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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
Bad Health Versus Good.

The fact is, the advantages OF poor
health have never been rated at half their
worth. What n deluge Of books has been
poured out to show people how TO get and
keep health, and never a one TO teach
them how to lose it. Take, for example,
the case of n physical giant like Daniel
Webster. His prodigious health was
simply the ruin of him. Such enormous
dinners he could eat, deluged with such
oceans Of wine and brandy, and such an
immense amount Of outdoor cunning and
fishing did he have to resort to TO digest
these that three fourths Of the time his
powerful brain was as torpid as that % "A
gorged anaconda.
Ali had Webster only been a lifelong
invalid, like Alexander III. Stephens, OF
Georgia, what an intellectual prodigy
America would have seen. lowered with
only digestion enough TO keep half alive
on, and only lungs and muscle enough
for moderate, contemplative walks, the
Massachusetts deity would then have been
driven for refuge to the habitual exercise
Of his vast intellectual and imaginative
powers, and so have produced some noble
work that would have enriched the world.
Let him, therefore, serve as a signal
warning to all big, hulking fellows, turn
ing up their noses at invalids, and thank
ing their stars that they IRE good any day
for ten courses and a quart, or gallon. OF
%claret, hook and burgundy Boston
Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
NOTICE or FORFEITURE.

To the heirs and legal representatives Of Mrs.
Sarah Crandall, deceased
You, and each of YOU, are hereby notified that
! have expended Two Hundred $4,000 dollars
I'm labor and improvements upon The Northern
Light Quartz Lode, situated IN Newton Fork
mining district, County OF Pennington and
Territory of Dakota, and the location certificate
thereof il recorded IN book 'B' OF Location
Certificates, on page 300, in the Office Of the
Register Of Deeds of said county and territory.
A certificate of the performance Of said labor,
duly verified under oath, has been filed IN the
Office Of the Register of Deeds of said county
and territory: that said expenditure was oc-
caSioned in performing the annual assessment
work, in order 10 hold said quartz lode under the
provisions of section 1924 of the Revised Statutes
Of the United States.
One Hundred $4,000 dollars OF said amount
having been expended during the year 1886,
prior to The 31St day of December, of said wear,
being the amount required 10 hold said quartz
lode for the year ending December 31st, 1856
and one hundred $4,000 dollars of said amount
having been expended during the year 1857,
prior TO the 3lst day of December, Of said year,
being the amount required 10 hold said quartz
lode for the year 1857.
Now, therefore, If within ninety days from the
service of this notice upon YOU, and each uf YOU,
your proportion OF such expenditure rs co-Owner
tO-wit: The sum of twenty-five $500 dol
lars for the year 1886, and also the like sum OF
twenty-five (S25.O0) dollars for the year 1874: then
your, and each of your, interest IN said Northern
Light quartz lode, to-wit An equal undivided
onc-quarter' interest, will become the property
Of the undersigned W performing said
Of the United States.
Dated January 2lst, 1855.
First publication, January 2s.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11

Dressmaking in its higher branches is n
business that calls for talent and can
easily employ genius. II has fortunes in
II, and fortunes OFT Of il. American
women are the best dressed and the most
exacting In matters OF dress in the world.
They do not grudge a good price To those
who prepare their Miumphs for them.
The great dressers Of New York society
are imagined TO run over To Europc once
or twice Il year To procure some Of the
wonderful creations of Worth or his rival,
Pingat, to wander from Felix to Mangus
Baronne and to inspect the latest thing
ont at Mime. Laferrierres'.
The truth is, however, that the hand
soonest dresses in the world are made in
this country. some gowns which their
wearers suppose TO have been imported
are in better taste than if they really had
crossed the ocean.
"A LADY whose gowns are one Of the stock
attractions at the box show of the Metro
politan Opera house on opening nights
stepped into the show rooms of a well
known modiste and importer of Paris
robes no long time since. She wanted
some 'confection" in the line Of a recep-
ton dress, from Worth if possible. Mad
anne thought she could suit her. 'Haye
you finished that green and black plush
combination?' was the question she flung
at her head dressmaker a minute after,
breathless with a hasty run up stairs.
Yes" "Well, put a Worth belt into it
and bring it down stair as soon as you
can" That Worth belt-dressmakers
keep stamped belts in stock from all the
better known Paris houses-sold the
gown to a woman who would not have
looked at it if she had not supposed it was
imported, and made it fetch $3.50, where,
as the product of home talent, it might
have brought S125. The dressmaker
whose work the gown was, and who has
never seen Worth or Paris, told me the
tale and vouchcd for its accuracy; in
truth the trick is not an ncomm one.
Philadelphia Press.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
Woman in Washington Society.

