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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

BATTLE RIVER, OAK, April Is, 'S5.
EDITOR CHRONICLE Since my last
times seem to be greatly improving,
travel is on the increase generally.
Chadron is surely going to be a great
objective point for the Black Hills.
People are going to and returning from
there every day. Everything indicates
activity equal if not superior to the
famous days Of III.
/ have just heard that the petition in
regard to mail routes and post Offices have
been forwarded to Washington.
There is some talk Of laying out a
townsite at this place. There is already
several blocks laid out and l have no
doubt things will move soon. A black
smith will open a shop next week at the
station. Mr.. Walker giving the use of a
building free for that purpose. There
is a good chance here for some one to
start a good store for the travel on this
road will be immense this summer.
One of Fred L. Evans mammoth mule
trains has just arrived from the upper
country on it's way to Chadron loaded
with freight and passengers. More
anon.
Al H. Dr.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

If, as reported, the Sioux City & Paci-
fc extends its iron e~ighty.flve miles
west OF Chadron this season, to the coal
fields of Wyoming, the foundation upon
which the people of Chadron are build
IL & their hopes for a large city from
which all the Black Hills freighting will
be done as well rs passenger business,
will be demoralized and the chance for
a town above the average agricultural
town ofany new railroad is most effectu-
ally knocked in the head.
A point on the reported extension 25
or 80 miles west of Chadron would bring
the road that much nearer to Custer and
within Is miles Of Hot Springs and Cas-
cade, and Deadwood could be reached
by a freight road on the west in about
100 miles travel. In fact the building of
the So miles west this fall would result
probably in dividing up the shipping
points for Hills traffic and make the
situation identical with that on the
Northern Pacific, where Medora, Bel.
ford and Dickinson all claim that distinc.
ton. One thing ascertain, if the extern
sion IS built, SO much the better for
the southern, and in fact, the whole
Hills. Custer within a days drive of
the railroad is all We could expect at
present, and If we are not mistaken that
situation will suit the mercantile inter
ests better than the completion of a
branch line to the Hills this summer OF
fall.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Chadron News.

From the Dawes County, Neb., Journ-
al we gather the following:
Chief Engineer Ainsworth on his re-
turn trip down the road, is reported by
the Fremont Tribune rs saying that he
expects to put down iron at the rate of
two miles Il day and will keep this up
until the $50 miles are laid to this point
on White River. The rails will be 80.
pound steel, the same as are now being
put in on the east end Of the road. Over
10000 ties are piled up at Valentine to
be pat into the new track.
1t is rumored that the railroad com
pany intend grading another 5O-mile ex.
%tention westward from this place this
year, and that the branch road TO tn.
Hills will not be pushed until other
roads threaten that way. Whether
rumor be correct or not, the surveyor.
are now working westward. The North
western company evidently proposes
having the lead both to the north ant
west, to keep the lever end of that lead
Should this grading be done, the rail,
would be laid next spring, and the roa,
could easily reach the coal fields mex
season.
The bridging Of White River at ,hi,
place is now complete. The str ucture i.
solidly and strongly built, is plankct
and was made with an especial eve t.
bearing up the heaviest freight wagons
which travel the northwestern roads
There is no longer further obstacle to q
first class highway from the Hills, and
the west end of this county is brought
almost or quite five miles nearer
The railroad surveying party, under
the leadership Of Andrews, have been
camped on the river, opposite town, this
week. They have been fixing the final
lines here, and will soon pull out on the
survey to Fl. Fetterman. 1t is now Civ
en- out that preparations are being made
for letting n further grading contract to
the west of eighty five miles, work to be
done this fall. The road would be then
within about forty miles Of Fctterman
and nearly or quite into the coal fields.
Messrs. w. p. Phillips, r. d. Jennings
and Edmund Petty, business men and
property owEers of Hot Springs, Oak,
made a trip to ChGdron last SATURDAY,.
The main object of the visit was to lay
out a road between the two places.
They came in a direct line and the dis
lance, SO measured, is about As miles.
Almost the entire distance the road they
travelled follows a high and dry divide,
which will require but little work [ o
convert into a good th~oroughfare pass
bic and practicable at all seasons of the
year. All work necessary on the road
to the state line will be paid for by the
county Of Fall River, of which Hot
Springs is the county seat. We are glad
to zee such energetic action toward our
connection with these coming impor-
tant points, and shall further TO say CON
corning the opening Of this road.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Van Devort q Co.

