Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-11-15

one.
VIM. r. Steele a prominen. citizen and
republican of Rapid City, has been ap-
pointed head farmer at the Pine Ridge
Indian agency.
The latest fad in the way of sociables is
n so.called clothespiu social. The ladies
bring the clothespins and the gentlemen
their pocketbooks.
Valentine Wincher6eld was relieved OF
n roll Of money in a Deadwooa dive this
week. Several arrests were made but tho
money has not been recovered.
The United States court ut Sioux Fails
cost the government upwards of $4,000
the April term cost Sl4, 600, making IA total
& eco n year spent in Sioux Falls.
The viIduct over the Omaha track on
west Twelfth street, Sioux Falls, is fin.
ished and the dirt approaches go far ad
vanced as to permit the use of the same.
John CASTOR has delivered to John Ire
Tor, of Deadwood, fifty pounds of steal,
tin, taken from the Tear gulch and NiSge
hill district, which viii lie sent to Titus
Molitor, in Germany.
There is considerable excitement in
Ysnkton in regard to tn, cement lands,
and PARTIES are making a further effort to
procure options on the bluny formations
in the western part of the county.
A. q. Fsnske, living at Norway, in the
northern part of Yankton county, struck
gold in digging a well. The assay Office at
Rapid City says il will yield one-quarter of
an ounce of gold to the ton, or a tribe
over 50.
Some young scalawags at Sioux Falls
have been amusing themselves 10y throw
ing stones at Rev. Mr.. Long, the old man
who was a few weeks ago before tie in
sane commission some OF which inflicted
painful wounds.
Wolf killing is a lucrative pastime and
one that is being taken O lvantage of 10y a
great many persons this fail. The bounty
of 81 for each wolf killed makes it an oh
ject for those disposed to turn out and kill
as many as possible.
Two children, a boy and a girl, arrived
in Bismarck Wednesday from Sweden.
They came the dis ance without escort
nothing but cards tied to their clothing,
with the inscription: "Bismarck, y. ID.
Going to Aunt Franklin" Mrs. Frank
lin, of the franklin house, was at the de
pot to meet them.
Judge Mclaughlin and Jack Ora have
secured n ~ionanza IN the way of n paint
mine on Two Bit, about three miles from
Deadwood. The vein is of a fiat forma-
ton, about five feet tn ok, which is exposed
by n tunnel PSI feet in length. it is known
as a mineral hemaite, and the Deadwood
painters pronounce it superior to the clay
paint that is shipped to that region.
Fifteen years ago Ed Byrer, of McCook,
sustained a fracture of his skull in an nc.
cident. a portion C. the tone was then
removed. A few years a~fterward he was
afflicted with epile psy, and the disease has
since been increasing in terrible severity.
An operation was determined upon, and
one day last week Drs. Davis and Jones, Of
that city, and Curfman. of Ind!anola, per
formed the difficult and infrequent opera.
ton of trepanning. a small piece of bone,
which was in enact with the brain, was
removed from the membrane surrounding
the brain. The patient has not had an
attack since, and the prospects are bright
for his recovery,
The rear part Of Fargo & Dickover's
block in process of construction at Hot
Springs, 10 in ruins. The woramen were
preparing to put In place the iron pillars
to support that part of the building, one Of
the props then used in supporting The sec
ond foor was knocked out This left too
little support for the weight overhead, and
tie whole floor, with some stone on top,
came crashing down. One of the carpen-
tiers, Isaac Denton, was almost instantly
killed, being pinned down by the fallen
floor which lay in V shape. Nels Finn
had his leg broken, and the remaining
workmen, Theodore Johnson, NJ. Nolan,
Fraak Woods, Charles Stevens aid j.. S.
Jones were all badly shaken up and more
or less injured, but not seriously.
A cut owned by Charles Rich, of Brit.
ton, il n strange freak OF nature. Its
color is white, with mouse coIored spots.
It's form is like a est in front. but the hind
part is like that Of d rabbit. 1t has long
legs, and usually hops along like a rabbit:
but when IL tries to walk like n cat the
length of its hind legs cause them to swing
around, first 10 one side, then TO the other.
Its tail Is that Of a rabbit. 1t hides and
sleeps most of the day, but toward night
it goes q round hopping and playing like u
rabbit. 1t catches mice and will play with
them as any other cat will. II lives uron
milk and other food like a cot.
L. NJ. Sanders, a l6-year old boy at
Sioux Falls, opened the new safe of Min
mel aha county the other day and won $40.
His method of operation was as follows:
Putting his ear to the lock he began to
turn the wheel. His sensitive ear caught
every fall of the lumber Forward and
backward and around he turned the
wheel, the spectators looking on with
breathless interest. In a very few min
utes the last turn was made, and the young
man with a smile swung open the huge
steel door which was the only safeguard
to the county's thousands. Sanders was
formerly an expert with the Hail Safe
company.
A sad accident happened one afternoon
last week at the farm of w. L. Horton,
twenty milts northeast of Buffalo Gap.
Two of his child rem, one about three years
of age and the other about 2, were playing
in the barn, and, it is supposed, by the use
of matches, they set the hay on FIRE, which
had gained considerable head way when the
when the flames reached some dynamite
ca rtridges and caused an exp osiop. Mr.,
Horton was In the field at che time when
the explosion attracted his attention. He
and his hired man made all possible speed
to the barn, but before they could get
there the entire building was wrapped in
flames. The older of the two child rem had
ESCAPED from the barn and said Lillian
was In the barn. After the FIRE had been
su,dued the remains of the little one were
burned beyond recognition All of Mr..
Horizons buildings, grain, etc., were con-
sumed, amounting to about $500
Spaniards to Blame for the Collision.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. captain John
Allen, Of the schooner Hargrave, reached
this city yesterday and c~orroborates the
story told by First Mate Perrin, throw
ing the blame for the collision entirely
upon the Spanish steamer. lie EN-
phatically denies the charge that he
abandoned Second Mate Walker and
some mn He says as he pushed off
he told them to lump over and they