Washington society has n far higher
tone than people not acquainted with it
suppose, and it's ladies have other duties
than those performed before the looking
glass. They have TO keep up with the
times both in politics and literature, and
it would be objectionable for a noted
woman in Washington society not to know
what Is going on in congress and about
the White House. The most noted char
acters in the country meet here every
winter, and it requires wide information
of public men and public matters to pre-
vent ones making a fool of himself by
pretending to know that which he does
not. The knowledge Of the French is
more common than it has ever been be-
fore, and French phrases are uttered in
many conversations. The diplomats prefer
to talk French rather than English, and
some of them arc unable to carry on a
good conversation in the English tongue.
Frank G. Carpenter in New York
World.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
An Afghan Execution.

The Pioneer newspaper gives an &C
count of the execution of Tuimur Shah,
the ringleader of the recent Herat mutiny.
Taimur was taken to a public place, and
there, after his beard had been plucked
ont, he was stoned to death by the chief
officers of the army, Parwana Khan, as
kowtal Of the city, casting the first stone.
1t is said that Taimur, who was a man Of
exceptionally powerful build, did not die
mt once, though stones were piled upon
him in a large heap. Two days later the
sentry on duty saw a movement among
the stones, and, STOPPING, he heard Tai.
muir say: ooh, creature of God, come XII
rue, that l may be released from this tor
ment." This being reported to the amer.
he ordered Tsimur to be killed outright.
London Times.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
societies.
4. r. & 4. VI.

4. f. & 4. VI.
Caster City odge, No. &C, A. F. q 4. NJ. meets
In Masonic hall in regular communication OH
he first and third Wednesdays of each month.
:. N. BOOTH, w. ".
r. ]. V. RUTKowsKi. Sec.
O.. 4. ".
Gen. steele Post No. % meets i'm regular session
On the list and 3rd Fridays Of each month at the
Court House Hall Mt 7"30 p. IN. Visiting mem
lers viii meet with "A hearty welcome.
s. NJ. BOOTH, Commander,
AT FEAY. Adiutant.
", u. e.
Auxiliary ~ the G.. A. X. General steele
Corps No. 81 meets in regular session on the first
and third Fridays of each month, at the court
house. ut 1880 y. n. All member are requested
to be present.
Mrs. EIIZABETH MCLAUGHLIS, Prcst.
Mrs. BERTHA WOOD, Sec,
4. u. q. r.
Fidelity Lodge Of /. O. G. T, meets al the
Court. House at 100 p, IN. Saturday evenings.
G. CARR, W.. c. 1. {. +. BoYDEN, W. ;,
". {. r. l..
The WoTnans Christian Temperance Union
meets on the lst and Bird Thursdays of each
month at 8 o'clock p. IN. in the Methodist
Church Ladies are cordially invited 10 attend
our sessions.
MRS. A.. YERKE Is, Prest.
Miss II. 4. L. DENNY, r.. 5.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
A Case of Absent Ninueduess.

An amusing incident illustrative of
absent nindcdness narrated Of the last
session Of the German rciChstag. Herr
" lehman was calling the roll Of Nom
bers, when, upon reading out his own
name, he naturally received no response.
He called the name tie second time, in a
louder tone, and finally roared it out like
a healthy lunged bull. But at this juno
turc the laughter Of his colleagues showed
there must be something wrong, and soon
realizing the ludicrous situation, he Joined
in the hilarity and marked himself pres
eut.-The Argouaut
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
Types Of Mexican Beauty.

