Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-29
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
DAKOTA.

and enlarged.
A very rich strike was made last week at
the Eureka mine.
A new town has been started In Fall River
county named Oelncks.
The railroad track will be completed into
Rapid City before June 90.
Iron Hill paid q double header dividend sg-
giegsting e25, 900 last week.
A tin mine in the Harvey district wa sold
in Rapid City lset week for $4,000.
There 10 more prospecting being done In the
Black Hills this year than ever before.
Bishop Hare will visit Ysnkton on the 9th OF
June, and viii administer the rite Of confrms-
ton.
A rock sturgeon weighing 1913 pounds was
recently caught In Big Stone lake, near Mil
bank.
Cattle In the Belle Fourche region are said
to be in excellent condition, and the calf drop
is immense.
Mr.. Christ Meyer, living near Csvour, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed Mon
day afternoon.
A movement Is underway " secure, II pos
sible, daily mail service between Desdwood
and Miles City.
Yankton will Issue %, 900 In bonds for the
purpose OF improving and enlarging the water
works Of the city.
Buffalo Gap has fou- attorneys, twenty
three gamblers, and two u~ndertakers. They
are all fourishipg.
The store CT w. r. Lsngc 81 Co. At Aber-
deem was closed under q mortgage OF 500 to
George r. Newell & Co.
Col. Baird and Mrs. Swinefeld, OF Pierre,
were married on q Missouri river steamer
while steaming between Bismarck and Pierre.
Fargo has an ordinance which closes barber
shops on Sunday. The BARRIERS petitIoned for
the ordinance and are greatly pleased over its
passage.
II. g. Plat, OF Bpiritwood, has purchased
over 3C0 imported Merino ewes, and has taken
them to spiritwood to be herded on the ranch
near there.
A party Of capitalists from various portions
Of cert al New York are contemplating u trip
to south Dakota In three weeks, with Q view
Of investing.
! A report comes from the Victoria, south ex-
tension Of the Elko, that the ledge is in sight.
Two men are employed and the mine bids fair
to rivAlthe Exc.
The Z ,telline Bell, the only strictly hu
morous paper in the territory, is published In
a town that polled but e6 votes at the recen,
municipal election.
The Star. Hot Springs new paper, made its
appearance last week. The initial number
contains tina first of q series of articles de-
scriptive Of the Hot Springs.
The Rsdield Journal says that over tl10,o 600
has been expended for horses In Sphinx county
since the first OF the year, q large proportion
of the number being sold at Redhe!d.
The Buffalo Sentinel estimates that gophers
do more damage TO cornfelds than all the hal
and storms. There Is a fortune in store fol-
the man who will invent o cheap method OF
discriminating them.
The corner stone OF the new Catholic school
laid and blessed next sunday. The ceremony
Will bs performed by the Very Rev. Father
I.awler, OF Alexandria.
In Stutsman county there has been so much
horse stealing that the farmers have organized
q company fcr the purpose OF pursuing the
thieves. They drill and train their horses In
cowboys evolutions and revolver practice.
Already this year eighty residences have
been completed at Huron, and all but ten OF
them were erected by parties who will occupy
them for homes. Work will be commenced
on twelve business blocks as soon as The brick
can De procured.
At New Salem, Morton county, one day last
week q young man named Bloodgood, while
into xicated, accidentally shot Mrs. Leefeldi
through the lungs, fatally wounding her
The woman's husband Ia a hotel keeper a,
New Salem. Bioodgood has been arrested.
Rev. G. Y. King, one OF the pioneer preach
ere Of deuel. county, died q week or two age
somewhat suddenly, having already writer
his dis course for the Sunday evening servic,
at Candy, Another minister took the dis.
course and delivered 1t at the hour 4
would have been preached by Mr.. Kins
had he lived.
Desdwood Times: Capt. Knight and Supt
Tlson, of the Black Hills Oh company, re
turred from the oil fields Fridsy evening
One.third Of the new boring machinery Is OF
the road west Of spearnsh and the remainder
is due this week. Unless unforeseen events
happen, the works will be In operation by the
first Of June.
r H. Booth, says the Sioux Falls Press, has
In his possession two of the very earliest pic
lures of Sioux Falls, which ere believed TO b'
the only ones In exIster ce tsken at that time
They were taken In 1872, and show the old los
barracks, which were the homes Of some o
our citizens for so long, and the few franz
buildings which had been erected up to tina
time.
While two men were fishing at Sinking lax
near Washburn, one day last week, they dis
covered the remains Of Ave persons, who from
the appearance Of their skulls, had been nur
dered and thrown into the lake, being tie,
down by ropes to stones. The theory Is tina
the remains are those OF some horse thisvet
who were overtaken and killed BY . party o
cowboys from Henry county some two year
ago. There was nothing BY which the bodie,
could be Identified.
Mr.. Payne, who ives the bugler boy for Gen
sully IN the Indian campaign Of 1862, latel!