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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The Nouotuck Silk company gem
crates power from a water whe2l at it's
lowest mill in Leeds, Mass, then turns
it into electricity, conveys it 10 the new
mill thirty rods above, whore it is con
verified into motion by means Of a dy-
namo, and thus does the work of n six
ty-fve horse owe engine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Jay Gould Mt the tbeater always sit,
in q box and takes an upper one If he
a get It, He is by no means a con
slant theater goer. He is retiring, and
rarely allows himself to be seen by the
audience. He never ~applauds, but
occasionally becomes 40 interested in
the play as to emerge from his place OF
concealment and crane his neck owe,
the edge Of the box. When the exciting
scene or striking tableau is over he
seems to become suddenly aware OF hi,
conspicuous position and quickly sinL
into tho bp !ksroun1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

An English electrician has been di-
recting his attention to the publication
OF sea water and other fluids by cleo
tricity, lie has made careful applica-
ton of this principle also to wines and
brandles. lie finds that it has the cf-
feet of softening the aspcrities of somo
wines by removing the predominant
bitartrate Of potash.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

St James Palace, London, is to be
fitted up with electric lights. At the
last levce in another royal palace q few
days ago the fog made it SO dark that it
was almost impossible to see, and the
only illumination possible was by a few
candles stuck here and there and two or
three lamps.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
A Death Dance. :

Probably the greatest loss Of life oc-
Cured at Falls City hall, which was in
the center Of the tornado. In the lower
rooms Of the hall were fifty or seventy
Ave children with their mothers ard
other relatives taking dancing lessons1
There were at least l25 persons on the
lower floors and seventy-five moro
among the lodges meeting on the upper
floor when the terrible wind swool ed
down on the building. The entire
structure in less than five minutes was
o shapeless mass Of brick and mortar,
burying 200 people. Of which number
few escaped uninjured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

AIphonse Daudet, probably the most
popular living novelist, is hus de-.
scribed: "Daudet is one OF tho most
remarkable looking men in Europe.
His head is one Of great beauty, exqui.
sitely shaped, long, dark locks falling
over a white, broad forehead, eyes as
black as any coal, but brilliant with the
light OF southern suns, the face itself a
perfect oval, a full, dark beard and mus.
tache and a delicate, finely chiseled
mouth"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

According to the Lyon Medical the
inquiry made by the administration in
order to carry out the new law giving
certain advantages to fathers Of more
than seven children, has shown that in
Fra=Ce at present there are 1000, 600
households in which there has been no
children; $500, 900 in which there was
one; 200, COG, two children; 300, 600,
three; about /, 900, 600, four; $50, 600, five;
$50, 900, six, and 200, 900, seven or more.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
BARBER DuRoss' GOOD LUCK.
He Invests q Dollar In the Louisiana
State Lottery and Wilma &S .0O0

He Invest q Dollar In the Louisiana
State Lottery and Wins $4,000.
Ticket No. 1922 drew the second capital
prize Of tl00, 600 In tho January drawing OF
the louisiana State Lottery.
One-twentieth Of this ticket was held "
Cornelius N. Duross, who lives ut SO Nc
Dougall avenue with his widowed mother.
He was therefore entitled to receive $500.
Mr.. Duross was found yesterday by d
Sun reporter at hts barber shop, i0S Joseph
Campau avenue.
al received the %, 900 through the Ameri
lean Express company, and It came to M
like q god-send,n said the fortunate many
~ was frat made aware Of my ticket win
ming ON the receipt Of thc official nctiss Of
the winners, sent out by the company. I
have been Investing a do lar each montt
for over q year, and this IL the first time I
ever drew anything. held the ticket alb
solutely, and no one was entitled to q divis-
ION Of the prize, as has been reported. Tho
money ] will invest In real sstate.n
M. Duross 10 a young man q exem-
plary habits, and The money could not have
fallen into better hands. = Detroit (MiclI)
Sun, February
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
River PoIIutions.
New York Telegram.

NOW IofH 1efsRFam
According to DR.. S. S. Kilvington, the
Mississippi river received during tho
past year 152,675 tons of garbage and
ofial, los, $50 tons Of night soil and 3,765
dead animals from only eight cities; the
Ohio 46, 700 tons Of garbage, 21,157 tons
of night soil and s, 100 dead animals
from Ave cities; and the Missouri $4,000
ons of garbage, 20, 400 tons Of night soil
and &c. GOO dead animals from four cities.
DIR. Kilvington urges the cremation OF
most Of the refuse, and twenty-three out
Of twenty-five health officers consulted
by him favored tho plan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The st. Petersburg journalists, Rus
sian and otherwise, who are admitted to
rourt festivities have just SEN a curious
petition to the car. They ask to be al
lowed TO wear on their dress coats some
small ornament with the name Of tho
paper they represent inscribed on it by
which they might be recognized as rep
resentatiyes of the prcsS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

