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

frol. Braluard &. Smith, who is &c
manage the ncw department Of iournal.
ism Al Cornell, has had twenty years u
perience as a newspaper man.
Miss Amelia Rivers, the young author
ess, expects to spend the carly part OF
next season with friends in Washington.
She Will be accompanied 10y her younger
sister. who is said TO be cvcn more beau
tliul than herself.
Belva \. Lock wood intends to make a
mos, aggressive campaign this year. She
will make a stumping tour through the
country as soon as she has obtained a
vice presidential colleague.
Capt. David Gray, a pittsburg million
are, died in New York yesterday of an
ailment similar to Gen. Sheridan's.
Edward 5. Valentine will make the
Stonewall Jackson statue that is to stand
at Lexington, Va. 1t will cost 50, 600.
John .. Gray. of Abba, To-, is said to
have served at the age Of l6 years ms
drummer boy at Waterloo.
1t is stated that Il nephew OF the late
King Cetewayo, after six years in Sweden
III theological and other studies, has gone
back to carry on mission work in his ma
tive land.
The Western Association OF Writers,
OF which Maurice Thompson is president,
holds its annual convention at Indianapo-
lis next month. James Whitcomb Riley
and Gen. Lew Wallace are among the
notables who will participate.
Sir Morrcll Mackenzie examined the
throat Of the crown prince with an cleo
trio lamp. The lamp is appended AT the
end of what looks like a long, slender
pen holder, and the proportionatcly small
battery which supplies the electricity is
worn about the examining surgeon
neck.
Charles Dickens nurse, May Well Glib
SON., was buried on April Goth. She was
generally regarded as the prototype OF
Mary, the pretty house maid, in Pickwick
papers.
There are at least $50, 600 women in
Massachusetts alone who are earning a
living by industrial occupations.
London has eight homes for poor work.
ing girls at which breakfast, dinner and
tea only cost "a dollar a week.
Mrs. hbbic Morton Diaz, during heI
recent visit to Washington, organized an
Educational and Industrial union in tina,
city. The president is Mrs. John A. Lo
gan, and among the directors are Miss
Anna Dawes, Mrs. Stanford and Mrs. DR..
Newman.
Miss De Socarras and Mrs. II. S. Brun-
ncrreccntly graduated from the New
York college of pharmacy. The latter
passed u splendid examination, and it is
her intention to go into business with hci
husband, "a Brooklyn druggist. Harper's
Bazaar says: There is no reason why
women should not be quite AS good phar-
macists as men. The work being EN-.
tirely in doors, and requiring deftness OF
fingers as well AS expert knowledge.
seem particularly adapted to them
Mrs. Gould. of New York, is supply
ing the money TO construct the Covington
and Macon railroad in Georgia. She
finds a fascination in the details of con.
struction, and has kept up with the
pioneer force all the way through. She
may be seen among the workmen inspect
ing progress, and has at her command d
construction engine. with which she
passes up and down the road. When the
Iact cv,ila uaG drinnn which .p,rvl.t.,
the line between Macon and Madison,
Mrs. Gould was entertained by the bes'
citizens OF Madison, and returned t,
Macon delighted with her experience.
Mrs. Mary Graybcil, a missionary in
the heart Of India, not only raised money
TO build a church, but she was her owl
architect and master builder. She EN-
ployed native workmcn, none other be
ing available, and taught them how t,
make bricks, how to saw trees for floor
ing. and how to quarry stone. The few
white people who have happened TO pas
along that way have expressed astonish
ment and admiration of this woman
architectural work. The design il
original, and suited to the needs Of the
country, while the variety and rudeness
VI tnt blli'iiIlS Hldtttl a lAdhNS an th
ceedingly picturesque effect. This cnly
shows what = woman can do under diff
culties.
Gail Hamilton is in Italy studying tn,
name and customs Of the natives.
Miss Boo b., daughter Of the Salvation
Army leader, is TO MARRY Fakir Singh.
llindoo.
During this year Queen Victoria, Joh1
Ruskin, General Rosccrans, Cyr.s W
Field and Julia Ward Howe will each b
80.
Hr. Thomas Whitley, Of England
whose son recently died in the missionar,
work on the Congo, has paid the outh
and passage OF a mar to take his son
place.
Mr. Gladstone has accepted the dedica
ton Of the English edition of Prof. vi
lari's Life Of Savonarois.