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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
REVERSED THE DECISION.
Assistant Secretary Bussey Revcrses a De-
cisIon OF the Ex-Commissioner.

Assistant Secretary Bussey Revcrses - De
cision of the Ex-Commissioner.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Assistant Sec
rotary Bussey has reversed the action OF
Commissioner Tanner in rejecting tho
application for pension OF r. NJ. Deitz,
Late corporal in Company G, Thirtieth
New Jersey volunteers. He applied for
pension for epilepsycontracted while on
duty about June ], 1868. The evidence
showed that he was not subject 20 cpl
lepsy prior TO his entrance into the army,
and a careful investigation into his his
tory developed no cause 10 which his
present disability could be ascribed
other than his army service. His claim
was rejected for insuficiency of evil
dence, but General Bussey holds that in
the absence OF evidence of any other
cause TO which the alleged disability
can be ascribed, whatever doubt there
may exist, should be retained in favor
Of the appellant, and he therefore de-
cides that he be pensioned. Assistant
Secretary Bussey has rejected a claim
for a pension Of Alyah III. Walker, filed
by his nearest friend Or. Mary L.
Walker, his sister. The allegation is
that Walker received a sunstroke while
in the service, but after sitting the evil
dence General Bussey finds that il Is in
sufficient to establish the facts alleged,
and "the claimants general appearance,
his habits as TO work, his mental eccen-
tricities, arc shown to have been about
the same before his service as they have
been since, barring b effects OF adyano
inT are"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Attempted a Criminal Assault.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 21.-A dGstardly
attempt was made yesterday evening by
two young men, Robert Price and Rob.
ert Hensley, from Bennett, TO commit q
criminal assault on the person OF Miss
Hattie L. Swanson, a l5-year-old girl,
who lives with her parents at Twenty
seventh and Il streets. The young me1
were regarded as friends Of the family.
having known them for some ten years
They were left alone in the house with
the young lady in the evening and tooB
this occasion to make the assault. The
young lady's father swore out a warrant
for them today and they were arrested
and brought to the city this evening
Hensley denies that he was mixed up IN
the affair. Price admits it and wants to
settle it up. Prices father is a promi'
nent contractor and quite wealthy.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Eloned wlth a Elaek Princess.

MNNEArRls Sept. Fl. - Monday
morning a company OF natives Of the
Samoan islands opened an engagement
az the dime museum. The party con-
sisted Of nine men. one oma and q
child. The woman was cOmely looking,
about % or % years Of age, and claimed
to be related to King Malietoa, Of the
Samoan islands. she gave it out that
she was q princess of the royal line, and
that her name was Sitanti. At the time
tho king was depOsed by the Germans
she left for San Francisco 20 be edI-
Gated. There she remained until about
three weeks ago, when she vas engaged
by an agent TO go with some other ma
tives on an exhibition tour through the
country. soon afterwards he opened in
Chicago. While there an American
named j.. :. Cotteral fell violently in
love with her, followed her TO this city
and yesterday eloped with her. They
are supposed to have gone TO San Fran
cisco, as she had been DESTROYS Of re-
turning 20 her native land since Mali
etoa il again in authority.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
ZIG Attorney-Generars Opinlon.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2l.--Ihe Evening
Star says: ''The encouragement has
rendered an opinion in the matter OF
fees owed by delegates OF the Creek
nation TO their attorneys, aggregating
Se2s, 900. The encouragement holds
that the Creel-s are an independent
people and the government can have no
Jurisdiction in the matter. A letter re-
ceived in this city from the Creek nation
recently stated that IL the attorney-gen-
eral should decide that the government
could not interfere the discontepted
would employ an attorney and bring
suit against the government to test the
uuestfon."
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

CHIcA00, Sept. 2L.-The libby
prison war museum, with its thousands
of relies, will be formally opened to-
night. Despite the trouble and labor
that was.involved in its removal from
Richmond the celebrated old structure
is almost stick for stick and stone for
stone as Il stood in its original location
In war times. The relics fill nine
spacious rooms and the collection is the
most valuable OF its kind in the country.
Major X. G. Knaggs, a member OF the
Seventh Michigan Infantry, and who Is
well-known among Grand Army veter-
as the privileged character Of old
Libby Prison, has been appointed SUI
p~erintendent Of the institution.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
n Closing Day.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 21.-This
Is the closing day of the reunion
of the Army of the Cumberland
and the participants are preparing to re-
turn home. This morning there were
excursions TO Atlanta, Knoxville, Nash.
Vile, Stones River aud other points
Veterans day. yesterday, was devoted te
a grand reunion OF the blue and the
gray at Crawford Springs, Ga, on the
Chicamauga battle field, was a great
success, the general participation in
smoking the pipe of peace being a move,
feature.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Shielded in Dcnrcr.