Is the new firm organized by A. 7.
Van Devort and Thomas V. Garlock.
Van is too well known i'm this country
to need any introduction, coming from
Deadwood as resident member of Star
Bullock Co., he has succeeded in build
Ing up one Of the finest trades in
the Southern Hills. Tom Garlock has
heen in his employ a year, during which
time he has made a host Of friends, and
we welcome HIM among ouI business
e If ample capital, good backing,
A l credit, hard rustling and strict at
tention to business is the basis Of repre-
sentative western houses, then Van
Devort & Co. stand to-day in the front
ranks of the solid houses Of the Black
Hills.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

The annual election for officers of the
Town Of Custer City, ID. T., will be held
on Monday the 4th day of May. 1885, at
which there will be elected, n trustee
for each Of the seven wards in said town;
as also q clerk, assessor, treasurer,
marshal and justice of the peace.
Polls will be opened at 8 O'Clock in the
forenoon and kept open until 4 O'Clock
In the afternoon of said day, at Thomp-
sons jewelry store, corner Of Custer
avenue and Fifth streets.
A. T. FEAY,
Town Clerk.
Dated at Custer City, ID. T., April Is
1885.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Jim Paul, formerly employed in the
Homestake store at Lead, arrived in
Custer last Sunday, having spent about
two weeks looking over the country in
the vicinity Of Chadron. He left Dead.
wood with the view Of opening q store
1t Chadron. but after q survey of the
situation has concluded to turn rancher.
having located q claim on Horsehead,
near eniyely's halfway station. He re-
ports that creek taken up from its con
fiuence with the Cheyenne to its source
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Notice to Creditors,

In the Matter of the Estate Of j. n.
Smith, deceased.
All persons having claims against said
estate Of }. N. Smith, deceased, are re
quired to exhibit the mn with the
necessary vouchers to the undersigned
administrator of said estate. at his home
on Cheyenne River, one mile south o.
mouth of Hat Creek, in the county O.
Fall River, territory of Dakota, and thai
three months have been limited rs the
time for creditors to present their claims
against said estate.
Dated the 2Sth day OF March, 1885.
o. p. FRARY.
Administrator or Executor.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

will pay the highest market price
for 5000 Of Custer county credenee of
indebtedness. Parties who have scrip
for sale can call on me or Smith 4 Fitch
in my absence from Custer. who will at
tend to the business for me. I only de-
sire to purchase 5000. when this order
81 filled ! shall withdraw from the mar
kst.
A. L. SPRAaUE.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Arrival and Departure Of Mails.

Dsadwood and Cnster. leaves Custer Mondnv
Wednesday and Friday mornings, at a, m.
and arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday,
ate p. m.
Custer and Hot Springs leaves Custer Monday
Wednesday aud Friday at 8 q. m; arrives Tues
1sy, Thursday and Saturday at I p. m.
Custer and Rapid leaves Custer daily at 7 a. m j.
arrives at Custer daily at 8 p. m.
An mails close thirty minutes before dcpar.ase
keyistry and Money order window closes at {
o'clock p. m.
once open on Sunday tnntil IL o'clock. noon.
II. A. ALBIEF r. M.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

During the school month ending
April 18th. the following pupils made
perfect attendance: Laura McKirahan.
Willie Brennan, Mary Mclean. Jessie
Mclean. Present at every session dur
ing the month: Fred Brennan, Pearl
Dickson. Willie Nelson. Nora McKira.
han, Wallace Smith, May Webster, An.
nio Hummer.
TOTAL number in attendance, IS; aver
age daily attendance, Is.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

