Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-27

mond Dollar?n
Did | remember it? II wag siYs.s..
diamond Dollar" that cost tergtn@5n.
his desk on the C0.cHe. Not more ahAu.
Two months ago he was a dapp-r. wGss
dressed II apparently rs succesasil5 -
man rs there was in the Cincinnati css--
portorial fraternity, lii duty was c&its
covering Of the news along tho .lye:y
fronts OF the Kentucky towas fal@nr
and above Cincinnati, and, being ..
graceful writer, he managed - gex Ss ~
column or two OF breezy special ruasssgt
on miscellaneous subjects each W4eS-
every column OF such matter being a.
clean addition OF - to his priuessy
salary.
It was nine O'Clock one Thursday
night when wC.t anne over b iF9ss-
phone wires from the ire chicitasn'S
Office that the towboat Grey hogI8G"
was burning at her landing, three ml2ess
above Newport. In fifteen mtnute~
came the supplementary report that hnr
entire tow of seven barges was ,~oonrss-
and that John Stacey and ''StunDy-
the cook, were missing-prcs0naSly
burned with the wreck.
ferguson can have two columns tcx
that" complaccntly remarked the cltT
editor. Here. Newport, get u rlgr
Jump out there; find Ferguson and tcsEs
him. Get in rs much as possible Sn~
fore twelve, and. if it promises gyresa :
matter after that, wire the facts. |s
will dress them up"
At half-past twelve o'clock [ Has
again at the Office with the ske5csGNg
article. The fire had taken place early
in the afternoon. Three lives ana 2s'a,s
900 worth Of property were lost. L Er@sS
seen nothing OF Ferguson.
But while i was making n hasty cTs-a
report 10 this effect Ferguson slroi3eGA
into the Office. He was ~ peace SE1th
himself and the world. and bis sti&r
white collar lifted itself i~mlnac0sAsegT
above his black tie and unruttlc4t sts.ss.
front.
Nothing moving he said> airay Nv
he placed the days report on the cA-
tors dcsl. ''Eycrythine at0f .S@ss--
the river to-day"
mo fights nor %iires?" asked The eIlg
editor in his blandcst tones.
Nothing; but here Is y little spcfiaE
that will look well i'll the Sunday sup.
PIGMENT. ] have been up Ut the nbyarx
looking up points for it al. aiteraocxs.
With a scare head-iirst line, Tho bis
mond Dollar il will provo as GOOD
matter as actual news, and"
There Is no actual news thcnH"
Nothing Of Importance"
By this time the telegraph msur, Gbns
managing editor, half Of The local force,
and even one or two Of tho brcslt.x
writers had driflcd into the city room,
where they iloatcd about aiulcssly wait
ing for the explosion that was to lirs tS,
unfortunate Ferguson. But. suspec,in,
nothing, be continued his p~anccyric 0s
the diamond dollar.
Unless you cail this piece Of spee7Ml
matter news, there is none. But it WEI
be news TO most Of the readers. AZ
deals with the subject Of rare Going.
giving the date and the value of all
United States colnS worth more thMn
tile!r lace value. ] here are hundreds
or pieces IN daily circulation for whleh
collectors would give twenty times their
value rs bullion. This article win scrye
To tell the people what dates Of co2zss
are III demand, SO that they may wateass
the money that passes through their
and sell the rare coins ut "a orc.
MUM. There is one dollar, of the mius~
age OF 1904, which is worth $500.
For the past few seconds the city eSIt-
had been rapidly writing upon "a
Slip Of paper, and here ho interr,ipteas
the enthusiastic remarks about tna val
dollar.
you know the rule Of the office, Bs,-
ferguson" he sand, in an icy tone; 'rsr.
nan with us gets a chance to be grossly
twice. You have failed u
catch n OF the most sensational iires
the year, although you had twelyo
hours IN which TO do it. Hero il as
order on the counting room for vonr
money up 10 Saturday night. Yon haya~
ny best wishes for your future. GoO&
That was how he lost his desk on stsa
Gazette, and, breezy writer that he ;yas.
n three months he had found il neers5~
,ary 10 take up the life OF q stvcet-Cx-
conductor OF staryc.
"You remember that diamond dol
arp he SAID again, after answering thGy
clang of the bell above his hs1sk
bringing the car to y stop losg
Tor the gray-bcardcd taiker s0
"well, %curiously enough, l bEsA
one OF thcm. | should ney.z
know its value had ] not coilecs-
ri the data for that unfortunate arsM2S
If mine; and"
''Do you mean me TO understand tssas
'ou have found a dollar OF 1904. actually
worth SCOOP
Precisely SO, dear boy. IriyerS
a great deal Of silver, aud ar2s,ssg
he money in my pocket last nighz e.
ound this"
lie had unbucklcd his belt, untrss-
his coat, and with some officially
brought out in his gloycd fingers :. w0raR
dollar, without the MIXED eGgas
characterize the late Issues os i9R~
coin. He was singulariy excited. kir
at the piece OF silver asa aoozEsfaf
man might look 1t m unexpected rs
pricve. 1t meant another start in Afc
a chance 10 build mp wealth and rcps
on u Journal of hisown; il fnsstsr.
a wife; it gave him Virginia. His HAAS
,rembled slightly with the 'umult az hss
thoughts. One Of the cars front whes3s
struck a stone, jumped tho track, asss5
for a few seconds the vehicle joiIed vsDr
lently over the cobblcstoncs
Ferguson's face Suddenly turned d.
the color of ashes. He leapcd over ssse
dashboard surrounding tho PLATFORM