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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
STATE OF TRADE.

Il. c.. Dun & 20. IN thcir trade rcview
say: Tie paralysis OF business here, tn
etoppagc Of communication. aud mails
throughout eastern states, and the costly con
ditions under which the scunty business oi
the past two days has been transacted, make
statistical comparisons for the moment of no
value. 1t would not be far from right to
reckon an entire weeks business as lost
throughout the region m0st affected by the
unprecedented storm. Under the circum-
stances, il is Of no service as an Indication Of
the future to know that exchanges are small,
railroad traffic light, exports below the cor
responding week last year, and local prices
rising because Of the temporary scarcity Of
certain articles. As yet business at the vari-
Gus exchanges has not been 80 far resumed
that quotations have much value. Prices
have Welded ~ cents for wheat aud J cent
for corn. In other markets few changes Of
Importance are noted, though TIE complaint
Of dullncss becomes more general, Coffee is
nominaily H. to 49,, cents for spot against
I4i4 cents last week, while oil has advanced
> cents. The reports received from interior
points show a continuance OF trade deemed
fair for the season At most cities, with sli-Lt
Improvements at two or three, hut -" it'll COM
plant OF unsatisfactory trade n as many.
The general tenor 81 reports ,locs not indi-
cate scarcity Of money n the interior, or az
usual delay In settlements. The bust
ness failures during the last seven dtyS
numbrr for the United States 202, tor canada
70, total 2!S; compared with 2j3 last VcoE,
and 2o3 for the corresponding week in 1881.
IT was hardly to be expected that With the
railroad and telegraph seryicein tie cast Grip
pied by the storm and &c west
Ia danger Of suspension OF railroad
trafnc by the strike that a large vol
ume Of business would be reported. In this
county the rate Of interest il tending down
ward, showing that Is an abundance
Of idle capital IN the east. There is nothing
in the business situation 10 occasion distrust.
The strike aud tho severe storm of the east
is the cause Of the slackeninE OF trade and
the decline in the movement 81 commodi-
tics.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

LONDON, March ia Vienna dispatch
says that the resignation Of Count BY.
landt-Rhcidt, the Austrian minister of war,
which was forcshadowed in these dis
patches several weeks ago, and which
was presented on Saturday last, was due
10 the fact that the court for long time.
has not been in accord with Count kal-
noky's views on many subjects and that
he particularly disscnted from The %lattcr's
policy rs regards Russia. The official
journal up to Saturday persisted in deny
ing that the count was about 10 resign,
although one Of them did add as a saving
clause that if he should retire from the
cabinet it would he merely on account Of
iii health. But il is asserted in military
circles that his determination was not due
10 any failure in health, but solely 10 "a
disinclinatior ON his part 10 shoulder the
responsibility az war with Russia. II
is also declared that tho eX-nIinistcr of
war quite yecently declared al a military
council that Austria Hungary had not thc
slightest chance Of successfully contend
ing with Russia. As for German coop
Grafton, he insisted tAat any
unforeseen political complication
might render such co operation
iilusory, and that Austria, left 10 struggle
alone against Russia would inevitably be
crushed. The opposition press and many
of the army officers, none of whom are
DISPOSED 10 bc enthusiastic over the Ger
man ailiaDcp. received tho remarks Of the
minister of war with great satisfaction.
Vienna ia NOS so far distant from The
Galician frontier but that tho notes Of
preparation in Little Russia can lie plain
~ heard; and while the ministerial Jour
nails continue to show a brave front they
are far from rejecting the true opinions
os the Niennese. The provincial news
papers. however, are outspokcn in their
~denunciation of the alliance with Ger
many. The Politik. Of Prague. gsing so
far rs TO remind Count Kalnoky that
Count De Beust would never entertain
the proposition Of an Austro German al
lance, and demanding that Austria shall
cease to allow herself 10 be used by
Prince Bismarck as a cats paw. Gen.
Daron Won Bauer. Count Bylandt-
Rhcidt's successor. is much better known
as tnc head Of the secret police than as a
military man.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
California Rabbit Drives.

