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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Cremation In Paris.

The cremation furnaces In Pere Ia
Chaise cemetery at Paris are now in
complete working order: and the munich
pal council Of the city has, after due de-
liberation. reached "a decision as to the
scale OF charges for the incineration Of
the dead in cases where this system may
be preferred to burial Fifty francs il
the tariff, and as the payment Of this
small sum gives, In addition to the use
Of the furnace. the right OF occupying a
shelf in the 'columharium" for five
years, the charge is not in any way ex-
cessiye. OF course, the urn required to
contain the ashes of a cremated person
constitutes an extra, as likewise the
pomp to be displayed in cremation. for
which latter item the sum of from
twelve francs to 600 francs may DO
asked. For the simple burning process
however, and for a five years right TO a
shelf in the ''columbarium" the price Of
q couple Of pounds Is really low.-Lon-
don Standard.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

One does not expect 20 speak bis
mother tongue in the highways and by
ways of Paris, Berlin or Vienna, but in
London one hopes at least to be under
stood. as is often not the case. A Wash
ingtonian doing the sights Of this Eng
lish capital ordered his cabman to drive
to the Alhambra. Where is it, sir:"
asked the cabby. "Well. my man. that's
what don't know and what you ought
to know, If you pretend to know your
business" Poor cabby was nonplused
and asserted with evident modification
that though he had made his living as a
London cabman since boyhood he had
never heard Of such a place as the AL
hambra- why" said the much dis
gusted American, Its a place where
they have music and dancing and plenty
to drink" ''Oh! it's the Helumbria you
mean. sir" and with q sarcastic smile on
his face at the pronunciation Of his
American cousin he drove TO the place
in question. Washington Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
An Interesting Family.

Old Mrs. Baron Mure told me that Lord
Byron's mother was a fool and his father
was a rascal. He poisoned his first wife,
Lady Caermarthen, who was divorced
from him because her father. Lord Hold
ernesse. left his money TO her illegisimate
children, and he had nothing more to
expect. Miss Gordon, though she was
told Of this, and had a fortune of 81, 900
q year, married him. He spent all her
estate, saving about ESQ a year. on which
she lived with her son In a garnet at Aber-
deem, supported in a great measure by
her friends, who, when they killed a COW
or sheep, would send her part. She was
always fat. When Mrs. Siddons appeared
first in Edinburgh Miss Gordon took a
hysteric fitin the playhouse, chung round
Mrs. Mure's neck. kicked of her shoes,
and was carried out by Mr.. Dundas, now
chief baron. and put into Lord Napier's
carriage, which conveyed her. screaming
all the way, to Georges square, where
she then resided with Baron Clark's
mother. Charles X. Sharpe
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
A Big Steamers Twin Screws.

When Capt. Watkins. of the City of
Paris, left Queenstow. on the 25th of
last month and started on q course fifty
nine miles shorter than his famous run
shorter because he ran nortbward where
the world grows smaller and came down
over the shoulder of 1.-The great globe
we inherit" taking any possible chance
there might be Of fogs and ice in cross
ing the banks of Newfoundland at this
season-the engines were put at full
speed, and for something over four days
they were driven at the average ate of
ninety revolutions of the screws per
minute. There was a variation from
eighty-six to ninety-two revolutions.
When the furnaces were opened to be
cleaned the intensity of the steam would
be diminished for a few minutes and the
speed of the screws reduced to eighty
six turns in the minute. 1t will be noted
that the average speed was three revo-
buttons in two seconds, and the screws
are twenty feet in diameter. 1t is aston
ishing that this velocity can be main
tanned day and night without a seconds
waiting and avoid developing excessive
and Gripping heat.
The fact that thirty men are employed
to pour oil upon the bearings and all
parts where the friction is severe will
perhaps account in part for the phenom-
ena, but certainly only the greatest per-
lection of material. and the most deli
cate adaptation of one part to the other,
could provide for such a strain without
disaster. doubt whether so startling a
test of integrity and absolute exactitude
in manufacture a be found in any
other machinery. During the late run
of the City of Paris the wind was so
strong from tho north one afternoon as
to give the ship a decided lift, elevating
the larboard screw so that at each turn
the blades threw showers of spray with
a dazzling rush far behind the vessel
There are four blades in the screw, re-
volving three times in two seconds-so
there were six white surges per second
dashed to the winds, and p fine reminder
Of the snowy rapids of Niagara.-M.
Halstead's ION the Bounding Billowa"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Disease I'm Rocks.

