Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-25

Andrew Carlson was returning HON,
from Arlington the other day, when hi'
team ran away and threw him from tn,
load, breaking his right arm.
Water was struck in the artesian we'll a
lroquois last week at q depth of $40 feet
tho now is not sufficient to meet the re
quirements and drilling is still progress
ing.
A permanent mail roats has been estab
lished ap Bad river from Pierre to tn,
FORKS OF the ] I'D river, thence to tho Grind
stone buttes and Smithville, on the ebay
enne river.
A couple of rounds were fought between
Charles Anderserg, of Gayville, and a MAJ
that used to work r him. Time wa,
called and warrants are out for both Of
the sluggers.
A prairie fire last week destroyed ebou,
a small vacant hnuso for William Crotch
man, also some trees, fence, etc, for NJ, F,
Quinn at Springfield.
The Beard srtesian well, near Aberdeen,
Is a spoatef of the FIRST water and within
the week 1T has been turned loose has made
a lake nearly a mile in length and one,
quarter of a mile wide.
The injunction proceedings against the
city of Yankton, To prevent it from enter.
ing into a contract with Tracy w, Pratt
for the construction and operation Of a gas
plant, have been dropped.
A gold bsick weighing S9I ounces, the re
suit of a fifteen day run of the Puma mill
on Big Missouri ore, was shipped from
Deadwood by Wells, Fargo q Co.'S ex.
press. Its value was stated 20 be between
&C., 0 and 5000.
The Wolsey artesinp well shows a closed
pressure of $50 pounds to the square inch
Mith n two-ihch opening the pressure is
eighty pounds, 1t is proposed to erect u
hoht.ng mill, to be run by this power lie.
fore another season.
George Washin gton, jr., a negro from
Huron, raped a Dane girl at Miller. He
was promptly arrested and preliminary
examinat. on set for fr.day, but when the
appointed time arrived the officials con
cluded not to take him from jail, fearing q
lynehing.
Sioux Falls new water works are work
ing satisfactorily. The supply from the
new works can be increased TO 6,00l, 00J
gallons at pleasure, a quantity of water
that but one or to cities in the United
States the size of Sioux Falls can lay
claim to.
Eagle Hawk, a full blooded Sioux In
dian, lurglarized the store of Winters g.
Co, at ham berlain last week, to the
amount of a sack of -four, and a warrant
xVaE iGS1pl FOR HE nrxa.t Ia, 1yI,a I aida
man, before whom lie will be tried as soon
as appreEended,
That was a sad accid ent at Portland las
week, by which old doctor Peck lost his
life. The old doctor and his son-in-law,
Mr. Arnold, were shooting at "a target.
1 he old man had gone to see where he had
struck the target and Mr.. arnold fred
without knowing that the doctor was in
his range The ball struck the doctor in
the back below the ribs and passed clear
through him.
Sparks from the Deadwood Central 10.
connective started a timber fire on the hill
near the brick yard the other evening. 1t
looked serious for Deadwood for a
while, but efforts Of railroad men and a
t'Ht "HNNh - NV WY lul sbdi
of Deadwood finally conquered the flames
and saved Deadwood,
Milton Wyckoff, Of Wbeatland, is having
more misfortune than should be any one
mans lot, in one season at least. Last
summer his wheat was nearly all cut down
with hail, and then last Friday about noon
some one set fire to about twenty five tons
of hay in stack and the whole was con
sumed.
The newly elected officers of the Sioux
Falls Y. NJ. {. A, are as follows. Presi-
dent, II. NJ, Avery; first vice president,
Charles E. Baker; second vice president,
j, IA. Chapman; recording secretary, f..
{. Bent; treasurer, L. r. Root; directors
for two years, c. s.. Palmer, A. Beveredge,
Z. S. G. Cherry, L.. f. Butterheld.
The Dakota School of mines opens at
Rapid tity Monday, October 10, with the
following faculty: Samuel Cushman, dean,
chair of civil mining and engineering;
Professor Hitchcock, chair Of chemistry
and assaying; Professor A. A. Love, chair
of mathematics; Mrs. Hasnie, chair of
literature and modern languages; q. II.
Reilly, assayer.
The city marshal Of Madison captured
twenty-five barrels of beer from a rubbish
pile On the outskirts of the town.
Michael Stearns, q German Russian, was
paid a 500 bill for a $40 bill by a grain
dealer at Parkston the other day.
The rrairie fire south Of v essington was
a terror for about two hours. Consider.
able hay was destroyed and other damage
done. The wind was blowing a gale at
the time and but for the timely arrival of
a large number of W~essington's citizens
upon the scene it is probable that many
farmers in the vicinity would now be
homeless. A light rain assisted slightly in
subduing the flames, which spread rapidly,
and Travelled with the speed of the wind.
Baker and Brown, inmates Of the county
Jail at Hot Springs, made their escape one
evening last week whits the iailer was at
suppe~
Flying Bull, a Yankton Indian, 10 to be
tried before the United States court at
Sioux Falls on the charge Of having as
sauited A~natonksnzi with intent to kill.
1t seems that lying Bull and A~natonkanzi
met each other on a road and quarreled
over the possession Of a calf, which result.
ed in Flying Bull taking his shotgun and
shooting his opponent in the leg, inAicting
q severe wound,
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