Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-01-24

"a, " l"ncenuiarlSm.
John Bushell, formerly u prominent citi-
zen of Sphinx county, who started a pro-
hibition organ at Seattle, Wash, has been
compelled TO let the paper die for want of
support.
W. Perry, a former resident of Wolsey,
but who four years ago removed TO Lamar,
Mo-, recently died in the insane asylum at
Nevada, Mo, after many weeks of severe
suffering.
There is talk at Yankton of suing Rand
McNally & Co. for damages. They pub
lished a railway guide crediting Yankton
with only ! 800 population, while Mitchell,
was given 3, OO0.
The authorities of Lead are promised
some fun in collecting the $50 yearly license
levied on Chinese laundrymen. John oh.
jects to Discrimination and says, "Allee
white woman pay, me pay"
Colonel John IL. Burns, of Deaiwood,
has prepared a lecture on the Indian stu.
alton, which he will deliver in the eastern
cities. He gathered a good deal of data
during the present trouble, being a parti.
cipant thereto.
An artesian well has been struck at q
depth of 80 feet at Armour, which flows
about 400 gallons PER minute. The FIRST
night 1t inundated the south end of Main
street, and lively work was required all
night to get tile miniature flow under con.
troll.
Miss II. p. Shepard, of Sioux Falls, has
gone to Pine Ridge, where she will offer
her services to the government as a nurse
for sick and wounded soldiers in the
Indian campaign. Miss Shepard is n
trained nurse with seven years hospital
experience.
John {. Carne, at work in the 400-foot
level of the Homestake mine, at Lead,
walked into an open chute and fell TO the
0 0-foot level. He was instantly killed.
He was an Engiishman and a recent arrival.
His age was Is years, and he leaves a fam.
lily In England.
e. j. Cooper the Deadwood agent OF the
Wells Fargo express, was married on
Wednesday at Denison, Ia, to Miss Sadie
Harker, formerly manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Office at Dead wood. They
go on a wedding tour to California and Oh
their return will reside in Deaiwood.
The South Dakota Poultry and Pc,
Stock association will hold a show al
Mitchell January q to 30. F. II. shella.
barger, of Let's, Ia, will be Judge. Pre-.
miums are open to the world. Railroads
will give reduced rates. T.. A. Desne, OF
Mitchell, is secretary.
South Dakota ch allenges the world &c
beat or even equal the following record:
Christian Hanson, of Gem township,
Brown county, is the owner Of a COW {
years of age that has given birth to seven
calves in the past four years, all of which
are living and are called excellent stock.
Bulletin No lP, of the South Dakota
Agricultural college experiment station, is
devoted to the sugar beet. IL is a pamph-
let of twcnty-eight pages, and contains
quite an exhaustive examination of the
soil, method of culture aud analyses of re-
suits. Persons interested can obtain the
bulletin free of charge by addressing the
college at Brookings.
A blind man by the name Of H. A..
Swedesburg was brought to Sioux Falls
from Valley Springs Friday and ~applica-
ton made to place him in the poor house.
His son deserted him some time ago, going
to Texas, and it was seven days before it
was discovered that the father was in the
house during this time and was almost
starved to death. He is ~ years old and
speaks bitterly of his sons desertion.
Judge Fuller is of the opinion that
Mrs. Eckhardt, whom he sentenced last
summer to the penitentiary for the muir
der of her husband in Faux county, is in.
nocent of the crime" says the Redfeld
Journal. 1.-THE Judge was of this opinion,
we understand, at the time of the trial,
and he gave her the minimum sentence of
the law, four years in the penitentiary,
She has recently become insane, and 1t 10
likely that an effort will be made to secure
her pardon"
The Dakota Irrigation company at A Der.
deem has contracted to sink three more ar
tesian wells In Brown county. The COM
pany has a reasonable expectation of put
ting down some twelve or fifteen wells
during the coming season.
Fence posts are now in the market for
sale from Beadle county tree claims
says tie Huronite. ''Some thin - can be-
done. But just give us n three-iach arte.
sian stream pouring in onto ten acres Of
trees! Couldn't we talkr"
Miss Charity Martin, the Black Hills
songstress, has returned to her home at
Lead. She has been sick, but is better.
Petitions are being circulated in Charles
Mix county asking the county commission
ers to call Especial election to deter mine
whether or not the county shall expend 81
coo in the purchase OF two or more arte.
sian well outfits.
An artesian gusher was struck last
Tuesday on the Kinds ranch, near Woon-
socket. 1t 10 S-inch bore, 742 feet 8 inches
In depth, and it's pressure is est mated at
ITO pounds. Its cost, with a ditch for i'm.
mediate drainage, $40.
j. C. Terry, Of Tyndall, who fell from
the tower of the hose house in Council
Bluffs while exhibiting bis fire escape a
few weeks ago, has died of his injuries.
A bill has been introduced In the North
Dakota Legislature 10 abolish the Office Of
oil inspector.
A. r. Shaw, Of Vancouver, speaker OF
the house of representatives, Of the 81 tate
of Washington, was q former Sioux calls
man.
The North Dakota house has psssed
resolution providing for the rlacirg of
locks ON the desks Of bers Of the
house In order that their watches, tobacco
plugs, testaments, senatorial hooms and
other articles of vertu might not be car
risd away. The Bismarck Tribune says
that double locks will be put on the desks
OF democratic, so that anything OF . liquid
and refrsshisg nature may not ;: sb
stractsd.