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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

CHARLESTON, s. G., Jan. 19.-Last
Saturday a party Of men went to the
house of Butler Banks in Newberry,
county. where were his wife and six
little children, the eldest being only
Is, and set fire to the house, compel
ing the woman to remain until its de-
struction was certain. The men then
set fire &c the cor crib and feed house.
leaving the mother and the little one
without food orshelter or sufficient cloth
ing. There is great Indignation, but
though the names Of the incendiariee are
said 10 be known, no arrests have been
made. About a week ago Butler Banks
lay IN wait for IA man IN the neighbor-
hood and shot him. though he is still
alive. His friends ooh this method Of
revenge.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

WAsmNGroN, ID. c., Jan. l9.-The
board OF Indian commissioners held it's
annual meeting yesterday. Resolutions
were adop'ed deprecating changes OF
lndiau officials FOR partisan reasons anc
ureipe The extension Of the civil service
system 10 the Indian service: opposing
me removal OF tribes from reservations
where they are settled and are making
progress towards civilization, urging the
passage Of bills for the reliet OF the
Mission and Round Valley Indians in
California and for the payment of ex-
penscs &C Indian courts; asking for lib
erll appropriations for carrying out the
land in .scyer4lty act; that immediate
Steps be taken for the industrial cduca-
ton Of all Indian children and demand
inc that the sacred obligation Of treaties
be regarded in all negotiations with The
lndiaEs.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

LONDON, Jan. 49, The meekly Times
wakes exceeding wroth over the move
mcnt on foot 10 prohibit the entrance Of
foreign members of the theatrical profcs-
zion under contract into the United
States. 1t says that while it is true tina,
English actors ia America demand ant
obtain as a rule much higher ~salarieI
than America it Is because they are ar
lists which so few American.
other than those Of the first rank
can pretend to be. Hence it says the
plea of underselIing is a hollow and re
diculous one. The paper, however. adj
mits that the "Protcctionists" are strong
in the United States. and hence conclude:
that if the party a be induced to throw
in its lot with the aggreived American
actors it is not impossible that the eXclu'
sion might prevail, in which event the
republic would cease 10 be the happy
hunting ground Of leading European
artists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

BosToN, Jan. 18.-Mr. Isaac y.
Bromly retires from the Office OF assistant
president Of the Union Pacific on March
l.. Mr.. Bromly in thls position which
he aas held during the past
four years, has been chiefly
in connection with an effort to procure a
settlement Of . question between the
company and government. Ii having
been decided no further effort in this di-
rection will be made, anu the department
in Mr.. Bromley's charge will be discon-
timed.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26
n "a y New Trial.

