Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-24
DAKOTA.

Deer are said to be quite plentiful in the
vicinity of Rapid City.
The ladies of the Episcopal church at Salem
have organized a guild.
1t is alleged that the grain buyers OF
Sioux Falls have pooled.
Work has commenced on the Astor Memo
rial church In Sioux Falls.
Blu. one arrest for violation Of the election
law was made In Deadwood.
The work OF laying the water mains at
White Lake is nearly completed.
The county seat trouble in Deuel. county
has been settled Ia favor OF Gary.
Scalping railroad tickets is becoming a re-
muneratiye business at Deadwood.
1t is rumored that a rival town is to be
plated a short distance south Of Onida.
Four new Baptist churches will be dedica-
ted In south Dakota during the present
month.
The citizens OF Madison have organized for
the purpose Of enforcing the local option
law.
Eighty-one homestead patents were re-
| cCived at the Deadwood land office last Tues
day.
The county commissioners OF Beadle county
have accepted the mason work on the aims
house.
, are arranging for the formation OF a parish
society.
The NJ cody County Enterprise says there is
more sickness than usual In the county at the
present time.
The kids at Brookipgs have a great deal OF
sport playing various games by the light OF
electric lights.
A.. :. Anderson, a wealthy farmer living
south Of Gary, lost his hand in a feed mill
last Saturday.
The electric light works Of Sioux Falls now
have a capacity Of 1,500 incandescent and
thirty-two arc lights.
Ignatius Donnelly Will lecture at Deadwood
next Wednesday evening under the auspices
Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
"Now for a new court house." Is the cry OF
the people Of Hand county. The building
will be erected at Miller.
The business men OF Sioux Falls are try
ing to get up some scheme to break the grain
pool which exists in that city.
Forty Cornish miners are reported to be on
their way TO the tin mines OF the Black Hills.
-Four brothers have already arrived.
A son OF 2. Shepard, living one mile south
Of Mitchell, was thrown from a horse Monday
night, thereby breaking his collar bone.
The fellow, who, like the lily, 'toils not"
is harvestering his wheat crop from other
peoples grauaries in the vicinity Of aberdeen.
WIN Hukill Of Deadwood brutally assaulted
an old man named John Quinn last Monday
because he accused him Of stealing his pocket
book.
The court house block at Leola is sur
rounded by a row OF shade trees that are ex-
pected to pat forth their leaves IN early
spring.
George K. Lanning has sold out the Egan
Express to Mrs. NJ. A. Foster * Son, and re-
tires from the newspaper business owing TO
Ill health.
Simon Avery, aged 20 years, dropped dead
Thursday morning at the residence Of his
daughter In Sioux Falls. Heart disease was
the trouble.
The regular term Of the dietrict court for
Brown county will on the Sth of
January, 1850. Judge Crofoot fixed the day
last Friday.
1t is reported the city councii at Sioux Falls
will be asked to pass an ordinance forbidding
the hitching Of teams to telegraph and tele-
phone poles.
w. II. Potter was discharged from the PEN
i~tentiary at Sioux Falls last Saturday, having
caryaI pna yaar for rnHpk.ripu with tho rpai1o
IN Lincoln county.
The YanktOn Press says that the October
business of the Northwestern railroad at that
station was 81, COO better than any previous
month since the road was built to Yankton.
Miss Kinnea he's returned to Fargo from
the National W. G. T. L., bringing with her
the banner awarded Dakota for the largest
percentage Of increase IN membership during
the year.
In a row between George Waterford, color
ed, and Jed Preston, at Sturgis last Monday,
Preston was badly cut In the leg and once in
the neck, barely missing the jugular. The
wsuid DE assassin was arrested.
The Deadwood Pioneer states that the eff
, feet of the recent betting mania is noticeable
In that town in the scarcity Of money In cir
culatlon. No inconsiderable amount has
been lying idle in the hands OF shareholders
wagered on election.
Geo. Damn Of Uaram met It'll a serious ac-
eide Mt last Sunday. While lifting a barrel OF
water out Of a wagon he slipped in some way
and the barrel fell on his rihgt leg, fractur-
ne it above the knee so badly that the bone
protruded through the flesh.
j. II. Clery, sigma! service observer at
Yankton, has been relieved from duty at that
station and ordered to report at Des Moines.
He is to be succeeded there by Oscar N. Os-
well, Of Boston.
The First National bank of Columbia has
given notice that 1t will surrender its charter
the LIST Of January. The Bismarck National
bank dropped the national" from its name
some days ago.
Rev. Thomas Hickl!ng delivered a practical
discourse Sunday night at E~stelline on the
respective duties of husband and wife. At
the conclusion OF the services Revilo Parsons
and Miss Margaret Conn came forward and
were united In the bonds of matrimonv.
The Herald expresses its feelings as fol-