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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07
COW MIssIONERs PROCEEDINGS.

AT the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners held last
Monday the following business was trans
acted
ordered that VIM. Edwards by filing
'he usual bond, be appointed Constable.
h'hd 81 900, to he filed in thirty days.
Sold to ST Godbe all the cabins be.
longing to the county situated in Royal
City, for $li each.
Lpt -, block %, sold to r. j. Os-
borne for $5.
a reduction Of $40 was made on sale
I" Wilcox property in Royal City to r.
&, Williams.
Monthly statements Of county officials
read and approved.
IL was ordered that the sum of $50 be
transferred from the General County
r"nd to the INDECENT Sick Fund, and
500 from the General County Fund to
The Salary Fund.
Claims against the county as appears
elsewhere were then allowed.
No further business presenting itself
The Board adjourned.
-
bottle of rrib shoall he ia every
h",' hold.
clll fpr Republican State Conven.
'''n TO l'e held at Virginia City on Sept.
T. lS9o, appears under New To-day.
doe Goudrich's left optic is in mourn-
ing irom foul tip while umpiring a
game of bali Sunday.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07
Dry-GoOds Department.


In the Dry-Goods Depart
ment we are oAering special
bargains in order to make
room for our Spring and Sum-
rner Goods now in transit.
Note the following: Blankets,
and Robes, Bed Comforts, F'lan-
nels, Ladies Heavy Skirts, La
dies, Misses and Children's
Wooden Hose, Gents Fine
WOODEN Half-Hose, Ladies,
Misses and Children's Cloaks
and Newmarkets, Jersey jack
cts, Wooden Dress Goods, Wool
en- Hoods, Nubias, Scarfs and
Heavy Mitts.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby cautioned and warned
against purchasing any instrument purporting
to be a time check, or statement for labor per-
formed for the undersigned, or any sub-con.
tractor or person In their employ, or for ma.
terial or supplies furnished. as such memo
randa will only be recognized In the hands OF
the person in whose favor 1t Is drawn.
KILPATRICK BROS. n COLLINS.
Milford, Utah, Jan. 2. 1890. Am
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07
Grocery Department.

The Grocery Deps lrtment is
Constantly supplied !, and here
our Prices are still I over than
the Lowest. Call a nd be Con-
WINGED.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07
A TnANKLEsS OCCUPATION.
What IA Newspaper Writer Has TO li.s
dure.

What n Newspaper Writer Has 10 sLss.
dure.
An exchange says: The man who
writeth for u newspaper is Of few days
and lots of griefs. He rseth in the NOR
ming and Rnoweth not what the day may
bring forth. If he tolleth all the news he
runneth great risk of having tin ear
put on him, and if he telleth not the
news the people say he is n. g., and there
is no joy in it. The crafty man cajoleth
him into giving him 50-cent puff for a
5 cent cigar, and fond mothers frown on
him if he failcth to llatter their freckled-
faced broods. And all his ways are ways
OF woe, and his days are full of sorrow
The life Of the editor is full of cares and
on the whole he hath duce of time.
.
~, D g tors of the Provincial Banl,
Of ltcl,,nd have issued decree that no
clerk in their employ receiving less than
$3.50 year sh all be allowed to marry Is
similar rule is in force in some Of the
principal London banks. How would it
do to advance salaries in such cases to an
amount little in excess of $3.50 pei
annum?
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

". I. Rich, we learn, is soon to open
II restaurant at Bullionvilc to ace ,mmo.
date the travelling public and the vail
road graders.
joe. Conway was up iroel the Wash
MONDAY to attend the Con.nlss toner's
meeting
Put two doors side by side and the
small boy will 90 through the one that
squeaks.
Chickens, eggs and butter are scarce.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

A bottle of Trib should he in every
household.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

We have added largely to
our stock Of Harne IS, ETC., and
carry a COOL ass ortraent OF
Harness, Bl idles, Collars,
Sweat-pads, Hate IFS, Whips,
Gtc., Etc.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

A Bottle of Trib should be in every
household.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

sf,sr entire 'fsel IL levy and IA esh.
has tie@a req entity yea, savGd, and on
t"ins N" ~ Usss-e, tea or sheif-wt 'rn
goods.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

,sement shows the small end of the telescope The follow
ing cut gives appearance of Y reduced to NJ
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

TEgnas GTeksCiTLY CASA
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-07

The undersigned hereby give rotice lin
they will not be responsible for any bills Q
ndeb edness of whatsoever nature unl.ss III
anne is protected by an order from our once
KILPATRICK BROS. COLLINS.
Milford, Utah, Jan 2, 1890. Am
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
Revolution in Printing.