AS is the case with the sex in all trop-
ical countries, Mexican womanhood comes
early. AS the age Of II the senorita
is very knowing. At Ia she is mature.
At Is she is ready 10 take up the duties OF
married life. AT 20 she begins to be too
plump. At % she feels the need Of art to
assist nature. At 80 she has ceased to be
interesting for her beauty. Too much
flesh, with consequent coarseness, is the
usual trouble. An anti-fat remedy ought
to have a great run in the LAND of the
cactus.
Maya, Of the Portal de Mercaderes, is
the leading photographer Of the City OF
Mexico. He has an artistic eye as we'll AS
mechanical skill, and he is an obliging
fellow. When it was explained 10 him
that "A small collection Of types of Mexican
beauty was desired, he smiled and said
he would have TO think about it. 'Call
again tomorrow" Something like a
week Of to-morrows went by before Maya
said All right But her he coupled
his acquicscence with n conditioning
names" The terms were accepted, and
from his large stock Of negatives were Sc
lected the types of Mexican girlhood and
w~omanhood. They include representatives
Of the best families at the Mexican cap
ital. There are senoritas three, from IL
TO IS; and there are senoras three-two Of
them arc still in the twenties, dark, flash
ing eyed, fun Tipped and already inclining
10 the zane Of the sex ia their country
too much weight. The last is older and
fairer n Il AN the others, and the COM
plcxion and features together show a pro
portion Of Castilian blood in this case far
above the ayerare -NfeXico Cor. Glolp-
Democrat.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
FOWLER X COAD, ATTORNEYS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY O

II \ i'hl VI toS~'A VI
l. Custer. IS.
Henry Becknan, Plaintiff
vs..
Charles L. Miles, Deft.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of al
execution 10 me directed and delivered, and now
in my hands. issued ont Of the Clerks Office Of
the First Judicial District Court, Territory OF
Dakota. in and for the County of Custer, upon a
Judgment rendered in said court in favor of
Henry Beckman, the above named p|laiutili, and
AGAINST Charles l.. Miles, the above named dcfen-
dant. ON the eth day of July, A.. -. 1887, ! have
levied upon the following described real proper
ty Of said defendant, to-Wit The northeast
quarter N. r.. "a OF section twenty-scVen (27J,
township two t). south of range eight (S) east,
Black Hills Meridian, Custer County, Dakota
Territory, containing one hundred and sixty
(1G0} acres.
And that | shall, on Saturday, the 18th day of
February, A.. H.. 1883, at the hour of 10 o'clock
a. m, of said day. at the front door OF the court
house in Custer City, in said county and terri
tory, proceed to sell all the right, title and inter
est of the above named Charles r.. Miles, in
and 10 the above described property 10 satisfy
said Judgment and costs, amounting 10 two hun
drcd and ninety-twO dollars and twenty cents,
together with all ~accruing costs of sale, ali in
tercSt on the same from the eth day of July,
1887, at the rate of seven per cent per annum, at
public auction, Ia the highest bidder for cash.
FOWLER K CoAD, Plaintiff s Attorneys.
BENZ. +. PORTER,
Sheriff of the County of Custer.
Dated January 9th, iSsS, Custer City D.. I.
First publication, January Z.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
NOTICE or FORFEITURE.

To c. Hartsel, CO-Owner with A. j. Van Cleft:
You are hereby notified that the subscriber
has performed the representation work upon
that certain lode OF ledge, situate in bismarck
mining district, In Pennington county, i'm the
Territory OF Dakota, known a. the Bird Lode,
for the year ending January lSt, 1898: aud that
the value Of the said representation work
done for you and for the purpose of representing
your interest in the said lode is fifty dollars
(SJnU(. And YOU are further notified that I'M
less the said sum of fifty dollars shall be paid 10
the subscriber on or before the 18th day OF
August, 1855, all your right, title and interest in
and In the said lode will forfeit to and vest in the
subscriber.
Witness my hand this 18th day of January,
1883.
A. j. VAN CLEFT,
First publication, JANUARY rs.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11

'Can you give me a position as UNI
piref'
"Have you any Of the qualifications
necessary for an umpiref"
"Well yes; for twenty years | followed
the occupation Of n horse thief in the west,
and | candidly believe that | escaped from
as many as forty mobs in that time. !
flatter myself that l can get away from a
lot of angry men as quick as any man in
the state"
''Of course we car give you n job; why
didn't you say that you had had expert
ence?''-The Epoch.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
Territorial Officers.