ON FRIDAY EVENING MAY ],

ON FRIDAY EvENIN MAY ],
will be presented to the public by the
members Of the /. o. q. T. the drama
entitled the Toodles family. The play
is a good m and will be presented in
fine shane. Buel r. Wood will appear
as Toodles and Miss Bertha Wood as
Mrs. Toodles.
There will be an after piece entitled
The Family Cure" Play to be given
'at court house. Curtain rises at 8 o'clock
when the trouble will commence. Ad-
mission % cents.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Probate NOTICE.
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA
County of Custer, %
In Probate Court Of the County of
Custer, ID. T.
In the matter of the estate of John T.
Code, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that III. N Ross
has filed with the undersigned Judge of
the Probate court a petition praying
that letters of administration of the
estate of John 7. Code, deceased, be- is
sued to him, the said II. N. Ross, on the
18th day Of May, 1885, at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m, being a day Of a special
term Of this court at the court room
thereof in the town ofCuster City, Coun-
ty Of Custer, had been set for hearing
said petition. when and where any per-
son interested may appear and show
cause why the said petition should not
be granted.
Dated April cath, 1885.
w. j. THORNLEY,,
Judge Of the Probate court in and for
the County Of Custer and Territory of
Dakota.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Mr.. f. r. Hoyt, a mechanical engineer
ut the New Orleans exposition, was
severely injured by a huge derrick pole
falling on his foot He was conveyed to
his residence, and after only three APP
plications of st. Jacobs Oil, all the
swelling ard pain disappeared, and he
resumed his duties.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Dakotu School of Mines.

Plans and specifications are hereby
invited for the Dakota School Of Mines,
Cost Of proposed brick building not to
exceed $4,000; dimensions, 36x54 feet
two stories high. not to exceed four
rooms on first floor, t.o on second, with
mansard roof. For the plan 800 will
be paid. ALI plans rejected will be re.
turned. Address,
A. ]. SIMMONS,
Pres't School Of Mines,
Rapid CITY.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Freight rates over the 8. C. <. p. r. r
and the transportation lines to Gordon
and Chadron are the same as to Custer
and Rapid and only Is cents less per loo
pounds than to Deadwood. The rate to
Gordon, Chadron, Custer and Rapid is
81 so from Chicago and 1925 from Mis-
souri, river points, and to Deadwood
$c.75 and $3.50.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

In the Methodist church services will
be held a follows: Sabbath school a,
lOa. IN. Preaching at III a. m. Glass
meeting at the close Of the morning
service. Evening, preaching at 7:3O p.
m. We extend a most cordial invita-.
ton to all persons 10 join with US in
these Sabbath services.
IL. A. JAMES, Pastor.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Messrs. Turner and Powell. both now
residents of Cascade we're entertaining
the Custer boys this week. The former
gentleman has purchased Sam Moses
farm and house at that place.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
AL HAM BRA.

A report has reached us, coming from
railroad men, that the b. & NJ. has let
an S0-mile grading contract for an ex-
tension from Grand Island to the north.
west. -Shadron journal
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
For Sale.

For Sale.
T~hirty-seven head of pure bred Cali
way cattle. l2 bulls, balance cows and
heiffers. The above stock are all reg
istered and must be sold.
o. p. FRARY,
Administrator Of the estate Of ]. N.
Smith. deceased.
Ranch Cheyenne River, one mile
south 81 mouth Of Hat Crock. 1918
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

A Pound party will be given by tn,
Methodist society at their church OF
next Wednesday evening.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

8. r. Shankland returned last Satur
day evening from New Orleans much
pleased with his trip and looking al
hearty as ever.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

r. ID. Jennings, of Hot Springs, with
four carpenters arrived in Custer We'd
nesday evening, and will push the wood
work on the new school building.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Wanted a first-class team, about 1000 II
American mares preferred, must bt
sound and good roadsters.
VAN DEvoRT & Co.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Track laying began at Valentine on
the 9th is being pushed at the rate Of
miles per day.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Rev. n. A. James. Pastor. Services in the M
} Church every Sunday at IL o'clock q. m, and
5:00 O'Clock p. m, All are cordially invited.
sabbath School Gt 10 o'clock q. m.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

5000 pounds of prime beaver fur want
Cd by Van Devort. !.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Three baths for 81 90 at Stones.

