Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-24

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Frank l.. Chapron was found dead in the
woods near his home at Inver Grove.
Beadle county has 1900 male candidates for
m%atrimony. Now, girls, don't al pop at once.
The residence, stable and granary OF Rogers
Colt, near Marshall, were destroyed by a prai-
RE fire.
The correspondent at Chicago for the Fargo
rosten was arrested for an alleged libel on A..
b. Lange.
Sergeant Brown, of Company X, Eleventh
infantry, committed suicide at Fort Buford on
Saturday.
Iowa capitalists will build and operate a
-four mill, capacity 1000 bushels per day, at
3uffslo Gap.
James T. Brand, q boot and shoe merchant
of X ed6eld, has made an assignment. Liabil-
itiee, $4,000.
Good specimens OF coal were found near
Winchester last week by some men who were
digging a well.
1t has been decided to organize a I, ir asso-
citation at Rapid City, and negotiations are
now pending for grounds.
Ten business blocks are now going up at
Sioux Falls. The city will spend $4,000 In
building sewers this year.
The Sioux Falls quarrymen have q big con-
tract to furnish paving blocks to the Sioux
City Street Railway company.
The Mandan Roller Mill company has just
been awarded a contract for supplying Fort A.
Lincoln with 10000 pounds OF -four.
II became necessary to close up the schools
at Letcher last week because Of the great
amount OF sickness In the community.
Prairie fires destroyed w. G.. McKean's
barn near La Moure, togeth r with twelve
tons of hay and some farming implements.
The Royal Silver Mining company, capital
81, $50, COO, was organized at Deadwood. The
company has four claims in the Ruby basin.
or the 1853 civil cases at the session Of the
district court at Grand Forks, 81 were dis
posed Of, as were IL OF the 26 criminal eases.
The pursuit of tin is the principal eccupe-
ton of Black Hills prospectors just now,
The rest Of mankind are similarly occupied,
DR.. McGillicuddy lately resigned as Indian
agent at Pine Ridge, but recalled the docu-
ment AZ the request of the Indian Rights asso
citation.
A large Welsh colony has ben organized IL
Pennsylvania 10 take up land in Dakota. Il
WAS the original intention Of the colony 70 10
cate IN West Virginia.
A ~saloonkeeper named Mattson at Yanktor
fred at Policeman Rldell on Saturday night.
RIdell had arrested Mattson for gambling. He
was taken into custody.
An ~artesian well, put down on the farm Of
Ole Junker. near MeckljDg, Clay county, ha.
proved TO be a success. Flowing water of q
good quality was struck at a depth Of POS feet
Riley Miller and Tom Hsxby have arrange
ments for q running race ~ the Rapid CIT,
driving perk, to take place In about two
weeks. Mr.. Miller will run Ogallala sgains'
an unknown. The stakes sre $50 u side.
Frank Kise, son OF the mail carrier between
Deadwood end Empire, with three compsn-
ions, tried 10 scare a man named Twsy By fir
ing over his dwelling. Tway did bot scar,
but returned the fire, fatally wounding youni
Kise.
A district convention Of the Womsn's Chris
tian Temperance union, embracing the coun.
ties of Turner, Lincoln. Clay, Yankton, and
Union, was held In the city OF Yankton or
April 10 and IA. The convention opened
Tuesday, the 18th inst.
There will bequite a number Of new towns
laid out THE season on the extensions OF the
railroads. The Northwestern has secured. 4SC
acres for one on the BRAN b between Columbis
and Lamoure on the east bank Of the James
about twenty miles east Of Glendale. 1t has
not been named rs yet.
The Custer County Chronicle thus pictures
the mineral outlook: ut is gratifying tc
know that the spell "a broken, that the lonc
period Of comparative inactivity has reached
its close, and that WI are merging upon the
advent OF n progressive era that will advance
us to a standard of commercial prestige, un.
surpassed by any mining region under the
canopy Of heaven"
Alexander Self, a man Of considerable prop
erty who resided near s.. Paul, committed
suicide on sunday moving. self had Lcen IL
S.3 ac..:a, 80. ca Sunday ,Nol nins ils lam,
fly noticed that he seemed depressed, but at
tributed II 10 his illness. Later they heard the
report OF a musket and G few minutes after
ward they found him IN a dying condition
with the entire charge In his breast.
One Of the articles OF the treaty with the
Sioux Indians In 1865 requires that the sigma
lures OF thr e-foUrths Of the adult male Ia
dams shall ba mad to any measure like the
Dawes bill before [ becomes operative. DIR.
Me~Gfllycuddy, the old Indian agent, who Is
perhaps the best posted OF any man on the sit
u~attop, IL credited with the opinion that no
amoIst OF persuasion will insnce the RI lIsite
numbes OK The Indians To sign the document.
IL their signatures are not obtained In six
months after tho passage Of the bill 4. will be.
com vo!l,