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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26
Thanked BY Cleveland.

President Cleveland, in a letter, expresses
the sincere thanks Of himself and Mrs. Cleve-
land for the magnificent wedding gift received
from the citizens of Charleston, and saws:
| have asked the privilege of thus communi,
eating our joint acknowledgement of this
present, because this delicate and thoughtful
attention to my wife has naturally given rise
to grateful emotions, and because it affords
me an opportunity to express m appreciation
Of the kind words with which the donors
refer to myself and my performance of
public duty. You and your associates
who have united in the letter accom-
panying your gift can hardly realize
the comfort derived from the assurances there
in contained of confidence and esteem. The
letter and the gift take their places in my new
household, and for all time will serve as re-
minders, not only Of the happiest incident In
my life as a citizen, but of the further fact
that in my official character the humble efforts
| have made to assure good government TO the
people and complete reconciliation between all
sections of the land, are CONSIDERABLY and
pleasantly recognized by my fellow country
men"
The present consisted Of a massive silver
vase, accompanied by a letter to Mrs. Cleve-
land, saying that it was intended as a token
Of the high esteem in which President Cleve-
land was held in Charleston, ''by reason OF
his ability, his true manliness and constant
fidelity to his obligations under the constitu-
ton and laws of these reunited states"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26
The Crops.

The report OF the bureau of agriculture, just
issued, states that the area Of spring wheat is
nearly the same as last year, about r. 600, 900
acres. There is an increase of one-sixth of
last years breadth In Dakota, q decrease In
Nebraska and a small reduction ia Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Minor wheat districts show
a small advance. b extensions Of the area
in Dakota is due mainly 10 settlement
and the necessity Of ready money for
improvements, and somewhat to last
years unsatisfactory fax production.
In Southern Dakota the effect Of
the low prices of wheat has been counteracted
by the superior rate Of yield Of recent years.
the condition Of spring wheat averaging 9sL,
| against 81 last year; Wisconsin, 81; Minneso.
ia, 80; Washington territory, 100.
Winter wheat is not quite so promising Is
on the 1st Of May. A slight decline In the
condition Is reported In the west and the low
condition OF the southern crop is more re-
duced, yet the acreage Is only reduced two
points from $40 to 92.1. 1t is still from ar.
erage to higher in the great wheat producing
states. I'm New York il is not ~littering as in
| years OF strong root-growth. 1t is very prom
Using In Maryland and Virginia, except In wet
lands. In the south IL has been affected by
rust and shrivelling OF the grain harvested.
There has been injury from drouth In Texas,
rain and foods In Ohio and hail storms In
Missouri. The prospect is good for q small
fraction above twelve bushels per acre.
Rye also declined from the general average
of 81. Z TO M.
During the last month the barley acreage
increased 3 per cent, and the condition aver
ages 100. Last year in June 1t was SO.
The large acreage Of oats in 1886 has not
oeen extensively increased. 1t has been
slightly reduced In Kentucky and Ohio, where
the same area was abnormal last wear. The
increase will approach half a million acres.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26