At the residence of Colonel A. Bass,
at Rome, Ca, Wednesday, q partridge
found its way into the home and was
captured by Miss Hattie and safely put
in a cage. A little while later another
partridge, perhaps the mate of the first,
walked boldly in and started upstairs
and wes also captured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

John ii, Starin, the great steamboat
owner, Is u keen featured, level headed
man Of muscular build, and among his
claims to distinction he has ridden race
horses, kept a drug store and erected a
mausoleum. lie has never failed in
anything he has undertaken.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

p But for the ravages of storms and the
robins, a woman at Placer, Cal, would
have made 5000 per acre on her olive
orchard Of two acres. But for the storms
the robins would not have come down
from the mountains, and these two
drawbacks do not often OCCUR.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The vitality Of snails is remarkable.
One that had been glued to a card in the
British museum for four years came to
life upon being immersed in warm
water. Some specimens in the collec-
ton of a naturalist revived after they
had apparently been dead for fifteen
YeorS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Two mammoth red bats of the species
identical with the vampire bat of the
Brazils, have just been captured in Ten.
sas Parish, La. They are in shape like
bats, but many times larger, measuring
go inches from the tip of one wing to
the tip of the other. In color they are
a revolving blood tint and are of a snap,
ping vindictive temper. The animals
will be sent to the geological gardens OF
some northern city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The intelligence Of animals became
n of the subjects of discussion at a
little dinner party. An enthusiastic
advocate Of the dog was asked: do
you mean to tell us that there are some
dogs with more sense than their masters
a boast OFF" Certainly; l have
ono
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Murdered Many and was Hangei.

PrrTsBoRo, March ~29,-JsSnes y.
Davis was hanged here yesterday fr
the murder OF John Horton in Noycm.
Der last. He confessed his crime and
further stated that his real name was
Shackelford, and while living In South
Carolina several years ago had muir
dered his six children,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
A Desirable Correspondent.

Do you write many letters, and are
you a desirable correspondent? inquiries
the New York Sun. What is that?
A desirable correspondent is the one
who not only dates her letter, but writes
upon it the day Of the week, so that you
have an intelligent idea by what she
means by tomorrow" One who dis
eliminates in the matter of ink, not
choosing that which is so pale that you
think it is skim milk, nor tho very
black or very purple, writing with it on
extremely thin paper, 50 hat when you
hold the sheet to the light you cannot
read ii.
One who does o go into e~cstasies
about the weather, the heighth or depth
Of the thermometer, or the mental or
physical condition OF her own sweet
self.
One who answers the questions asked
by you in your last letter, concluding
that unless you wanted to know you
would not have written.
One who fastens the envelope Sc
curely, for she knows that nothing Is so
annoying as to receive a half-opened
letter.
One who does not gusb to q stranger,
thinks it is worth while being careful
to her friends, and never let's business
letters wait.
One who writes "Mr." before a mans
name in preference to Esquire
after it.
One who spells your name correctly.
You would suppose that your friends
would know this, but very often they do
not trouble themselves about it.
One who uses quiet payer, n good
quill, q clear ink, and sits down to the
pleasant task determined to express
herself clearly and intelligently, put
ting ''dotlet on the j." the crossing to
the t, the curling tail to her y, 80 that
it will not look like q, and says what is
necessary and no more, and saying it in
the best way, is the desirable CORE
spondent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
That Terrible Parrot.

ma, is the minister coming?"
What makes you think SO? Did you
see him?"
mo; but ] saw pa take the parrot
and lock it up in the stable"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
RIown From the Track.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March ga
freight train on the Louisville and
Nashville Thursday night encountered a
cyclone ear Sebree, KY, and was com
pletely wrecked, the engine topping
over an embankment. Engineer Burns
nd Brakeman Powell were killed. The
,cman was badly hurt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Editorial Dignity.

New York Weekly.
Sub-Editor religious weekly)-"A
funny idea came into my head, and l
made a joke of it. Shall | print it?"
Editor-in-chief (serenely)-"Certainly
not, sir, 1t would be extremely undig-
nifed for us TO make jokes. When you
want to print jokes, steal EN-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The Kalamazoo celery crop last yea
realized $500, 900 for the growers.
some genius has invented a una,
chine for wrapping oranges that does
the work OF three men. He says 1t eau
wrap $500 oranges in Que hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
n MARKETS
Live Stock.

SIOUX CRY, March 81.
H~oes-Light, IS. 95@4.05; mixed, $4.O1L@
400; heavy, <4.O5@4.l0
CATTLE-Steers, l,10J to 1900 Ms, 81. 75a
$40; feeders, &. s0Cg2. rs; stockers, $3.50
$50; cows, common to good, sl.2592. IS;
y~earlings, $2.00g2.50; bulls. ti.00@i 50;
veal calves, $1.OO(02.W.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
A Boat Caught by q Cyclone.