GENEVA, Ill, Jan. 1S.--The motion for
a new trial in the case OF Engineer Bauer
eisen, the alleged %dynamiter, is again on
the docket Of the circuit court this morn
ing, having been postponed for Il week.
1t may, however, 20 over again, as up to
8 O'Clock no word bad been heard from
Hon. Luther Latin Mills, whose uncle
died in Chicago a couple of days ago.
The defendant keeps up his courage and
since his conviction has almost daily been
ID receipt Of letters OF sympathy from To-
comotive engineers in various parts Of the
country, with tenders Of financial assist
ance.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. ia green
goods" man who gave his name as Ed
ward White and his residence Ninth ave-
nue., New York, was this afternoon com
mitted by a United States commissioner
in default of So, 600 bail for a further
hearing on the charge Of using the mail
for illegal purposes. Several days ago
w. III. Agey. n hotel proprietor at
1.ylersburg, Pa, received a letter
signed William Duncan, No. 1873
Montgomery street, Jersey City, in
which the writer offered to furnish Agey
with IA large amount Of counterfeit money
for a small sum of good money and as
surfing him that the countCrfcits were SO
well executed that there was no danger OF
detection. Agcy communicated with
Chief of Detectives Wood Of this city
and "A correspondence was opened with
Duncan. II was arranged that he should
meet Agey in Philadelphia and last even
ing when he arrived at the Colonnade ho-
tel and inquired for Agey he was taken
into custody by q detective.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26
The CRY stall Slipper.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.--Ehe two hundred
and seventy filth performance of the
Spectacular extravaganza known as the
Crystal Slipper VIII be signali2ed at
the Chicago opera hougc tonight by the
presentation OF elaborate souvenirs to The
ladies Of the audience. Since the initial
production OF The piece the gross receipts
have been considerably in excess OF $500,
600, said to b. the highest figure ever real
led in one tour Of a spectacular piece,
while bookings nave been made for the
next three months.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26
A New style in Letter Boxes.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 19.-Before he re-
tires from Office Postmaster General
Dickinson proposes that his administra-
ton shall be identified with an entirely
new style Of letter boxes TO that 10Y in
use, and that such boxes shall
be uniform hrougao { the coun-
try. Proposal, Tor The manufac-
ture Of such boxes, with designs, are now
being received, and viii he acted upon
during the first week ofneXt month. It's
not expected that the box selected can
bc manufactured fast enough to allow OF
the change being made before March 4,
but with the design approved, and "A
large order given, it VIII be incumbent
on the next postmaster general TO adhere
to The contracts Of his predecessor, and
before another Christmas the present
style Of letter boxes may be expected to
have disappeared from at least the prin-
cipal cities OF the union.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

CLEVELAND, Jan. 1S.-The celebrated
breach o fpromlse case ~ which Christian
Martins, a spinster Of 81 years, sued w.
j. Harrison, a wealthy bricknaker, for
$50, 600, has ended. 1t was proved that
Harrison had lived with Miss Martins for
the past twelve years anil that he was
the father of her 10 year old boy The
case went To the jury today. and after
celebrating four hours a verdict grant
ng IS, 600 TO the plaintiff was returned
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26
Before the Commission

LONDON, Jan. rs AT t0day's session
Of the Parnell commission Capt, Piunkeit,
an Irish magistrate. testified concerning
various outrages committed IN Ireland
lie said he knew nothing supporting the
tenants in their resistance to authority
except the support given ~ the National
Land league. Capt. Piuukctt said mat
teTs had improved in Ireland since the
coercion law had passed..
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-The Rawson case
attracted the usual crowd this morning
The prosecution presented the testimony
of Deputy Sheriff M. Ryan who took
Mrs. Rawson to Jail after the
shooting. He said the was in "a
fainting condition and appeared to
be under the influence of some drug
After some testimony from DIR. Brown as
to MIR. Whilney's sanity, the pistol with
which the shooting was done was pro
ouced. The prosecution then rested its
case.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

CHICAGO, Jan. lS.-Judge Cliford
this morning issued the capias for the
arrest Of ]. j. Westof the Times as asked
by capt. N. j. Schaak. Bail vii. be-
fixed at SO 900. This is the result Of he
Times crusade against ScAaek, Bondeli
and Others.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

Chicago, Jan. 1~9.-Eobert G. Lindsay
a clerk in the war department at Wash
ington, died last night on 8 Baltimore and
Ohio train while on his way to his home
in Galena. III. lie was accompanied ~
his wife aad four small! children. The
cause of bis death was consumption.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

Dies MONIES, Jan. 19.-Thc governor
this morning issued n proclamation offer
$500 reward for the apprehension Of the
murder of Geo. Hair, killed in Center
township, Pottawattamie county. Deem
II. 1883.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26
BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
DR.. Talmage Discusses Bright
Sunday VS.. a Dole
full One.
Our Bodies Are Seven Day
Clocks and Need Wind
ing Each Sunday.
A Beautiful Discourse Delivered
by DIR. Iaimagc at Brooklyn
Tabernacle.