~ sometimes am almost led to believe
that the intellectual benefit derived from
a public library is outweighed by the
physical detriment," were the words that
fell from the lips Of a distinguished
physician a day or two ago, as he rather
gingerly handled a greasy looking vol.
ume that ornamented the mantel piece
of a patients sick chamber.
Not only is a bookworm's absorption
often injurious to his health. but it is a
well authenticated fact that disease may
be written between the lines of books, be
they fiction, poetry or theology. The
average patron Of a circulating library is
q person not overscrupulous as to the
care of a borrowed volume. He will al
low filth TO accumulate rapidly within
and without, and, if a member of the
household be stricken with measles, OF
scarlatina, or even diphtheria or small
pox. like as NJ the book will find its way
into the presence or the lapof the invalid,
TO be transferred thence a little later to
the shelves of the library, and then to the
hands of some unsuspecting reader.
''The leaves of the book easily absorb
the germs of disease that float in the at
mosphere. Microscopes have brought to
light the fact that bacilli sometimes over
sprinkle a page with the frequency of
periods and commas. The handling of
such a book might be fatal to the reader.
1t is not actually known that many ILL
nesses result from such causes. but there
is always the danger,
SIIn
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
4 Live Rsttlesnake in a Denot.

A colored waiter in the new Central
Railroad depot restaurant in Jersey City
saw a rattlesnake crawling along the
floor near a party Of ladies. He yelled
"S?akes!' and the ladies ran ont into the
a shed screaming. The waiter had an
armful of dishes. AS the snake was
heading for him he dropped the dishes
and ran. Two men who had been eating
at the lunch counter followed him. One
Of the ladies who had run out told John
Van Pelt, a conductor. about the snake.
Van Pelt got a stick and a friend of his
got another, and they went into the res
taurant Half a dozen walters, a cook
and three passengers were sitting on the
lunch unit They were freed The
snake was crawling toward the door,
shaking its rattle savagely, Van Pelt
and his friend made a combined attack.
Van 9elt's stick was pointed, and he
speared the snake through the neck, PIN
ming it to the floor. The other man beat
the reptile to death. Then the walters
and cook and passengers came down
from the ounter The snake was about
two feet long. II had four rattles. How
it got into the depot Is a mystery. Pos
sibly it had been shipped as freight, and
had in some way escaped from contine-
ment.-New York Sun.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
JOKING IN
Franks Which Often Proceed from Serious
or Malicious Purpose.

Franks Which Often Proceed from Serious
or Malicious, Purpose.
The various professions have their own
records of practical jokes, which too
often proceed from some serious or mali.
cious purpose. One such prank. under
taken with vengeful design, was that of
the Belgian painter Writ, who, year
after year. sent pictures to the Salon,
only TO have them returned. as the
judges, whose duty it was TO pass upon
the pictures submitted, would have
nothing to do with him.
Finally he became possessed OF a
genuine Rubens, which he sent off to the
Salon bearing his own name. 1t was at
once sent back to him, and then, as the
phrase goes, he had the judges on the
hip, and could taunt them with not
knowing the work of a master when
they saw it.
Another such practical joke was play
ed upon the late Nine. Rudersdorff by
Sir Michael Costa, the conductor. At
rehearsal one day the lady declared that
she could not sing her song as it was
WHICH,, phb lhNSS uaHo tidlopOSSh
half a note lower.
But, madam" said Costa. consider
the Inconvenience, especially to the wind
instruments, and particularly as all my
men cannot be counted upon to transpose
at sight"
But madame was obdurate, and Costa,
Struggling his shoulders, bowed in acqui-
escence.
Every well, gentlemen" said he, turn
ing to the bewildered orchestra, and
closing his score. Tomorrow you will
play it a note lower"
The x day, however, just before
Mime. Rudersdorf came on to sing, Costa
whispered to the orchestra: in the orig
inal keyl No change" And 80 it was
sung.
At the close Of the air the singer turned
to Costa and thanked him warmly.
Il am charmed" she said.
Madame" replied Costa, with a touch
of pleasant irony, ''we are also charmed.
You sang it in the original key"
Had Nine. Rudersdorf's ear been as
unerringly correct as that of certain phe-
nomenal musicians the joke could never
have been successfully carried out, but
the conductor, of course, knew with
whom he had TO deal.-Youth's Com
panion.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
karnins His College Course.