MEMPHIS, March 2a.-Word is just re-
ceiyed that the tow boat Nail City was
caught by the cyclone Thursday night
at Gayoso, 1876 miles above here, and
the entire tow was lost. Six Of the
crew were lost-names not given. The
Nail City was uninjured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
A Battle Fought.

New York, March 26.-A cablegram
received By . Spanish importing honse
here from st. Thomas, San Domingo,
states that the political trouble which
originated some days ago has spread all
fought at St. Thomas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
whisky smuggIers Drowned.

P0Rr TOWNSEND, March 29.-The
Washington steamship Topeka has ar
rived from Alaskan ports, bringing
news that four whisky smugglers were
drowned near Douglas island by the
lpsizing OF their boat in q storm.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
No Delay on Account fthe Epidemic

Young Mr.. Polhemus taking her
Manipulating, our--k-chew!-wed-
ding will-k chee!-take place tomor-
row eyening-ah-kit-chew! Kit-chew!
Just the same, will 1t not?
His Darling (tremulously)-lt shall
be--k-chee! k-chee!-just as you
k-choo.-say, William.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Grain and Provisions.

oH0hh oA0 AEOvholVu0s
CHICAGO. March 81.
FLoCR--Firm.
WREAr-Msrch, 794c; May, 1910.
CoHx-March, 2sAc; May, we
OATs-March, DC; May, z2Ac.
RYx-March, AN.
bARLKY-No trading.
TIMoTHY-Prime, Sl.20@l.22X.
FLAxssED-Cash, t1.49.
MHlsKEy-el.@.
PoKk-March, 5000; May, ei0.5S.
LARD-Msrch, eiiex; May, ti.l7k.
SHOULDERS -$i.A @4.50; short clsars
.59o.5O.
6HoKr RfBs-Msrcb, G.1A
burrsR-lreamery. l692Sc; dairy, u
@2ic.
CHIssx-TuI cream chsddsrs, IOl@
.sIsc; Aata. iuh@lO1c; young AmsrisaA
@liLe
Eoas-Trssh, 13@i.e.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The introduction Of foreign and min
eral waters as table beverages, 1t is esti.
mated, has had the effect to decrease the
use Of wine nearly one-third at ents rtain-
ments and dinner parties. Still the bounti-
full host has both wine and water, know
ing that a gentleman will not abuse a
privilege.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

One hundred and ninety-seyen thou4
sand eight hundred and twenty-three
carats Of diamonds have been exported,
from Kimberly during January, valued &c
1888, 367. The total output OF gold from
81. OBS ounces.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
South OMAHA, March 81,

MECHANICALLY; bulk, $40.
CATTLE-Prime 1850 to 1900 pound
becves, $S.gU@4.e0; good 1000 to 1870
cows, G.0O@2.5O; good to choice cows,
81. 75&325; feeders, N.So@s.5; bulls,
S..UO(Q3.25 &.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER.

The head of the Brazilian republic.
signs himself as follows: Marshal Ma
noel Deodoro da Fonseca, chief of the
provisional government"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The following story is going the
rounds Of the English newspapers; "On
a recent trip to Europe it is said that
the chief Justice OF the supreme court OF
Texas was introduced TO an English
member Of parliament. The introduc
tion was made lot by name but by the
judicial title Of the American visitor.
'Oh, yes said tho Englishman, 4 have
heard Of you. Your name is Judge
Jynch.'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Franklin j. Gowen, the big railroad
man who committed suicide recently in
Washington, held insurance policies on
his life amounting to 5000, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

1t is stated that in one of the London in
stitutions which still maintains its guam
tity Of alcohol, "a per cent. Of the typhoid
fever patients die, whereas In Giaagow
Fever hospital, where milk 10 used, tho
mortality In only l2 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are TINT cyclones Of great
intensity are ascending spiral whirIs OF
wind having a rotary motion In q direction
In the northern hemisphere opposite to the
movement of the hands Of y watch.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

who had been boycotted for ten years, and
was constantly guarded by the police wlilo
he lived. died y few days ago, and, tia
guard being relaxed a little, some persona
nnknown stole his lody and made awar
with Il so effectually that " has not sincA
been found.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

John Wesley Hsslett, OF Kansas City,
claims the championship belt 10 = novel
branch Of industry. He is the 'yticker"
for a packing company, and claims that In
fourteen years. service no has slain 81 o.
OCg hogs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Two young farmers in Cornwall have
been bound over to keep the peace uronl
the complaint of an old woman whom they
threatened to kill because they believed
that she had bewitcbed their cattle. One OF
them testified under oath that he really be-
liaxed In witchcraft.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The New South Wales minister for
mines declares that, excluding the guam
tity obtainable from ths Clarence river
tons Of coal available.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

