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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

The prohibition bill in North Dakota
has passed all the legislative stages and
become a law. The five pens that afix-
ed aficail signatures or transcribe the
long-drawn-out act have been confded
to the Fargo alleged author of the mea-
sure, to be treasured as relics and hand
ed down to posterity. He is for the
policy in good faith, and expects it be
enduring. He has compressed into it
all the rigorous devices found in similar
statutes in other states, and there seems
to have been a general purpose to make
it the most iron-clad measure ever put
upon the statute books, and only to be
surpassed by a similar law being framed
in South Dakota. But one familiar with
the men who have given most of the
votes for its passage will hardly credit
them with being reformers of the class
that the law might indicate. They will
not illuminate their cellars when the
searching agents are about, or deny them
selves to illustrate the spirit of the act.
Gen. Grant, they remember, said that
the best way to get rid of a bad law was
to execute rigidly. They think to make
the cause odious by making the law as
CALLING as possible. As the provisions
of the elongated act are indicated, they
will only need relentless enforcement,
or a parade Of the a~ggravating machin-
cry, to render it easy to get a legis-
lature that will re-submit the question.
The present one will not do it, and pos
sibly the one to be elected next year
will not. as the law will hardly be test
ed then. 1t will be remembered that
North Dakota voted in local option one
year, and the next year quite generally
threw it over. It will take longer now
to get out from the blunder of the last
yote.-St. Paul Globe.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Concerning Pork Chops.

Mr.. Gladstone writes thus on the sub
ject of pork chops in Nineteenth Cen
fury Although the question respecting
the keeping Of swine and the use Of pork
is by no means disposed of. either by the
authorities quoted in the text or by VIII
kinson, | venture at this stage to offer
the following conjectures as somewhat
probable IN themselves and not inconsis-
tent with the evidence as a whole; l.
That In the warm climates of Egypt and
Phonicia the use OF pork was, on sani-
tary grounds, depressed by prohibitions
or restricted to particular occasions. q.
That the great thrift resulting from the
rearing and consumption of the animal
may have kept the practice extensively
alive, Notwithstanding restrictive laws,
especially among the classes 70 whom
thrift was an important object. g. That
as the pig is useless to man during life.
IL Is very difficult TO account for its being
bred and kept, as II evidently was, ex-
cept upon the supposition that it was
wanted for food. 4. That il the animal
as domesticated was brought into Greece
by Phonician ships, its consumption for
food may have spread there, In a cooler
climate and a society free from sumptu-
airy restraints, and yet in Homer's day
may not have wholly ceased to be a dis
tinct mark of southeastern origin and
associations. o. That the sialos. the
carefully and delicately fatted pig, was
served as a luxury at the tables Of the
rich, while the use Of common pork was
reserved. as in the cottage of Eunaios,
for the poorer class Such is the evil
dence of the Odyssey"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Advice to Mothers

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for
children teething, is the prescription of
one of the best female nurses and ply
sicians 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 diarrbea, gripping in the
bowels, and wind-colic. BY giving
health to the child it rests the mother
Price 25c. a bottle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

The unjust and scurrillous articles
recently appearingin the Omaha World
Herald, from the polluted pen of an in
famous member of its editorial staff
named Nye, casting unwarranted re-
Election upon the business status of
Deadwood and Lead City, are amply re-
futed by the following statistical letter
appearing In . late issue Of the Omaha
Bee from Mr.. d. G. Brooks, who, not
long since, visited the Hills, and care
fully investigated our mineral, and other
varied resources:
The result of all the observations
and examinations which ! haue made
may be summarized in the u state
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

For painting walls or other objects ex-
posed to damp. q composition Of very
fine iron filings and linseed oil var
nish h said TO be much used in Ger
many; and. when the object to be paint
I'd 10 70 undergo frequent changes Of
temperature, linseed oil and amber var
nish are added TO the first two coats.
This paint may be applied to wood. stone
or iron; In the cas- of the latter. il is
not necessary to free II first from rust or
oily matterA
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Although Russia does not rank among
the great grape growing countries Of
Europe, nevertheless fear has been
aroused by the ravages Of phylloxera in
other sections. and the government has
taken the matter in hand. A ukase has
recently been issued prohibiting the in.-
portation OF plants Of any kind unless
accompanied by q certificate that they
are fires from ~phylloxera- The penalty for
any violation Of the edict il Of the usual
Russian severity, and win undoubtedly
oct as q deterrent to the introduction Of
the disease.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Notice Of Sale Of Personal Propsr.x.

