Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-30
DAKOTA.

ga 900 in wages Saturday.
The Industrial school at Fargo has closed
on account Of hot weather.
There are seventeen candidates reported
thus far in Sanborn county.
Funds are being raised at Red Wing for the
construction Of a gymnasium,
"The streets should be guttered," 10 the
cry OF the citizens Of Elk Point.
A large acreage OF potatoes has been planted
In western Sully county this year.
The st. Paul Globe is about to establish a
free delivery system at Aberdeen.
twenty-five Of the Young men at Water
town have organized a social club.
The hackdrivers at Deadwood deeply regret
the departure OF the visiting Masons.
Lennox is one OF the Dakota towns that
does not claim to have a base ball club.
The Miller Gazette has merged into the In
dictator, with c.. y. Van Hosen as publisher.
Sioux Falls now has four cigar factories
that furnish employment to fsrty-eight PEG
pie.
A great kick against foul cellars, cesspools,
garbage piles, etc, il in progress at Aber-
deem.
"Shall Woonsocket borrow s ,0OOt" Is the
all absorbing theme OF the citizens Of that
place.
Moonlight boating on the river engages the
attention OF the young man and his best girl
at Parker.
The pori: packing scheme at Sioux Falls is
resting easily, with a LA. ility that something
may drop.
Bull Ghost and his band Of mobile reds'
will be among the attractions At Highmore
the Fourth.
The contract has been awarded for the
Whitewood.
Applications for the principalship of the
Blunt schools are very numerous, both by let
ter and person.
The law and order people OF Salem are
making sone preparations TO enforce the local
option law at that place.
Several married ladies of Lead City have
organized a club and take long walks in the
early morning for an appetite.
Negotiations are now on foot by a number
OF eastern capitalists for the purchase Of large
tracts OF Bismarck real estate.
Rapid City will make an effort to secure the
next snnus reunion of the Black Hills Sol
diers' and Sailors association.
Dakota strawberries will appear upon the
market shout the last Of this week and By
next week they will be plentiful.
The telephone system at Sioux Falls is al
present In bad shape owing probably to SC
much electricity in the atmosphere.
The first funeral held under the auspices OF
the G. A. Il. at Columbia was that Of Capt
Warner, who was buried last Monday.
During its July meeting the board Of coun.
ty commissioners Of Sully county will dis.
county auditor.
The saloonkeepers OF Watertown have
been given until the July session Of the board
Of county commissioners to file their bonds
for approval.
Aberdeen can have the free delivery posts
service If she wants it, but it is thought thai
more prompt and reliable service can be had
by going to the postofiice.
Two lady teachers Of Des Moincs, To-, are
passing their vacation by establishing circu.
lating libraries In Dakota towns not already
blessed with such conveniences.
The Chamberlain Democrat says: There
were thirty-two attorneys in the courtroom
az one time on Teusday, and 1t wasn't much
of a day FOR law singers either"
A movement TO organize the farmers OF
I NnpltN, a,,,nt, q, q lrl- TO-. - 49,.
fits is now on foot. Such an Organization
has long been discussed In that county.
The dealers In milk shakes at Aberdeen
have combined aud a new trust has been
formed, In consequence the price Of this re-
freshing drink has ''riz' to 10 cents per
shake.
A Sanborn county farmer is inventing a
potato bug sprinkler, to be run by horse
power, and which will dose two rows Of
potatoes with Paris green as fast as the horse
can walk.
Arrangements are being made to get the
celebrated Indian runner Of the Sioux tribe
to come to La Grace on the Fourth. He Is
pretty lively on the run and the Sioux are
willing to back him with lots of ponies.
The latest addition TO Bismarck's list Of In
v%entors is Mr.. Fletcher, manager of the West
ern Union telegraph Office In that city. He
has invented an artificial bird trap releaser,"
which has been proven successful by the Bis
marck gun club, and application for letters
patent has been made.
1t seems to be rather dangerous business to
be a barber in Sioux Falls. Three have died
tragic deaths. Sam Bryson committed sui
eide by taking Rough on Rats, George Dig
gle died In a ma ucr that leads to the belief
that he ""s mm ed, and Sunday Benjamin
F. Smi,a ed of heart disease Queen City
barbere mt rank very high with life insur-
ance asents.
The uncertainty Of woman's mind Is !llus-
trated by a recent occurrence at Sioux Falls.
A young swain wss To- marry a coy and blush
ing widow. The minister was summoned, the
fatted calf was killed and the guests assem-
bled. When the time came for the knot to be
tied the prospective bride kicked out Of the
contract and the intended groom was fired.
Deadwood is somewhat scandalized over
the treatment OF TWO or three incurable in
sane women. The county has no facilities