Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-16

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toward a fund to start a free library aud read
ing room at that place.
Rev. James Oakley, OF David City, Neb.,
will assume the PASTORAL duties Of the Con
gregational church al Pierre.
Sioux Falls now has ragpickers who make
the rounds Of the city In the early morning,
and they are doing a thriving business.
The farmers in the vicinity OF Salem are
making preparations for a grand picnic, at
the fair grounds, some time this month.
The citizens of Parker are highly indignant
because some unknown placed the cfigy OF
one OF the chool board above his building.
Arrangements are being made for the an
eur some slime this month at st. Lawrence. ;,
The citizens OF Madison are making a
strong effort to persuade the Sioux Falls,
Aberdeen and Montana road to build into
the town.
Preparations are being made for the G.. A.
z. district campfire at Faulkton June 20.
Twelve posts VIII be represented by nearly
800 soldiers.
About g., 1000 gopher tails have been deliv-
cred to the Barnes county commissioners this
season. At cents apiece this mounts to
over 1000 worth.
The Jetfries prize for the best essay at
Yankton college Friday evening vas awarded
to L. d.. Gray, who had written upon the sub
ject, "Whittier.'
The question OF a town tank FOR water is
being considered AT st, Lawrence. The diff
of opiA ion Is against II, and some other plan
will probably be adopted.
Orders have been Issued warning all stock
owners to keep their herds of the Fort sui,
military reservation, under penalty Of having
them ~impounded II found trcspasslng.
j. A Picrson, of Smutty Bear bottom, IN
Yankton county, last Tuesday began c%u!tiyat-
ing 220 acres Of corn, which he says is the
most promising field his eye has ever rested
upon.
Mitchell vii! take two dsys-July 3 and 4
for the purpose Of airing patriotism. Every
Kind OF amusement, from the indian war
dance to a balloon ascension, will be furn-
ished.
Miner county has FIVE candidates for school
FuDt4 HdtHi, TWO bi tItW utlnH Idtilf'e.
The fight wakes warm, and will be increasing
in temperature as the day Of election draws
near.
The prospect for an unusually prosperous
season among Black Hills farmers seems TO
increase as the season progresses. Corn is
the only product of the farm that is at all
backward.
a Webster man owns q horse that has a
snake in one eye. 1t is said that the snake
can be plainly seen w~iggling around. He has
gone into the show business, and Is making
big money.
The Press claims that fully $1,000 900 is yet
to be expended in buildings and public i'm
proyencuts AT Sioux Fails this year. The
estimate includes railroads, street car line,
paYisE aud building.
Citizens Of Sioux Falls and railroad con
tractors won't be at the mercy of hay monop-
oiists much longer. The'grass Is nearly high
enough to cut, ana for browsing has just the
right elevation in the air.
4 celebrated horse trainer skipped out from
Spearfish the other evening and secreted him
self in a haymow until morning. A shotgun
In the hands OF an enraged husband is sup
posed 10 ne a factor in the skip.
1t is stated that Capt. Jack Crawford, "the
poet scout, 4" read the decoration poem at Bos-
ton. The poem was one of his own, and is
said to possess considerable merit. Capt.
Jack is well known in the Hills, where be was
a pioneer.
While a minister at Wentworth was making
his closing prayer in a church a large striped
cat Of the masculine gender walked up the
aisle, coolly jumped on to the pulpit, squstted
himself on the bible and reverently gazed at
the minister until he had finished.
1t is estimated by some OF the farmers that
the area OF cora planted in Dawson county
this season will be 80 per cent. greater than
that OF any previous year, Notwithstanding
the fact that considerable ground intended
for corn will now be sown to flax AMI millet.
Louis Grevando, who has been In the Hills
but six days, has been declared insane by the
authorities at Deadwood. Religion is the
cause. The only thing peculiar about him is
that ne wants to be washing himself all the
time, and shows q disposition to commit sui
eide.
The town Of Cakes Is row a fun nedged
city, with Thos. +. Miller mayor. That is the
way Dakota towns spring W. Three years
ago the town was on paper-nov it is a live,
enterprising city, with three railroads, a mum
Der Of elevators, good hotels and business
blocks.
One Of the most amusing fee shows that
has exhibited in Aberdeen fo- sor3e time was
the game Of ball between Che ''fats" and
cleans" at the grounds cs the Aberdeen ball
club Saturday afternoon. The flats" proved
= little too stout for their fairy-like opponents
and won the game by a score of u TO Il.
The question now agltating the minds of
the people OF Bismarck is the forthcoming
election for superintendent OF schools. Bis
marck Is an independent school district and
the new law provides only for an election in
sub districts. All agree that the city ought
TO vote, hut there Is a difference Of opinion as
TO the policy Of So doing.
The people Of Bismarck are discussing the
question OF a reduction OF insurance rates.
The citizens feel that a city so well protected
from fire should not pay such high rates Of in