FoRT DoDGE, Ia, Sept. 2O.-News was
received here today that Lowell Carna-
han committed suicide in Denver Tues
day night by taking morphine. About
II o'clock Carnahan walked into a sa-
loon and called for a glass of lemonade,
and soon after drinking il fell TO the
floor. The patrol wagon was called and
Carnahan was taken 20 the station, the
police s~upposing him to be only intoxi-
Gated. At about l o'clock 10 was discov-
cred that he was dead. A search az the
saloon from which he was taken re-
yealed a phial that had evidently con-
tanned morphine, That told the story.
From a letter addressed to him by a
brother in this city his identity was es-
tablished. The young man left home
some months ago against the wishes Of
his parents, but no cause is known for
his rash act.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
A0-Year-OId Child Sentenced.

New York, Sept. e0.-An extraor-
binary story comes from Norwalk, Conn,
where a ~e-year-old child had been SEN
fenced by a Connecticut justice Of the
peace to fifteen years In the state reform
school, until he shall be of age. Owing
to the indignation which has been
aroused II is not likely TO be carried out
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Locked Up a Wisconsin Procuress.

NEESAH, Wis, Sept. 20.-Ada Wilson
arrived in this city recently, claiming
70 be looking for dining 0 girls. She
secured three young girls, Tillie Kraus,
Nellie Demorest, and another young
girl living at Mcnasha, and was about
TO take them TO the train for Republic,
Mich. when the city marshal learned
that she intended 20 take them TO 2 den
near that place, which Is run by a man
named Jack Thompson. The p~rocureSs
was arrested, a~rraigned, and placed
under bonds of $500 and taken TO Jail as
Oshkosh. Warrants arc also out for
William Birmingham and a man named
Utley for aiding the woman in her neia-
riOus work.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Fire on a steamer.

NEW York, Sept, 2l.-Fire broke out
on the steamer Nashua of the Provi.
dence line at the pier, foot OF Warner
street this morning. Considerable
damage was done TO freight and ma
chinery. Fifteen tugs lent assistance in
subduing the flames. The firemeI
were unable to do little, being unable
to reach the boat.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

DEBORAH, H.. Sept. sl.-Early yes
terday morning she house Of julius
Meyer was burned. II was supposed
the owner had escaped through the
back door. but on examination after the
fire was extinguished his charred re-
mains were found on the floor OF the
second story. An overturned lamp Is
supposed to be the cause.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
He Got $50 in Damages.

~PIrrsBUEo, Pa, Sept 20.-L Il
Rees sued the Pennsylvania rail
road company for damages for beins
elected from a train because he refused
20 nay 10 cents more than the regGla
fare TO tho conductor, Rees having NJ
tleilet lie claimed that he hadohad ms
natice oi tho regulation before he wen
ON the train and did not have time Il
procure q ticket The case was tried
today, ard the plaintiff was awardeS
$3.50.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Fatal Fight.

WArEEvILLE, Miss, Sept. 20.-At
Randolph Monday night a fight occurred
between Bob and Ike Carr and Lon Con-
nelly. The Carr brothers were armed
with reyolvers and Connolly with a
bowie knife. Bob Carr was killed, Ike
fatally wounded and Connolly only
slightly hurt.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Foand cuIlty of aIurder.

NEw YORK, Sept. 20.-The coroner's
jury found Christian Deyhle guilty OF
the murder of Frederick Gesswein,
whom he shot in his Office on the 13th
inst. Deyhle is in the last stages of
consumption, and il Is believed he will
not live TO be brought 20 trial.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
win Not Reduce the Price.

New York, Sept. eo.-In the cigar
makers convention today the PROPOSE
ton TO reduce the price of the union
label was defeated.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
college for Women DEDICATED.