Speaking of snobbishness. the Listener
is glad to have occasion to note a case of
old fashioned manly absence of that
unpleasant reality Spending a Sunday
recently with a friend in a very delight
full summer resort not far away, where
a good many pleasant cottages have been
built on a cliff commanding a fine view
of the summer sea, the Lis u happen
ed to be sitting on the veranda with his
friend as a milkman's wagon drew up in
the street. The milkman. a sturdy young
fellow, Of pleasant face. dismounted,
rang a bell by way of warning to the
maids Of the vicinity TO get their pitchers
ready, and then started around with his
cans and his pint measure. AS he passed
around to the back door of the cottage,
the Listeners friend saluted him as one
gentleman salutes another. And when
the milkman had gone the other said:
"That young man Is a member of the
class of 80 at Harvard college,"
''Indeedg"
"Yes. He is carrying himself through
entirely by his own exertions, and be
takes this way OF helping himself out l
dare say he makes enough money selling
milk at a good figure to the people here
in the summer time 10 pay the greater
part of his expenses for the remainder
of the year at Cambridge"
"Does he water his milk"
mot perceptibly. 1t is very good milk,
and / have no doubt he is as honest as
the business allows"
There was a young man in the house
who belongs to the class below the milk
mans in college. and he testified to the
excellent standing of the young man at
Harvard.
Such an incident Is one of a good many
which go to prove that Harvard men are
by no means all idle swells. Perhaps
there is not nearly so large a proportion
of students at Harvard who earn money
in the summer time by table waiting at
the mountain and seaside resorts as at
Dartmouth or Amherst, but there are
certainly a good many men there who
carr every cent of their college expenses.
Boston Transcript.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Societies.
A. II q A. VI.

a. II e A. NJ.
Custer City odge, No. &c. A.. +. & A. NJ, meets
In Masonic hall In regular communication on
1 he nrst aud third Wednesdays of each month.
s. N. BOOTH, W. n.
FL. v. RurkowsKI, Sec.
q. 4. n.
Gen. Steele Post No. ~ meets In regular session
on the list and 3rd Fridays ofeach month at the
Court House Hall at 1880 p. m. Visiting mem.
bers will meet with u hearty welcome.
s. NJ. BooTH, Commander,
AT FEAY, AdIutant.
". X. O.
Auxiliary to the G.. A. R. General Steele
orps No. IS meets In regular session on the first
nd third Fridays Of each month. at the court
onse, at 1880 p. m. All nrmbers are requested
o be present.
Mrs. BERTHA Woop, Prest.
MRS. ELIZABETH NAcDoN AID, Sec.
4. a. a. 4.
Fidelity Lodge OF I. 0, G. T. meets at the
Court. House at 7:s1 p. m. Saturday evenings.
@. c.. CARR, w. c. T. c. K. BoYDEN, W.
~. G. r. n.
The womans Christian Temperance Union
meets on the LIST and srd Thursdays Of each
month at s o'clock p. IN. in the Methodist
Church Ladies are cordially invited TO attend
cur sessions.
Mas. A. YERKEs Prest.
Miss II. Z. X. DENNY, Y. ..
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
New styles Of Postal Cards.

The new postal cards soon to be issued
viii vary in size, There will be three
sizes when the contracts are finally taken
up-one a fine, delicate card for ladies
use, much smaller than that now in cir
culation and Of much finer quality.
Finely calendered raper will be substi-
tuted for the old buff blotting paper. An
intermediate card of the same size as
the one now in use will be retained. and
q new large card will be introduced that
can be used for business purposes. and
viii be large enough TO allow q billhead
to be printed thereon. besides the other
matter. Washington Cor. Boston jour-
nal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05


The truth Is that a man can better
afford to sacrifice his dinner daily for a
year than live without hope for a week.
And nature has recognized that 1t Is SO.
What phrase Ii more common in our
mouths than the simple but ~significative
II hopper Nor Ii there any human be-
ing, howsoever forlorn in material pos.
sessions or howsoever afflicted, who was
not originally endowed with this capaci-
ty Of hope. Go to the hospitals, where
n might suppose 1t were easy to find
despair In many aspects. The doctor
viii whisper to you that this or that in
valid Is doomed, and that he cannot. by
all the evidence Of human foresight and
experience, live one day more. "Well,
and how are your you say to the sick
man. and perhaps you cannot help be-
traying In your tone the pity you feel
Tor him. thus lowering between two
worlds, about one Of which alone, the
one he Is leaving. you arc able TO assure
yourself that you know anything de-
cisive. "Oh. much better" he replies,
with strong hope in his voice and his
eyes. 81 think ! shall Don be we'll
All the Year Round.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
IsrrItorIai OFFICERS,