"A Bright Sunday versus a Doleful Sun
day" After %expounding appropriate
passages Of Scripture, he gave out the
hymn:
"Welcome, sweet day Of rest,
That saw the Lord arise"
The text was: and call the Sabbath
a delight" lsaih lviii, -. DR.. Tai
mage said:
There is an element Of gloom striking
oil false religion. Paganism is a
brood of horrors The god of Confucius
frowned upon its victims with blind fate.
Mohammedanism promises nothing to
those exhausted with sin in this world
but an eternity Of the same passional in
dulgences. But God intended that our
religion should have the grand char
acteristic Of chcerfulness. st. Paul
struck the key note when he said: Ire
jOiCe cvermore and again | say, re-
%ioice." This religion has no spikes for
the feet; ii has no hooks tor the shOul-
der; it has no long pilgrimagcs to take; it
has no funeral pyres upon which to leap;
il has no juggcrnauts before which to
fall. Its good cheer is symbolizcd in the
Bible by the brightness Of waters, and
the redolence OF lilies, and the sweetness
Of music, and the hilarities of a banquet.
A choir Of seraphim Chantcd at its in
duction, and pealipg trumpet, and wav-
ing palm, and tapping wing of arch
argcl are to celebrate its tIiumphs. II
began its chief mission with the shout:
GLORY TO God in the highest and it
will close its earthly mission with the
ascription: "Hallelujah, for the Lord
God omnipotcnt rcigneth''
But men have said that our religion is
not cheerful, because we have snch a
doleful Sabbath. They say: "Iou can
have your T, gious assemblages, and
your long faces, and your smiling cant,
and your psalm hooks, and your Bibles.
Give us the Sunday excursion, and the
the horse race. and the c0nvivial laugh
ter. We have 60 much joy that we want
to spread il all over the seven days of the
MttN. AllNt YOU rNdil hpt Jaw viz ~ ''i
DAYS Of worldly satisfaction for religious
~y.et.... = NON, -, sbow ,boeo MON
"o'0l"'N0s' 49,.
Ill thtFe aFc any s"cA III me houSc 'hls
m~orn.BG-thnt tACy are under a great
dc1,sio, ana ibal God intended the City
- & v,arto ha hmm nm
lN' 7"n"'!' ~ -
like bells ia q tower bealihA a PeiPo'dal
chime Of Joy end glory and s"'yafion and
heaven, for I want you 10 Chrfy out the
idea OF the text, and call the sabbath a
delight
remark in the first place. we are to
6na IN Ills c,y uae ioy of healthy rcpose.
In tbfa drnccrnfc country We All have 20
worr--oon,a win hand. some with brain,
some with foot. If there is ia all this
house a hand that has not, during the past
wear. been stretched forth In some kin
OF toll. let it be lifted. Not one, not one.
You sell the goods. N)u teach the
school. You doctor Ii the sick room.
You practice at the bar. You edit a
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

"A drunken father can make q home run,
when they see him coming.
III Utah comes into the anon che will
probably be called the Matrimonial state.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

The Christian man stands radiant in
it's light. Ills bereft heart r~ejo!csa at the
thought Of s. country where there 3
neither a coffin nor grave; his weary
| body g,ows at The idea Of a land where
! there are no burdens TO carry, and no cX-
haustiyc journeys to take. He eats the
| grapes of Escheol. He stands upon the
mountain top and looks of upon The
promised land. He hears the ca. II the
eternal towers, and the tramp OF the
~nnmberless multitude With sins forgiven.
This is the day which the Lord hath
made Let us rejoice ard be glad in il.
Oh, We who have been hunting for sun
day pleasures in the street and on the
river bank, and in the houses of sin, |
commend TO you this hoy day and holy
service do moi invite you TO swallow
a great bitterness or to carry a heavy
yoke, but | invite you to feel in body,
mind and soul the thrill of joy which
God has handed down in the chalices of
the golden Sabbath.
' With what revulsion and with what
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

