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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19
County Officers.

I Under the above caption, 4 late issue
of the Rapid Republican contains an
article, pertinent and sensible, from
which we excerpt the following:
The people OF this and adjoining conn-
ties are more interested in the character
Of their county officers than they are In
Harrison's cabinet. An assessor who
can be bribcd to favor ricn corporations
at the expense of farmers and mechan-
les can do Us more harm than the secre-
tary of the interior 1t is of more conse-
quencc to US to know that our county
treasurer is strictly honest than it is to
know who will be secretary of the
| treasury. A weak man. who can be
made tool Of, on our county board can
make more havoc with our resources
and incomes than Blaine, if he is secre-
tary of state and as dangerous as his
enemies say. We all remember the old
| fable of the philosopher who, while
gazing intently and earnestly at the
stars, fell sprawline into :. ditch. Better
inspect closely township and county
affairs than speculate too nicely AS tC
whether Germany intends to make wal
on France. Thieves often sneak in al
| the back door while the family is gazing
! from the front window at passing
show. Dakota has wonderful resources
to exhibit to the visitor from the east,
but a huge bonded debt is no ornament
to county any more than mortgage
is to home. People seeking homes in
the west are not yearning for taxation
higher than they left behind them
They do not care to improve farms and
han mt a
taxes to thieving corporations. Tender
feet are often like burnt children. They
dread the fire. and a large bonded coun-
ty indebtedness is the best evidence that
incendiaries have been at work.
A heavy bonded debt is worse than a
blizzard and blight, for it remains
from year TO year. Honest, hard work
ing men must pay for the villainy of
knaves who have piled up bonded
debts based on fraudulent claims. OF
what interest is it to the people whether
the assessor who fixes your tax is q
democrat or q republican, ifh he is a thief,
or the creature Of ring Of thieves
Who cares TO be plundered by his party
friend? How much glory is there in
paving high taxes to lot ofjobbers you
helped TO elect, and who only differ
from road agents in that they lack their
courage and take no risks? The man
who neglects to help nominate honest,
competent and conscientious county and
township officers is fool, who deserves
to paw for his folly. Every taxpayer
should remember that it is the trusted
servant who carries key to the kitchen
door and who has the best opportunity
to steal the silver. He, too, it is that
alone can admit at midnight the burglar
and the thief,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

What might have been an appalling
accident occurred on the railroad this
morning at the high bridge this side OF
Sturgis. The special car Of Supt
Hughes, attached to the freight train,
jumped the track while on the bridge,
fell off the bridge, caught fire and the
car and bridge were both consumed.
The northbound passenger train ran up
to the wreck this morning and the pas
sengers and mail were transferred by
teams to the end of the route. There
was no one in the Superintendsnt's car
quently nobody was injured. -Tilford
Times, 18th.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19
Carpenter' Communication

Dean Carpenter. of the school ol
mines, recently communicated 10 the
Rapid Journal, the discovery of tin in q
new form, which, communication we re-
produce for the possible benefit which
may result to the prospectors of this
locality from perusal of the same;
During the progress of the mineral
survey under the charge Of the Dakota
school Of mines, it WAS frequently ob-
served that schsts adjoining the gran
itic tin veins were impregnated with
arsenopyrte, which was several times
tested for gold. Adjoining one vein, the
Black Diamond, | think, | examined
the rock for tin and small quantity
was obtained
At another time | went to examine a
location made for tin, and while the vein,
SO called seemed to carry little or none,
a peculiar black rock adjoining it gave a
fair prospect in tin. 1t was my inten-
ton 10 make further examinations in
this line, but the funds ut my disposal
were exhausted before | could return
to it.
As the rock to which | refer is very
Bidth anu iift tttSSiCti WHICH IL Carries
often very fine, it cannot be seen by an
ordinary examination, but must be
tested by crushing and panning. men
ton the following test SO AS to draw the
attention OF the miners to this source of
tin.
4 piece of this black rock commonly
called mica schist, but which it is not,
was recently brought to me by Mr..
Poznansky from the Glendale mine, for
examination. a sample across the en-
tire piece, which probably weighed
twenty pounds, was taken and tested for
tin. 1t was found TO carry cassiterite at
the rate of 304 pounds per ton-thAt is
l54 per cent.
1t is only a specimen assay, but in
view of this result and my own work
above referred TO- | feel | should call
attention TO the fact. 1t is possible that
these black schists $50 called, which
adioin certain granite veins, carry, in
some instances at least, tin in paying
quantity.
The rock is now being examined by
DR., w. p. Headden at the school OF
mines, with a view to its proper class-
tication, which will shortly be announc-
ed. The rock owes its black color to
innumerable small black crystals which,
under the misCroscOpe appear to be
minute tourmalines, but of which how
ever | am not yet sure.
FRANKLIN 4. CARPENTER.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19
Say Fifty,