Goyeinor-LouisK Church
secrstai y-A. l.. Mccormack.
Chief yustice-Bartlett Iripp.
Associate J~ustices-Charles N. Thomas, W. B.
Mcconnell, z. y. Palmer anu Jane, spencer,
uaIted state sAitorney-John Z. Garland
United states Narshal--D. ". Maratta.
9 lrveyor ueneral--Maris Taylor.
ID hsgnte TO Congress--O. S, Clifford.
T ,rrit9risl rressurer-J w. Raymond.
Territorial Auditor-E. w Caldwell.
u~perintendentof Public lnstruetion-A .Sher-
tdan Jones. Asslstlnt-J. w, Cowan.
Attorney Geueral-George g. Fngel
Q
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Advice TO Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for
children teething, is the prescription OF
one Of the best female nurses and ply
sicisns in the United States, and has
been used for forty years with never
failing success by millions of mothers
for. their children. During the process
of teething its value is incalculable. 1t
relieves the child from pain, cures dys-
EMERY and diarrhea, gripping in the
bowels, and wind-colic. By giving
health to the child it rests the mother
Price 25c. q bottle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

CLERK OF Court--F. J. v. Rutkowski.
District Attorney--w II. Frye.
Comnissioners--J. r. Street, r. A. Towner, J. H
hries,
gherif--Benj Y, Porter.
Register Of Deeds--Jos. K. Pitcher.
Treasurer--E. II. Flynn.
Aaessor--samuel r. Maddox
Judge Of Pro0ate-Cyrus W. Robbins.
Coroner--J. l.. Conant.
supt. of Pub. nstruction--willisC c. Bower.
Justice Of the Peace-J. NJ. Lewis, Custer.
Constable--JasS Scott, Custer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

Theodore Tilton was one Of the pas
sengers or the Deadwood coach at Buff
falo Bills Wild West show In Paris the
other day. and conveyed the idea to the
audience that he was enjoying himself.
Mrs. Langtry was also = recent passen-
ger on the vehiale.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
CUSTER CHRONICLE.
Arrival and Dspartnre OF Mails,

ulster and Buffalo Gap daily leaves Custer
Z 10 q. IN. Arrives AZ Buffalo Gap al $50 D. a.
Leaves Buffalo Gap at 10 q. IN. Arrives al
Custer 4:30 p. N.
Custer and Deadwood (tri-weekly) leaves Gus.
ter Tuesdays. ihursdaysan Saturdays at 6 a. J..
Arrives ~ Deadwood same day . .. m. Arrives
at Custer Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9
p. m. Leaves Deadwood same days 6 a. m.
Custer and Rapid (tri-weekly way mail arrives
and departs via Custer and Deadwood route.
Custer aud Rocks (weekly) arrives and departs
Saturdays.
G.. w. HITCHCOCK p NJ
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

Rumors are rife In London a. to the
health Of the Prince Of Wales. which ID
said TO be much impaired. II IL also said
that he seeks to keep the real truth Of his
condition from tho newspaper reading
public.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
reIls ON Itsslf.

IT wish ! knew how to tell Q good
egg from . bad one" writes q young
housekeeper; "they all look alike TO
me-" Look at 'em with your nose,
Clara, look at 'em with your nose. You
must be blind II you couldn't hear the
difference then.-Burdette in Brooklyn
Eagle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Why embitter life By dragging around

Why embitter life by dragging around
with lame back, diseased kidneys, drop
steal swellings, female weakness, nery.
Gus debility, heart disease and rhenma-
tic complaints, when DR. Fenneris Kid.
ney and Backache Cure will so quickly
cure? Rev. A. j. Merchant, Presiding
Elder writes: st gave me almost in
slant and entirely permanent relief
Superior to all known medicines in these
diseases. For sale at Hitchcock's.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
When Colonel Higgins OF Fredonia