the lake. DR.. Gudden, the attending physi,
Ian, instantly missed him, followed an
plunged into the lake to rescue the drownin
sovereign. A desperate struggle followed an,
both the h ing and physician were drowned.
ToROSrO, June IA Victoria srecial saw
that fifty liveA are known to have been lost ii
the Van Couver fire Sunday. Fourteen bodie
have been recover ed. The mayor Of Victori
is forwarding relic in responce TO appeals
and the government is aiding in conjunction
with the city. The a teamship Princess Louis,
arrived to-day with 3N) passengers who save,
nothing but what they had on their persons.
A EATER CCoUNT
New WEsTMTNTER, Il. c., June l5.-Th,
fire at ' an Couver made alh lost a clean sweep
Out Of 500 houses not half a dozen remain
Hundreds OF people are camped out. Ther'
are meagre facilities for the relief Of the suf
ferers. The loss Is about half q million. Tht
insurance about Sl5O,00. The property los.
will fall on the pioneer element OF the new city
but all are determined to start again.
CoNsTANrrNoPLE, June 1.-THE Porte re.
solved to avoid a conflict with Bulgaria In or
der not to give Russia a prctext for interven.
ton.
LONDON, June 17.-Mr. Gladstone, accom-
panied by his wife, started this morning on
his Scotch campaign, An enormous crowd
congregated at the railway station enthusias.
tically cheering From the coach window he
spoke, thanking them for the IA stration
and alsnral Sl~ -, yt- ..xl..o Nh -
them the bare question Of the hour. SAT.
tempts will be made,'' the premier said, 'to
divert your attention from the real question
at issue, which is, shall Ireland be trusted to
manage it's own affairs"
LONDON, June l9.--Joseph Cowell, NJ. p,
for Newcastle-on-the Tyne, says the bitterness
OF the conflict in the liberal party in the Biz
mingham district Is indescribable. Chamber
lain means to make a tremendous fight for the
control of Edinburgh. The Scotsman this
morning, commenting on Mr.. G~ladstone's
speech last night, says Gladstone rent the
liberal party and is keeping it asunder. II he
would accept Hartington's -four conditions for
a large liberal measure of home rule II would
be granted.
MONTREAL, June l9.-Detectives from Chi
cago have traced Finley Hoke, the Ascending
~bookkoeper, Of Peoria, H., from Niagara Falls
to Toronto, thence on board the Montreal ex.
press.
LONDON, jun l9.-Hobart Pasha, (Hon.
August Charles Hobart), marsha Of the Turk
ish empire, is dead.
LONDON, June l9.-Yesteriay there reached
the foreign office a series of documents which
may be said to form the case of Ismail Pasha,
the former khedive of Egypt in a law suit
pending against the Egyptian government and
in which a claim for So, 600, 900 is involved.
The ex-khedive alleges that he expended this
amount out of his private purse during his
administration in payment of perpetual pen
sions and other liabilities against the country
and the genuiness Of the claim is fortified by
the legal opinions of some of the most emf
nent lawyers of England and the continent.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26

The Frye bin providing for a congress OF
American nations at Washington, invites the
Central and South American States te.consbd-
er and decide upon such questions asyshall be
TO their mutual interest and the COMMON vel
fare OF the American people The PRESIDENT.
In inviting these countries, Is directed to state
that the congress is called To considGr these
things:
Ffrst-Measures that shall tend to preserve
the peace and promote the prosperity OF the
several republics and the empire of ESazii, and
to preserve the present integrity and ~terrftor-
ial conditions Of each as they exist. against
forcible ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Second-Measures toward the formation OF
an American customs union, under which the
trade OF the American nations shaiEj so far as
is possible and profitable, be confined to Amer.
lean waters, and there shall 0be a, free inter-
change Of the natural and peculiar manufac-
tured products of each.
Third-The establishment of regular and
frequent lines Of direct steamship communi-
cation between the ports of the United States
and the ports of Central and South America.
Fourth-The establishment Of a uniform
system OF customs regulations In each of the
independent American states to govern the i'm
portation and expectation of merchandise. a
uniform method Of determining the, classihca o
ton and valuation Of such merchandise in the
ports of each country, and a Uniform system
of invoices.
Five. The adoption Of a uniform system OF
weights and measures, and uniform laws to
protect the persons and property, the patent
rights, copyrights, and trade marks of either
country in the other.
Six. The adoption Of common silver coin
which shall be used by each government, In
such an amoun pronnrtionate to the popula-
ton Of each &c may be determined upon, the
same TO be legal tender in all commercial
transactions between the citizens of all of the
nations OF the American hemisphere.
Seven. An agreement upon and
dation To- adoption for their respective gov
ernments Of a definite plan of arbitration OF all
questions, disputes and differences that may
now or hereafter exist between them.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The News Of all Countries Gathered by
Press Agents and Sent Over the
Gable and Telegraph Wires.
Carefully Compiled for our Readers.
EAST.

