Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-11

ages caused by fire, the jury in the Turner
county circuit court brought in a verdict
for plaintiff for $97s.75. A motion was
made for q new trial.
Som piscreant recently broke into A.
HandscheigePs barn at Canton and filled
the eyes of his horse with a lot Of pounded
glass. The animal, which is a fine one,
suffers terribly, and will undoubtedly lose
the sight of both eyes.
Company G from Fort Benton, under
command of Captain Vivian, took the train
at Pierre Monday morning for the lower
Brule camp. 1t was an escort for Pay
master Arthur. MIR. Arthur is a brother
of the lamented president.
Surveyors and others living in Nowlin
county tell of having seen strange looking
animals there occasionally that evidently
belong to the feline species. They resem-
BILE the wild cat variety, only are larger
somewhat and rave quite long tails.
Richard p. Rothwell, editor of the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal, of New York
city, and assistant superintendent of min
ing statistics under the census bureau, is
making an official investigation of the
mineral resources of the Black Hills.
Swan Nelson, who lives neal Lodi, met
with a severe loss September IL by the ex.
plosion of a lantern. Two large barns
were burned, one horse, 400 bushels Of
oats, 20U bushels Of wheat and about fifty
tons of hay. Loss, 5000; insurance, $500.
A sample of the tow manufactured In
New York from Dakota fax has been re-
ceived at Sioux Falls. 1t is exceptionally
clear and pure after having been bleached.
The person who sent the sample declares
that the tow can be manufactured in Sioux
Falls at "a cost of SIS a ton and in New
York the product will bring at least s75,
leaving a profit of $50 for each ton, to pay
for transportation.
Joe Roberton, a farmer residing near
Mallory, had a singular misfortune sun
day. He was drawing water from a well
and accidentally toppled over, falling a
distance of forty feet. There was FIVE feet
of water in the we'll at the time. No one
was present when Mr.. Roberton fell, and
it was fully half an hour before his pre-
dicament was discovered. Nj. Roberton's
injuries were comparatively light-a
broken leg-considering the distance he
fell.
Tuesday afternoon about twenty-five
quarrymen employed by Boyce g. Blair, at
their quarries south of Sioux Falls, struck
because of adelsy in the payment of back
wages. The men were called TO the firms
Office the next morning and paid off in full.
All went back to work except six or seven
who were regarded as disturbers and who
were discharged.
Tom Cahill, of Terre Haute, was re-
Gently robbed OF $40 and a gold watch on
the Rockford stage. Two of the thieves
are under arrest. One of them had two
$50 bills concealed in his socks, aud the
watch was found under the seat Of the
coach.
George Ehrensich, who escaped from the
insane hospital at Yankton on the llth
inst, was captured at Sioux Falls on the
10th. He had walked the entire distance.
He had declared his intention to murder
his family, living near Sioux Falls, and
had on his person a dangerous knife.
Sheriff Hoffman, of Beadle county, has
taken three boarders to the penitentiary
at Sioux Falls, all having a sentence of one
for burglary. Their names are
Miller, John Kelley and John
The two former are old offenders,
and have not spent a Christmas out Of
prison for the last eleven years,
One of the most important cases ever
tried in the state, from a financial stand
point, is now in progress at Madison. II
is the suit of the La Belle Horse Ranch Inn
company vs. Sheriff Lee and his
bopdsmen for $4,000 for conversion. The
contested the assignment and
levied on tie property. The assignee now
sues for conversion.
ii. 5. Coon, who lives about FIVE miles
northeast of Pierre, has successfully irri-
gated about two acres of land from a wind
mill. The water is stored in two large
tanks and let on the ground twice a week.
pump, wind mill, iron tubing, hose
and che two tanks cost $3.50.
The total value of the real property of
North Dakota, as equalized by the state
board Of equalization, is sos, lS1, III.
Eight of the fifteen prisoners confined in
the county Jail at Grand Forks made their
last week. The method adopted by
the Jail birds to obtain their freedom was
to saw the bars of the north window, max
large enough for a man to pass through.
of them had squeezed through before
the delivery was noticed.