Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
DAKOTA.

SIOUX rails.
The Orc Elmo sent a &, 900 gold brick into
Deadwood Saturday.
The Florence company's ore at Ruby assays
$12. SIS silver, s. gold.
The corpulent citizens OF Fargo have organ
tied a base ball nine.
Coal Is said to nave been discovered six
miles west Of Ellisyille.
A Lake county maiden lives under the un-
pleasant name OF Nellie Tough.
Battle River is trying to secure the location
OF q Touring mill at that place.
Nearly 1900 pounds of butter q day are
made by the Lennox %creaneries.
The Rapid City postmaster now receives 81
500 per year, an increase of 500.
Peter Campbell was crushed to death at
Deadwood b, a rock falling on him.
A female %bullwhacker OF extraordinary skill
appeared in Deadwood Saturday. She didn't
swear.
Gold and silver bricks valued at $50, 000
were shipped to the railroad from Deadwood
last Saturday.
In sinking q well In Union county some fine
SpStiineHs VI ia WtfS ais tdfa 80 pctlI
fed tree trunks.
The new town near the cite of Old Fort Fet-
terman has been named Douglas, in honor Of
the Little Giant.
w. Parker has retired from the management
OF the Chamberlain Register, g.. r. Owen hav-
ing bought half the paper.
The Sioux Falls Brewing company has paid
the farmers OF that section nearly $3S,0 600 for
barley the past season.
Some one has figured up 800 newspapers in
Dakota. About half a dozen a week should
DE added to The figures.
In Walsh county thirty losses have been re-
ported to the Farmers Mutual Insurance com
pany, as a result Of recent hail storms.
The noted Col. Piummer delivered his
Fourth OF July grafton at two points, Sat
urday and Monday, and 1t was voted a good
one.
Ex-Gov. NcClurg Of Missouri has started a
cattle ranch on Swan Creek, Walworth coun-
ty, where he owrs seven quarter sections Of
land.
The santes Indians have a base ball club
and challenge the white clubs to play with
them. This show VS. advancement in clvIliza.
ton.
An analysis OF the Manitou spring water in
the Milbank region shows that it possesses
medicinal properties that make It very valu-
able.
A. c. King, near Canton, started a fire TO
burn of a slough. 1t burned his barn, with
all his farm machinery, and a valuable pair OF
horses.
A young man living at Yankton, name''
a jealous rival for a girls affections. Rudd
will recover.
Bismarck in the near future, will have o
street railway. A company has been formed
and enough money subscribed to make the
project a success.
The closing exercise at the government In
dian school is said to be the finest entertain.
ment ever given at Sisseton. Indians from
all parts of the reservation were present.
A young man named Urana on Green river
In Stark county last week added one more tc
the losses OF life by gas in a well. He was be
ing Drawn up, but was overcome and fell
back.
Grant county has not suffered from tn,
drouth which has affected SO many OF the cen
trail counties, and crops are ali excellent there
The average OF wheat is put at ffteer
bushels.
Mr.. James Wilson of the Harvey Peak Til
company purchased for the company a group
OF valuable tin mines located two and a hall
miles north from Chester for a consideration
of S25, 900.
The Grafton Herald thinks the estimate OF
a half million dollars is not too large for the
loss in that county by the hail storm the las,
week In June. Many farmers lost all their
growing crops.
The ticket office OF the Burlington and Mis-,
souri, railroad at Nebraska City was broken
open Sunday night. They found no money
in the cash drawer and nothing Of value in
the baggage room.
The ~artesian well at Grafton cost S. N and
stopped at granite at 900 feet. At $50 feet
plenty Of water was had, but an analysis
shows that 1t is nearly as salt as that Of tn,
ocean and only fit for bathing purposes.
The business OF the Valentine land office
for June has increased 81, ZOO over the bust.
ness OF May, thas making 1t the largest
months busidcss within the history OF the
office. The amount Of money handled was
s36, 600.
The editors OF the Red River valley are to
meet at Detroit Lake, Saturday, July IL, and
eat 6sh together. A suspicious paper In the
south supposef that as fish is said to be brain
food, the obj,c. ia to develop brain power for
the political tussle coming.
An alarm was sounded at 4 80 Sunday even.
ing showing that the machinery warehouse of
Letcher & Co., at Mitchell, was on fire. Be
ing under full Roadway when discovered, and
a heavy wind blowing, building and contents
were soon In ashes. A horse which was
stabbed In the rear Of the warehouse, which
the owner had just purchased the night be.
.orc, was also burned, as was also a small
frame building adjoining belonging 10 Mrs.
Hubbard. The loss on building and contents
will reach nearly $4,000; fairly insured.
Cause of FIRE at present unknown.
Sioux Falls special 6: A lively breeze In
business circles has been caused by the action
OF the city council in awarding the exclusive
franchise and five years. contract for lighting
the city by a private gas company. For two
years the city has been well lighted by cleo
trio light furnished by a home company, ard
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