In the County Court of the County OF Custer,
State of South Dakota.
In the matter Of the Estate Of Charles A.
Balck, deceased.
Notice OF Sale of Personal Property.
Notice Is hereby given that, In pursuance Of
an order Of the County Court of the County Of
Custer and State OF South Dakota, made on the
10Th day OF December, A. ID. eighteen hundred
and eighty-nine, In the matter OF the estate Of
Charles A. Balck. deceased, the undersigned, ID.
w. Flick, special administrator Of said deceased
viii sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash. on Monday. the 9Th day OF January, A.
d.. eighteen hundred and ninety, at 10 o'clock a.
m, at the late residence of the said Charles A.
Balck, near Point Of Rocks, I'm said Custer Coun-
~. the following personal property, to-wit: The
entire herd Of cattle belonging to the estate OF
the said Charles A. Balck, deceased, consisting
OF about forty-three (43) head, including q fine
bull, about IS calves. and q number OF cows,
heifers and steers.
d. w. FLICK.
Special Administrator
Dated December 10, 1859.
First publication. December n.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

treated as a felony, with punishment by
imprisonment in state prison for not
exceeding two years and not less than
n year. There is a proviso permitting
registered pharmacists TO sell for me-
dicinal, mechanical, scientific and sacra-
mental purposes. All places where in
toxicating liquors are sold are declared
nuisances and the sheriff is empowered
to enter them and destroy all intoxi-
cants and fixtures therein.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
severe Penslues.

Bismarck. Dec. 23.-The full text of
the North Dakota prohibition law has
been made public. 1t imposes penalties
as follows: First offense. 500 to 81 900
and imprisonment not less than ninety
days nor more than one year ; the sec
ond and each succeeding ofIense is
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

A lady who lives on Pennington ave-
nue. has a servant who is very fond of
plants and flowers. Last spring. as an
experiment. she planted some peanuts.
They were placed in the earth under the
lee Of the house. and In q spot where
they would get as much sun as possible
They came up and by careful watching
and very tender treatment were induced
to grow quite well. Recently she went
out and dug two handfuls of very excel
lent peanuts.-Hartford Courant
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

There are but three classes of men in
every community, the retrograde, the
stationary, and the progressive. The
first two have little or no regard for the
Newspaper and Its influence and read it
simply to see what is going on" but
who could fold their arms and see it die
with the utmost complacency leaving
the progressive class the only real suf-
ferers. The Ietrograde and stationary
classes of every community are general
ly the critics of the newspapers, and, as
Steel says: "Of all mortals a critic is
the %silliest for by i%nuring himself to
examine everything, whether of con-
sequence or not, he never looks upon
anything but with a design of passing
sentence upon iU."-Piess an Printer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
SATURDAY DECEMBER %, 1889.

Newcastle papers are urging the divis-
ion of Crook county, and express a
willingness to accept the county sect Of
the new county thus created.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
The June Bug" Poem.

Edwin G. Colgan, editor of The Cum
berland Gap, a weekly newspaper at
marlborough, KY, died suddenly in
this city last Monday of pneum onia. Mr..
Colgan was author Of the famous June
Bug" poem, which is familiar to every
newspaper reader, and has been parodied
in a thousand forms. Others laid claim
to its composition, but Colgan could
prove indisputably that he was its author.
He wrote it about eight years ago, when
he was a reporter on The Courier Jour
nal of this city. 1t originally appeared as
follows:
The June bug has n gaudy wing,
The lightning bug has fame;
The bed bug has no wings at all,
But he gets there oil the same.
One night when news was scarce Mr..
Colgan handed in this little poem with
his batch Of copy. The city editor al
lowed it to get into type, but the manag-
ing editor promptly killed it. The next
day Mr.. Colgan rewrote 1t and took it to
Mr. Donald q. Padman, who was con-
~tributing a column of humorous para
graphs to the editorial page of The Cour-
ier-JournaL Mr.. Padman placed it at
the head of his column, and it appeared
there on the following day.
The bit of rhyme was at once taken up
by the press of the country, and has been
recited in every village and town of the
Union.-Louisville Telegram.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Senator Moody, Intercepted a few
days ago by a st Paul Press reporter,
concerning the opening of the Sioux
reservation, said: 81 think the pro.
clamation will be issued 5000 after the
lst of January-soon after the Indian
chiefs leave Washington. l know of
nothing in the law which would author
ize the president to fix a date for open
ing the reservation later than the is
suance of the proclamation itself. Some
misguided Dakotans led by motives l
cannot understand-appear to have urg-
ed a postponement ofthe opening until
spring. So far as / know, Secretary
Noble has never been in sympathy with
this idea. / do not think the pro-
clarhation will be issued this week,
since | cannot return to Washingto be-
fore Thursday, and Mr.. Pettigrew is alb"
sent from the capital this week, but l
believe it will appear very Gson after
New Years day"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Sioux City is afflicted with influenza.
The malady is said to be especially pre-
valent among clerks. and people who
work in doors. In one store, eight out
of fifteen clerks have been attacked.
The theory is entertained that the germs
of the disease were imported in bales or
boxes of goods from New York, where
Russian influenza prevails.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Prohibition will not be in force in
North Dakota until July LIST, that being
the date fixed for the law to take
effect, in accordance with recent statu-
tory enactment.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