1t is reported that u new town, west
Of Custer about 20 miles, in the coal and
oil country, and on the probable route
Of the b. * Nj. railroad, is about to be
doomed. There will undoubtedly be a
good town over there somewhere.
Hermosa Pilot.
The new town referred to is to be
located, as we supposed everybody
knew, near the B. & VI. coal camp, which
is in Wyoming territory, the boundary
line Of which any Custer school boy could
locate, is more than twenty miles distant
from this place, If the lot should make
further reference to the matter, it light
be as well to state it correctly, and say
fifty, as we do not care to be located so
near the future great" even on paper.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19
Flremens' Hall.

The special committee appointed by
the Custer Fire and Hose Company to
ascertain the cost of building of
dimensions suitable for hall. and also
to meet the requirements of the COM
pany for fire purposes, reported, recon-
mending the erection of a building 80
by so feet, the cost of which was esti-
mated at s., 200.
The company's lot on Crook street,
having some time ago been decided to
Melvin Dempsey, a former member, in
trust for the company, committee was
appointed for the purpose of preparing
a deed transferring the same to resi-.
dent member and forwarding it to
Dempsey, who is at present non resi-
dent, for his signature, with a view to
its final transfer to the company when
Incorporated The duties involved in
effecting such incorporation, were also
entrusted to this committee, pending
the performance Of which, it is not ex
pected that the erection of the building
will be commenced.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

Mrs. Jay Gould died at her home in
New York on Sunday, the 18th inst,
aged 4S years. Her illness dates from
September, when she experienced a
paralytic stroke, and later, on the 9th of
November, another much more sever
than the first, paralyzing her entire
right side, and greatly affecting her
power of speech. Her husband and all
Of her children were present at her bed
side when she responded to the final
summons which awaits us all.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19
Grand Surprise Banquet,

The annual installation of officers o
Gen. Steele post, No. o.. q. a. r., de
partlnent of Dakota, took place at the
court house hail. on Friday evening
Jan. 4th. The following officers were
installed
S. Nj. Booth, Commander.
A. p. Smith, Senior Vice Commander
+. II Flynn, Junior Vice Commander
JAS. funger, Chaplain.
A. Johnson, Officer Of the Day.
S. r. Shankland, Quartermaster.
H. J. Stone, officer of Guard.
}. w. Pike, Adiutant,
The installation of officers Of the
Woman's Relief Corps also took place in
their rooms on January 4th. Officers
installed for the ensuing year are as fol
lows:
Mrs Buel r. Wood, President.
Mrs. ID. Carrigan, Senior Vice Presi-
dent.
Mrs. w. Allen, Junior Vice President
Mrs. ID. Macdonald, Secretary.
Mrs. Jas. Clark, Conductor.
Mrs. Fannie White, Asst. Conductor,
Mrs. F. J. V Rutkowski, Guard.
Mrs. Odo Reder, Chaplain.
Mrs. Upper, Treasurer.
After the installation, sumptuous
banquet was spread by the members of
the Womans' Relief Corps. Nearly one
hundred persons were present, consist
ing Of Gen. Steele post, the Womans'
Relief Corps, and many other guests
When We look back upon the days of
"Auld Lang Syne," and picture our ra
tions of hard tack and salt pork, we
cannot fail to return thanks to Him who
preserved us throughout that great
struggle for life, liberty and grub, and
gave Us strength to partake of this feast,
fitted for the gods Of war, reminding us
of womans' devotion ana rare epicurean
talent.
The days of foraging for chickens and
other luxuries have long since passed
away for the poor worn out veterans,
but they have not yet lost the sense of
gratitude and appreciation, which was
made manifest at this feast. Each veter-
an filled his haversack to the brim with
the Injuries abundantly supplied by the
wives, daughters, and friends of this
post, and even though the inner man
was filled to overflowing, yet the hearts
of the veterans were still further filled
with thanks and gratitude to those who
SO kindly remembered the old servants
of the nations cause. How appropriate
are the little lines appended in those
few closing words Of gratitude from this
little branch Of the G. A. K. to their
kind entertainers while the moulded
tear springs afresh to the eye of each
veteran, TO drop DER the green grave Of
his departed comrades and worthy foe
men.
"lic sleeps, what need to question now if he
were wrong or right?
He knows ere this whose cause WAS Just, in
God the Fathers sight
He WieidS no warlike weapons now, returns no
fOeman'S thrust,
Who but coward would revile, an hOnored
soldiers duSt?"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