CLEVELAND, June 14.-Last evening, Geo.
Merrick, aged twenty-five, attempted to out
rage the eight and nine year old daughters of
George Whelan. They escaped and informed
their father, who pursued, overlook and
pounded Mcrrick nearly TO death with a club.
A crowd then pursued Merrick into the lake,
where he was nearly drowned. He was finally
rescued and locked up for trial.
New YORK, June 19.-The last OF the three
big regatta takes place to-day. The Priscilla,
Puritan, Mayflower and Atlantic sail for the
thousand dollar cup.
Counsel for Geo. Lenhard and As others, In.
dicted for boycotting a tailoring firm, argued
the demurrer to-day, claiming that the indict-
ment Ia not In accordance with the Penal code.
The recorder decided the indictment was cor
rect and the men must be tried.
BosToS, June l9.-The police found Kittie
Murphy, aged sixty, starving in an old rock
cry on Kingston street. She claimed she had
no money, but $500 was found secreted on her
person.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-John ID. Hopper
was arrested this morning charged with the
embezzlement OF 81, 900 from the firm of j.
l.. Bailey u Co., while cashier.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-Since the publ
cation a few days ago Of the fact that an eff
fort was being made to secure the canoniza-
ton Of the late Bishop Newman, the tomb Of
that venerable p%relate has become an object of
especial curiosity and veneration. One Of the
priests at ~. Peters church said last night
that there was no tomb in this country to
which amore constant pilgrimage is made and
that letters which are coming in indicate that
it will be visited this summer by devout Cath
olics from all parts of the country. The tomb
is in the basement sanctuary of st. Peters
church at Girard avenue and Fifth street, and
both it and its surroundings are Of the most
transformations character, a simple marble slab
marking his resting place. The basement Of
the ediice is plainly furnished and presents a
dismal appearance, while the sanctuary is al
most austere In it's surroundings. The an
nouncement has been made that in conse-
quence Of the rush of curiosity-seekers the
public will be only admitted To the tomb dur
ing the hours set apart for vespers.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26
FOREIGN.

LONDON, June IA Munich dispatch
states King Ludwig III, the lately deposed Ba-
varian monarch, who left the palace yesterday
for Berg castle or Lake Sternberg, while walk
ing in the park grounds thism morning escaped
from his attendants and threw himself into
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-26

There are about Il ,0oO,UVv worm Of ryivate
railway cars in the country.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-23
Saturday, January 23, 1886.
POISON IN WALL PAPER.

POISON IN WALL PAPER.
 The people of Boston and vicinity are busy discussing the danger in wall paper. A family in Cambridge had experienced great deal Of trouble on account of sleepless- ness, nausea, loss of appetite, indigestion, etc., etc., whenever living at their home in that town, and careful investigation had failed to reveal the cause of their trouble. At last they had their wall paper analysed and found aresnic in it all. According to the account in the Boston Herald, the paper on every wall contained arsenic; the hall study and chambers very large amounts, and the dining room an unusually large amount. Arsenic was also found in dust from above the door of the dining room. The tests were all made by the Berzelius- Marsh pro- cess, and the greatest care was taken that arsenic should enter into no experiment ex- cept through the paper undergoing examina- tion. The papers which were thought to be the worst were the terra cottas and the blue The red friezes also contained much arsenic. member of the family talks as follows: For more than two years we had been under going process of slow poisoning from ar senic We never entered the house without inhaling arsenic. Wenever sat at our tables to work, never went to bed, never eat a meal at home without constantly taking in fresh supplies of arsenic. breeze never entered a window without stirring arsenic dust All our unwonted symptoms are now explained, and our strongest impulse is to arouse others to the magnitude of an evil which threatens us all. That the disturb ance was greatest when the furnace was in action may be due to several causes, such as the greater warmth of the house, the smaller promotion of fresh air and the constant mo- tion of the air when heated After such a protection, of course, we are forced to live elsewhere for time. Our sleep improves at once, though certain of the evil effects con- tinue, and are likely to do so, for months.
 Manufacturers of and dealers in wall paper were interviewed and it was found that many dealers bought papers warranted by the manufacturers to be free from arsenic and sold them as such when their customers desired it, but said nothing about the matter otherwise. Some claimed to sell only non arsenical papers and others made no claim to be particular. The manufacturers claimed that no arsenic was used by them so far as they knew, but that all their colors were said by the makers to be free from the poi son. This their understanding of the ease, but the fact that analysis of the case referred to found arsenic in all the paper of the house shows that either the manufacturers did not Know what they were talking about or that they were deceiving the public.
 There is decided stir in Boston over this matter, but whether it will result in any ac- ton remains to be seen. Probably not, though people ought not to be slowly poisoned while living quietly in their own houses
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-23
SLIPS. .

