Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12

citWyesterday en- route from Omaha to
Deadwood to work for Contractors NAL
Tory & Cushing on the B. & NJ. railroad
grade.
Garlock keeps a full line of groceries
way down prices.
Attention is called to the new adver-
tisement in this issue of the Vienna
hotel, recently opened to the public
under a new management that will take
special pains to please its patrons.
A car load of shelled corn just receiv
ed at Garlock's.
Rev. +. L. Frame, of Buffalo Gap, will
preach at the Congregational church in
this city on Sunday, morning and even
ing, April 18th, exchanging pulpits with
Rev. ]. H. Macomber, of this city, who
fills his place at Buffalo Gap.
Momaja coffee leads them all at Gar
locks.
j. w. Barnes, of York, Neb., who has
in the past made frequent visits TO the
Black Hills in the interest of the B. & NJ.
Railroad company, demonstrated his
confidence in this place by the purchase,
last week, of a very desirable quarter
block on Custer Avenue.
Buy S%wansdown flour at Garlock's
1t caps the climax.
The exact distance from Dudley, the
point on the Cheyenne river where the
Custer and Deadwood branch of the B.
& NJ. railroad will connect with the
Grand Island and Wyoming Central, to
Custer City, the prospective division
s%tation) by the surveyed route, is A
miles. This is official.
Aetna, Atlas and Hercules powder,
caps and fuse, kept in stock at Garlock's.
AT the annual election of the Custer
Fire aud Hose Co. No. !, held on Mon
day evening, the following officers were
elected to serve duringt the ensuing year:
Foreman, II. j. Stone LIST assistant, W.
A. White; End assistant, Frank Walsh
secretary, j. F. Smith treasurer, James
Clark.
Garlock has a car of the well known
Ellwood Glidden Barb Wire now on the
road. Buy no other kind.
Five days would seem to be more time
than was actually required for mail
matter to be in transit between Hill
City and Custer; but SANKEY'S "only
original" Miner absorbed it all in reach
ing our table last week. There is prob
ably a rat hole in the Miner Office that
would bear looking into.
Us. Peltz now holds the ribbons on the
Custer and Buffalo Gap stage, and judg-
ing by the prompt arrival Of the coach
since he took his seat, we can but infer
that he pounds them on the back to
some purpose. We trust Joe may hold
the sit until our mail is transferred to
the b. & NJ. which will probably be
sometime in July next.
The Hot Springs Star is reliably in
formed that a national bank will at an
early day be established at Hot Springs.
Mr. V. K. Prentice, Of Chicago, together
with local parties are the promoters.
Already application for charter has
been made, and it is expected this en-
terprise will be ready to do business at
a date not later than June LIST.
DR.. j. R. Spencer, of s~nliihfeld, yir-
ginia, arrived in Hill City last Saturday.
Doctor spencer will remain a permanent
resident of Hill City, in the position
of official physician and sergeon of the
Harvey Peak company. The doctor
iss s'saaste with high honors from
>ne OF the leadi.s -aedicai colleges of
the south, and comes to Hsa CITY with
high recommendations for skill In both
physic and surgery.-Miner.
w. Ward has contracted with Car
penter A. Johnson for the construction
Of q new aud attractive front to his
building now occupied by Kimble &
Carr, n door east Of the Custer County
bank, and also for q rear addition. The
building, when completed, will be occu.
pied by Mr.. Ward, who will engage in
the restaurant business. Kimble & Carr
will occupy the building directly op.
posite oil the north side of Custer aven-
ne. formerly occupied by Mr.. Ward, and
known as the Bon Ton restaurant.
There wa a very lively gale of wind
prevailing here on Monday morning,
blew down n sign, and a small section
of fence. This was the strongest blow
experienced in this place during the
past year, and on account of the rarity
ofsuch visitations, created something OF
a sensation, which would not have been
noticed in less favored localities. Since
the subsistence OF the wind. which only
lasted q few hours, normal weather has
interviewed, and the SUI has shone very
brightly on the coming railroad metrop-
oils of the Black Hills.
Regular quarterly meeting will be
held at the NJ. T.. Church in this city on
Sunday April ]4th. Sunday School at
10 o'clock. a. m. preaching at II o'clock
by supt. J. b. earns, followed by the
Sacrament OF the Lords Supper. Love-
feast at 8 o'clock p. M Preaching at
z 80 p. m. by Rev. earns. Holy Con-
ference, Monday at 10 o'clock, a. m.
q. G. Likes, Pastor.