Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-13
DAKOTA

Gum chewing is on the increase at Aber
deem.
The Telegram says business Is picking VI
In Yankton.
Sioux Falls is still lighting after the cour
house location.
I've brick yards will be opened up at Cen.
~tervillc this spring.
The cause Of temperance is again at the
trent In Hand county.
Steps have been taken to establish a farm
ers' warehouse In Brookinss.
An effort is being made In Armour to raise
money to build q Catholic church.
The soldiers at Fort Randall are arranging
for a magnificent hop on the 23l Of April.
The Aberdeen Prcsbytery will meet at Brit
ton, Marshall county, on the 9th inst.
Work has been begun on O large Touring
mill at Warner. This makes the fifth large
Niiil In Brown county.
Religious excitement has driyen Ernest
Selvert, OF Castalis, crazy, and he has been
sent TO the insane asylum.
Tho Burlington and Missouri has resumed
work on the grade to the Black Hills and the
contractors are pushing matters.
At the election to be held May 18th, Ed.
munds county will vote upon the question OF
bonding for the erection OF "A court house
and jail.
II is said OF Pettigrew, who is talked CT for
the senate, that when he csme to Dakota be
walked from Sioux City TO Sioux Falls to save
stage fare.
The Miller Vindicstor says: ave have
not got the gall TO ask the county to put
up $500 to be paid K. 5. Clarkscn for The
Miller postoffce.'
The Centerville Coal Mining company now
has seven prospect holes completed ard four
partly down, and arrangements viii soon be
made for sinking q shaft.
WATERFOWL is arranging to vote on the go
met. on a proposition to expend Si5, 900 In
a high school building, costing $50, 600, and
a city hall, costing 1900.
The DeSmet Leader understands that
farmers generally are depending upon the
grain left in by the hail tor seeding, and will
not SOW anything more on that land.
Governor Mellette has appointed j. G. Nc
Mamma, editor Of the Free Press OF Pierre,
territorial auditor, and F. II. TIagerty, OF
Aberdeen, commissioner Of immigration.
1t is rumored that James w. Fowler, Of
Rapid City, is a candidate for United States
district judge, and is TO get a solid backing
from his local bar and the citizens for the
position.
TIL wordy postofice contest which hat
been carried on SO long between the editors
OF the rival papers at Harold has at las
eliminated in a suit for criminal libel agaius'
Sigler by Besancon.
Tie first biennial report OF the territorial
board Of education is a voluminous work o.
S24 closely printed pages. The volume alsC
includes the nineteenth annual report Of III.
territorial superintendent.
The county commissioners OF Brown
county have appropriated $1,000 toward de
fraying the expenses Of the territorial fai
20 be held at Aberdeen the coming fall, snt
81, 900 for special premiums 10 Brown count,
farmers.
The following officers OF tie ". II. C. ha7v
been elected: Department president, Mrs, j
II. Hauser, Aberdeen; senior vice president
Mrs. Josephine Falsom, Fargo; junior vice
president, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Watertown.
The winter term Of the Redfeld colleg
closed with IN oratorical contest. The occa
sion was the selection CT an ora or TO repre-
sent the college in toe state contest to b
held at Sioux Falls In May. F. l.. Rawson Sc
cured the prize.
RE, the little 2-year-old son OF CITY Attor
ney O'Keefe, OF Grand Forks, got hold OF
bottle Of chlorodyne Friday and took bi
dose. A q ctor was summoned and an anti
dote administered, and IL is thought the littl
fellow Will recover.
Lawyer Livingston, the female legal lich
o. Deadwood, who is conducting her own sid
Of a townsite case, produced some ore iron
one Of her clsims. Lawyer Kingsley re
euestei that be be allowed to have II assaye,
at HIS own expense, but she refused, with III
assertion thar there wasn't an honest assaye
In the Black Hills.
At La Grace Sunday an inquest was holder
over the remains OF Lars Larson, supposed t
DNNC bCCu bidlGGltA W thbNbi ihAfo'obu
Ole Peterson and Peder Halden, his neigh
bors. and resulted In q verdict that death
was caused by drink, and the defendants dis
charged. A warrant has been issued for thu
party who sold Larson the liquor.
The Aberdeen News has issued a handsome
annual OF thirty-two pages, containing q
large amount OF matter pertaining to Aber
deem and a handsome showing by advertisers.
The big numoer is put up In a cover, the
title page OF which carries a map showing
Aberdeen to be "the railway huh OF Dakota. ,
The publication does the publishers and
Aberdeen great credit.
A lively interest Is being manifested a.
Huron in the proposed building Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway from Omaha to TIA
city. ~he matter has been under advise
ment for some time and the attention O
prominent railroad men have been directed
to 1t In such a way as 10 get from them as
surance that action OF a decisive cbaractel
will be early taken. A number OF Huron
gentlemen interested In the enterprise are II
correspondence with Omaha parties and indi
cations all point TO the building of the roat
the present year. II is a matter OF the ut
most Importance to Huron and that part o.
South Dakota and also to Omaha, as he1