Goveinor-Louis X. Church.
ScCretaly -M. l.. Mccormack.
thlct Justice-Bartlet Trip.
associate Justices-Charles NJ. Thomas, W. Is
Mcconnell, G. ;. Palmer and james Spencer.
united states A"ttorney-John +. Garland.
United states Marshal--D. w. Maratta.
SlrveyorG cneral--Maris Taylor.
Delegate to Congrcss--O. ;, Clifford.
Territorial Treasurer W. Raymond.
Territorial Auditor-E. w Caldwell.
superintendent OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES er
iiln Jones. ASsistant-J. w, CoWan.
Attorney Gcneral-George 5. Engel
Commissioners of ImmigratiOn-Laurcp DunlaI
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
JOHN II. wHITESIDE, Register.
NJ. A. No. 800.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. $. LAND OFFICE, DEADwoop, u. T.

L. 5. LAND OFFICE, DEADwoOp, u. T.
January 20, ISIS.
Notice is hereby given thai the Harvey Peak
Tin Mining, Milling and Manufacturing Com
pany, oy lis agent and representative, james W.
fONlcr, whose p~oS'Uflce address Is ttapid city,
Pennington Co., Territory OF Dakota, has TINS
day filed It's Application FOR a patent for 1856
linear feet OF the GertiC liu Mining claim, lode,
vein or deposit, bearing tin and other minerals
with surface ground 800 leet~ln width, situated
in Ilii city mlilllE district, lhOi organized
Cuunty OF Pennington and Territory OF Dakota,
and designated 10y the field notes aud official
plat on Tie n this Office rs lot number 40, upon
u.Nurycyed land east ~ the Black HIS Meridian,
said lot No i57 being as follows, to-Wit:
Beginning al the northeast corner Tor corner
80. l., a post 4NiNGi inches, ~ inches IN the
ground, protected by Il mound OF rock 30 inches
in diameter al the the base and - inches nigh,
marked Cor. SO. ON one side and VI. {. ij7 on
the opposite side for corncE No. J., from which q
pine tree u INCHES IN diameter, biazed ana
marked b.. r. Tor. No. 1, bears south % deg 20
min west, 30 fec' distant. A pune tree - inches
in %diame,cr, blazed aud marked II. ] Cor; NO. J.,
bears north % deg - min west, 5S lect distant.
l.. =. Locating Monument No. 81 bears nofth Is
deg 80 min west, 2j75.36 feet distant; |. y. local-
ing Monument No. 10 bears north - deg % hll
caS,, 2724.5 feet distant. Thence lrst course,
south . deg 81 min T. 1893 fl to cor No. , thence
second course, = 80 deg oS min west 800 " 10 cor
No. 3; thence third course, y . deg - nm west,
1885, T. 10 cor No. 4: thence fourth course, y ~
deg Us min east. 800 lect 10 corner No. /, the place
ot beginning, containing 1923 acres. Magnetic
variation - deg 80 min east.
Ine location of this mine Is recorded IN the
Office Of the Register of Deeds of the County OF
Pennington aud Territory of Dakota, in book d.,
page 5J7 of Location certificates of SAID county.
the adjoining claimants are on the norul me
Dominoe, Wyoming No. 3 and Wyoming No. 4,
and on the east Uy,lhC S~laniard lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Gcrtic mining claim, lQdc, VEN or
deposit. or surface ground are requiredto ilr their
adverse claims with the Register Of t!e United
States Land Office at Deadwood, in the Territory
oI Dakota, during the SlAt} days PERIOD al pupli-
cation hereof, or obey Viii be barred by virtue ul
the provisions of the statute.
JOHN X WliiTESiDE, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
Of application for patent be published tor the
period ui sixty days, eleven CONSECUTIVE weeks
in the custer C~HRONlCLE, Il weekly newspaper
published AT Custer City, Dakota Territory.
joins X. WHITESlDE, Register.
First publiCa. ion, February i.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
no. 39I.l
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
L. S. LAND OFFICE, DEApwooD, OAK.

