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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
LATEST WAR NEWS.

What is the latest news from the
front? This chestnutic interrogatory,
by constant and unceasing repetition, is
becoming indescribably wearisome to
us. Any late war news? Yes, the latest
advices indicate unmistakably that
there is no war, that there has been no
war, and that there will be no war.
This is not only very gratifying news,
but it is the most reliable that has yet
been vouchsafed to the public through
the medium Of the press. If perchance,
this sickly sensation should go down in
history, it will be conspicuous as the
most bloodless conflict of ancient or
modern times. 1t will be anomalous,
inasmuch as it will portray war waged
with relentless fury for months, by the
eastern press, with deadly effect upon
the nations wards, without the loss of a
single soldier. 1t will recount the many
sad instances where weak women and
frail men were stricken with mortal
fear. in localities remote from the scene
of imaginary danger, where no apparent
cause of alarm existed. 1t will re-
hearse the heroic and intensely perilous
entry of a Black Hills newspaper re-
porter into the very heart Of the hostile
camp in the bad lands upon a missi on
of peace, with a revolver in his hip
pocket and an OLIVE branch in each
hand, and how he miraculously escaped
with his hair, and the future fruitless
results which followed. 1t will describe
situation unparalleled in modern mill
tary methods, where an army fully
equipped for action, confronted by band
of fdefant savages, inferior in number,
and skill in the art Of warfare, deferred
an attack from week to week, depending
upon the friendly savages to execute q
duty which it (the army had been dele
gated TO perform. 1t will--but then, it
is folly to attempt to describe the many
ridiculous phases of this innocent news
paporial conflict, which we are delighted
TO say. is daily decreasing in interest by
prolonged inactivity on the part of the
troops, and the better understanding
prevailing that the danger of an Indian
outbreak, SO greatly magnified by news
paper reporters in the past, is now rapid
ly wearing away by the continued repe-
tition of improbable predictions which
never haye, and never will materialize.
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THE WORLDS FAIR.

The Yankton Press. in a recent issue,
submits the fol!owing pertinent sug-
gestion upon the important question of
the representation of Sor-h Dakota at
the great Columbian exposition at
Chicago in 1898: "How would it do TO
submit to the people an amendment to
the constitution, to be voted upon next
fall, at the annual election, authorizing
the state to issue bonds TO the amount
Of two hundred thousand dollars for
the purpose of covering any deficiency
and to provide fund for an appropriate
setting forth of South Dakota at the
worlds fair. 1t is very unfortunate that
the state should be financially embsras-
sed al this time. The Columbian ex-
position is TO be the most stupendous
exhibition the world ever saw, and it is
to be held in the great metropolis of the
west. Every state in the union will
endeavor to do something on a magni-
fcent scale on that grand occasion and
South Dakota must not be lacking in
patriotism or enterprise. 1t will cost a
large sum OF money, but it will be
money well invested. 1t can in no sense
be termed extravaganza. The people
owe it to the dignity of their common
wealth and the grandeur of the great
event to be commemorated, to give a
liberal sum to this purpose. The in
coming legislature must take action in
the matter-at least must take all the
preliminary steps, and unless special
session is to be called, this legislature
will have to arrange definitely the part
which South Dakota will take. Money
is all that is needed, and the only way
to obtain money for this purpose will be
to borrow it, because every dollar Of
present available resources of the state
will be needed to pay current expenses.
The people would be willing to vote
authority to issue bonds for this patriot
ic purpose, and the matter should be
thoroughly agitated now in order that
the legislature may have the encourage
ment Of public sentiment in whatever
their united wisdom deems best and
most fitting for the OCCASION"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
No Sinecure.