There's many a slip 'twixt the sidewalk and the hip these days.-Somerville Journal All men are equal before the law, but not before the mother-in-law.-Burli Free Press.
 Woman is not much of philosopher, but she is proverbially clothes observer.-Bur- iington Free Press.
 A poor man has very little show in this city. Hothouse strawberries are four dollars a box.--Philadelphia Call
 The sugar business is sometimes pursued by the same family through many genera tions. It's sanded down from sire to son. Macon Telegraph.
 Mrs. Ryan, who took over the four little hydrophobic boys for Pasteur's treatment in Paris, brought back five, which speaks vol ufnes for the treatment Commer- oial Gazette.
 Absence of Mind.-Mrs. R. having heard that, after Christmas festivity a philoso- pher had parked his nose by running against the mantelpiece, attributed the accident to unconscious celebration Punch. "Never leave what you undertake until you can reach your arms around it and clasp your hands on the other side' is the advice of contemporaneous economist. But sup pose, in the effort, the hand encounters the pin in her apron?-Chicago Telegram. A Chicago lawyer jumped up in court the other day and exclaimed, 'I desire to pay this court s5 for the privilege of telling it that it is either drunk or corrupt" The judge quietly pocketed the $5 and ordered the case to proceed.-Burlingto Free Press A small Harrow boy, being asked by his parents at a cricket match whether a youth named Golden, who was making a splendid score, was 'any relation to the great Cob den,' replied, all unconscious of the exploits of the free trade champion, 'He is the great Golden. "-New York Sun. A gentleman of West Lynn relates that his year-old baby had Christmas present of tinplate with the alphabet stamped upon it, and he soon got into the habit of pushing it about the table, throwing it to the floor, etc. ing what the baby would do when he grew up, when his little brother, eight years old, remarked that he guessed hewould be "tin- plate worker. lynn Item.
 A State street merchant put a handsome plaster figure in his store window and pre- pared himself to enjoy it with his customers. Along in the afternoon the wife of an artist came in, and she noticed it at once. tAh. Mir. B." she said, ''that's handsome merchant, 'I call it so myself, do." "Your taste is excellent pursued the lady, land Pm glad to see love of art developing in commercial circles. What is the figure Hebe?" ''Oh, no, maam, it's plaster of Paris. .''-Merchant Traveller.
 CONSISTENT PRONUNCIATION.
 My faithful dawg,
 All through the fawg
 Pursued hawg
 Into the bawg
 And leaped lawg
 Where sat frawg
 With eyes agawg.
 But my good dawg,
 Intent on hawg,
 Kept on his jawg
 And missed that frawg
 Louisville Courier Journal.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-23
NO. 20.

