soon have a large school build
ing. Business is increasing, improve
. ments are being made daily and il j
| bound to be the metropolis ofthe South
ern Hills. All those Of our easter
) readers who think Of coming to Dakot
t to locate and invest in either mercantile
mining, agricultural or stock-raisiIn
a pursuits can 10 no better than to cam.
|, in Custer county or city.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-04-19

- wanted for The Lives OF all
AGEN S s% %$st ' % 8: III 4 IS ;q Is IS: / Isl :,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
lIynieniaI.

In the Episcopal church last night
Mt $50 O'Clock, the Rev. w. w. Pat
rick officiating, Mr.. Wallace d. Peak
and Miss Nj Edgenia Grant were
united in the holy bonds of mat
rimouy.
The church was filled with friends
oil the Young couple, who came to see
them cross the thr.shhuld Of married
life. The bride and groom drove a.
the church in hack, accompanied by
n brother OF Miss Grant, who gave the
bride away. The bride was dressed
in pure white, and looked very en-
chanting while the words of the beau
tifpl Episcopal marriage service were
being read. There were no cere-
monies after the service, and the
young couple Immediately took the
hack To their boarding house at Mrs.
Martins, where they will be glad to
receive all their friends.
The newly married couple have
been conspicuous figures in social cir
Giles in thi, city for some time past aud
their engagement has been known for
months. May their married life thus
commenced while their youth is in its
fullest bloom, prove perpetual sum-
iner with but few thorns hidden by
the leaves and flowers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
H. ma.sins Elected Chief Mt the Meetin,
Last Sight-A Large Attendauc.
and other Onic-rs Iie.t.d

The Fort Worth Fire Department
met at the city hall last night in q m.
pilance with the order of Max EIser.
aching mayor, for The election of chief
engineer, hrst assistant and second as.
sis'aht chiefs OF the department, To FIJI
vacancies caused by designations. The
meeting was called to order at five
minutes OF eight O'Clock, Vic--Pr.si.
dent Stanley rolnlinsnn in the chair
Inc ron call OF active members of
the department WAS called by the sec.
ret2Fy. Sixty members answered IN.
roll. The president then stated that
the nomination fol chief VIA then In
order. Mr.. Gray nominated r. Mat.
kins and John Maddox Nominated
John Wilks. The nominations wers
then declared closed and Mr. Mo.
Craeken. Mr.. Mulkey aud Dan Adams
were appointed tellers aud the vote
was taken 10y ballot, the members
names being called by the sec,etnry'
Mr. y: w. Hoelzle, the president. then
TOOK the chair, and under his d irection
the vote resulted as follows: r. Mat.
kins, "a; John Wilkes, Is; g. w.
hoelzie, 4; total, 60, Mr.. Matkins
was then declared the cnoice of the
meeting for the ofliee af chief.
""'N'"S'ioh lof nfst assistant
chief was then Ia order. and upon mo-
lion the secretary Was directed 10 c,,st
the vote OF the meeting for Mr.. n. IN
Keller. MIR. Keller was then declared
the choice OF tue department for first
assistant chief.
The secretary was then ordered In
cast the voIe Of the department fur
mr.. Frank Kaiser ~ second assistant
chief, and he was declared the choice
Oh the department for that Office.
a recess for fifteen minute. waa IN
taken to sample key of beer and n
ooA VI cigars, contributed by ID. Kuhn
OF Tivoli Hall. Imam iha
uepal.hent assembling after recess,
'h1tlpn was made that the secreta-
hhe up contribution OF 81 from
each member to meet The req uirenienrs
w.. ane convention In June; The motion
AlIer several motions. some of them
neinB tabled, among them WA one
mat was carried for those Ineu,be,a Of
ne department present. who fell I'm.
eHhed 70 give their names To the score.
AIRY with khe amount OF money which
'ney wished To subscribe 10 enterlain
visiting Gre,p.En In June. The aIllo,,". .
uhscribed by tie firtmen pre- sent WAS
III. Alderman j. 4. Hickey or Tie
'nurfh ward. whit, was present, con.
ributed to the FIR. mems entertain.
tent Iiind the SLIM Of $5, making $i30
Together subscribed. h
I; a. shout $50 the meeting adjourned 1
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
In BRIEF.

