Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

range cattle in order to secure food.
The Lincoln county alliance is said TO he
negotiating for the purchase of the Canton
Advocate, one of the oldest and most sub.
stsntisl weekly papers in the south state.
If successful the paper will be made an
alliance organ.s
a handsome and unique ga, manu-
featured of tin and silver taken from tie
Spearfsh mine, near Deakwood, with suit.
able inscriptions, will be presented to the
grand lodge Of Odd Fellows soon 70 con
vene at Deadwood.
The following promotions have been
made ct Fort Sully Captain Egbert TO b.
major of the Seventeenth infantry, First
Lieutenant Tassin TO be captain of com
pany Il, and Second Lieutenant Barth to
he first lieutenant of compan A.
The department of entomology of the
B~rookings agricultural college and expert
mental station has issued and is distrib-
uting free TO farmers a bulletin in regard
to the cutworm, and the means for pre-.
venting its ravages.
The public sale of unclaimed townsite
lots is in progress at Deadwood. Quite a
number Of outside buyers are present and
fancy prices are being paid for choice loca
tions. The proceeds of the sale go into
the Deadwood city school fund.
Under the provisions of the bill recently
introduced by Senator Moody, giving the
state 8 per cent. of all moneys received by
the general government from the sale of
public lands prior 10 statehood, ii is esti,
mated that tie state will receive nearly
6 COO, eco, the Huron land district alone
being entitled TO si55, 600.
A Lower Brule brave went into a Lyman
grocery store the other day TO buy SONS
goods, and because the or cary man didn't
'tget a move on himself fast enough to
suit his aboriginal notions of celebrity
pulled his scalping knife and performed o
war dance. The grocery man grabbed his
six-shooter when the Indian took 10 his
Vleels and never stopped running until he
arrived at the agency, five miles distant.
The A. o. L. w. seed wheat fund on the
l9th day of April amounted to S7,2Sl.ll,
" he disl ursements up to the above date
iwere 81, 200. 40. The lumber Of lodges as
sisted so far is thirty and the number Of
members lS5. The contributions came
from Ontario, Oregon, Washington, Min
!nesota, Texas, Arkansas, Nevada,
Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kansas, Ten
nessee, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York,
Massachusetts and the Dakotas.
young man named r G. Lannon, claim.
ing Clinton, Ia, as his home, surrendered
himself to the Sioux Falls authorities
Thursday ard confessed that he was con
cerned in the robbery of n clothing store
in the latter place. The confession wa,
accepted and he was bound over to the
grand jury in the sum of $500. When asked
why he surrendered he would say nothing
except that he mad an idee." He Is
thought to be crazy.
A farmer named Desmond, living twelve
miles southwest of Watertown in Hamlin
county, had a narrow escape from death
by fire Tuesday night. While in the stable
feeding his horses the lantern exploded
and set the hay on FIRE. In attem ptin g to
rescue,the animals he was knocked down
and trampled Upon until he became un
conscious. His coat was burned from his
body and his hands and face literally
roasted before he was rescued by a mem
Der of his family. Four horses and the
other contents of ths barn were burned.
Spring Valley township, Turner county,
has sixteen farms watered by artesian
wells. The depth of the wells ranges from
25 TO l75 feet. The water has some iron
taste, but has no allali. There is no
purer or healthier water to be found;
and j. affords excellent opportunities to
keep milk and butter cool during the sum.
mer. The temperature of the water In
summer is As degrees and 20 in winter.
Ernest Krammer, Of Armour, was taken
to the insane asylum at Yanhton the other
day. He labored under the hallucination
that he was the savior and that he had I'M
dergone the crucifxion.
Contracts nave been let for building ex-
tensions of the Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley from Whitewood to Dead
wood and from Buffalo Gap to Hot
Springs. Work will be commenced at
once, and IL is expected the line to Hot
Springs will be completed by September l
and to Deadwood by October 1.
Seeding is nearly finished in the vicinity
of Bis marck, but the acreage is about 10
PER cent less that last year. Many farm
ers are going into stock moro extensively
and the acreage of corn will also be con.
siderably increased. Ground for seeding
10 In good condition. Heavy rain fell last
week and early sown wheat Is up and
looks thrifty. 4
Valuable deposits of uranium were disi
covered in the Black Hills some time ago,
but no efforts have been made to develop
the mines on account of lack Of financial
backing. IL Is said German capitalists
have recently become interested in the
matter and will In all probability put in a
plant for reducing the ore. The metal Is
very valuable. 1t is used as a pigment In
the manufacture of porcelain, ehinaware
and for other purposes. In color IL -
green and brown. Tho green Is worth from
n to s. o pound, while the brown is more
valuable than gold. Samples Of the ore
were sent to Germany and were pro-
bounced by experts TO be tts richest essr
seea,