wealth. We are often told that i'll poverty alone can the truly virtuous find peace of mind. So say the wealthy.
 Great musicians are not to be trifed with. At Moscow the other day piece by Glinka was being rehearsed. The conductor, the famous Hans von Bu1ow, remarked to 8 clarionet player that in a certain passage there was @ mistake, and that he was to play an F sharp, and not an F natural as writ ten. The clarionet player replied that ever since the piece was in existence F natural had been played. Bulow, furious, exclaimed he did not allow anyone to give him lesson in couhterpoint. The rumor of Bulow's conduct spread through the town immediate 1y, and the professors of the Conservatoire signed petition praying the Grand Duke Constantine, president of the Russian Impe- rial Society of Music, to order Bulow not to change Glinka's score. His imperial high ness immediately wrote to the irascible Ger man composer to that effect. "Very weIl," said von Bulow, ttthen I will not conduct the performance tonight and tomorrow I will leave Moscow" He was. however, induced to alter his mind, but in the evening as he appeared on the platform in front of his desk he shouted at the clarionet player; "By order of His Imperial Highness you will play F natural, which Is wrong, instead of F sharp, which IS right.'
 Apropos of musicians, I think the follow ing, which I came across fn a Milanese pa per, gives preUIy SoOO 1uett oI \ composers difficulties Signor B., the well-known com poser, is met by friend. ''Have you writ ten anything lately?' says the artists friend s'Welll mo- haven't" answered Signor B. "Composition is a serious affair. I find that if a1 idea comes to your head you have no paper to write it down; if you write it down you can't find a publisher; if you find publisher he won't pay you; if your piece is published nobody buys it; if some one buys it he can't play it: if he can play 1t he does not like the piece"
 Mir. D. is one of the best actors in London, and why managers persist in giving him only secondary parts I cannot very well make out But not only is he thoroughly good come dian; he is also philosopher and wit 1t somewhat of bohemian. few days ago in the smoking room of a London club the conversation fell upon hanging and the probable feelings of a criminal on being led to the scaffold. Every one of us had his say as to what would be his probable sentiments at such an awful moment. NIT. D. sat quiet ly smoking in armchair, taking no part in the conversation. When one and another had expressed his feelings on the matter he was suddenly appealed to es to his own ideas ''Come D., ," we said, Eff you were taken to the scaffold to be hanged what do you think you would feel like!'' Without stirring from the depths of his cosy lounge Mr. D. took his cigar from his lips, blew whiff of smoke upwards and answered calmly: "Weli, boyss I should feel was playing a leading part at last" MAX ORELL.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-23
Babies.
D d DISSs From the Aianta Constitution.

From the Alanta Constitution
 Babies! The world is full of babies! There are 5000 in Atlanta if there is one. They are little, but they are mighty important. Did you ever notice how they disappear in rainy weather? The babies come and go with the sunshine. Let balmy day happen along and the green lawns are dotted over with babies. The chubby legs trudge the streets, or they "ide, and their wise, thoughtful faces look out from under very red hoods and seem to febuke the world for being so bad.
 Did you ever see woman pass baby without giving it a second glance? Did you ever see an inexperienced man try to make peace with an inoffensive and inoffending babys Did you ever baby that didn't know a gentleman when he saw one? Did you ever hear any eloquence like a baby's wonderful words? And how clear and silvery is the voice of little girl! Her laughter is like rippling shower of music from the skies.
 There is no doubt about it, the babies are the salt of the earth. A man is not full grown until he owns one. A being who can lean over the side of his sleeping baby and not be as brave lion is not good for much this side of the cemetery. nor the other side either for that matter.
 Did you ever notice the little peaked faced babies that look out of the dark, damp rooms that fall to the lot of the poora They breathe the very dust the rattl1ng days throw against their low windows. There is little child on a back street in the business part of At 1anta who may be taken as specimen of that class of babies who are without sunshine. There is no yard to the house, no corner where even "frog houses" can be made. No mud pies ever bake on freless ranges, and no red painted toys ever tell the passer-by that a little child lives there. But small, pale face, ever so meek, presses against the dusty pane, and sad little eyes look out on the ev- er-moving stream of drays and people. It is a companionless child. It romps with no children, it rides no fiery, untamed tricycle.. A we'll fed dog dashing by is diversion, and a hook and ladder truck en route to a fire amounts to circus.
 A rosy faced baby, with a happy home, sleeps in the folds of it's cradle! Hardly a day and the little cheeks are as white as the pillow upon which it rests. Did you ever no- tice how light baby looks when it is deads There is hardly enough of the little form to turn a zephyr. A weeping mother said one day:
 ''It is so hard to leave my baby away off in the cemetery. It is so hard to shut the door and know my baby is on the outside"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-23
Discounts.

The discounts or rebates for merly advertised still hold good, namely 10 per cent. on all Cloakings, Astrachans, Cloak ing Pushes and Cloths: roper cent. on all plain Colored Woolen Dress Goods, and IS per cent. on Fancy Woolen Dress Goods.