The position occupied by Postmaster
Hitchcock, Of this place, is by no means
sinecure. The total emoluments Of the
office, during the past nine months, haye
not been commensurate with the meas
ure Of business transacted, which, by
reason of its volume, has required the
constant aid of an assistant, to whom no
compensation is allowed by the depart
ment. The maximum quarterly allow
ance of postmasters Of the fourth class
is limited, by rule of the department,
to $4,000, and notwithstanding, as in
the case Of the Custer Office, the com
missions may largely exceed this sum.
nothing in excess Of the sum named is
allowed, When the commissions ex-
ceed this sum for four consecutive
quarters, the office becomes what is
termed a presidential office, in which
event it is rated, and the postmster APP
pointed by the president, with salary
proportionate with The measure Of busi-
ness transacted.
The commissions have largely exceed
ed the maximum in the Custer Office
since the first quarter Of the present
year, and under the rule, the office will
receive its rating after the first of April,
1891. The postmaster's commission hav-
ing reached the maximum for the pres
ent quarter, on the 10th Of this month,
he practically performs the duties Of the
Office during the last twenty-one days of
the month without any compensation
whatever. 1t is conceded that the COM
merci0l status of town may be fairly
estimated upon the basis Of its postoflice
business hence, accepting this rule as
guide, Custer stands at the head of the
list of Black Hills towns In the measure
of postoffice business in proportion TO
her population. 1t is unnecessary to
say that Custer will be the next presi-
dental Office established in the Hills,
distinction, to which, by any rule of
equity, she has been justly entitled for
the past nine months.
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fair way TO secure that prize. His rapid
accumulation of wealth had been ac-
complished by means that were chal-
lenged by victims who had been assail-
ed through his Financial News, and
they gradually closed in on him, COM
pc ling him to attempt a justification
and vindication Of his honor in the courts.
He chose Butterfeld as the object of his
attempted vindication beca use he con-
sidered Butterfield TO be too weak Fl n
ancially to defend his suit. He had pre-
viously forced Bank Of England direct
or to apologize rather than sustain u
lible suit, aud no doubt thought he
could bluff the American promoter
down the same way.
But Butterfield was made of different
stuff. He had seen the game Of bluff
played and played out in California, and
he went to Jail when he could not get
bail, and doggedly remained their till
his suit came off and he was enabled to
prove the truth Of the scandalous
charges against Marks to which he had
given publication. The terrorism which
Marks had established i'm London
through the merciless use Of his pen was
broken when he sued Butterfeld, and
he has since been exposed in a score Of
directions In transactions inrJ,ondon Ii.
volving his honesty and good name, but
has not dared to attempt to bring his as
sailants into court. With Butterfield,
the weakest Of them all, triumphant
oyer him, the career of Marks, as a
great and shining social, political and
financial light of London is therefore
at an end. 1t was an American who
finally uncovered his real character, and
it was American sand" and grit" that
gave him the legal defeat that exposed
him after Englishmen had permitted
him for years to override and bulldoze
the whole financial circle of London.
Mr.. Butteriield has proven himself
public benefactor, and there will be uni
versal hope that he may mulct Marks in
heavy damages for the imprisonment to
which he was subjected without cause.
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cheapest they could be made was S. a
thousand ia addition to cost of material
We introduced machinery that does
the work at cost of so cents thousand
and uses less solder, and We guarantee
to make good all losses by breakage of
cans including the value of the meat
spoiled, besides paying better wages
thaA when the work was done by
hand
There can be no doubt" concluded
Edward Norton, "that under the Nc
Kinley bill tin-plate can be cheaply and
successfully made in this country.
somers & Co, of Brooklyn, are now put
ting In plant similar to ours, and un.
derstand that Nidringhaus, Of st. Louis,
is also going into the manufacture. If
Colonel Taylor would look around at
home he might learn something"
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Railroad News.
ANOTHER u. a NJ. LINE.