Welcome 20 this r|eyiying breast,
And these rejoicing eyes,
Again | remark, we ought 10 have in
the Sabbath the Joy Of domestic reunion
aud conservation. There are some very
good parents who have the faculty OF
making the Sabbath a great gloom.
Their children run up against the wall OF
parental lugubriousness on That day.
They think Of everything bad on that
day. 1t is the worst day TO them. really,
in all the week. There are persons who
because they were brought up in Chris
tian families where there were wrong
notions about the sabbath, have gone out
into dissipation and will be lost. a man
said so me: Il have a perfect disgust Tor
the Sabbath day. ! never say my father
smile an Sunday. II was such a dreadful
day to me when | was a boy, | never got
over if. and never will" Those parents
did not ''call the Sabbath a delight
they made ii a gloom. But there are
houses represented here this morning
where the children say through me
week: II wonder when Sunday VIII
Gomez" They are anxious to have il
come. | hear their hosanna in the house;
| hear their hOsanna III school. God IN
tended the Sabbath to be especially a
day for the father. The mother is home
all the week. Sabbath day comes, and
God says to the father, who has been
busy from Monday morning to Saturday
night at the store, or away from home
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Wasted ElOuuence.

According to this years "Hansard,' p
there were, during the past session, 129
sittings, lasting altogether 1,O43 hours,
the longest sitting being that of the 27th
and 2sth of August, when the house met
at 8 o'clock and sat for over thirteen
hours. By members of the government
1925 speeches were delivered, and by
ex-ministers, 965. The speaker spoke
497 times, and Mr.. Courtney, in the ca
pacity Of deputy speaker and chairman
of committees, sSO times. Speeches de-
livered by private members, to the num-
Der of 5,1s7, brings the grand total for
the year up to s,545. Owing to the
greater length at which speeches during
the past session have been reported, the
dimensions Of "Hansard" this year are
unusually formidable. Life.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19

THE National Democrat, the new
Democratic paper published at Wash
ington, which is doing good work for
Tariff Reform, makes the following
terse argument:
If the Protectionists will only antag-
OniZe commerce all the time, they may
be foolish, but the will at least be con-
Sistent. What we have ridiculed them
for is that they demand high tariff in
order to check commerce on the ground
that we are better off withoutit, and at
the same time they demand Govern
ment subsidies for steamships on the
theory that shipping is of the highest
Importance to us; of so much more i'm
portance to us than any other thing in
the world that if it will not pay indi-
viduals to operate steamship lines the
Government ought to assist in the work.
Both of these things cannot be true.
lfthe tariff is good thing on the home
market theory, then let us hear no more
about subsidies. If commerce is so nec-
essary that it is worth while to subsi-
die steamship lines, then let us lower
our tariff barrier against commerce. But
whatever we do let us remember that
we are rational beings, or were designed
to be such, and let us not demand pro-
tective tariff and steamship subsidies
at the same time.
The following from The Democrat is
also to the point:
1t is proposed to subsidize certain
steamship lines; these lines run, or are
to run, to the West Indies, Mexico,
Central and South America. To these
countries we export a considerable
amount of manufactured goods, but lit
tie or no farm produce. The great bulk
of our farm produce, which is itself the
great bulk of our total exports, goes to
Europe. Nobody proposes to subsidize
steamship lines to Europe. We pre-
sumo that the farmers of this country
see the point. The Government will
be asked this Winter to pay the freight
for the manufacturers, but no one has
suggested that it should pay the freight
for the farmers of this country. About
how long do the farmers of the North
west intend to stand the kind of legis-
lation that the Republican Party gives
the country?
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19