son, deceased.
All persons having claims against said John
Z. Thompson, deceased, are required 10 exhibit
the same, with the necessary vouchers, TO the
undersigned, administrator Of said estate. nj
the law office OF W. G.. Porter, In the court house,
in the County OF Custer, State Of South Dakota,
and that four az months after the first publica.
ton hereof have been limited as the time for
creditors 10 present their claims against said
estate.
Dated the oath day of December, 1899.
III. G. BUTTERFIELD,
Administrator
w. G. Porter, Attorney.
FIRST publication, December %.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

A new gem. the pierre Tonquinoise, 10
In the market. When cut like the dia-
mond, 1t is said to be very beautiful. Its
color IL a dark blue. more brilliant than
sapphire, though some varieties have .
purple or red tinge.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Henry w. Grady, editor of the At
lanta Constitution, died on the 23rd
inst, from pneumonia, contracted on
his recent visit to Boston.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
w. G. Porter, Attorney.
First publication, December %.
summons.

ouulLlOIbs
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
- Custer. In the Circuit Court Of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit.
Ralph KENYON, Plaintiff.
Minerva j. Kenyon, Def.
The State OF South Dakota sends greeting: To
Minerva j. Kenyon, defendant.
You are hereby summoned aud required 10
answer the complaint of the above named plain
tiff, a copy of which Is herewith served upon
you, and 10 serve a copy Of your answer on the
subscriber at his Office I'm the town OF Custer
City, County of Custer and State OF South Dako-
IA, within thirty (30) days after the service OF
this mmon on you, exclusive Of the day of
such service, and II you fail 10 answer this COM
plant within that time, the plaintiff viii apply
TO the court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated at Custer City, South Dakota, this 2lst
day Of December, 1883.
BUEL r. WOOD,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To Minerva j. Kenyon, defendant above
named.
Please take notice that the complaint In this
action was filed In the Office Of the clerk of the
Circuit Court In and for Custer County, South
Dakota, AT Custer City, on the 2ist day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1889.
BUEL X. WOOD,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Custer City, 8. d., december 2ist, 1889.
First publication, December %.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Stock entrusted TO his Charge will receive care
full attention.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22
INDICES OF PROSPERITY.

Speaking of alleged Indebtedness Of
Kansas farmers and their phenomenal
crops this year, it is a noticeable fact
that they are not rushing Off their wheat
TO market with any degree of reckless
ness as to price, but on the contrary ere
manifesting very little inclination TO let
ii 60 at present values. Most of the
crop that was harvested in good condi-
ton went into the stack, where ii still Is
and viii remain until the price reaches Il
satisfactory figure. This, to our mind,
is the strongest refutatiOn to the state
ment so freely banded about by aliens
to the state that its farming interests are
hopelessly handicapped and burdened
with debt. \ majority of the farmers Of
Kansas have been seriously embarrassed
in consequence of the short crops of the
past three or four years. but the embar-
rassment only extended to current
necessary improvements. and was not Of
a character to prevent a full realization
of full crop. such IS has attended their
laoors TINS year.
The truth Of the matter Is that Kan
sas farmers are III splendid shape. When
the prices for wheat and corn advance
to reasonable point these crops will be
let 20, and the proceeds used 10 increase
the value Of the farms. Nothing can do
more TO establish confidence IN any
country, both at home and abroad. than
to let it lee known that the farmers OF
that country have on hand q good SUI
plus when prices are low.
The present condition of Kansas in
these respects. in view Of the hard strug-
gle through which It has passed. is most
gratifying. and with a strong probability
that 1t VIII be largely improved upon by
4 succession Of good crops for several
years. II behooves every one 10 plan
literally for the future. And if any
persons outside wish to JOIN Us in reap
ing the rich harveets Of general pros
perity that IS spread out before US, now
Is the time for them TO come AMI cast III
on the incoming tile.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22

The contract made by Forepaugh, the cir
Gus man, under which fifty Sioux Indian
chief are T. be exhibited this summer, re-
minds me Of an amusing experience my son
had with the Indian bureau in connection
with an exhibition OF savages. Believing that
there was money in the enterprise, be applied
for permission 10 take band Of fifty Ute
Indians for show tour through Germany,
AUSTRIA Russia, Italy snd France. He sup
posed that the permission had been granted,
and the Indians sailed There was, however,
some complication about the bond to be given
fer the return Of tine red men, and other con-
ditions were not satisfactory 70 tho depart
mcnt.
Representing my son, engaged the friendly
Offices oi oa-rrcssnau John J. O'Neiu. There
was Il yolUmiuoYs correspondence, extending
over period Of eight ,en months, at the end
ii which time the Indian commissioner in
formed Mr. O'Neiu that Tor several reasons
the department would be compelled 10 refuse
the Indians permission 20 leave their reservn-
lion or the country That may be very
well 90 said O'Neill. "hut what are YOU going
10 do III view of the Tact that the Indians are
now abroad and have been for nearly t~s
years" This was a puzzler 20 Commissioner
Atkins, who, after rejecting for few mo-
mcutS. said. "Hou. under the circumstances
and grant the request This was done, and
the records OF the department kept square. -
A S. Partridge ia Globe Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22
SILK LORE.

