Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-17
CUSTER CHRONICLE.
Cmcial Paper OF Custer County.


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The large warehouse Of A. +. Van
Devort being erected on Seventh street
is now enclosed, and will be completed
at an early day.
Hats, caps and gloves, at
Smith & Fitch's.
A new and nobby front upon Booth &
Webster's grocery establishment, is a
noticeable feature among the improve
ments of the week.
Go to Stones barbershop for a smooth
shave or q stylish hair cut.
s. N. Fitch, of the firm Of Smith &
Fitch, of this place, has commenced the
erection of an elegant two-story resi-
dence upon his property near the corner
Of Custer avenue and End street.
In the march Of empire you will find
that J.. Cochran sells good goods, cheap
for cash.
There will be a literary entertainment
at the court house, on Tuesday evening,
Nov. Goth, for the benefit of the Congre-
gational Sunday School. Admission, IS
cents. Children, 10 cents. A cordial
invitation 10 extended to all.
Don't buy a stove Of any kind until
you see me. l can save you money.
T. V. Garlock.
Residents Of this locality have no
reason to complain Of the weather.
Cool nights and sunny days is the rule,
with jus. enough sAo to suggest the
approach of winter, and the consequent
necessity of making the necessary pre-
parations 10 meet it.
Carpets, oil cloths and mattings cheap
ut Heidepriem's.
~~Dr. ]. II. Long, superintendent of the
public schools of Custer City is deliver
ing a series Of lectures on physiology
and hygiene in the higher department.
The lectures will occur weekly on Thurs
day at 3 o'clock D. m. Patrons of the
school are invited.
Clothing and furnishing goods, at
Smith & Fitch's.
Jacob Mills, Of French creek, recently
returned from Des Mones, Iowa, where
he took unto himself a wife," whose
name OF. correspondent failed to dis.
close. Jacob and his fair frau, are never.
thsless extended the best wishes of the
CHRONICLE for their future unalloyed
and unbroken happiness.
For sash and doors 90 to Heide.
priem's, the cheapest place in the Hills,
The Rapid Republican Of the 18th
inst. notes the following tin rumor: IL
is stated that in a few days somethin,
will drop in the n districts. Exactl,
wbas il is can not be learned, but it i
believed that the Harvey company vii
soon begin active operations at Hill
City"
Buy your iron, steel, nails, picks
shovels and mining supplies Of Il. V
Garlock.
Paints, oils, furniture polish. ant
varnishes of all kinds Tor sale at Heide
priem's.
The Custer City Dramatic Troupe
have in rehearsal the popular drama o
"Ten Nights i'm a Bar Room" which viii
be presented at the court house early il
December. The high reputation Of Gus
ter amateur dramatic performers will
as usual, have the effect Of attracting
large audience. Date of Performance
will be duly announced in a later issu'
Of this paper.
A complete stock Of paints, oils, warn
ish, sash and doors at L. V. Garlock's, q
prices that cannot be beat.
+. A. Scales, a gentleman who is in
terested in the White Spar mica mine
near this place, came in fiom MinneaT
oils on Monday, with a view to rcsun
ing operations on the same. A small
working force has been employed, ant
mica, which has been for years an I'm
touched resource of this locality. vii
again be utilized to the benefit of tn
Hills in general, and the mica emporium
in particular.
You can get better boots and shoest 6
Smith & Fitch's for less money than al
any other house in town.
Miss Rose Bower and her cousin Fred
die Rue, some time since, succeeded in
killing two wild cats on Battle creek
which had previously been tried by
dogs. This is probably the first instance
in the Hills where M Of these feroci
Gus animals has been dispatched by 81
youthful a pair, and fully entities Rose
TO the honor of being denominated
heroine, and the boy Freddie to the signi
ficant appellation of a Battle creek hero
One hundred barrels Of choice winte
apples. part Of which have been receiv
ed. and balance en- route, are beini
offered at bottom figures al Hitchcock's
The bodies OF G. W. Jones, Thoma
f. PendIeton, John Urquhart and J. w
Patterson, who were killed by Indian
in 1873, were taken up from the norti
side cemetery at Rapid City, and re
inferred in accordance with a resolution
passed by the city council at the Ever