A very pleasing incident at the fun
eral of the late S. S. Cox, is mentioned
in one of the daily papers. 1t is worthy
of notice, as showing true generosity on
one side and lively gratitude on the
other. 1t is no wonder that the dead
Congressman had so many friends and
was so sincerely lamented by men of
both parties. "Seated away in the cor
ner was modest woman in mourning
who wept copiously. Nobody seemed
to know her. To reporter she told
her story. She said her name was
Charlotte J. Morgan, and that she lived
at No. 25 Sanders street, Salem, Mass.
She was the widow of Francis Morgan,
who had died in battle at the heights of
Fredericksburg. He had left her only
the legacy of loving memory and
faithful love. Times were hard on her.
Year after year she had sought for
enough bread from the nation to keep
her alive She met with no success.
Eight years ago she read of "Sunsetn
Cox, and wrote him her story. He
made inquiries, found her deserving,
and, going to work in earnest, secured
for her not only a. pension, but $4,000
back money due. She had only heard
of the death of her benefactor I'm time
to reach the home and place her mod
est bouquet as tribute to his memory
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
THE NORTHWEST
A Woman's Strange Mania.


Among the queer people in this part
of the world, says letter from Find
lay, Ohio, is Mrs. Ann Shaffer, famil.
iary known as "Aunt Ann" She lives
on farm with her husband about ten
miles from this city, is over seventy
nine years old ard in full possession OF
all her faculties. Her cheif popularity
for she has a number-is that she
cannot sleep unless her husband beats a
drum in front of the house for at least
an hour; and summer and winter, night,
the roll of old Jacob Shaffer's drum can
be heard by the neighbors for miles
around as he leads the charge which
his wife is making into dreamland.
He has snare drum which he made
for himself during the early years of the
war, and as he was incapacitated from
going into the army by reason of phys
ical disabilities, he did what he could
for the country by acting as the drum
mer for company of "home guards"
which drilled in bis neighborhoOd.
1t was during this period that his
wife first developed her strange mania.
Being of highly-nervous temperat-
mentandmuch wrought up over the war,
oAC SOulN hpI olCOp az uhlCCo
husband was awake. AS he was not
permitted to sleep until his wife had
first journied into the realms of slum-
ber, he put in the time practicing upon
his drum. In this way "Aunt Ann"
grew into the habit of falling asleep to
the systematic music of the drum and
soon it became necessity. She could
not sleep without its sOlacing sound,
and thus the years have gone on, every
night the same. About 8o'clock Uncle
Jacob gets out his drum and goes to
work as if he was leading charge on
battery, and then gradually drops into
slower and more soothing music, until,
at the end of an hours steady beating,
he # els convinced that his wife is sound |
asleep. Then he puts aside his sleep
producer and joins the partner of his
joys and sorrows on her excursion into
The Shaffers have nice farm and are |
in easy circumstances and barring this |
drum popularity, are quiet people and |
good neighbors. Both husband and |
wife belong to the Methodist church,
Elk.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song OF
praise. A purer medicine does not ex-
istand it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the kidneys and liver, will
remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system
and prevent as we'll as cure all malarial
fevers. For cure of headache, consti-
patton and indigestion try; Electric Bit
ters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed,
or money refunded. Price so cts. and
81 per bottle at I. Leist's drug store.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19

All who are suffering from nerve
or lung trouble cannot change resi-
dence, yet they cap be cured, or greatly
benefited by using Milton's Nerve and
Lung Food. Samples free. Sold by
I. Leist. dec Aim
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19

Why continue the use of irritating
powders, snuffs or liquids. Ely's Cream
Baum, pleasant of application and a sure
cure for catarrh and cold in head, can
be had for SOC. 1t is easily applied into
the nostrils, is safe and pleasant, and is
curing the most obstinate cases. It
gives relief at once. ct
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19

When Dom Pedro of Brazil lay sick
unto death in Itlay, not very long ago,
he told his nurse one morning that he
had had dream. IAN old man came
to me-" said Dom Pedro, "and in most
earnest way informed me that 7 should
lose my crown before I lost my life.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-19
Information For You.

Table. showing the percentage of
deaths by nerve and lung diseases in
the states named.