To the Mar About Town an old printer
remarked the other day: ave are on the
eve of a great revolution in the typo
graphical appearance of printed matter.
especially newspapers, that is, the use of
black paper printed in white letters, in
stead Of white paper printed in black
letters, as now. The change is one TO be
desired by the public, for the reason that
a white letter on a black ground pos
sesses greater contrast and distinctness,
and is, consequently, easier on the eyes.
The change will give at first an odd
enough appearance to printed matter,
but the merit Of it will eventually result
in its general adoption, and in time the
black letter will be as rare as the white
letter now is. Sign painters and show
card printers recognize the superiority
of the white letter, and are rapidly
adopting it, as is evidenced by the nu-
merous white lettered signs now to be
seen on the streets and in the shops.
The change would be comparatively in.
expensive to publishers, and as black is
cheaper than white paper, a saving could
be effected. With our newspapers thus
printed reading on ears and in dimly
lighted places would be not only prac-
ticable. but easy."--St. Louis Republic.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
PropOsal Of a Mailman.

When Lee, the poet, was confined In
Bedlam, a friend went 70 visit him, and
finding he could converse reasonably,
imagined that he was cured Of his mad
ness. The poet offered to show him Bed
lam. They went over this melancholy
prison, Lee moralizing philosophically
enough all the time, to keep his COM
panion perfectly at ease. At length they
assembled to the top Of the building, and
as they were both looking down from the
perilous height, Lee seized his friend
by the arm, and exclaimed: "Let US
immortalize ourselves! let us take this
leap Wen jump down together this
instant" ANY man could jump down
(said his friend coolly); we should no,
immortalize ourselves by this leap; bu,
let us 60 down, and try if we car jump
up again." The mailman, struck with
the idea Of a more astonishing leap thar
that which he had himself proposed,
yielded to this new impulse, and his
friend rejoiced to see him run down
stairs full of a new project for securing
Immortality. 1t is needless to say they
did not again ascend together .-Montrea
Star.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
Rest In the Open Air.

DIR. Oakman S. Paine Is a great be
lever in rest. and thinks that, next to
sleep, the most beneficial kind of rest
may be taken in the open air. Talking
of rest recently, he said:
"How rest should be taken depends
entirely upon the person who is wanting
the rest. II a busy man can sit still for
q few minutes It odd intervals during
the day and put away all thoughts Of
business and just dream for a few min
utes, he will find that he would be great
ly refreshed by SO doing. There can be
no stated time to take rest. One should
never get SO tired as TO be compelled to
take rest, and If the rest was taken ju-
diciously and at certain intervals. one
never would get SO tired as to be COM
PEELED to 90 away for rest.
Literary men, or men who do a great
deal of brain work, require a great deal
more rest than manual laborers. Physi-
cal workers only get their muscles tired.
The muscles are much more easily rest
ed than the brain is. Brain workers
should take their rest in the open air.
Any change of thought is a rest to a
brain worker, and after he has been
studying hard and exercising his brain
to any great extent, a walk or ride in
the country will be the greatest possible
rest that he could have."-New York
Mail and Express.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18