Rabbits have multiplied so rapidly
throughout California that they nave
become one of the most serious pests
Of the country. 1t is estimated that
three rabbits will eat as much as a
sheep, and tnat what can be killed in n
days rabbit drive viii consume as
much alfalfa as a hundred beef cattle.
\ good many schemes have been de-
vised for getting rid of the pests, but
the only cilicacious one is the rabbit
drive. This is considered very good
ticld sport, also, and IA drive is always
participated in rs much by those who
are after fun as by those who want the
rabbits killed.
The first thing in getting %uparabbit
drive is TO make a rabbit-proof corral
of close, high palings. enclosing "A
space Of thirty by ten. or twenty yards.
Leading into this at right angles are
two lines of closely set pal:ngs. u
quarter of n mile in length. Several
hundred men on horseback and on
foot then surround Il section or two of
land and work slowly toward the cor
raj with shouts and beating of the
ground. At first but few rabbits will
he seen, but as the drivers close in to-
ward tho palings the little frightened
beasts are as taick as sheep in "A corral.
They make frantic efforts TO escape,
and in trying TO break through the
line of heaters many are killed by the
clubs Of the walkers. The drivers
close in Slowly, and the rabbits are
gradually driven into the space par
italy enclosed BY the paiungs. and
fr,,, ,l.r., -, = ,n.,, g. go, ,f.> go.
the corral. They troop in like sheep.
cro"ding owe one another, and filling
up the corral. The drivers on foot
follow. the corral Is closed. and the
slaughter begins. They are killed
with the clubs by striking them on the
head. The air is filled with their
shrill squeallng, which can be heard
for "A mile away. They leap about in
desperation, jump high. and dash
themselves against the fence, huddle
in the corners, and try to hide behind
one another. or behind tie heaps Of
those already killed. The clubs
whistle through the air. not infre-
qucntly striking tie shins of the killers
instead OF the heads Of the rabbits, for
it requires "A good aim. n steady arm,
and no small amount of skill TO guide
every stroke to its destination on the
skull of Il rabbit that IS lcaping about
lik" mad.
When thc slaughter i, cHlcl the
rabbits are stream over the 1round as
thick rs dead leaves, atui in places
their carcasscs Will be ia pile, two
feet high. Bet cen 1900 and LOCO
rabbits are usually killed in each
drive, and it is no uncommon thing
for one nan to score u hundred dead
rabbits in one round up, In parts
most infested tie triYcs are held once
a week.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
Rats and Cats Spoiled the Climax.

Fanny Davenport says, in the North
american, that the death Gene, which
is the climax of the last act OF
Fedora" was completely ruined in
Washington recently, on the night
when the president and Mrs. Cleve~
land occupied Il box. just after Fedora
had taken the poison, and at the mo-
mcnt when the death throes should
have held the audience spcllbound, Il
huge black tomcat walked on from the
wings, crossed the stage to the Prcsi-
dents box, stopped, examined each
member of the party attentively, turned
away as if perfectly satisfied that Mr..
Cleveland was tho real thing. and
Jumped up on the rail of an u%noccupied
box, whisked his tail at the house aud
vanished. Pretty much the same sort
of thing happened the other night ut
the Walnut. The last act vas on, and
Mrs. Langtry was just beginning to
die hard and rip up te furniture.
when a rat, probably tempted from his
hole by the stiffness of the house, ran
out among the gods Of the gallery, who
AT once tried TO smash him with tAcir
boots. Tnerat squcaled like a fife. tho
bows stamped on the floor like mad. on
iunped up ON the benches, and a gen
erai hubbub took place which quite
knocked the death-scene out.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
Death OF CniefJustice waite.