Money 10 loan In sums OF $50 and over OF
real estate. j. L. COOPER, Att'y-atlsw.
Frank Kaiser keeps the best beer In tn,
city; gives this business his personal atten
ton, AMI keeps an orderly house. Give him
call.
Days soap at Spencer d fuckers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
WAS IL IL Metcnr y

That racket on the court house root
yesterday was not caused 10y shower
OF falling stone, but by the Peerless
Roof Painters, whose artistic brushes
have been busy for several days pre-
serving aud beautIfying the top of old
Tarrant's temple of Justice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
Notice.

just received at Dahlman Bros. the
latest style of soft ana stiff hats; Stet-
son hats of best grade, lat, st style and
most fashionable color; also full line
of furnishinggoods, silk handkerchiefs,
neCk- wear etc
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
NEW TIME TAB IE
Taking Eject February 10. 1884,

MISSOURI rAuiTlo
NORTH Arrive. i,eav'
N. Iba daily 4:l0 n. m
.I5t daily ................... $40 ?. m. @Vo p N
Booth.
No. ib3 daily $50 q. 10, 5;SO =: m
No. 1852, norih-bound, runs 10 Hannibal
connects at Nhiiesboro for sherman ana
Texarkana; at Nevada for Kansas CITY; al
Sedalia for 1T. Louis. o.. ,t
No. 1851, north-bound, ruus to 81. Louis;
come. Is at Nevada for Kansas city; at So
dalis for Hannibal.
No. 81, south-bound, stops at Fort Worth:
No. l5S. south-bound, runs 70 Austh anu
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
WEST. Arrive. Leave.
No. 81 daily-.....;.,i. sap. m So p M
EAST.
No. Sli daily 40 q. m. t:ln a. m.
No. SS ally except Sun.6:3 p m. $50 m.
No. so daily except sun. 10 a. IN
No A0i, vestbuund, runsto FL Paso. .
No. 81, west-boand, runs between Dallas
No. SoS. west. bound runs between Fort
Worth and Marshall.
No aDi, east bound, runs TO New Orleans,
Memphis and ST. Louis
No. SOS easi-bound, runs between Colorado
and Dallas
No. S6, east-bound runs DetNeen Fort
Werth and Marshall,
ronr WORTH AND DErvvt CITY.
Arrive. Leave.
North bound daily ........., IU a. -.
South bound daily ............6 SD y. m.
uULF, COLORADO ASp SANTA Fk.
Arrive. Leave
New Orleans, Houston
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
Notice.

Messrs. Dahlman Bros. have just re-
ceived fun line of imported piece
COOS, such AS diagonals, corkscrew,
melton, cassimeres and serges of all
colors.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21

statement. LOT them gum
object. He did moi pHrp.
charges now. with ,bs uvl|
that the inyes,iensis ~rsl|
morrow. He hal asinr.
county, and Others at 4 DID
they could not gel hrt
MIR, Williams where be n
ton that the witness
"From y0u,n said lh,i \
The ladies were here, VI
witnesses were absent Hi
state they had not betn J
cially of this mttllh.
sition could not b.
til there was 3 jOlri
could not have Y
before the meeting M
an ex parte investigslh,
and GID speed then.
would last two or thrril
ifit was to he an inveIin
results would go out SOD
as nm insult from MI ID
ladies' who could not ON
council.
Mr.. Hayden disclsils
the ladies were the veIJi
ladies'
Some fusilladiDg here
part oft was not csughl
Ter. In reply to what
said of insinuations bsla
Furman said: Il willD
Won if Won will stepoatt
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stepped OUT said M
.aid ba had In the D0f1
when he was charged Z
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21

Temple Place Fancy Grocery is ii,
fering the finest line of Impor,a.
tons and fine Table Delicacies :,
any house in North Texas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-05-14
BOhemians in Literatnre.

2ittrature is rich with the work of Bo-
hemiatls. some of whom are famous. But
it was not until literature became pro-
fession that Bohemianism became a
guild. Sir Richard Steele was perfect
specimen of the literary Bohemian.
Oliver Goldsmith was of the fair frater-
nifty, but Samuel johnson, Alexander Pope
and icy Joseph Addison, were decidedly
not. They were literary, but had not the
divine contempt for the morrow that
marks the Bohemian. Charles Lamb was
perhaps not Bohemian in the extreme
meaning of the word, but by all sympa-
thy he was justly so. Then we have
Alfred de Musset, Gerard de Nerval,
Privat d. Anglemont, Leopold Robert
and Gavarni; Steele, Fielding, Thack-
cray and Ben Jonson-all, all were Bo-
hemians. So was Old Chaucer, also, and
Marlowe, Sucking, Herrick, Gay and
the divine Shakespeare.
OF later day Bohemians, there are
those whose history would fill volumes
and whose names are legion. Poor,
dead and gone, Harry Clapp, in his day
was the "king of Bohemians," He
died in New York, when he was counted
among the foremost journalists of his
period. Het handled one of the most
saucy and fearless pens of any of the old
school of Bohemians that used to con-
gregate at Pfaaff's, ON Broadway. Harry
made Pfaaf wealthy, although he him
self died poor. Clapp used to lunch
there, and one day the coffee and eggs
so impressed the famous Bohemian that
he then and there wrote about column
puff of the caravansary, but, although a
puff, it was in Clapp's best style, and he
could make the rankest kind of a puff,
so witty and interesting that it would be
acceptable to any journal. Harry's dis
sertation of coffee and the articles that
some of the other Bohemian jour
nalists wrote made Pfaaff famous and he
became rich. And now nothing is too
good for genuine member of the guild
there.-St. Louis Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-05-14
Why Eyes Shine.

