Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-07
DAKOTA.

Work on the artesian well at Letcher will
begin July 10.
New hay Is plentiful in the Sioux Falls
market at - per ton.
The free bus war AZ Sioux Falls continues
TO break out In fresh spots.
Work ON the new farmers elevator at
Esmond viii next week.
A band OF horse traders is rusticating IN
and about Clark laying for suckers.
travelling streets and ltyeling sidewalks is
the order Of the day at E.kton.
laying is the order OF the day among a
good many farmers of Douglas county.
A site has been located for a new N. f..
church to be erected this fall al Worthwhile.
A large amount of small grain has been
marketed at Alpena during the past week.
fankton boasts OF having the largest and
best arranged brick yards In south Dakota.
The people Of Minnehaha county want to
vote on the question of local option this fall.
Thirty-eight new buildings have been com
menced during the past week at Sioux Falls.
~ is reported In Ipswich that four large
warehouses will be bull. in that place this
year.
The farmers alliance OF Douglas county
has decided 10 erect "a farmers elevator in
Armour.
Velmifion is suff ring the luli OF @fes.iy'-
ties which usually follow the close OF the
university.
Measles, fevers and kindred ills to which
TIE Httle ones are heir are quite prevalent in
Fau'tton at p'esent.
Al olabo.ate system Of ditching and ti'ing
% Gram The Northwestern p>,,iou OF the city
o. N"rm zoe is pov u1"c" way.
Ven on w2p's ono IN, Crpr.sing c,t'zcp
II start a green bouse thee. Goa Ter :. y =
ties, exc Offer a rich field for a gooo 90 st.
The Italians OF Lead City ae going to or
game a hose company. The have raised
$500 and will send for a hose cart immediate-
".
Yankton is full Of fishermen powadavs. ard
all the sand bar bsyoJs and tIe nSD. of
the Rhire 3 surrounded each day Win pan
fishers.
The warden of the peniteptiary at Sioux
Falls engaged the Wizard Oil oufrtatte to
furnish music for the kauggloos'' .ast Satur-
da} morning.
The citizens OF Pierre are eratifed with he
outlook for the town ard are firm in the be-
lef that the 's'ow but su,en method will
bring them TO the front.
The grand stand at the base bali park in
Abe deem has been enlarged and covered, ard
now the patrons OF the game can find shelter
from the RAYS OF old Sol.
The Fsulkton man doesn't cut much Of a
swa.h VINO has not pronounced ideas as TO
the particular altitude al which his ne 'gbboI's
sidewalk should be placed.
The Pierre city railway will change hands
the 1st OF next month. 1t is STA cd that at
least one more car will be added to the eolip-
mept and the line extended.
The new proprietors are having the fierce
and sheds of the driving park at Salem re-
paired and the grounds put in shape for the
coming season OF amusemcu.s.
The NJ. f. camp meeting is in progress ct
Beresford. The tabernacle tent is pitched IN
town, and a large pumbe: from abroad are in
attendance ana considerable Interest is mani
tested.
An insane man confined in the jail at La
Grace bad nearly dug his way out last Mon
day night when he was discovered by the
sheriff. The sheriff is Of the opinion tina. the
county should build a new Jail.
Quite an industry has recently sprung up
from the demand Of Iowa and Nebraska par
ties fer Black Bills spruce trees. One man
claims he has shipped nearly 5000 within the
last few months and has not yet filled all or
ders.
Mrs. Philip Noll, living some six or seven
miles north o. Olivet, some DAYS since burst
ed a blood vessel and thinking little Of toe
ac".dert 10 attention vas paid to the ma ter,
Inflammation has set in, toe c;her w,th loss Of
blood, and the chances of recovery are doubt
full.
A young man named Jim CLARK recently "a
tempted To swim he Red river ri Grand
Forks and was drowned. Just as he jumped
In one Of the bystanders shouted: oh bet
you Il that you'll DROWN Clark shouted
back: "I'l take YOU" 1t was bis last bet;
be never reached the opposite shore.
Tn latest addition to Bismarck's list Of in
%ventors is Mr.. Fletcher, manager Of the West
ern Union telegraph Office in thai city. He
has invented an artificial bird trap re;easer,"
which has been proven successful by the Bis
marck gun club, and application for letters
patent has been made.
Last Wednesday afternoon a quartctte OF
Sioux Falls young men wished De, RaUids for
the purpose OF calling on "a iy acquaintances
The Dell Rapid. boys were seized with a vio-
lent attack OF jealousy and vented their rage
by assaulting the Sioux Falls boys with back
pumber eggs, etc.
The Farmers Warehouse company, OF
Letcher has closed up its second years opera
tons aud reported to the stockholders. The
company has held up the price of grain not
less than 4 or ; cents a bushel, and In addi-
ton TO this has declared a dividend at the end
of two years Of 100 per cent. and has money
left.
Some OF the prominent citizens of Mandan
are celebrating the late rise In the thermom-
cleric mercury by having all their whiskers
shaved OFF. One OF them declares that his
face VIII remain smooth until the election OF
the next Republican president. Another
one frightened his little daughter half out OF
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