Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-11-02
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A Swiss cheese which was received
by an Atchison grocery firm the Other
day weighed 700 pounds exclusive o:
the holes.
A magnificent specimen of the white
swan, shot long since in Alaska, had
wings nine feet eight inches long wheS
extended.
1t is said hat sixty-three millionaire.
reside in the territory between Dobb'i
Ferry and T~arrytown. n. Y, a distance
of only six miles.
The japanese government has coined
$50, 600 worth of nickel %fye-cent pieces
The people like them much, and the
coinage will be continued.
The government of Corea has bough'
a quartz crushing machine for the pur
pose OF getting out more gold. Placer
washings already produce a considera
bic quantity.
There are ruins near Gallup, Cal.
the foundation walls of which can be
traced for two miles, indicating tn,
existence of q large town in the locality
in bygone times.
1t is estimated that the amount o.
gold and silver coin at the bottom o.
the Atlantic Ocean is about $4,000. 600
and IL is further estimated that most of il
will stay right where it is.
A farmer at Anabeim, Cal, sent Eas
for some Wonderteld beans to expert
ment with. He received as many a,
would NIL 4 small teacup and planted
them. He gathered q crop of 100 sack
Ia 1889.
Under the laws Of Bulgaria, II s
patent medicine is warranted TO cure
certain disease and fails 10 do il the
manufacturer can be prosecuted and
sen to prison. No cures for consump-
ton can ba found in that country.
For every trunk carried 500 miles by
rail in the United States, one is smashed
to the extent of IS. There has been ne
improvement in the matter of handling
baggage from the time the first trunk
vas unhinged and split from top te
bottom.
Connecticut capitalists are boring for
oil in that state, in the town of South
bury. An old well gave indications
that there was oil beneath the surface
there in 1881, and it is near this wei
that the capitalists have Eow had bored
a shaft which is already 1,460 feet deep.
1t is intended to bore for oil at least g..
coo feet.
A. w. Davis, of Jasper. Ga, has al
his store a stone just the shape, colon
and size of a ripe muskmelon. One
side of it is fattensd a little just like
the under side of q melon. Mr.. Davi:
has sold this stone for a muskmelon
several times, but when the purchaser
goes to pick it up he finds that Ire has
been sold instead Of the stone
William Black is forty years old. with
a slight, graceful figure, which is well
set on by his elegant dress. His eyes
are dark and have very earnest ex-
preston. He talks well. but says very
little about his own works. His homo
is at Brighton, but he spends much
time in London. where he keeps q
sumptuous suite of apartments.
A veteran locomotive engineer
named William Bradley, while run
ming between Fruitvale and San Lean
dro. CAL, ran into what appeared { o be
a small cload, sweeping close to the
ground, but what was in reality a
swarm of bees. The cab was literally
filed with bees for a few minutes. but
neither he nor his fireman was stung.
A supposed imbecile made his escape
from IN English prison in a remarkable
manner. Being i'll. he wns allowed to
sit near a fire. at which was a clothes
horse Of three folds, Watching his
opportunity he took the c~lotheshorse
into the yard and converted il into a
ladder. by means of which he scaled
the wall, which vcs between thirty and
forty feet high.
The United States has q lawyer to
every 909 of its population ..It is
pleasant to think" says the Boston
Transcript. .'that these legal gentlemen
are not likely to be bought up by an
English syndicate. Therefore. when
900 Of our people get together they win
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
their quota Of lawyer Is in the
midst Of them. and busy = usual
A letter can now be sent round the
world In sfxU-ninsd days via Vancouver.