Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-11
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"a new opera house will be added to Bis
marck's improvements the coming season.
he name of the town of Burton, Fall
River county, has been changed to Dudley.
Brookings merchants have organized to
protect themselves against poor paying
customers.
The Dorcas society of Huron is doing
good work IN collecting supplies for the
drouth sufferers.
The new Masonic hall ut Alexandria
when completed will be one of the hand
soonest in the state.
Bishop Marty administered the sacra-
ment of confirmation to "a class of IS ut
Orland last week.
Florian Baker is under arrest at Dead
wood for attempting criminal assault on
Mrs. Mary Benag.
Schlenning * Noung's packing house Mt
Rapid City was damage TO the extent Of
500 by fire Thursday.
Governor Mellette has appointed c. f.
Baker, of Sioux Falls, an aid on his staff
with the rank of colonel.
Work has commenced on Huron's second
artesian well and it is expected TO be com
pleted by February /.
1t is announced that W. q. Grant, OF
Parker, has been appointed a member
of the state board of pharmacy by the gov
ernor.
\ divorce was granted an Aberdeen man
the other dag and the ink wasn't dry on
the separation papers before lie was mar
ricd again.
\ Rapid City man, with an eye ON the
pro. ,bitory law, has invented a new kind
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stuff, but is free from "'jags.'
a calf with two perfect heads made its
appearance on the Griggs farm, near
Columbia, last week. Ii is alive and ap-
parently in good healthy condition.
an unknown scamp set ere to the barn
A. Helgeson, at Nernillion, one day last
week, but it was fortunately discovered in
time to avert much damage.
1t mas already been discovered that in
Official salary alone it costs sol, go more to
run the state OF North Dakota than il did
to run the territorial government.
George Oberly, the nan who shot himself
through the body with suicidal intent at
at Sioux Falls, some time ago, is still alive, /
and hopes are entertained OF his ultimate
recovery.
The Homcstake company has declared
dividend No. 49, of 10 cents per share, az
greIatinz $4,000. This makes Sls;, 800
paia during the present year, and a, I9S, 25J
in total dividends to date.
Since the last census Newcastle, the
6-months-old baby town of the Hills, has
lost one OF its saloons and gained a brass
band. However the infant still has six
teen saloons and an uadimiEishcd boom.
Buffalo Gap claims TO have more natural
resources than any town in the vicinity of
the Black Hills. Its citizens are getting a
move on themselves anu the town gives
promise OF having q bis boom in the
spring.
a FIRE at Melle,te last week destroyed
Rice's drug store, W. II. Mays general
store and the bank OF Mellette. The loss
is about $4,000, with u, So insurance. All
will resume business at once. The origin
of the FIRE is unknown.
Work on the Leeds branch of the James
town and Northern railroad will begin
early in the spring. The survey extends
through "a very fertile country from Leeds
to Dunseith, Roiette county, "a distance of
about seventy miles.
An immense flow Of gas was struck at a
depth of 10 feet u few days ago on the
farm of George ii. Small, two miles east of
Ashton. The gas is prevalent in great
quantities and with terrific force, throwing
chunks of mud and water sixty feet high.
A sharper passed u ) u confederate bill
on Len Powell, OF Oelrichs, last week, sad
after Len found it out he went cunning for
the parry with IA Winchester rifle. He
found his man and made him fork over the
money and pay him extra for time lost in
the chase.
O"Bulfalo,m a pucilistic coon, who has
long been the terror of Bismarck. in clean.
ing out a saloon the other night in that city
chopped a Swede with u razor, inhicting
wounds which may prove fatal. Buffalo"
stands a good chance of adjoining the pen"
for some time to come.
In "a quarrel over a game of cards in o
saloon at Lead City Christmas night Johp
Welsh struck Morris Mcbride Oh the head
with a beer bottle, fracturing his skull
McBride was removed TO the Homestake
hospital and is in a precarious condition.
Welsh is under arrest.
While driving after a load of straw one
day last week Thomas TLorstenson, o
young man living three miles east of Len.
11A, WIS bcfHibAy NouAdSu W lie tcS4Aen-
tai discharge of a gun which he had taken
with him. The entire charge entered his
abdomen and lodged in his back, Medical
aid was summoned, but small hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
Charles wilkins, q car repairer of the
Omaha road, was arrested at Sioux Falls
Saturday charged with criminal outrage
upon the pers1n of Eliza Murphy, "a half
witted girl who was employed to cook his
meals while his wife was on a visit to Iowa.
Tie charges were preferred by a man
aamed Scott. with whom the girl lives and
20 whom wilkins paid : d TO hush the mat
DER up Tn girl is only II years Of age
and her mental condition is such that she
cannot speak intelli1ntly on any subject.
wilkins admits intimacy with the girl, but
denies that he resorsed to force.
Rev. j. Mcfarland, of jamestown, state
missionary of the Baptist Publication and
sunday school association for North Da-
kota. has had a rather varied career. He
started out in life as u hunter and trapper
IN the backwoods of indiana, from which
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