Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-16
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.


Scotland's abandoned artcsian well cost
1900.
The salt springs near Sheridan are TO be de-
yeloped.
The Walsh county fair win be held October
5, 6 and Z.
The city physicians Of Milbank report busi.
ness dull.
Letcher has a very satisfactory grain market
this year.
Lennox Is about 70 establish . systein Of
w~aterworks.
The Woonsocket street sprinkler has laid up
for the season.
There is a schem. on foot for the division of
Jerauld county.
The surface indications OF oil around Sun.
dance are good.
The outlook at the Black Hills I. reported
TO be excellent.
The Highmore a~rtesian well has reached a
depth of $50 feet.
Sioux Falls he's organized a Scandinavian
temperance society.
The roller skating rink was opened at Rapid
City Saturday night.
The project Of ore reduction works Is being
advanced at Rapid City.
For every house TO rent In Scotland there
are from two to six applicants.
The supreme court opened at Dcadwood on
tie 9Th, Judge Thomas presiding.
The Baltimore postofice in Pembina county
has been changed to Glarston.
Faux county will vote on the question OF a
relocation OF the county seat.
Geese, crane and brant are two weeks ahead
Last week there were II 800 bushels OF flax
bought at Freeman at S5T cents.
Of last season In Brule county.
Mitchell has in prospect an entertainment
by the Redpath concert company.
Rev. j. ii. Hartman Is candidate for super
intenaent Of schools in Cass county.
The Farmers elevator at Freeman pays out
at the rate OF 1900 a day for grain.
1t is reported that Guy {. Weed, the Sioux
Falls defaulter, has been seen In Canada.
A north Dakota newspapers motto is: 'ln
God we trust; politicians must pay cash"
An unusually large amount OF grain is be-
In gmarketed at Chamberlain this season.
At Freeman Rev. Jacob Schrag buried two
children last week, and Joseph Bohrer one, Of
scarlet fever.
Joe Laundrc, who attempted to XIII Willis
Clus, near Grand Forks, was arrested at
Hamilton.
Ex-Judge Church has been admitted to
practice and viii permanently live at Dead
wood.
There Is a complaint TO the effect that Nil
t.rLfc hnavI pf health IA naUlaptlpu tta 1p-
ties.
The bazaar at Rapid City in aid OF the pub
lie library has realized S274.S5, with all bills
paid.
The endorsement Of President Cleveland
and his policy by the Democrats Of Dakota IS
apparently warm and hearty.
The overflow from the reservoir has been
! making more or less of trouble In the west
end Of Rapid City but is now under control.
The Yankton Press and Dakotiau and the
Mitchell Republican attack Governor Pierce
for the appointment Of Engle as attorney
general.
The Sioux Indians intend TO establish a
mail and transportation company on the res
eryation. Runners viii transport mail, pas
seugers and freight.
A complete boring outfit which recently
passed through Rapid City is TO be used on
the property Of the Great Northwestern Oil
company above Sundance.
Rooms have been engaged for the Eighty
Stamps base ball club at the Wentworth house
In Deadwood during the time the nine will be
in attendance at the tournament.
c. VI. Durgan, a farmer in Sargent county,
fifteen miles south of Fargo, lost his resi-
dence, granary and the yield from $50 acres OF
wheat by prairie fire. Loss, 81 800; no lnsur
ance.
An extensive fire has been raging for three
days in the Black Hills west of Spring Val.
ley ranch. Thousands Of acres have been
burned over and a great deal Of valuable tim
Der destroyed.
Ole l.. Haug and George Bronson, while
hunting near Wahpeton, drove to a hay stack,
tied their horses ami went 10 sleep. The
stack caught fire, burning Haug to death.
Bronson was severely burned.
DR. barrow, Of Fargo, superintendent Of the
territorial board Of health, has issued orders
to DR.. Coe, OF Mandan, to Immediately kill
all animals IN Morton and Oliver counties
sick with pleuro- pneumonia and burn their
bodies; also to keep all suspected animals In
The trial of three negro soldiers at Dead
wood for the murder OF Bell at Sturgis has
been concluded. The jury returned a verdict
Of guilty against two Of the negroes-Grier
and Morris-and the penalty was fixed at
Imprisonment for life. The third prisoner
was acquitted.
I'm a shooting scrape eighteen mics south
west OF Bismarck on Tuesday night Joseph
Robinson was killed. Robinson got into a
dispute with two Swedes as TO who was the
| best man. AS all had beea drinking, they
became angry. One OF the men drew his re-
volver and fired upon Robinson, killing him
instantly.
Ernest Rosenkranz, white driving home
from Rapid City, recently met with a
probably fatal accident. He had got out OF
his wagon and In attempting to get back
slipped and fell, ~injuring himself in such a
manner as to completely p~aralyze the lower
half OF his body and the lower limbs.
quarantine.
Furious prairie fires have been raging In
Richland county, doing much damage. A. II.
Clark, living near Swan Lake, lost his house,
barn, farm machinery and all his crops. A.