To the Editor OF the Eagle,
In reply to Senator PIumb's letter Of
the 1st INST, saying there viii be no
difficulty in getting silk station estab-
tished al Wichita if you can grow one
twentieth OF the silk you mention, but
YOU must demonstrate it IN your final
report. l would say we have fifty thou
sand miles of Usage hedge in Kansas.
equal to what would grow on l00.0
acres. Taking low estimate of fifteen
tons of leaves on sn acre and fifteen
pounds of leaves to produce pound Of
silk. YOU would have POO, 900, 900 pounds
OF silk produced, twice the worlds pro-
duct. Divide this by 1000 and YOU have
the amount / mentioned. Had the de-
partment given US q purchasing station
here this year we could have shown
them the bulk Of tie silk grown in Kan
sas this season. Judging from the let
tiers receive there is much Of the silk
still in the hands Of the growers.
We experienced no difficulty in keep
ing annual eggs on ice until needed. We
know Usage orange increases IN milk,
sugar and gum IS the season advances
until ripenei with the wood IN the fall.
furnishing food superior 10 mulberry.
producing more uniform and elastic
thread OF silk. and 4 more healthy stock
OF worms, miilsrs ana eggs; that IN one
generation we can increase the product
over one-third: the second, one-thiri
more and the third double the original
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22
California Justice.

\ remarkable trial has jus: occurred
Brownsville before Justice Sparks. IN
which Daniel Hess was charged with
stealing water from a ditch. says the
Sacramento Record-U Mon. The trial
consumed six days and was enlivened by
constant exchange Of personalities on
both sides. Justice Sparks said, in pre-
senting the instructions Of the defense
10 the jury:
Gentlemen, them's my sentiments.
and / want you to bring IN verdict &C
cordingly as they are the law.
Tossing the district attorneys inslruc-
tons to the jury the justice cOntemPtQ-
ously remarked:
''Thems not my sentiments: they're
no good but you caa take them for
what they are worth
The jury. after few moments delib-
Grafton, returned a verdict OF guilty.
The justice stood a-4ast- ''N lAE he
shouted, you dare 70 agin my senii-
nlents: The verdict Is set aside and the
prisoner discharged
This ends the case for the present, but.
further proceedings are expected.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22

product, and remove all the disease that
comes with French and Italian stock,
and that too, without the aid of the
French Pastuer system of selection. Our
experience teaches that one ounce Of
Kansaseggs is worth So more than
French eggs, because the product in silk
makes that difference; that we
can grow silk worms in open
racks on our verandas or out
in the garden, or on our hedges
when the dry climate of Kansas and
the rich Usage enables them to moult
successfully and to transform more per-
fectly, strengthening and expanding
the wings of the miilers SO they can fly,
which they have not been able to do
elsewhere in the last 1000 years. This
Will enable US to grow silk successfully
on an extensive scale, which is not done
elsewhere on the globe.
As Secretary Rusk said of sugar so we
say Of silk: 1T is an industry we are
fostering and we are going to make it a
success. Just think of it, all the silk we
need right here in our own country, and
We are going to have it." While the
Chinese were contented with mulberry
and what they could make out of the
pun Stlh WIZ LII III a alihitOh
way in their simple bamboo huts,
with their primitive reels and looms and
dark dyes, the Almighty out iii the So
called American desert was making a
better soil with the grass and buffalo,
better climate by intermingling streams
and native timber including our Usage,
a better race of people by transferring
the most enterprislng and intelligent
people to America and the west. If God
had confidence in mankind to give us
the keys to unlock this vast stOrehouse
of nature, let US make the most Of this
opportunity of ours by making silk cul-
ture success in Kansas.
am just in receipt of letter from
Chicago saying: please send me samples
of the Usage silk you showed me at
Wichita last month. We have our goods
manufactured III Zurich, Switzerland,
purchasing $50. 900 worth quarter. We
instruct our manufacturers to purchase
the best raw silk, and we believe yours
is superior to any they get. Could we
purchase quantity of you, and at what
price,
Few of our people realize what there
is III store for Kansas in connection with
the silk industry when it is developed.
as it will be in the near future in spite of
the discouragements that have come its
way. Ii. L. BIDwELL.