Perhaps the Oldest settler the Black
Hills, now resident of this place, is
Albert Hoge, who arrived at Custer in
rs. and has been in the country ever
since.-Wyoming Farmer.
The Farmer is unquestionably off, az
there is now residing in this place more
than one man who dates his adven
here prior to Mr.. Hoge's arrival. Ii
the matter of pioneers, Mr.. Farmer, il
may be we'll for you to remember, tina
the Pioneer city takes the waffle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

Only five counties in Wyoming have
fish commissioners. There are now half
a million eggs and 6S,T00 fish on hand
in the territorial hatchery for distribu-
ton. The commissioner says carp does
not seem to have given satisfaction.
Trout seem to flourish in nearly all the
streams in the territory-Wyoming Far
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

Every regiment that served in the
Union army during the war of the re-
bellion, is represented in the Grand
army of this territory. So says Depart
ment Commander Hammond
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
Painting the Flag on Mount. s.. rIias.

The groups of snow clad peaks Wis.
tSle to the naked eye were countless,
and to the northward, in which di.
rection the view was barred, their
number IS doubtless quite as great;
only a few of them, however, i'm.
pressed us as being very high or very
striking IN shape. Some OF them rose
out OF the SNOW in such a manner as
TO lead one TO believe that they haG
been recently buried and were wait
ing 10 be dug out. When : say thai
but few appeared very high or strik.
ing, ! should except Fairweailier and
Crillon, which were plainly visible
above the clouds. though 40 miles
distant. The ocean was covered with
a fog; it frequently is in these lat.
tudes; in fact, it would often b. rain
ing for a whole day at the leach
while about ST. Elias the sky would
he cloudless. At 3o'clock we thought
it best TO begin our downward Jour.
ney, as we did not care to be caught
out over night. A small American
flag presented 10 the expedition by c
lady OF Sitka was placed in q tin car
and left at Flag Rock, a point about
10000 feet high Sclibner's-
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
FOUR NEW STATES.


I'm Febtuary q, 1889, the p~Tesi1rLt signed the
hill creating South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
lana. and Washington states Of the Union.
snrTg great Prairie State, 10
whicb Inc 81. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Glendale,
ALardeen. Huron, Watertown, an1 sioux Tails
co 40 south Dakota via the 81 Paul, Minneapolis
a Manitoba Railway and psss through st. Paul
and Minneapolis en- route.
SavTu DhKoTA.-Where Is grown the No. /
usrd sco,ch Fife Wheat; whose healthlul climate
nunuTes the most vigorous ana Orainy olVilizatinn
ON eartn; where single counties raise lore wheat,
a.. ana harley than entire states: the soil OF
.rnose fsrtile p%rairies & richer than the valley Of
~ Eils. there the Turtle Noun ain, Minot aud
DEVILS Lake land districts invite the home seeker
~ secure a free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand LoISs, nIn,t9n, Lewis
MoSTANA, TIE. GOLDEN.-Ireasures In her
mines OF precious metals; wealth IN her 100000
h nd OF live stock producing q larger yield OF
erops than any other state or teIrlloryilhe richest
country her inhabitant on earth where prosperity
A. nriysrsal. which has the lest paid labor In the
mos,d. a baiiuy winter climate, caused ny warm
,ginds from the Pacific. The ~ raul Minnehpo'
H. A Manitoba Railway II the only railroad pass
ing through a eoI,ln ,Ss RSsEy MoantaiPs. 4
ana ,L,nueh Inc Great Recreation OF ls'ulJ.UOJ
acres on land. free 10 settlers ~ the Mlik river
Valley. Wood, water aud Goa, ~ apuhushoei 20
irrigation required the Sn nxo herps .nnwss eSisr,
t.rlnf ENIIhs WIN w -
sots, immense coal yeius. and surrounding iarln-
ing country Of Tree land through Helena,
Inc capital city and oomniefclhl centre OF Mon-
ams md nuiie, the richest mining camp on
earth, 10 San Francisco by the Columbia biyor
valla,' poriland and Shasta Route or Ogden,
rrtah' 10 Califonia points. Remember this Is the
only line running dining cars, sleeping cars and
free cSlonist sleepers o. is 9wl, rom ~ raul ana
Minnennolis 10 Great Falls, Helena and Butte. IL
a. also lie shortest line 10 Butte
WAsBINoToN.-The country Of tail timber, In
a.n,ad h, Puget Sound, the Mediterranean OF The
Paeihc. DO rot forget that the y. Paul, hlnneaP.
oils n Manitoba Railway Is the only line which
ogsrs n ehoioe OF three routes 10 the Paoiho coast.
The Manitoba. Pacific route Is the only liae oy
which passengers en- route for Tacoma, Portland
ssna Can Frsneisoo can pass through Port Town
send and seattle. Free eolcSi,t a,eelers ran
,hrouab without change or DELAY. Dis,hnce 70
~ pseiGe coast Il same "a by OIL or lines, but
n,ices Of tickets are i've aud ten dollar less. Take
the seattle route. ana nuhu. |
alton, 10 regard TO the resources o. The lSuf nes
states, write or apply 10 ~
Paul, MINI.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
Dangerous Carelessness.