Every few know how to take care Of
a piano." said a musical man to q re-
porter who visited his warerooms.
How do you do it here?" asked the
scribe.
1T is a popular notion that pianos
ought to be kept very dry. Nothing
could be more fallacious. Pianos are
not nearly SO much affected by heat or
cold as they are by dryness. and. re-
versely, by dampness. 1t is not general
ly known that the sounding board. the
life of a piano, is forced into the case
when it is made so tightly hat it bulges
up in the center. on the same principle
as a violin. The wood is supposed TO be
as dry as possible, but. of course, it con
tains some moisture, and gathers more
on damp days and in handling. Now,
when a piano is put into an overheated,
dry room all this moisture is dried out,
and the board loses its shape and gets
habby and cracks. Even If it doesn't
crack the tone loses its resonanc and
grows thin and tinny. the felt cloth and
leather used in the action dry up, and
the whole machine ~rattles."
How do you prevent this?"
keep a growing plant in your room
and so long as your plant thrives your
piano ought TO, or else there is some
thing wrong with it. 1t should be noted
how much more water will have TO be
poured into the flower pot in the room
where the piano is than in any other
room. In Germany it is the practice to
keep a large vase or urn with a sopping
wet sponge in it near or under the piano
and keep it moistened. This is kept up
all the time the fires are on."-New York
Mail and Express.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
About Diamonds.

Colorless diamonds are usually the
most valuable, but a colored stone with
an exquisite tint fetches az high a price
as any. The famous Hope diamond,
which weighs about l4i troy grains,
and is said TO be worth eos COO. is Of a
superb sapphire blu color. Large dia-
monds of the first water are very rare,
and in the whole Of Europe at the pres
ent time there are only five Of more than
100 carats weight. "a carat ia 81 grains
troy The largest OF these Is the gem
Of the imperial scepter Of Russia, which
came from India
The others are the Pitt or Regent dia-
mond belonging to the French govern
ment this was the jewel Napoleon used
to wear in the hilt Of his sword); the
Tuscany diamond. which is To- the
first crown jewel Of the Emperor of
Austria; the "Kohinoor," in the posses
sion of Queen Victoria; and the "Star Of
the South" which originally came from
Brazil, and is now lying in pawn in
some banking house in Paris. The dia-
mond, which can only be cut and pol
ished by its own powder, is either fash
toned into a rose or a brilliant" In
the former, n portion is made fiat,
while the rest of the stone Is carved into
a faceted dome. The latter, which is
always made about three times rs thick
as the rose, is always cut into facets, but
80 as to form a kind of double pyramid,
with a common central base or girdle.-
London Telegraph.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
Innate H~oggiehness.

"Now just stand beside me a minute
and notice how much innate hoggish-
ness there Is in human nature" said q
conductor at the Boston and Maine sta
ton last night to a Globe reporter. THE
5:45 train is just backing in. Watch"
The long row of empty cars slowly
rolled into the station. The large plat
form and the little platform between the
tracks were covered with men and
women waiting to get seats as soon as
the cars stopped. But as the speed of
the cars slackened somewhat a move
ment began all along the crowd. Men
jostled against each other in frantic at
tempts to board the moving cars. clutch
ed at the rails and stumbled all over the
steps. trying to Chamber aboard; and
when the cars came to a full stop nearly
every one of them was almost filed with
men comfortably reading their papers.
AS for the women. Well, n Or TWO
brave but careless souls may have tried
to step upon a car before it stopped, but
for the rest there was nothing left to do
but wait while the men, unencumbered
with skirts and ~petticoats. jumped in
and got good seats.
Not only do the men steal all the
seats" remarked the conductor. but
they never think of offering a oma a
seat. Street-car etiquette sort of half
compels a man not to allow a lady to
stand, but in a steam car she gets a sea,
only when she is able to fight for it.
Some one will get KILLED jumping on
those cars some day, and then perhaps
you will see a change in things. Women
have M divine rights to seats ! suppose,
but they ought to be allowed a fair start
in the race. Boston Globe.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
An Editor's Apology

We apologize for all mistakes made
In all former issues, and say they were
~inaxcusable, as all an editor has to do is
TO hunt news, and clean the rollers and
set type and sweep the floor and pen
short items aud fold papers and write
wrappers and make the paste and fo'd
the papers and talk to visitors and dis
tribute type and carry water and saw
wood and read the proofs and correct
the mistakes and hunt the shears TO
write editorials and dodge the bills
and dun delinquents and take cussines
from the whole fore and tell our sub
scribers that we need money. We say
we have no business TO make mistakes
while attending TO these little matters
and getting our living on 4opher-tail
soup favored with imagination, and
wearing old shoes and no collar and a
patch on our pants, obliged to turn a
smiling countenance to the man who
:.tellss US our paper isn't worth 81 a year
any how and that he could make a bet
ter one with his eyes shut.-Sauk
Rapids Sentinel
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
Artificial Teeth.