SYRACUSE, N. Y. Sept 2o.-The Johi
Grouse memorial college ~r women, thu
gift OF the late John Grouse TO Syracuss
university, was dedicated yesterda.
afternoon. The building cost abom
$500, COO, and Is considered one OF tn,
tnesl college buildings in the country
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

CmcAeo. Sept. 2l.-Ex-oficer Melon
aid was shot and fatally wounded by his
wife at 2 o'clock this morning. The
pair ~quarreled about money matters and
Mrs. Mcdonald seized her husbands re-
volver and shot him. Mrs. Mcdonald
was arrested.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

MAYS LANDING, N. j., Sept. e0-Mrs.
Robert Ray Hamilton, who was found
guilty yesterday Of an atrocious assault
upon the nurse OF her child. was SEN
fenced 10 two years in states prison
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Three children nurnod 20 Death.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 2o.-A frame
dwelling in Pasadena occupied by a
widow, Mrs. Bacon, and four children,
was burned last night. Three OF tire
children, aged 10, s and . years, per-
ished in the flames.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
A Cad indian Gone.

FENDER, Neb., Sept. 2o.-Joseph Big
Bear, one Of the Indian prisoners in Jail
at this place. died very suddenly at 10
o'clock last night. and the symptoms
point to poisoning. An inquest viii 10
held.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Major MerriIi withdraws.

LAwREScE, Mass, Sept. al.-Majo
Merrillh has justtelegraphed M jorwarnG
at Washington to absolutely withdrawn tn,
formers name from consideration II
connection with the pension commits
sionership.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Fun OF Romance.

ST. CLOUD, MINI, Sept. 2l.-Thcre
was a romantic marriage at the Central
Minnesota fair yesterday afternoon. It
was announced that q couple from Elk
river would be welded in tho presence
Of the multitude on the grounds. When
the pair entered the hall nobody seemed
10 know them. Inquiry, however, ellie
tied the fact that the groOm's name is
Harry G.. Babcock, a popular young
tradesman OF Elk River, and the bride,
Miss Nellie Hughes, Of Chicago. The
match is the result Of an advertisement
in q newspaper. The correspondence
continued, photographs were exchanged,
a propos /. Of marriage was made and
accepted. Yesterday Babcock met his
bride for the first time. They came di-
rect 20 this city. The ceremony was
performed in a parlor arranged at one
end Of the floral hall, Rev. g.. ii. Car
bic officiating. Numerous presents were
showered upon the happy pair, ranging
all the way from two cOops OF chickens
to fifty silver dollars by the fair associa-
fiDu.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

CHICAGO, Sept. 2i.--The war between
the Pennsylvania and Moncn roads
came to an end today, rates being 70
stored to the old figure.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

LONDON, Sept. 2l.-The race for the
Lancashire plate. valued at sia, 900, run
at Manchester today, was won Donovan
Chitabob second. Atlantic third.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21
Terracing, Ditehing and Leveelng.

1t is surprising TO note the very little
attention given to terracing, ditching
and leveeing in the average Southern
farm. Not unfrequently good farmers
are guilty of carelessness in laying off
rows amounting to criminal depletion
and utter ruin Of the land. No farmer,
however skilled, can hope 10 retain to
field its fertility with the rows laid
contrary 70 the laws Of nature and good
drainage. Water, though soft and plia-
BILE, can, when brought to proper play,
rip and devastate iron, much less mel
low, yielding soil. | have noticed on
rolling lands rows laid with such ex-
treme fall as TO occasion great washouts
at every freshet. On perfectly level
land it scarcely makes any difference
as regards the direction Of rows, but
on land the least undulating great
care should be exercised II any con-
sideration is to be given 70 the retention
of the soils fertility. The cuts and
plots on land more OF less rolling should
be small and many, rather than large
and few, TO furnish system OF drainage
less liable 10 wash. These should be
4
ing excessive rainfall BY series of
properly pitched and directed terraces,
or in farmers parlance '}eyees." The
more falling the land, tho more neces-
sary they are and the larger number TO
the cut. They should run contrary to
the rows and somewhat diagonally,
which offsets the waters rush and ANAL
ramates tho trash and soil without ma
terial displacement or injury to the
land, conducting the water gradu-
ally and uniformly into bitches.
headrows or elsewhere. consistent
with good drainage Early in the
spring before bedding the land is
the best time 20 pat them in. IT
solidifies their base and makes them
less liable 70 break. Never pillow
through them IN cultirating the crop,
but flush Shem up with five or six fur
rows TO the row, with turn-plow two or
three times during a season, and keep
weeds chopped down, They are Of in
calculable value 10 both land and crops.
To those placing them without Previous
experience, ] would advise ghe use Of o
land-levei first seeing that the rows
have sufficient fall 70 condnct water mn
aided without breaking az any point.
Lay the terrace of in manner 70 take
the water IN nearly an opposite diree-
tion 70 that which the rows do. giving
JUST sufficient slant 70 prevent washing
or stagnation. The number OF terraces
70 the cut depends upon the size Of the
cut and the degree 81 slope 81 the Land.
Ditching, when done Thoroughly and
in aeearianee with practical engineer
Ing, Is. to inanaAt.ng lspa. ~ eanal
value and VI more lasting benefit than
fertilization sassmAeh "a u "a ratuEal
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21
HERE AND THERE.