Dr. hides and county warrants want
ed by Van Dcvort.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25

Go to Cochran's for hardware, stoves
tinware, plows, Scythes, racks, etc
Cheapest house in the Hills.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Societies.
4. d. q. T.

FIDELITY Lodge Of I. O. O.. +. meets at the
Court. House at 7:3O p. m. Saturday evenings.
J. q. CARR, W, c. +. 9. T.. BoYDEN, w, 8.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
per annunl,

When RAby was sick, we gave her CASToRIA
When che was . Child, sbe cried for CASTORIA
When she became Miss. she chung to CASTORIA
When she had Children. che gave them CAsT'A
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-25
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beautyon the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-05-16

liar money that VIII not pay, VIII
simply say that there is not word OF
truth in the statement | owed the
News some money about three years ago,
but | paid it in lnstallments. A few days
ago, a bill for S5 was presented to me,
and 1 told the collector that I thought
it was a mistake; but that I would see
their bookkeeper, and if was wrong,
pay the bill. r..
The dirty skunk who wrote the article
in the Liar knows that is true and he
has personal knowledge that l have
pinched myself to pay the debts of an
other for which I was not morally re-
sponsible. Vt
i, The man who will rec klessly lie about
one whom he personally knows to be
'scrupufously honest, just to carry point,
The Labor enquirer., 1885-05-16

SIlOlllI' - 1llcs{0n : T. leYoie neat
evolved in this process tho creation Of
a New World lis neither strange nor
new, in fact it is the natural law Of crea-
ton.
First, chaos, which will soon become
perceptible to all. '...@ .
Second, the fusion and amalgamatlon
of those groups that have the greatest
affinity for each other. B..
Third, the law of grayitation, the at
traction Of the smaller and lighter
bodies by the larger and heavier ones.
Fourth, the harmonious disposition of
every group, each to Its proper place,
and each to its proper duty.
Therefore, let us not swear by Karl
Marx, LaSalle, Bakounine, Proudhon, or
Hyndman, but let us each and all of us
draw from that inexhaust!ble' fountain
that nature has given us-our power of
reasoning from the past expert
ence of our fellow-men as contained in
the pages of history and thereby speed
forward the car of progress. let us also
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and because he happens to have an
avenue OF gettlng nIS 7

avenue OF geIIlng his lle ueloio IHo pun
lie, is dangerous man in any commu-
nifty and the sooner the editorial(?) out
fit of the R. M. Liar Is driven out of
Denver or put under the sod, the better
for society.
This thing is getting very tiresome to
me, and if this community is SO de-
PRAYED as to relish the blasphemous
slush of whisky soaked, Holladay-street
graduates, it is time it had met the fate
of Sodom.
THE COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION.
From the Chicago News.
CHICAGO, April 29.-TO the Editor: :
Your account of the demonstration last
night by the international" Working
Peoples Association does not surprise
me but I am 10th to believe that any
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I-UUIH IdUUI WUUIU
- Gosn IL nannt ho

mind that cannot appreciate the benefits
fthe board of trade to Chicago, andifthe
people, that call themselves workers
will reflect they will have-to acknoWl.
edge that through Its agency alone more
wealth has been distributed among them
during the last two years than by any
other creative influence in the city. In
view of the already large amounts ex-
pended In the construction of massive
buildings in the new board of trade dis
trict and those contemplated it seems as
though they might consider themselves
benefited by the expenditure ofso much
wealth if they really are what they style
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Or to "quodn for six months You shall flee.
Beware Of contempt for to dudes is re-
served
The rights that to manhood are dearer.
Grover Cleveland, stand back Soldier Grant.
to your place! ilz-g sHr
Make way for the mighty receiver. ~
Fool! The men who for principle fight here
to-day, 4, q, +-.Eih a... -, ..
Fought before in the wars bloody track,
Now as then, they will triumph, though you
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Dlock the way, .s r.s
And mnnnnlists stand at vnnr hack.
J FOU UCuUH