The amount Of carelessness display.
ed by business men in drawing checks
and other financial papers is almost
beyond comprehension. Ii is a well
known fact that an enormous sum of
money is lost annually throughout
the country by the frauds perpetrated
by check ''raisers." Business men can.
not be too careful in drawing their
checks, and every possible safeguard
should be taken to prevent alteration,
and especial care should be observed
to prevent financial paper from fall
ing into improper hands. The sharp
er" who are laying for opportunities
TO swindle the public are numerous,
and il is needless 10 say that they are
thoroughly versed in all the arts Of
their trade. st. Louis Globe Demo,
crat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
JUSTICE WITHOUT LAW,
4 Judge In Tucson Who Sent All Offend
srs to the Rock Pill,

q Judge In Tucson Who Sent All Offend
ss to the Rock Pill
Capt. Bourke. of the army, is an in.
teresting story teller, and possesses Q
rich fund OF "reminiscences and anec.
dote.
Twenty years ago." said the cap
tain, II was in Tucson. No place was
ever worse governed. Outlaws abound
ed and they did about as they pleased.
Finally the good citizens Of the place
merchants and men Of property
determined 10 bring about a reform,
and the way they decided TO do il was
10 elect a judge who would deal hon.
estly with the scalawags who were
running the town and corrupting the
courts. So they chose a man named
Charlie Meyers 10 be judge. Char
lie was a druggist, who knew moth
ing about law, but he was perfectly
honest, and hat was tire only qualif-
catpn the citizens desired. Accord
ingly, Charlie set up a law dispensary
in the same building with his drug
shop, and Gsalt out justice and patent
medicines with equal grace. Inhis court
he established a library Of calf bound
books, consisting chiefly Of the Mate.
ria Medica and Somebody on Fractured
Bones. He engaged as an officer of
the court a man who was afraid OF
nothing or nobody old Jimmy
Douglas, who carried in his leg a bul.
let hat he had picked up al Gettys-
burg, and who walked with some diff.
hculty and with a peculiar though
not graceful limp. The first thing that
Charlie did was 10 establish a chain
gang and sentence 10 various terms
In its service every offender that was
brought before him. The shyster law
yers who had run the town be-
fore Charles incumbency protested
against this IS a violation of the con.
siitution of the United States, but they
protested in silence. In fact, the pro
test was useless. The process Of the
Judge was rather summary, but the
result was very gratifying 10 the good
citizens Of Tucson. The wild, rough
characters who had ruled the town
were now engaged IN. cleaning the
streets, and Tucson waD seeing an era
Of prosperity that IL had not known
since its foundation. But II the bust
e men were pleased, the lawyers
were proportionately disguised. The
court refused 10 recognize them and
their business was gone. One day,
however. one OF them plucked up
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
Thursday, June g, 1859.
LET US HAVE A FOURTH OF July.