WAsnl>Gysy, March 93.-CAicf JIsuc'
waite, Of the tiitei States supreme count.
died at his residence IN uhis city ,his morn
ing. Sa;irauy night when, on returning
from senator Hcarst's, wacic with lis daugh-
ter be attended q reception, he complained 81
"A chill. This ieoIin. passed CT during the
night, but he remained In bed sunday and
until il was time for bin to 20 10 court Mon
day. Suffering then from malaria and inGis-
position lie did not read The opinion in fine
telephone ease. Tuesday morning symptoms
of acute bronchitis appeared, accompanied by
insomnia. His condition Tuesday was not
alarming nor until "Wednesday, when pneu-
moria showed itself. During Thursday night
he was comfortable. but att O'Clock this
morning n failure OF the hearts action was
observed and at 6 10 he passed away. His
daughter, Miss Mary +. Waite, and his son,
{. c. Waite, were with him when be died.
Mrs. Waite is in California. The chief Justice
xiii be buried in Toledo, Ohio.
The immediate cause Of Chief Justice
Waite's death, the doctor said, was nervous
failure Of the action OF the heart. and itcame
with such startling suddenness a. 80 DC ali
s%olutely appalling. There was MOI the vagucst
symptom of heart complications throughout
his sickness.
At the beginning of his illness the chief
Justice, fearing to nccdlessly alarm his wife,
who was on her WAY TO Californis with M in
valid sister, cautioned those about him 10
keep his condition from the newspapers. He
WAS not alarmed himself and was unwilling
that his wifc's journey should be c~urtailcd or
intcrfcrcd with by his slight indlsposition. II
is said by his physician that this VAS the only
severe illness the chief justice ever had in his
life, except that Of TIVE years ago, when he
suffered some time from crysipelas in his face
aud hands.
Morrison Rcmick Waite, son of Henry Mat
son Waite, was born at Lynne. Conn, No
ycmher 20, 1915. lie graduated at Yale col
lcgc in 1887, in the same class with Vim. NJ.
Eyarts and Edwards PierrcpoGt. lie studied
law at Lynne with his father, then a Judge of
the supreme court OF errors. Soon after be
removed to Maumce City. g., aud was elected
10 the Ohio Legislature in $40. In 1850 he
rem owed oToledo and took IA prominent place
az the Ohio tar, declined repeated nomina
tons 10 congress and also a seat on the su-
prcmc bench ~ Ohio. Ne distinguished him
SELF a. United states couescl ut the Geneva
tribunal OF arbitration on the Alabama claims
in 1871. He was president Of the Ohio con
-titutional convention IN 1873, and became
o'icf Justice OF the supreme court of the
/ lnitcJ States March /. 1874, IN $50 be de-
clluol to serve on the electoral commission to
decide the presidential controversy.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

WAs;iNGIoS, March 10:-Nr. Anderson,
O. Iowa, offered a resolution for the APPOINT
mcnt of q senate committee of five members
for the Investigation OF the railroad strikes
and report what legislation ia necessary to-
prevent ouch obstruction 20 ane.
disturbance of the pubic peace. The resolu-
tion Is accompanied by a long preamble re
citing that the strike Of the locomotive cngi-
nc,rs on the Chicago, Burlington and QUincy
road resulted IN tSe obstruction Of inter state
mutc and put in jeopardy the public
peace; that ,hc management OF the roai
claims to have supplied with competent men
the places vacated at the time Of tho strike
and 10 have restored the company to the
proper discharge Of its duty and obligations
a. a cornI.on carrier. that it Is alleged tia
the ucw men are incompetent and unfit to
discharge tn dates - locomotive engineers.
Referred.
MIR. wilkins, OF Ohio. under instructions
from The committee on banking aud curren'
cy. moved 10 Suspend tho rules and pass tht
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

PAgkEHsBrEG. West VA. March 20.

PARKEHsBrEG. West VA. March 20.
i largely attended mass convention ~
The prohihitionists of the state opened
htra this morning FIR The purpose 81
taking action toward organizing tor the
CARRYING Of a prohibition amendment 10
the constitution az thc election Of Nuycnl-
Der next. The convention il entirely non
partisan in It's character. for some time
past dissatisfaction has existed IN The
ranks of the party on account OF the apa
thy manifested by the majority Of its
leading spirits. and a month or SO ago
Hon. David -. Johnson. chairman for
many years OF the non partisan league
and one Of the most active prohibitionists
in the state. rendered his resignation in
an open letter upon the ground that the
proper support Has not given his Efforts.
Al the present convention an effort viii
be made to rally all The elements into a
compact and haimoriors organization.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
Disastrous,

P~ryrrBuRo, March 2l.-A disastrous
freight wreck occurred at Green Springs,
on the pittsburg, Virginia and Charles
ton railway, at - o'clock this morning.
The train, running thirty miles per hour,
struck a huge boulder that had fallen
upon the track. The engine and four
ears OF coke were thrown over a fifteen
foot embankmcnt into the Monongahcla
river and totally wrecked. The engineer
probably fatally scaldcd and the brake
nIan cannot recover from injuries.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