sault -
And fed not its face, but came nearer
Do you think they'll take fright at a scare
crow like you?
wait for an answer, receiver.
For The Enquirer. . ''f
80 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIAR.
BY MAC. /
The Rocky Mountain Liar has taken pains to
let us see,
That with strikes or combinations he never
can agree;
'Tisn't simple justice moves him, his ambi-
tion goes up higher,
1.-THE moneys what we want,r says the Rocky
Mountain Liar
The Rocky Mountain Liar has large circu-
lation,"
And the man who runs it says he's man of
reputation
But I'd rather trust the devil, in his utmost
state of ire,
Than I'd trust the gentle man who runs the
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rstand and make q distinction

tween principle or force. and the use
to which it is put, lest our conception of
Liberty lead to license, and our concep-
ton of the state lead to despotism.
He who starts out to become Social
list has a broad road to travel though it
be rugged one, and that which he most
needs is Liberty, and Charity in its true
sense. Furthermore, let US not charge
those whom We criticise with that which
thev dc not advocate, for sooner or later
it will recoil upon ourselves and our
greatest weapon, Truth, receive gap
that years of grinding apologies will
scarcely eface. -.. ,.--
Answers to Correspondents.
1T has been decided to open cores
pondents column. AS the regular staff
Of The ENQUIRER ha7e no time for this
work, irst-classi muse has been en-
gagged, whose eagle will soar on all ques-
tions from tramps to the Egyp tian situa-
ton. Send in your questions early or
the muse will have to invent some him
SELF
SAMMY, school boy.-"I am reading
Thomas Paine's works. He says the
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to address its hypocritical persuasion to
the men on strike, and tries to make
them believe that it is for their good to
60 to work. The Liar is wasting its
sweetness, as the strikers do not read
the vile sheet.
II the Denver and Rio Grande officials
have more men than they want, why do
they send letters by special messengers
to idle mechanics offering them $4.5O and
$500 per day, if they will come to work
THE newsboys say that it is no use
handling the Liar, as they invariably get
stuck" Nobody seems to want the
disreputable rag.
ONE of the boys came up from Ala
mosa yesterday. He reports none of the
men at work and everything progressing
favorably.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-05-16

VO4y JeDi0 v0diiK mon cRn Dc tf8ceu 70
some slight deviation from the example
they had chosen.
One, who tried to be the father Of his
country, practiced on the wrong kind of
a fruit tree with a dull hatchet another
learned to split rails but never acquired
the skill which president ought to pos
sess. Should all else fail, you may dis
cover or invent something, only remem-
Der to be original in this, as it would
seem stale for you to catch lightning
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hIU6, UT II6 dIUuHU UHU6T q

tree asking yourself why the apples fall
down instead of upward. You would
probably eat the apple any how, and
ruin yourprospects. =
J. H., Riverside, Cal.-You can get
"God and Man Unity" at this Office;
price 80 cents, postage paid. s "
Stand by Your Friends.
For The Enquirer.
We are too apt to take what we re-
ceive easily, as matter of course, with
out realizing how much it may cost
some one else. THE LABOR ENQUIRER
comes to US every week, freighted with
living words of truth, articles of interest,
brave denunciations of injustice and op-
preston. but we do not realize at hat
sacrifice of time and labor on the part of
a few. >
The great obstacle in the way of free
dom and equality, is ignorance on the
part of the people as to what it is that is
hurting them. They have been blinded
and misIed, and have worshiped
shadow called freedom while the sub
stance has been stolen. Thousands of
lecturers and orators, and hundreds of
powerful journals are telling the people
in glowing terms that this is great and
independent nation, that we are free
American sovereigns and citizens, with
the glorious privilege of the ballot and
that we have only to be thankful and
saving" to be the happlest people on
earth. We have very few means of
teaching the people what real liberty is,
and what their rights are; every paper
and every speaker is supported by the
sacrifice, self denial and hard toll of
few DEVOTED ones. It is a dire calamity
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n n.Lz. A

everT sndaS eIep.ing lU at 5:s
IN McFarlane's Hall, Como, Colorado. Mem
bers of other assemblies always welcome.
n n nn-Steadfast Assembly, No 1892 meets
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but myself have records as strikers
against the tyrannical rules ofemployers
AS for myself, I can say that helped to