When Colonel Higgins OF Fredonia.
was building the Louisiana and Texas
Railroad. nothing was found to prevent
Jthe effects of the malaria on the work
|men and ward off disease equal to DR..
Fenner's Capitol Bi;ters. Use his Blood
and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic IN
oil blood, skin and nerve disorders, his
Cough Honey in all coughs, and his
Golden Relief in all pains, stomach and
bowel disorders. For sale at Hitchcock,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

Caster CITY Officers.
Board OF Trustees A. Johnson, President II
q. Butterfeld, T. v. Garlock. A. p. Smith, X. 5
Lewis, W. W. Ward. W. Altaier.
Clerk-F. J. V. RutkowskI.
TreAsurer-H. A. Albien.
Marshal-J. II. Scott.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Uafted states Land Office.
CepntyJfHcer

Resister-John r. whiteside, oeadwood.
RecsiVer-John LaFaber, DeRdwood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05

In the march of empire you will find
that j.. Cochran sells good goods, cheap
for cash.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Con-re~,Uo.ay Cby,cb

Rev. II. J. Mtcombsr, Pastnr.-DiyIae serv
ice every sunday at Ii a. m. aud p. m. san
day sch,o ~ 10 n. IN. Meetings for prayer AND
Conference Wednesday evenings, All are cor
daily we come.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
Churches.
M~fssdi-r Churrh

Rev. W. a. ttwaters Pastor-Ssrvlco In the N
e. Church every sunday at ~ o'clock n. IN, anc
1850 o'clock p. m, All are cordially invited.
Sabbath School At 10 O'Clock "a. M.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-05
CusteT County

Devoted to local and general
news, and advertising the
resources of the
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-06-20
Fork Items.

The crops are on boom, and so is the
grass, which has the upper hand Of the
farmers. The cotton will have to be re-
thinned, or the most of it. Some havn't
thinned the first time yet.
MI. Butler Durham has the best field OF
corn and cotton We have seen this season.
Mr.. Durham is one among the best far
mers in this section.
Oats have improved wonderfully since
the rain. Wheat is somewhat low, but
well.flled, and ere long we will hear the
hum of the thresher.
Mr.. D. M. Tippens has rented the An
dersonville Mills, and has it in good re-
pair, ready and willing to grind the grain
on short notice. We bespeak for him a
liberal patronage from the people.
Mr.. W. B. Durham is the champion
snake-killer. We understand he killed q
highland moccasin six feet long. Mr.. D.
is considered a truthful man by his
friends.
The Farmers Alliance at the Broyles'
Lodge is in a prosperous condition, but
from all accounts it can't keep up with
the Georgia Alliance.
The good people of Andersonville we're
sadly disappointed last Sunday night, as
Rev. NJ. T.. Carswell, Of Georgia, did not
fill his appointment to preach for them,
but Notwithstanding their. disappoint.
ment, the young people spent aE hour at
the house of Mr.. Newton Smith very
pleasantly in singing.
In company with young friend we
visited the Sunday School at Anderson
old classmates. The school is presided
over by by Hon. q. P. Earle as superin-
tendent. The school has done well in
selecting Mr.. Earle as their leader. The
music was fine with Miss Effie Durham
as organist and Mr.. r. Y. Dyar leader.
We promised to go again, and will about
the Oath of July and take in the Grady pic
mic. Ray.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-06-20
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Holland,s Store Items.

The Superintendent of the Ruhamah
Sunday School requests us to say that the
pic mic announced in last weeks 1NTELLr-
eENcER will not come off until Saturday,
the 29th inst.
Mr.. J. E. Anderson is now travelling for
s. w. Peek's nursery, Of Hartwell, Ga:
Our people, who have not already bought
their fruit trees, &C., would do well to see
Mr.. Anderson. The nursery he represents
is near your homes, and if you are not
treated right Mr., Peek will make it all
right.
Misses Lille Warren and Lula Wright,
of Pendleton, are visiting the family OF
Mr.. E. J. Earle.
Crops of all kinds are booming. Vegeta-
bles are plentiful, and the good ladies have
but little trouble now to fix up good din
ner.
The health OF this neighborhood is ex-
cellent--no sickness of ally consequence
that we know of.
Mr.. John Eskew, with his choir Of the
Prospect Church and Sunday School, at.
tended Cross Roads last Sunday, and did
some of the best singing we ever listened
to. His presence was highly enjoyed by
all present. BURKE.