ANOih4@h bs a NJ LINE
1t is said that the B. & Nj. Railroad
company is preparing to build a line
from Cus,e to Newcastle next spring.
This line will be built for the purpose
of providing a more direct eastern route
for the transportation of the Newcastle
coal, and, if built, will he fully sixty
miles shorter than the Dudley or Edge
ment route to Deadwood The company
officials stationed here refuse to verify
the report, but recent developments in
the vicinity of Custer lend it consider
able credence.-Lead City Herald.
R. R. OPERATIONS SUSPENDED.
The Newcastle Journal of the 10Th
inst. has the following: Everyone was
greatly surprised this week to learn that
telegram had been sent here ordering
that all work on the B. & NJ. grade west
of here, on what has been called the
Buffalo extension" be stopped i'm
mediately for an indefinite period, and
that sub-contractors who desired to 60
out ofthe country be shipped out All
the work has been stopped, and one
outfit has already reached town to be
shipped east. The others will be ship
ped from Merino. The reason for this
sudden change OF plans lies no doubt in
the formation this week Of a gigantic
railroad trust with Jay Gould at the
head of 1t, which includes the C. B. &
O., as well as all the western roads, the
affairs to be under the direction Of one
board Of directors. All railroad build
ing has been stopped until the new ar
rengements are perfected, when this
board OF directors will decide what new
work shall be continued and what shall
be abandoned.
RAILROADS IN DEADwooD.
Yesterday was an historical one for
Deadwood. For fourteen years Dead
wood has nestled amongst the hills
prosperous, 1ourishing and independent,
yet always working for and expecting,
railroad from the outside world to ar
rive within the portals Of her gates.
Narrow gauge roads have been built to
and from Deadwood and been in oper-
alton for years, but no standard guage
road, of great or small importance has
come within her gates until yesterday
there came upon the Elkhorn line Ere
mont Elkhorn and Missouri valley
Railroad company two of it's locomo-
tives driving a construction train and q
gang Of tracklayers before them. into
our city limits. Hundreds of citizens,
afoot, on horseback and in carriages
visited the lower limits of the city to
witness the spectacle of real, sure
enough railroad coming into Deadwood.
The moment the locomotives arrived
within the city limits huzzas of the as
sembied people, the heavy bass roar of
the whistles of the smelters and chlorin-
alton works announced the welcome of
the road which was again answered by
the sharp shrill tones Of the locomo-
tives responding to the welcome Of
the great wealth producing ore reducers
of Deadwood, and the joyful Welcome Of
its people.-Tines. 20.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
I, Silver, The Clothier,
SILVER, the Square Dealer"

If customers feel think that way shape
they
them that it unknown me- have unnenional
Let them at this time present their claims and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
Mining items.

There is displayed in the windows of
Sam SCOTS office, on Seventh street, a
fine sample Oft tin ore from the Jonathan
mine, located on Tenderfoot, that carries
forty per cent Of cssiterite. The vein is
ten feet wide and shows about the same
class of ore. The claim is owned by
Judge Nowlin, Caple and son. Lewis
Eyerly and Sam Sco,t.-Rapid Journal
The Tenderfoot tin district is located
four or five miles northwest Of this city.
and is conceded to be one of Clusters
most promising tin tributaries. and the
rsere fact Of the mine referred to being
located II .hst district may be reason
|Ably accepted as an index Of its valuable
Character.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
Indians Surrender.

One hundred and seventy-five In
diaBs, including sixty-one from Sitting
Bulls camp, surrendered to Captain
Hursi On Sunday at Duprse's ranch on
the Big Cheyenne river, above the
mouth c' Cherry creek. They will be
sent te Fort Bennett.
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THE ErromnEn mrrrn.-


work Made Dangerous By the Burst /.
Ing out OF Flanes-The Mine Be-
Msved to be ON Fire All Through.
DUNBAR, Penn, June 27.-The flames
which have been burning in Farm Hill nnine
burst from the pit at $50 O'Clock tonight
and lespsd thirty feet into the air. All
efforts to sxtingush the flames have proved
fruitless and the buildings In the vicinity
have been torn down to prevent the ere
spreading. It was the belief of the inspec-
tors that It was absolutely dangerous to pro-
csed further, bat they decided to finish the
work themselves. A hole has been
drilled into the Hill Farm mine
and at II o'clock the inspectors started
on their perilous search. They have
taken their lives in their own hands and may
never see daylight again. It il feared the
mine Is on Ere all through or else filed with
smoke. In either case the danger. is very
great. It is.of a character too that tries to
tho utmost the courage men. In the dark,
with tons of lose earth above them, false
step OF any kind Of a move may bring death
In an instant
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TEhaGRAPHlC JOTTINGs.
nley's book has been issued.

Stanley's book has been issued.
Advices from China say that the dowsger
queen Of Corea died June 4, aged % years.
The business portion of Carbon. Wyo., was
burned yesterday morning. Loss 500, 000;.
small insurance.
The worlds fair commissioners have elect
ed Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan perma-
nent president, and J. T. Dickinson of Texas
permanent secretary.
The directors of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railway yesterday declared the
regular quarterly dividend of ~ per cent.
August 81.
The Peking Gazette reports serious trouble
between the Chinese and Coreans at China
Taokou, on the Jolu river, concerning the
right to cut timber there. Several lives were
lost.
A bridge on the Mexican National Railroad
near Oregon fell yesterday with q freight
train. The locomotive and number Of ears
were carried down. The engineer, fireman
and brakeman were killed.
The Mexican government newspapers per-
sist in maintaining that there is NO revelu-
tionary movement on the frontier and there
fore thas there has been no conflict and no
arrests have been made at Laredo.
From incomplete returns the population of
cities in Vermont il estimated as follows:
Manchester, $4,000, gain Of 10000; Con-
cord, Al, 900, gain of $1,000; Nashua, $780,
600, gain Of 2,000;. Dover, 13, 600. gain OF
200. Portsmouth and Keene returns are in
sufficient to form an estimate.
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BURNING OF A STEAMER.
Twenty Persons Supposed to Have
Pefiahed.