4 Toe day We celebrate is approaching
and yet IL does not seem that any
movement is yet IN foot in town to
publicly observe il. All s,over the
Union, in almost every town ,of one
half the number of inhabitants that
Miles City has, the Fourth of July J.,
observed in some patriotic way If II j.
on y by firing off a shot gun aad run
ming up the colors Of the nation. Miles
City ought not to let this day pass by
unnoticed. We ought 10 have our
street parade in which the colors, So
cieties and citizens would turn out and
march, then a meeting, attended by a
reading of the Declaration Of indie
pendence by some local elocuiionist
and then speaking by our speakers.
The declaration. of which the day Of
which we speak is a celebration. Is an
instrument, perhaps the most heroic
ia American history. Its words are
words of fire. In it il couched, in
language from which no word could
be spared. the u~nansurable accusation
against the British government Of all
the wrongs which the colonies had
uttered at the hands Of a Tory parli-
ment and a king who died insane. II
presents a terrible tale Of the social
condition into which a community
of people can he driven before they
will undertake extreme measures for
q suppression of the wrong or an alter.
alton Of their condition. Thus we
bear the ills we have. rather than ven.
ture upon those we know not off, 1t
was with his mind contemplating o
full survey OF all the grievances of the
colonIsts against the parent power,
that Thos. Jefferson, student OF
Rosseau, sat himself TO his desk to
commit to paper the cause and the
conclusion of which the ~colonists had
considered and reached. 1t is an in
siIument which everyone should
know by heart. The children OF the
Mohammedan faith are taught strik-
ing passages 6f the AL Koran in the
schools. The youth OF Rome commit
ted TO memory the twelve tables: what
more magnificent piece Of literature
could we ourselves learn by heart than
the Deterioration Of Independence
and though it is read every Fourth Of
July, yet no q will be sscreligious
enough to say that ii ever becomes q
chestnut" and It's reading is indeed
AZ much a part Of the Fourth of July
ne is the sun which calls that day into
being. We want TO see July 4th cele
brated. We want to see flags flying,
bombs bursting, music playing, to see
floral decorations, hear speaking and
reading and singing and all the at.
tendances operating az a means of
recognizing a day which We have reg
ulsrly observed for over a hundred
wears.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06

spirit enough To- go before The court in
behalf of his client and demanded q
trial by jury. The court was about
TO sentence the prisoner TO a term in
the chain gang, when the lawyer in
terposed a demurrer. MY client he
said, 'obicctS 10 being tried by this
court, on the ground of prejudice, and
demands to be tried by jury
by sAmy said Charlie. What
Is dot sAUryl
"'ila demands said the lawyer, to
5etried by lis peers
"'Uh, lo does, does heT said Char
lie. Well ! seu1enco him to two
weeks in the shalu gang and ! sen
dencc YOU u one week. Now how you
like dot tlal by ahuryl and into the
chain gang the lawyer went and there
he stayed until his term was up.
"One day a MAJ named Wolf was
brought before tie court for cheating
some Indians out of 50. He was an
unscrupulous man but a shrcwd ona
and he knew all the tricks Of tie
law. Charlie felt that in his case the
Materia Medica was not sufficient au.
thority and 50 he adjourned the court
TO get IN opportunity to consult some
books Oh the law or TO obtain advice
from somebody with a knowledge Of
il. As he declared the case postponed
and the court adjourned, however, he
turned 10 the prisonerand said: Wolf,
it is de unanimous opinion of dis COM
munity dot you are "a lief and this
court comedies fully in dot opinion
wolf lost color and raising his fist
he said: Judge, | don't let any one
speak TO me in that way
Dis court fines you 80 for rails
ing your fist against it, said Charlie,
and you stands committed 10 de shain
gang until it is paid
''Wolf knew that there was no re-
course and he reluctantly paid the
$40. The judge gravely took il and
after dividing IS between himself and
Jimmy Douglas, he gave S. to the
Indians. And 10 this day, in the an.
nails of that Indian tribe, Charlie
Meyers is the most righteous judge
that ever held court, for did they not
sue for So before him and recover S5i'
Washington Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06
Address Registered Letters
Containing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, La.

.REMEMBER, that the payment Of Prizes
ia GUARANTEED ny FOnR NATIONAL
hanks Of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
signed BY the President Of an Institution, whose
charterted rights are recognized In the highest
anonymous schemes.
ONE DOLLAR Is the price Of The smallest part
or fraction Of o Ticket ISSUED by Us In any
Drawing. Anything In our name offered fr lesh
han q Dollar Il . swindle,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-06

1--WE do hereby certify that We supervise the ar.
engagements for all the Monthly and semi.AnnuSl
Drawings Of the Louisiana state Lottery Company,
and In person manage and control the drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted with
honesty, fairness, and In good faith toward all par
Ties, and we authorize the Company 10 use this
certificate, with fae-similies Of our signatures at
tached In its advertisements"