The finest artificial teeth are made of
the best ivory, but the great majority Of
false masticators now in use are simply
pieces of specially prepared hard por-
celain. The following is one Of the pro-
cesses adopted for their manufacture:
Fine calcined or roasted quartz powder,
well ground fluorspar, china clay, and a
very little oxide Of tin are very intimate
ly mixed and ground together, and af-
forwards made into a soft paste with
water. This paste is poured into molds
of various kinds and sizes Of teeth. and
allowed to set. The plastic grinders are
then transferred to a furnace, where
they are .'cured"-that is, half baked or
hardened. When this has been done
they are covered with an enamel made
of paste of spar and quartz, and finally
subjected TO an intense heat, until they
are sufficiently baked, when they are
ready for the dentist. Surgical Reporter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18

Petition presented asking a reduction
Of the number Of wards from seven to
three, and defining the boundaries Of
the three wards prayed for as follows,
viz:
All that portion Of the town Of Custer
City south Of the center line Of Custer
avenue to comprise ward No. n ~.
All that portion of said town lying north
o Custer avenue, and east of the center
line Of Sixth street to comprise ward
No. two (2). All that part Of said town
lying north of Custer avenue, and west
of the center line of Sixth street to com
| prise ward No. three (3).
On motion of L. Flynn, the prayer OF
the petitioners was granted, and the
clerk was instructed to cary out the pro
visions Of said petition rs required by
law.
On motion of +. II. Flynn, w. f.
Fletcher wa retained as marshal until
January 3lst, to be paid such compen-
sation as the board shall feel justified IN
paying at that time.
President Alfred T. Feay rendered
his resignation as president ofthe board,
also as trustee from the Sixth ward, for
the reason that said office trustee presi-
dent may conflict with his duties as
County Judge, to which Office he had
been duly elected and qualified.
On motion the resignation was &C.
cepted, and board rendered a vote OF
thanks to Mr.. Feay for the fair and i'm
partial ann in which Mr.. Feay had
presided.
On motion OF +. II. Flynn, II. G.
Butterield was elected president of the
board TO fill the unexpired term of Pre-.
sident Feay.
On motion OF E. II. Flynn that the
continued absence Of Andrew Mills
from the State, his office as trustee from
the Seventh ward was declared vacant
On motion, s. X. Shankland was APP
pointed trustee of the Sixth ward, to fiji
the vacancy caused by the resignation
Of A. I. Feay, and WIN. Allen was APP
pointed to I'll the vacancy in the Seventh
ward.
On motion, %adjournd, subject to cal
of the president.
ii. q. BUTTEHFIELD, President.
Attest
L. SMITH, Town, Clerk.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18

Coffee is the seed of the coffee plant,
which is a shrub that will grow in any
part Of the world where the minimum
yearly temperature never falls below IS
degs. Fahrenheit. One pound Of un-
roasted coffee beans or seeds contains:
OF water, l OF. 407 grs.; Of sugar, l OF.
II grs.; of fat, l OF. 402 grs.; of caseine
flesh forming matter). 2 OF IS grs.; OF
gum. 1 OF. 192 grs.; of woody matter, 9
OF. 262 grs.; of caffeine and caffeic acid
Tor stimulating principles), 400 grs.; OF
aromatic or odoriferous oil, about Q grs.
and Of mineral matters, about / OF. 32i
grs. The caffeine of coffee is exactly the
same, both chemically and physically,
as theme, the stimulating principle OF
tea. Both substances are alike com
posed of 10 parts Of hydrogen combined
with l6 parts of carbon, 4 parts Of nitro.
gen, 4 parts Of oxygen and Q parts OF
water.-Grocers' World.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
A I.m.,..o.s ,-.. IA .nd,ana.