PerisAed.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, June 27.-The'
steamer City of Rio Janeiro, from Hong
Kong and Yokohoma, brings the following
advices:
The steamer Paoching, which left Shang-
hal for Hangkow, was burned near the
forksd Tree on Tangtsee river. May %. and
Captain Place. Second Engineer Wilson and
twenty natives are supposed to have per-
ished. A number of Chinese vessels did
good service in picking up the survivors,
among whom the first and second officers
end sixty 1.-TWO natives were found. The YES.
sci was loaded with q general cargo, includ-
ing several cases of matches. She was fully
insured
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The Building Collapsed,

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 27.-An immense
seven story double front building on Reser-
voir street fell here this morning with q
crash. No enc was hurt. The building
was owned by R. S. Payne and had Just been
completed at cost of $685. Brisoos &
Co., wholesale dry goods and notions had a
stock worth $500, 1000 buried in the ruins.
If it does not rain they will save 10 per cent.
Several other buildings here were damaged
in sums of from $500 to 81, 600
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Visiting In Bristol.

Mrs. Sally Cannon of New Haven. who
celebrated her Tooth birthday the 9th q
last March, is visiting with her grand daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. q. Ksirns, in Bristol, and will
remain there until about July 1st, when che
expects to visit Meriden relatives.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28
Victims or the Johnstown Flood.

VtctHms OF tho JOhnsfOWR Flood.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 27.-Three bodies
of women we're found to day all In tho river
just above the stone bridge where the great
mass of wreckage lay last summer. They
were under the water In the sand and all
were in fair state of preservation. Only
one was identified, Mrs. Roberts, wife Of
Howard j. Roberts, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank. Mr.. Roberts, his wife and son
were all drowned, but his body has not yet
been recovered.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28
Corbln,s Resignation Accepted.

COIpfh's W6SIEH1tI0n AcOePSe0e
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 27.-Austin Cor
bins resignation as presidents of the Phila-
delphia and Reading railroad was considered
and accepted by the board of directors this
morning. A. A. Mcleod, vice president,
was elected president. and Colonel James
Boyd of Norristown was elected q director
to fill the vacancy in the board caused by
Mr.. Corbin's retirement. This is something
of surprise, as it was thought by many
that Mr.. Csrbin would remain in the board.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28
an Eoorce L.. Streeter's.
why SHOULD | TRADE At.
DURANTS?

Because can save money. as his expenses are 90
much lower than Chapel street stores and ne mas
the goods that suit and never misrepresenss tnem;
Spectacleg always ON hand at
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other Notes q the Race.

VSAeE NOSoD - Ne 1A0COs
II was not known until quite recently that
Harvard had been working In the dead Of
night on the river to escape observation.
For week the crsw was out nearly every
night between 10 and / O'Clock trying its
speed.
II caused hot little surprise that the REQ
ord, 90 minutes, 10 seconds was not ap-
preached any nearer yesterday. Everything
was conducive for fast time. The water was
like mill pond, with little breeze blowing
from the northwest, and Harvard pushed
Yale for three miles at least very hard.
The scene on the river WAS q beautiful
spectacle Of gaily colored yachts, steamers
and boats Of all descriptions, black with
passengers. Here Harvard colors were con.
spicuous, "a many Of her representatives and
friends came by water. The Elua City, witt
large crowd on board, had prominent pc
sition for anchorage at the finish post abovs
the new bridge. 4ss
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w. D. JUDSON,
ie28 yO9 Chapel Street.

FOR SALE Ofe RENT.
New house in e growing section, and one Of
w rooms. steam heat, and all modern improve.
ments; nrstclass In all particulars; built for resi-
dence Of owner who for good reasons will sell at
cost or will rent. Would make good investment.
Possession September LIST. Address
je25 It BOX SIG.
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Goth Dividend.