LoNpoN, March 90. The English Peace
society has printed and is now about TO
circulate 5000. $50 of a letter received
hy lionry Richard, the well known mem.
b,r OF parliament, from David Dudley
Yield, the eminent American iuiist. The
letters are printed in English, French.
German. Russian and other languages.
and viii be distributed throughout Eu.
rope. u is interesting as showing the re-
cent progress OF international arbitration
Mr.. Field has drawn up "A list of fifty in
stances IN which since the year 1919, var
Gus disputes between nations have been
referred to and settled by this mode of
differences. In the second list are con
tanned the several parliamentary motions
in European and American legislatures
favoring the application of arbitration.
The letter goes on to state that Mr.. Field
and five others, including Mayor Hewitt,
of New York. have submitted a memoir
ial TO the cnate and house of representa-
'ives urging that full support be accord
cd the president in any efforts which he
may make to arrange for a permanent re-
sort to arbitration in disputes hcnceforth
between the United States and other
countries, but especially Great Britain.
The circular concludes by saying that the
house committee on foreign affairs has al.
ready given a hearing to Mr.. Field and
his colleagues, and that in reporting ia
vorahly upon the movement ii has rec
commended that measures should be taken
TO secure special arbitration between the
United States and the other natio@s on
the American continent. When this step
has been achieved may be now crcctually
made to draw England France and other
European nations into the same or a sim
liar peaceful alliance.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

NEBRASKA CRY. Ncb., March -. Charlc.
Conrad pleaded guilty Of forgery today and
was sentenced to the penitcntiary for fifteen
months. Fritz King, a burglar, vas found
gnilty, but has not yet been sentenced.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March l6.-The FIRST
train through on the New England railroad
v0s Gitcned this afternoon. Two locomotives
left the track and the steam pipe In the for
wari one hurst, fatally scsldinc Conductor
t"iinett. Fireman William Nichols ani Erskc
man Jerry McKuno, who were In the Ca).
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
The Annual Reports.

NEW YORK, March 20.-The Times
says the annual reports Of the Gould
southwestern system have at last been is
sued and thcy are interesting to the point
Of sensational. Mileage for 1887 in
creased about ] 800 miles, while the gross
earnings fell off sc, O00, 600. Various de-
hcits are shown with a marvellous in
crease in amount over last year, and there
is a mysterious item of Floating debt. =
The Times further says there is n row in
the directorate Of the Missouri Pacific
over the figures Of George Gould, he de
string to cut down the usual dividend Of
Z per cent. while Russell Sage and Others
want the dividend kept up
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
The Alarm Wen: or.

\ mother on Madison avenue lately
requested Ter daughter. Who j. inst
approaching womanhood, TO give ncr
beau Il hint that $ G must not sit UP
later than 10 o'clock. This the GIRL
was reluctant to do. but her little
brother threatened that unless she did
he would open the parlor door and an
nouncc the maternal cdict. The sis
ter supposed that she had put "a
q~uictus on her brother by reminding
him of his playing hockey and forging
his mothers name on excuse from
school 20 90 skating, not forgetting TO
mcntion n little riding-Nhip his
mother kept in her room, All this,
however, was not enough To keep the
youth from getting even with his sis-s
beau for not giving him anything
Christmas. The other evening he got
IN alarm clock with a bell as loud as
the gong on the Brooklyn Bridge
bob. and placed il under the sofa
where his sister and her bctrOthcd
we're to DO their %spooning. ThthandS
were pointed at 10 The u%nsuspcct-
ing gIrl heard the tick, bat took 1t to
be ncr lovers Waterbury. He was
just tickling her ear with "A yarn about
Il horse his papa was @olng To buy
when the gong sounded. There was
a pausc-and then, rs though under
standing the meaning, lie grabbed his
hat and never stopped running until
he struck the door stoop, when he
flew. The boy had iced the steps. The
little brother now takes n cushion to
school with him.-Atbany Journal.
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Responsible.