An English. court once decided that
lamb became sheep as soon as it ac-
quired its first pair of permanent teeth.
If that is sound doctrine the lamb be-
comes sheep when it is about a year
old.
1t is a fact that large grass hogs
shown at the fairs are losing their at
fractions for the Intelligent growers and
feeders. More attention centers upon
the neatsmooth hog of moderate weight,
quickly grown.
Sheep should not be compelled to
feed at the same rack with cattle. They
are liable to be hooked and a vicious
ram may sometimes do injury TO cattle.
Separate yards and separate racks are
safest and best.
The fall pigs or stockers to be win
tered which have the run Of the sod or
pasture fields get supply OF grass in
open weather that conduees much TO
their health. When every thing is
locked up with cold some other provis-
ion must be made.
Young ewes may be poor mothers.
Ii is better, therefore, 20 have them
drop their lambs little later than the
older ewes do. The fiockmaster viii
have more time to give them attention,
and the weather will be warmer. April
or May is time enough for young eve
to drop her lamb.
All materials added to the manure
heap should be fine. The object of the
heapis TO have the material undergo a
chemical process through decomposition,
and the result TO be obtained depends on
the degree OF decomposition. Unless re-
dueed in the heap the material is not
converted into manure.
As soon as the coupling season is
over the breeding ewes should be sepa-
rated from the Gock and fed on nourish-
ing food. They should not be made too
fat, for fear OF milk fever at lambing
time, but they require good feeding Il
they are to produce strong lambs. Plenty
OF hay with mess Of ground oats once
a day should keep them in good condi-
ton.
An English dairy writer says: Dairy
work has made such gigantic strides
forward within the last ten years, and
there has been so many wonderful dis
coyeries and INVENTIONS in this depart
ment, that we may not now be surprised
at any thing. bat may yet eclipse Edi-
son and his electric maryeiS before man
years.
AN old farmer puts tho solution q
the renewing worn-ont wheat lands
problem in the following words: Less
wheat. more grass more stock; mere
stock, more mannnss more manure, more
grass; corn This year wheat nexti fhen
more grass after wheat; more stoct.,
more manure; more manure. more gras !;
more grass, stock and manure, more
money; more money. pnableBl solved
The official returns published by 4 Q
French University 81 Agriculture she "
that the productioH and consumption ot
milk amount every yaar " i,a9 600. 600
gallons, which Is taFee times ia exec ;
of the production 90 wine and tho a.
partnonts which produce THE moss mi (
are those which produce the least win
lin feeding animals. especially RIG
mistakes may be- easily made ~ q p
choice Of food, and such food a. VIII Z
preserve the heaithfui balance may he
used in the effort - force . rapid :
vance IN tie f4tsening process. Corn )
often used 20 too great an escess ~
general feeding esnsaas ssy taes :
. generslsy-6e siH Qus en- Vle
sueh systen prevails Hes ea0lS.s
efssa pFeoi eE bad feeding
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21
A MILLION OF BABIES.
Following Them Up from Their Birth &c
Their Death.