November 20, 1887. (
Notice is hereby given that Charles II. Walker,
and William =. Wood, whose postoiiice address
Is Custer city, Custer County, Dakota Territory,
have this day fled their application for IA patent
Tor the Clark Placer Mining Claim, with surface
ground $3.50 acres, situated IN no organized, but
known rs Custer mining district, County OF Gus
ter and Territory of Dakota, ana designated 10y
the field notes and ollleial plat on ME III TINS
office as lot number 500, in Custer mining district,
Custer County, Dakota Territory, Meridian OF
the Black Hills, said lot NO. 5G being as follows,
tO-Nlt:
BEGINNING at the most southcrly corner of the
Clark Placer mine ut "A square pine post 6N6NG3
inches, set IN ground and mound OF rock
marked NJ. &. 506 on one side, and No. | on OPP
poSitc side for corner No. |, From which corner
t.. =. Locating Monument bears south, 81 deg. ~
min. east, 7,974 feet distant; Calamity James
peak bears ~, 60 deg. 30 min. l.; Splre Custer
City school house bears \, 50 deg. ~ MN. W,
Thence first course, \. II deg. w 1880 feet to
comer No. 2; thence second course, y. 90 deg.
~ min. f.. 562 feet to corner No. ); thence third
course, 50 dee. OF min. +, $50 feet To corner NO. 4;
thence fourth course, >. II deg. 20 MIN. l.,
Coz. b 10 feet to corner No. .; thence fifth course,
; - deg. u min, T., 972 feet to corner No: g;
thence Sixth course, ; o deg. - min, Il, 1874 feet
10 corner No. Z; thence seventh COURSE, n. SS
deg. 80 min. w, lU2 feet to corner No. 3; thence
eighth course, :. / deg. 53 min. w, 92i feet to
corner No. 1 or place OF beginning. Magnetic
variation II deg. 10 min. east, containing 59.O5
acres.
The location of this mine is recorded in the
Register Of Deeds Office of Custer county, Dakota
territory, in book I of Locations, pages 3ll, 3i2,
-, 273. The adjoining claimants are the Town
site OF Custer Cty on the west, ana the smith
Placer claim on the south.
ANY and al persons claiming adversely any por-
ton of said Clark Placer mining claim, mine or
surface ground are required 10 file their adverse
claims with the Register of the United States
Land office AZ Dcadwood, in the Territory of Da
kOla, during the sixty days period of publication
hereof, or they Will be barred by virtue of III,
provisions of the statute.
JOHN II. WHITESIDE, Register.
DoNAIP MrDoNALD' Att'ys for Applicants
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
of application for patent be published for tlt
period Of sixty days, Ctcn consecutive weeks,) II
the Custer CHRONICLE, "A weekly newspaper
published at Custer City, ID. /.
JOHN II. WIIITESIDE, Register.
First publication. December s..
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
Architects' Latest Fad.

Pneumatic tubes are the latest fad Of
architects. Now they are mainly used for
shooting letters and papers - the upper
stories. but soon we shall have them per-
fected to the extent Of doing away with
the alevator.-Chicago News.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-11
CUSTER CHRONICLE
i,ijvsI and Departure OF NAILS,

Custer and Buffalo Gap daily except Sundays
leaves Custer AT ~ a, IN. Arrives at Buffalo uaI
"a 100 y. III. Leaves Buffalo Gap at ~ a.. IA.
Arrives at Custer iSD p. IN
Custer and DeadwoOd Uri-weekly) leaves Gus.
ter tuesdays, thursdays and Saturdays at 6 a. IN.
Arrives AT Deaiwood same day . p. IN. Arrives
al Custer Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays .
T.. IN. Leaves Deadwood same days e Il. IN.
Custer and Rapid (ri -weekly way nail arrives
and departs via Custer and Dcadwood route.
Custer and Rocks (weekly) arrives and departs
Saturdays.
5. NJ. BOOTH Z. NJ,
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Clerk OF Court-F.J J. V. Rutkowski.
District Attorney-W. II. Frye.
commissioners. +. Street, +. A. To~ner J. H
HUMPHREYS,
SheriH--Benj f. Porter.
Register Of Deeds--Jos. f.. Pitcher.
Trcasurer--E. II, Flynn.
Asscssor--Samucl K. Maddox.
J udgc ofProbate-Cyru W. Robbins.
Coroner. l.. Conant.
SuDt.o Of Pub. nstruCtion-Willis &. Bower.
Justice Ofthe Peace. NJ. Lewis, Custer.
Constable--Jas Scott. Custer,