III. Fl. Sturm, of lIdiandpnlis. an,
Richard P2nckert, of Spencer, have dis
covered a cave near Spencer. Lust
night they explored it. The entrance j.
a hole 20 feet deep and about 3 feet IL
diameter. At the bottom begins a mar
row and steep passage, running northeast
about 50 feet. At the end Of this passage
was a step off of about 5 feet, and imme-
diately to the left vas . chamber about
3 feet in diameter. the walls rising grad.
ually in the form of a cone. meeting at
4 point overhead 80 feet from the floor.
The walls were hung with numerous
stone pendants, water at the time drip
ping down. A passageway, ~ inches
wide and 10 feet long, led from this open
ing toward the northwest to another
chamber similar to the first, but about Gu
feet high.
A passageway then brought the party
into still another room, it being a little
smaller than the first. From this a mar
row isle, go feet long and 2 feet high, led
northwest TO a very small opening or
manhoie, through which the reporter
crawled with a lamp, and found that the
passage was blocked by a large quantity
Of sand and debris. brought by the rains
that pour at times down the whole cave.
At the end of this last passage there
led Oft two openings. about as large as a
stovepipe. Stamping on the ground
brought out the fact that a chamber was
at some place under this last passage.
This week a hole will be drilled to find
IL such a cavity exists. and also the en-
trance Will be enlarged, making it easier
of access. The fact that the water dis
appears downward, the upper current Of
air. and the hollow sound above men,
toned, go to prove that there is another
cavity, probably larger than any OF the
rest. The estimated depth of the cave
from the general surface is l50fcet. The
party spent An hour and fifteen minutes
under ground. -Martinsville (Ind.) Cor.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
Eskimo Dogs.

During his wonderful sledge journey
from Hudson bay to the Arctic ocean.
Frederick Schwatka had abundant OPP
portunity TO learn the habits and the
disposition of the Eskimo dog. He
started out with sixty Of them, using
them to draw the sledges. and only
nineteen were alive when he returned
to Hudson bay. The others had died.
mostly Of starvation. He says;
"They were through all this horrible
time perfect respecters Of their human
allies. and the little children used TO go
among them and play with them by
pelting them over the back with their
toy whips; and yet the same dogs were
starving, and should n of them die his
comrades would eat him. ! notice this
particularly, as some sensational writers
have tried to make their readers believe
that the Eskimo dogs are liable to be-
come dangerous fellows. ever to q
powerfully built man, when simply
hungry, and to be worse than wild
beasts when Amy onslaught
of Eskimo dogs is unknown among the
northern natives where | travelled.
1T was pitiable in the extreme to see
their sufferings Al they SO devotedly
helped US along, many of them up till
the very minute they had to be taken
from the harness and abandoned on the
road. As they dropped out along the
way. we harnessed ourselves in their
places to the sledge traces. and it was
thus we were not compelled to leave
important parts of our load
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
The Turks and the Crescent.

The crescent was not originally an en-
tlem of the Turk. 1t was first used by
the primitive Christians of Constantine
pie and the eastern provinces Of the old
Roman Empire as an emblem of the
growing influence Of Christianity. II
was net until about the year 1853. after
the Turks had overrun Asia Minor and
parts of southeastern Europe. and had
captured Constantinople. that the Turks
adopted the crescent as their national
emblem. The Koran prohibits the use
of images and symbols in the religious
ceremonies of the strict Turk, or the in
ternal decorations Of their temples and
mosques, the rule being SO strict as not
to allow the martial or civic decoration
Of their greatest generals or pashas, sue
cessful commanders or other distinguish
ed persons. The adoption of the cres-
cent by the Turk as a national emblem
is an oddity which has, so far. remained
unexplained. Exchange.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-18
spoilsd Hi. Programme.

A thug who was recently imprisoned
in India, having been caught almost in
the actual commission of a murder. COM
planned bitterly t. an English officer at
having been deprived Of the opportunity
to fulfill his ambition. He had begun
life with the fixed determination to kill
an ever thousand human beings. and at
the time of his capture was in a fair way
to carry out his design. He had already
killed 700 persons, and If the authorities
would have let him alone for quite a lit
tie while longer he would have reached
the 1000 mark. He was willing to agree
to give himself up again II he were al
lowed to go free long enough TO bag the
additional 800 needed, and he thought II
great hardship that 90 reasonable a re-
quest should be refused.-San Francisco
Chronicle.