Goth Dividend.
THE FORT BASCoM CATTLE RAISING O.
n,v,nunn . New III aAv n ~ June e. 1890 o.,
IA Of this company has been declared this day,
payable on aud after July Sd. Resident stockhold.
ers can obtain their dividends at the New Haven
County National Bank. The transfer books will be
closed from Juno eth TO July Sd, inclusive
e26 Ct E. E. BRADLEY, Treasurer.
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EORLSALE.

a. Close mated, smooth, cob built. hand
reliable pair Carriage horees dark bays, sixteen
hands. w. r. FOOTE, Al State street.
easy saddle pony S5e24 It
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COLUMBIA AND HARVARD.

NEW lIONDONS OuhO 6s.-AA0 wv GuA0
race between Columbia and Harvard fresh-
man took place Immediately after the war;
sity race. But little interest was manifested.
The Harvard freshman were evidently dis.
heartened by the defeat of the varsity crew
and were defeated By half boat length.
The time of the victorious crew was ten
minutes Fifty eight seconds. Percy Bolton
was referee.
NOTES
Taken Of the Scene from the Observa.
tlon Train.
New LONDON, June 26.-Never before was
Yale-H Harvard race on the Thames viewed
by q larger crowd from the observation train
than yesterday. Thirty-three platform oars
with a circus arrangement of seats were
densely packed with nearly three thousand
excited and cheering people. The train left
the station little past six O'Clock. and an
engine before and one behind pulled and
strained with every effort to reach the start,
| four miles above, in time. The blue here, as
everywhere else, predominated, and pretty
| sight it was to see the long line of cars one
mass of colors winding about the curves Of
the road. The start was made but little
distance away from where halt had
been made by the train, and the words
| of Referee Oelrioh's, "Are you ready" ''go'
could be plainly heard. From that instant
| for the next twenty odd minutes the scene
was bedlam. Cheer after cheer was started
and taken up from car to car along tho en-
tire line and then for want Of room to con-
tinue further returned the way II came.
How excited everyone was. Right below
them were the brawny crews Of Yale and
Harvard struggling for lead, with the
chances apparently slightly in favor Of thu
former. Obi those provoking places on tn.
road where the steep bank hid the river
from sight. How .n1iou.ly the many head
strained and turned to catch the first view
when the train came through the other sid,
Of the out. This WIS the occasion for NOR
II cheering and ordinations Of "Yale is gain
Ing" "Ses Harvard squirt" etc. The differ
; once In the two strokes was plsinl!
noticeable even from distance
Harvard splsshed badly ct times, and tn
!. body work seemed hard and stir, In striking
comparison to the machine-like swing o
!, | Yale. Thus the excitement continued. At tn
last half-mils dag Yale takes the most mag
ni6cent squirt Of the race, the finish I
reached and then it was q scramble back t.
} the station Of struggling, noisy crowd o
students and a half-timid yet retiring thron
!, of ladies and pretty girls. The scene at th
, STATEN was bedlum itself. The prophetic
made early In the day that the attendant
. would be small In comparison with forme
l years was disproved. It was hours befoT
) the trains could carry away their loads 9
! time did = thriving business, disposing 9
= eatables, 2rsworks, etc., and censoled them
z selves philosophically because Harvard di
: not win. The New Haven people returne
! by special trains, the first reaching this cit
at $40,
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The following shows the time and strokes
If tI1a Nrnva.
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NOTICE.

TTlHE annual meeting Of "The Contractors to Re-
New Haven will Be held at 10 O'Clock a. M, Tues
dag, July LIST, 1890, at the Office of 81. TrowbrIdges
Sons. '- THOMAS R. TROWBR1DGE,
ie93 Is % St Clerk
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FOR RENT,

- atore ON Grand avenue, near franklin
al street, suitable for most any business. To o
reliable tenant the rent will be reasonable.
MERwIN's REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
ap0< 7be Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28

NOTICE.
TINE annual meeting of 'sUnion Wharf Company
Il will be held at the Office Of 81. Trowbrfdge's
Sons at 10 o'clock a. m. Tuesday, July 1st 1880.
E. 81. .TROWBRIDGE,
fe23 Is % a. Clerk.