California will soon be we'll stocked
with Chinese quail. Many quail Of the
Chinese breed have already beeu turned
loose In the vicinity of Sacramento. A
contract has been made for the delivery of
100 dozen more, which will be widely dist
tributed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The ex-soldier, John McKeough, who
was accustomed to stand guard over the
Burnside monument in Providence, Il.
l., with a drawn sabre, saying every
now and then; II followed you at New
berne and l will not desert you now"
was killed by a railroad train last
Thursday night. lie vas perfectly sane
with the exception of this eccontricity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

~Hoos-Light, ei.N GAS; mixed, s4.10
GAO heavy, packing, tA.lO@+.4.
CATTLE ippers and natives, 3 1905. rs;
stockers and feederA sz.35@S.70; mixed.
cows and bails, x2.OO@J.S5; TEXANS, si.s0a
3.75.
SHEKP-Nstives. ei.00@6.40; westerns,
s.. 25@5.s0; Texans, A.6O95.5.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

1T 10 reported that several hundred
dead cattle are frozen In the Jamison lake
in the Grand Coulee, Washington, and
that they stand In the ice looking ss natu-
raj IA life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Harris cloth, made on the islands of
the coast Of Scotland, was frat introduced
to Londoners from motives of benevolepcc
by persona Interested in its power }
stricken representatives, but 1t IA now the
leading cloth Of the season for tailor mad
dresses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
n CITY, March 81
CHICAGO. March 81

CATrLH-Steers, s. O94.4v; COWS, $40
93..5; stockers and feeders. 81. 3OGe3.6 IS.
Hoos-Ail grades, $i.U@Ll2K.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
MINNEAPOLIS. March 81

WnsAr-No. ] hard, March, zee; ON,
track, rio; No. northern, March. Ike;
GA track, 5sx@1c; No . northern, March
7oNc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
RESCUING THE DEAD
The Work Of Securing the Bodies
Of louisviIle's Dead Goes
BraveIy 0m
II Is Now Stated $50 People Lost
Their Lives by the
Cyclone.
Many Imprisoned People Were Gre
mated in the Sight Of Horri-
fed Hundreds-The Death
List increasing.
Clearing Up the Wreck.

Sleurtns UP the hreCk.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 2o.-The
weather today is s~pring-like and favor
able for the work Of clearing up the de-
bris. The great center of interest is
stih The debris that represents what
was once the four-storied Falls City
hall. In thoroughfares leading
into Market street, a the
scene of tho great disaster, thousands OF
persoas are Standing watching the de-
voted band of laborers removing debris
in the hope Of uncovering the mutilated
form Of a victim. Inside the ropes the
gray cloaked militia keeps stern watch
with the tagged out policemen, Ninety
two have been taken from the Falls
City hall and the cellar at Eighteenth
and Magazine streets. 1t is the
general belief hat there are twenty
more bodies in the dancing hall ruins.
The latest and most intelligent esti-
mate of the total number OF dead
throughout the city will not exceed $50
persons. This is careful and partly ac-
curate.
There are various estimates as TO the
material loss. A conservative calcula-
ton makes it about 81. 900, 900, Many
place it at consider able more than that.
Dun estimates II at 81; 500, 900. Prompt
measures are being taken for the relief
lars has been subscribed by the city
council and citizens and there is every
reason to say Louisville can and will
prove equal to caring for her unfortun-
ates.
Street car traffic has been resumed on
all the streets except between Eleventh
and Twelfth on Market street. Hun
dreds are actively at work striving TO
save their property. Tho excellent
work of the board Of trade committee
renders robbery almost next to impossi-
BILE.
1t is learned today that Bowling
Green was not touched by the storm.
-
LouisyiiIe's Cyclone Horror.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 29.-lt is
now thought the deaths will now num-
Der about $50,
A large force of men have beer. sent
u TO make a thorough canvass Of the
devastated district and to report losses
of life and property as fully as possible.
The property loss at present is esti-
mated at nearly 81, 900, 600.
The work of rescuing the mangled
dead goes bravly on. Hundreds Of
anxious men are working as they never
worked before for the bodies of friends
and relatives hat lie buried in the
mass Of brick and mortar that cover
the site where Thursday stood Falls
City hall. The cries Of the men, wo-
men and children are heard on every
side and a surging crowd of $1,000 peo-
pie blocks the streets for squares. 1t is
a sight to strike anguish to the soul.
The pen is powerlcss to express the aw-
full scenes that each succeeding minute
roll through the CHASTITY panorama.
The bodies OF dead and wounded are be-
ing dragged from beneath the ruins all
around the district and mon, women
and children linger about filed with
dread lest they might recognize in the
shapeless masses the remains of some
relative OF friend.