Swan M. Burnett, NJ. D., says in P0pls-
lar Science NoHthly: Place a child F(be-
cause the pupils of children are large),
and by preference blonde, at a distance
of ten or fifteen feet from lamp which
is the only source of light in a room, and
cause it to look at some object in the di-
rection of the lamp, turning the eye you
wish to look at slightly toward the nose.
Now, put your own eye close behind the
lamp-tiame, with a card between it and
the flame. If you will then look close
by the edge of the flame covered by the
card into the eye of the child, you will
see, instead of a perfectly black pupil, a
reddish-yellow circle. If the eye happens
to be hypermetropic, you will be able to
see the red reflex when your own eye is
at some distance to one side of the
flame.
This is the true explanation of the lu-
minous appearance of the eyes of some
animals when they are in comparative
obscurity. 1t is simply the light reflected
from the bottom of their eyes, which is
generally of reddish tinge on account
of the red blood in the vascular layer of
the choroid bach ofsthe semi mi-transparent
retina, and not light that is generated
there at all. This reflection is most ap-
parent when the animal is in obscurity,
but the observer must be in the light,
and somewhat in the relative position
indicated in the above-described expert
ment-that is, the eye of the observer
must be on the same line with the light
and the observed eye. The eyes of
nearly all animals are hypermetropic,
most of them very highly so, so that they
send out the rays of light which have
entered them in very diverging man
ner-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-05-14
How tO Tame n Rat

Police Captain Charles Mcdonnell was
walking through South Fifth avenue at
midnight, when he saw what appeared to
be small white kitten playing on the
sidewalk in front of him. After a short
chase he secured the animal, and by the
light of street lamp discovered, to his
momentary CONSERVATION, that it was
white rat. 1t appeared to be perfectly
tame and at home with him.
He slid it into his overcoat. pocket and
took it to the station house, Where it was
put on exhibition in cigar box. Its
beauty surprised all who saw it. 1t was
pure white, had pink eyes and claws, and
shapely, tapering tail. 1t made a pecu-
liar noise, like the purring of a kitten,
as it ate bread and cheese from the cap
tain's hand, and it held its tail erect
when it was stroked.
1t remained in the station house twen-
ty-four hours before it was claimed. Then
its owner, storekeeper on South Fifth
avenue, arrived and explained how rats
are tanned.
''lt's the easiest thing in the world,
he said. "Take the most ferOcious rat,
throw it into pail of water, and leave
it there until it becomes exhausted and is
about to drown. Then take it out, roll
it in wadding, and put it in warm
place. When the rat come to it will
evinN the deepest gratitude, 1t will lick
your hands and follow you about the
house like dog, and can be taught a
number of tricks"
The police of the Prince street station
are trying this experiment.-Nea0 York.
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-05-14

nature Of the strange sound, or from a
desire to strike at the disturber of its
peace. II is this movement which is
usually described as the snakes dancing"
to the music. The musician does not re-
main in one spot but moves about rapidly,
thus accelerating the dancing movement
of the reptile. In the meantime the
charmer's assistant advances cautiously
and quickly from behind, and, seizing
the snake by the tail, or by the back Of
the head, thrusts it into bag, and it is
taken away to have its teeth pulled and
be put through a course of training as a
tame snake
In India these professional charmers
are employed to clear houses and gardens
of reptiles. A number of instances arc
given in books of Indian life wherein the
'charmern performance has been found
to be pure imposture, being simply the
catching of tame snakes with which he
himself had "saltedn the premises. The
caught reptiles were marked and thus
recognized in different localities. But
notwithstanding these cases of fraud,
there are a sufficient number of attested
cases to prove that the charmers do cap
ture the untamed reptiles, and instances
Wherein like the Arab mentioned, the
performer has frankly explained his
modus operandi-without the least at
tempt to claim the magical powers in
which tn ignorant Hindoos so firmly be-
lieve. 1t is the courage and dexterity of
these men which is marvellous. Their
absolute fearlessness, combined with
quickness and gcntleness, does give
them an immunity from peril that would
be impossible to one less trained.
The keepers of snakes in museums
often acquire the same power, but none
know better than they in what peril they
use it, although the creatures in their
care are obliged to submit to periodi-
cal tooth-pulling. Two of the keepers at
the London geological gardens, coming
in one morning pretty drunk, thought
that, 'just for lark, they would move
the cobras into another cage They had
safely transferred nearly all of them,
habit inducing them to exercise that
carefulness that their boozy condition
might cause them to forget, when one of
them finding a large cobra unusually
torpid, shook it violently. In an instant,
the sharp fangs were buried in his cheek,
and the poor man-now sober enough
said to his companion, 'Tm a dead man,
Bill" He was taken as quickly as posi-
bic to the hospital, but in an hour was a
livid corpse. Inter Ocean.