GRAvENHURsT. March 23.-Thc o
oncrs jury in the case Of accident on the
line of the Northern railroad near here
yesterday took testimony until 3 O'CLOCK
this morning. The Jury rendered a yer
dict holding Conductor GlasiOrd and En-
gincer Foster Of the snow pillow train
which caused collision. responsible for
the death Of five mon killed in the acct
dom
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
New Orleans gentlemen hunt

Three New Orleans gentlemen NUM-
inc on Horn Island n few days ago en-.
conferred a live octopus. One OF
them inconsideratcly hacked IL 10
pieces with his knife. It's arms were
two feet in length and the suckers
we're of such power that even givingh
such a poor means of clinging as the
polished surface of 4 knife blade. held
by one arm, the entire fish could DO
raised from the ground. When found
il was %devourin@ "A large jelly fish, ana
had viii, il besides u monstrous KING
crab. 1t made fcrocious jumps II
lunrcs over The beach, having n very
nccuiiar motion. Its beak was parrot.
shaped and It's eyes were large ano
brlgnt.
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pitchcCrkcd

AEMoUR, March l9. -Jesse Powell and l..
u. Bates, two Charles Mix county farmers be
came involved in = quarrel In this city today.
The affair terminated OF 1 o'clock this after
noon at Henderson & Hunters livery barn.
Bates in trying to avoid Powell hid in the hay
NOW. Powell mounted q ladder ana was
struck with a pitchfork on the head By Bates.
He fell to the ground, Bates jumping after
him and striking him on the head repeatedly
with tine fork. Powell's head skull Is frso-
tured ia several places and ne can hardly live
through the night. Bates, thinking he had
killed his man. Immediately saddlcl a horse
and skipped the town. Deputy Sheriff Hen
dfrson and a posses are in pursuit and will
probably arrest him before night.
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100000.

NEW YORK, March % Francis +. Troy
bridge, member Of the stock exchange, has
been arrested on complaint Of Abram King,
a lawyer, who says that Trowbrldge sold
Stocks on his account and has refused to turn
over the proceeds of the sale. King believes
$4,000 vas realized and that the broker in
tended to ahscOnd.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

DrBCQrE, Ia, March 2o.-An organization
has been perfected to celebrate the centen-
nisl anniversary OF the first settlement Of the
great northwest region north Of st. Louis and
west Of the Mississippi river to the Pacific
made at this place ly Julien DuBuquc. a
tIcnch miner, in liSS. The celebration viii
take place here ia August.
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Ice Gorge.

RACINE, Wis, March 2I.-Thc lee gorge
which formed in the Root river Yesterday
noon broke today at 3 o'clock. The back
water did considerable damage. flooding the
dock and residence property. The ice is now
rapidly moving out Of the river and all dan
ger Is passed. $4,000 will cover the damage
done.
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F'a,al and Serious.

S~ACRANFSro, Cal. March 20-When the
vreck!ng crew arrived at Tamarsck and
cleared away the debris at the scene Of yes
tcrday's wreck the bodice If Brakemtn Con
Grave and McMaster and fremcn Hoops and
Martin were fouDd. Engineer Pickcns, who
was rcportcI dead, ia alive, but seriously In
iured, and it is feared that Engineer Truxnns
is fatally injured.
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"A Smash In.

PORTLAND, Ore, March pa mixed train
was Gcrailed on the Portland and Willamette
Valley road near here today. Conductor Col
boru was fatally injured. Ten passengers
were badly bruised, and so:;e had limbs frac-
tured. No dangerous injuries. Two carloads
Of cattle were Killed.
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Changed

NV YORK. March cot Is announced to-
day that Col. Elliot T. Shepard, formerly
president Of the New York State Bar assOcia-
tion, has purchased from Cyrus w. Field the
Mail and Express. The paper Will continue
Republican and in favor OF the protection OF
American industries.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
A paHnshoD Blaze,

LINCOLN, Ncb.. March "a. Fire IN the
pswnshop of Grcenstine d Hagan this morn
ing dis damage OF about $500. The flames
ate into the Nelson drug store adjoining aud
the damage by fire and water 10 the drug
stock was about the same. Fully Covered by
insurance.
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I~rNT!NspoS. Pa, March Ga frcigh,
az Barre this afternoon. \ brakeman and a
tranp wnre Killed, three tramps seriously in
iured and two boys who are missinc are sup
posed % be buried under 2 mass Of coal ard
coke dumped from the train.
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KANSAS IlrS, .uarcn 26
Genuine.
LIVE STOCK.

BLOOMINGTON, IL, March 2l.-A genuine
struck this vicinity about dusk. The
thermometer, which stood at 2s above this
morning, Is now, al l0p m, standing st l2
above, and viii doubtless. 60 lower.