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

cation which worships In the fourth
Baptis. church OF THE city, and n OF TIL
lost popular End prominent Bsp,is,s divt lei
in the northwest. In bis pulpit methods and
parish work he has incorporated many OF tht
revival methods and lie is regarded ss a reyi
val preacher. He has a str king face
with q suggestion Of histrionlc ability sc
strongly marked as to lead stran eIs to be-
lieve that he must have had q stage training
He has already rendered his resignation, and
the semi oficisl announcement that he pro
poses TO become an evangelist is the talk OF
the hour In religious circles.
CHICAGO, April II Edward B. Hendricks,
a well-known German citizen, took q dose OF
morphine last evening At the residence OF bis
father in-law and died this morning. Domes-
tic i~nfel!city was the cause Of his suicide.
CHICAGO, April i4.-While John A. Logan,
general and senator, Is watching the interests
OF the country In general and his Illinois con-
stituents in particular at the seat Of the ma
tional government, he Is at the same time
keeping his weather eye on his personal bust
ness interests. As al indication OF this fact
bS u hAo WYNN no bhO hAoS PhSph
dent of the National Repeating Firearms CON-
psny which has just been incorporated at
Springfield with q paid up capital OF half q
million OF dollars, and having as In
corporators, gentlemen as well known
AS Ex-Governor Hamilton, Gen. Joseph Stock
ton, Gen. w. f. Strong and Major
A. N. Reece. The works Of the COM
pany are to be located on lands
already acquired at Grand Crossing near
this city where 1t is proposed to manufacture
the Chatfee-Reece magazine life, the Whit
more hammerless shotgun, and ammunition
for military and sporting purposes. The work
will cover SIX acres and the plant will have
an annual capacity OF fifty thousand maya
zine rifles, ten thousand shot-guns, and fifty
million cartridges.
CHICAGO, April ID. H.. Bowers the well
known turf man, and standard authority on
all matters pertaining TO the turf In the west,
died this morning.
ST. LOUIS, April l5.--J. J. McGary, judge
advocate OF district assembly l0l and one Of
The most prominent figures In the local strike
was to-day acquitted OF the several charges
preferred against him by the railroad company
In connection with the III, ter OF persusding
men 10 desert their engines during the strike.
CHICAGO, April 15.-The closing meeting OF
the American Fisheries convention Was held
at the Palmer House this morning. U. &.
Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird, who pre-
sided, congratulated the meeting upon the
success OF the gathering. Remarks TO the
same effect were made by Seth Green, Of New
York, the father Of pisciculture In the United
States; Col. Mcdonald, chief OF the division
OF fish distribution; Prof. John Gaylor, Of
Amherst college, snd Hon. N. X. Fairbanks OF
this city. II -night tho visitors, after ban
quoting, will depart for their homes.
CHICAGO. April l5.--George Ellis, a stock
man from Missouri, well known throughout
the northwest, was found dead in his bed at
the Transient house stock yards this morning.
| He had been asphyxiated, having blown out
the gas when retiring last night.
CHICAGO, April 12.-The coopers are organ
izing here IN large numbers to fight the fms
who buy packages made in the penitentiary.
II the firms refuse to grant the request Of the
coopers to buy no more prison made boxes
then such firms will be boycotted and serious
trouble will follow.
NORWICH, Conn, April 16.-The strikinS
weavsrs at the Baltic mills have returned to
their looms at former wages.
ST. CLOUD. Mimi, April 15.-The work OF
devastation IN the district visited by the cy-
clone is complete, as the Uttered and shivered
remains OF what were once frame buildings
will testify. The scene this morning at day
break WAS one to appall the strongest hearted.
For a width OF about 600 feet running south
west to northeast, the tornado had leveled al
most everything before 1t. An OCCASIONS
building, partially wrecked, being left 10 tel
the tale OF devastation, as II by contrast WITT
the ruin to be seen on every side. Scarcely
vest;ge OF any structure remained SO AS to b.
recognized, the ground being literally covered
with all kinds Of timbers promiseuously tan
gled together.
1t Is estimated that AGO structures wer
\ blown down, all frame, and by no means cost
". The Manitoba depot was unroofed an
wrecked, thus almost entirely cutting OH al
telegIaphic communication. The only puid
ing OF any consequence aside from the d'pc
"
/, injured was the brewery, and this was badl
. warped and twisted. The small residence
= were mostly occupied by foreigners, who's
names II is impossible to secure with any de
: gree of accuracy. The Catholic hospital
filed with the wounded, but only Ave or six {
them ere considered dangerous. Others are
4 little hurt. There were hfty-fcur wounded
\ the hospital last night, besides q number th'
q were taken to private residences. To-ds
there are about forty there, two having die
and the others having been removed.
a At a church east OF Rice's station a weddil
was In progress. Ten persons, including Il
a officiating minister were killed.
t. MILWAUKEE, April l6.-The Merchant Tai
n ors association of the West Side has conproI
at ised with the strikers and It is said on goo
d authority that the tsilors strike will be spec
ily settled all over the city aud 1000 men "
!, return to work.
WEBSTER, Mass, April 1~6.-squire Viii
ID famous in his day as the leader OF the Rho
he Island Dorr war, died at Qlinebag, Connec
be cut, aged lightweight years.
d. EAST ST. LOUIS, April 17.-All is quiet HI
!. this morning. TIE roads north OK the bird
=, are receiving n good Icn; IA Height, cne -
=. and Mississippi especially, the platform
49, which is covered with bales OF cotton. ]