Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
PERSONAL.

Geo. Brurschmidt came in from Buff
falo Gap on Monday.
M. J. King was a Tenderfoot tin pros
pector in town Sunday.
J. II. Westover registered Mt the Klee-
mann from Fairburn on Saturday.
j. G. Spencer and Robert Hagner of
the l. A X were guests at the Vienna OH
Thursday.
f. II. Bishop and Sam Coburn were
Bradley Flat ranchers at the Kleemann
on Wednesday.
A. A. Shoemaker and Frank Hesnard
were booked at the Kleemann from
Hermosa on Wednesday.
Z. Fish, in charge Of the Harvey Peak
tin property at Hill City was a business
caller in town Thursday.
Isaac Thompson came in from Bea-
trice, Neb., on Wednesday, en- route for
the coal fields of eastern Wyoming.
w. l.. Henwood, superintendent of
the Stevens Tin company at Hill City,
was registered at the Vienna on Satur-
day.
Mrs. Chas. Mclaughlin, who has been
visiting with relatives at Centre Point,
Iowa, for several months, returned
Thursday.
RaGnr nf Spnl,,pa yrha hns
been sojourning at Hot Springs for the
past three weeks, arrived at the Vienna
on Saturday, and left for home on Sun
day.
w. A. Brooks and Geo. Gage were
guests at the Kleemann House on Mon
day. The object of their mission was
the making of final proof on land, locat-
ed in the vicinity Of the Gap.
Albert Henault and Fred Russell were
at the Kleemann on Saturday, from the
Stockade oil fields where they had been
s%ojourning for several days. They re.
port a great many people and many
locations being made in that locality.
John Walter. of Oil Creek, Wyoming,
came in from Buffalo Gap on Wednes-
day, en- route to the oil fields, accom-
panied by VIII Smith, (colored) who
has accepted the position of chief cook
in II of the leading kitchens of that
camp.
jeff McDermott, who returned from
Denver on Friday Of last week, where
he has been ~sojourning for two or three
weeks, departed for Rawhide on Mon
day, where he has valuable copper inter
ests requiring his attention. He will
probably be absent thirty days.
Robert Moore was an arrival at the
Vienna on Saturday from Buffalo, Wyo-
ming, where rich gold discoveries have
recently been made; but Mr.. NJ. will
devote his attention to the pursuit of tin
in this locality, which he doubtless reas-
onably believes promises greater hope
Of success.
j. B. Weston and w. H. Fitzpatrick, of
Beatrice, Nebraska, prominent B. 4 Nj.
Railroad contractors, who are also in
terested in oil and coal lands in Wyo.
ming, west of the Stockade, were among
the arrivals at the Vienna on Wednes-
day. They departed for the oil and coal
fields on Thursday.
c. L. Williams, Of Boston, Mass, was
among the eastern arrivals at the Vienna
on Tuesday. Mr.. W.. m to this
place with a view to the thorough in
| v~estigation Of our mineral to
which end, ample time will be devoted.
He is a gentleman Of extensive expert
ence in manv of the prominent mining
camps of America and foreign countries,
where he has acquired a general know
ledge of minerals, which will be a very
decided advantage 10 him in his ex-
plorations in this locality. He will re-
main here a few months at least, and it
may be very reasonably expected that
his mission here will be attended with
substantial benefits to this place, and
the country at large.
The Methodist ladies will an Easter
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