Their Death.
Take your pencil and follow me while
we figure out on what viii happen to the
1000, 900 of babies that have boon born
In the last LOCO, 600 seconds. believe
that is about the averages ~s'one every
time the clock ticks" Oc4ober l, 1890.
if statistics don't belle us, we will have
lost $50, 900 Of these little ''prides of the
household A year later s. 900 moro will
be keeping company with those who have
gone before. At the end of the third
year we find that $4,000 more have
dropped by the wayside. The fourth
year they have become rugged little
darlings, not nearly so susceptible to in
fantile diseases, only 5000 having sue
cumbed to the rigors imposed BY the
master. BY the time they have arrived
at the age of twelve years but paltry
few hundred leave the track each year.
After three score years have come and
gone we find less trouble in counting
the army with which we started in the
fall Of 1889. k
OF the 1000, coo with which we began
our count but $1,000 remain: 60. geo
have gone the way Of all the world aud
the remaining few have forgotten that
they ever existed. At theend Of 50, or,
taking our mode OF reckoning. By year
1863, A. D., there are still $1,000 gray
haired, shaky old grannies and grand
fathers, toothless, hairless and happy.
In the year 1885, our 1000, 900 babies
with which we started in 1883. win have
dwindled to an insignificant e23 help
less old wrecks stranded on the shores
of Time" In 1892 all but seventeen
have left this mundane sphere forever,
while the last remaining wreck will
probably, in seeming thoughtlessness,
watch the sands filter through the hour
glass of Time and die in the year 1897 at
the age of los. What a bonnteous sup
ply of food for rofeetion,-St. Louis Re.
vublie sH
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21
curlous nu.lne.. comblnatIon.

l don't know--ahd never viii, sup
pOse-why il is that SO many men flock
70 a city to make . living. IL is hard
work here for poor man. was out On
one of the side streets q few days ago
collecting. when I saw a strange sign
or two OF them. to be more accurate. On
one window was the announcement
Undertaking. On the other was the
sign, .'Fresh country butter.n went
in. The man looked as If be would be
tho first victim Tor the undertaken. He
said he had TO scratch to make a living
and that he was agent for an undertaken
downtown. Il have had some expert
ence in making collins, he said, and he
looked it, But business is kind Of
slow, " he continued, "and so we got to
selling milk and finally 70 making butter.
Between the two we manage 10 live
Ny wife makes the butter and sell
collins on g commission. - Chicago Trib-
une.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21

With some kinds OF stock especially,
TOO much salt will often prove very in
jurious; and when the salt is only given
occasionally it viii often occur that thu
animals, being very hungry for salt, will
eat more than is besA On the other
hand, as a rule. If supply OF salt is kept
convenient, the stock will eat what they
want and no more. They are not likely
to damage themselves, under ordinary
conditions, If boxes are provided, and
are kept filed, so that tho stock can
help themselves to what they want to
eat. 1t is not the quantity they eat. in
o given length of tissr, but rather the
large quantity that they viii catat once,
when they have been deprived Of it,
that proves more or less injurious.
There is no class of stock kept apon
the farm but that viii be benefited ay
having access to good supply OF salt,
and some arrangement should be made
so that this can be done. During the
season that stock are in the pasture,
boxes or troughs may be placed in con-
venient places, where the stock can go
and help themselves.
Inc advantage IN using rock salt Is
that II placed in boxes or troughs with
out shelter there is but little If any
waste, either by throwing out of the
boxes or troughs in eating, or by being
washed out by hard rains A box placed
in the center of the hog-p pen and kept
supplied with salt and ashes will aid
materially in keeping the hogs in good
health and thrift. Sheep, cattle and
horses need a supply all the time; and
if it is placed where they can secure a
supply readily, they will be found eat
ing small quantity every day.
AS a rule, with the exception Of hogs
and poultry, the better plan Is to give
the salt by itself. With poultry, usually
the better plan is T. season the food
Prairie Farmer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-11-21

A bill in the Georgia Legislature which
prohibits the sale of seed cotton between
the dates August Is and December Is,
meets with considerable opposition. The
object was 10 prevent renters and others
from rushing in and breaking down
prices SO early in the season. also to pre-
vent the sale OF the seed, but the OPP
ponents said small farmers wanted to
take their pickings to town as soon as
gathered to get needed supplies, and.
should the bin pass, they would be com
peeled to ask some larger planter to let
them put their cotton in their bales in
order to sell it,-Farmers' Home Jour
nal