Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-12-05


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Tho Springfield artesian well has thrown
up twenty tons of mud and stones within
the last few days.
Sixteen thousand dollars we're paid for
"A section of improved land near Argus
Vile, Cass county
Bishop Marty ordained TO the priest
hood Sunday at Jefferson, Rev. Francis
Stctcher and G.. Belliou
The Parker New Era is having trouble
with the county commissioners, who refuse
TO allow its printing bills.
One thousand carloads, or 100000 bus:
els of wheat have been shipped from
Eureka already this season.
A Sioux Falls grain dealer estimate
the value Of the grain crop in Minnchaha
county this year at S?,500,O0O
County Commissioner W. II. Miller. of
Canton, received severe injuries by falling
down stairs with e basket of coal
The Aberdeen News is dcvoting a grca:
deal of space to the development OF the
sugar beet industry in that section.
The Hot Springs Daily Star has ceased
publication, owing to slow collections, but
it may resume at some future time.
Editor Mcbride, of Mitchell, in view Of
recent experiences, has added bull dog
revolver TO the relics of his Sanctum
The stenographers fees for the last tern.
of court at Milbani are still unpaid owing
TO dispute as to who is stenographer.
T. J. Martin, formerly publisher of line
Valley Springs Enterprise. is now editor
and publisher of the World at Toledo, O.
w. T. Drips, late foreman of the Sioux
Falls Press, now owns the Kimball Index
and will take charge Of the paper Dccem.
Der |.
Since Spearfish is to get two railroads
the Bulletin says the Queen city feels like
a four-horse team with big dog under :ne
wagon.
Arthur Linn, "A one-legged lad of Cam
ton, enjoys skating and INDUCES in the
game of shiny as well as noys with
two legs.
Miss Kate NJ Bissell, we'll known in
Yanl<ton, Sioux Falls and Mitchell, died
in Chicago from the effects of a surgical
operation.
4 farmer living twelve miles west of
Hurley drove into that town last Sunday
with load of oats. He had lost his
almanac.
Two freight trains collidcd on the Great
Northern Wednesday near Argusville.
Both trains were thrown from the track,
but no lives were lost.
Thomas Gilleron, an old resident of Mt
Vernon, while in n drug store in that town
Saturday, waiting for some medicine to be
prepared, dropped dead from heart dis
ease.
Ole Blaken, Ole Satter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ole Christopherson, John Servold, John
Frozen, Hans Olafson and Rasmus Gudahl
and daughter, all Scandinavians living in
the vicinity of Howard, having gained a
competence in this country have gone 10
Norway for visit with friends.
Theodore Walter died at the home of
Henry Keehl, near Huron, the other day.
Walter lived alone and not seeing him for
some days Keehl called at his home and
found him without any fire and in "a help
less condition. He said he intended kill
ing himself if he had not been found soon.
He was 81 years old and before he died
his relatives.
Ed Johnson, the Dell Rapids man who
employed David Winton, an attorney, TO
go 10 Jasper, MINI, and prosecute for
him a claim for $30 and then because they
arrived there too late for trial became ex-
asperated and on the road home compelled
the attorney to get ont and walk, has been
sued by Winton for services rendered.
The attorney was allowed SlT.10 for his
walk and the costs made the total reach
S42
While Henry Hudson, one of the cow
bows at the Holcomb ranch OF White
river, was engaged in rounding up 3 bunch
of horses he was attacked by n wild and
vicious stallion, pulled from his horse, his
clothing torn from him and severely bitten
in several places. Hudson, seeing IL was
a case of life and death, pulled his revol-
yer and shot the animal five times before
he succeeded in killing him. 1t was n mar
row escape, and Hudson will bear the
marks of his encounter with the mad stall
lion for many days
l. NJ. Watts n, an employc of McDer-
mott 81 Lynch, contractors on the Dakota,
Wyoming and Missouri River railroad,
while driving cart over the lake al
SCOTS saw mill, about six miles west OF
hapid City, was struck by one of the
wheels and fell into the water and was
drowned before help could reach him. He
sank in fourteen feet of water and his
body has not been recovered.
A farm house ten miles north of Yank-
ton has been quarantined for scarlet fever.
There are fears of an epidemic of tha. dis
ease among the Bohemian families near
Lakeport.
At a meeting of the Custer City school
board the other day il was decided that all
children under years of age should be
dismissed from school, AMI that in the
future no pupils under lawful age should
be admitted.
The state eanvassing board, To canvass
the vote on congressman, will meet In
icrrc on the 2d OF December The state
board of pardons will meet on the 3D. OF
the same month 10 act on The communication
of Lehman's sentence.
W. ID. Johnson, until recently night
perator Mt the Great Northern depot al
Wahpeton, has been arrested for selling
tickets and not accounting for the money,
Irving A. Weeks is the publisher of two
papers ut Kimball, the Brule Index and
the Kimballite. He has Just started the
Kimballite and sewers his connection with
the Index December |, which was leased.
A team belonging to Frank Thuringer,
of Parkston, ran away. They followed
along railroad track till they came to q
bridge here one of the horses fell in be-
wecn the ties and was killed by freight
train
"A Deadwood merchant was mad because
clerk sold lady n 81 shirt for her sick
husband on credit He ordered the clerk
o go to the woman's home and get the
.hirt, which hs did, taking Il from the sick
mans back