Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-10-31
THE DAkOTAS.

w. 4. Herrick, OF lankton, lost 30O tons
of hay by supposed incendiary fire.
South Dakota farmers have been doing
their thrashing by the light of the moon.
On the 9th inst. the Youngsters of Dead
wood enjoyed the first coasting of the sea-
son.
Extra freight trains are being run on all
South Dakota railroads to carry away the
grain.
The Mofiitt process for the reduction of
rcbellious ores is interesting Black Hills
people
j. ". Crist has demonstrated that sugar
beets can be raised at good profit in the
Hills country.
Miss May Chase has been appointed SUI
perintendent of public instruction of
Meade county.
Canton will heartily s.ppo.t the pro-
posed telephone line between Sioux Falls
and Sioux City.
VIM. House will build a twostory bank
building at Spencer of jasper taken from
the home quarry.
The gold strike at Bear Gulch, in the
northern Hills, is reported to rival the
famous Homestakc
Two weeks from Wednesday is the date
! set for the execution of Lehman, the muir
! derer of James Burns.
Salem grain dealers have more business
than they can attend to and receive grain
until 10 o'clock at night
! Public Opinion, of Watertown, thinks
that town will have n population of 100000
people inside of ten years.
Hand county will vote on the issue of
bonds to the amount of $1,000 TO buy an
artesan we'll digging outfit.
The Allcrton," named after the Iowa
trotting stallion, is new style of hat
offered for sale in Sioux Falls.
| An eastern syndicate has purchased
four townships in the Red river valley, on
which they propose 10 raise barley.
| Ed Ward was arrested at Sturgs,
charged with robbing the proprietor of the
Campbell house at Lead City of $1,000.
Settlers on the ccded lands are busy
laying in their supplies before the Pierre
pontoon bridge is taken out for the winter.
| The expenses of the state fair held in
Sioux Falls this year were $4,000; consid-
erably more than ever before. The re-
ceipts were about $4,000
! Hon. c. H. Winsor, of Sioux Falls, has
been placed upon the democratic state
central committee in place of f c. Wright,
who removed from the state
james II. Owens, of Pierre, has gone to
Washington to look after the contracts for
the building of some thirty government
Indian school houses on the different
reservations.
The result of the regular mid. month
cleanup of the Golden Reward Chlorna-
ton works for the first half of October
was brick weighing 926 ounces and
valued ut SlS,520
VIM. II. Waters, of Miller, was placed
under bonds to appear mt the next term of
the circuit court charged with stealing u
team of mules, wagon and harness from
Mrs. Anna Strellner.
The Fargo Argus was sold at public
auction Friday to satisfy chattel mort
gage of $1,000 held by the Citizens Ma
tional bank of that city.
Propositions have been submitted to the
city council of Fargo and also Moorhead
for franchise to construct and operate
IN electric street railway between the two
cities.
A. f. Froude, living near Bismarck was
driving team of young horses attached
Co the front wheels of wagon. The team
ran away and Mr.. F~oude was thrown
into wire fence and badly injured.
The barn of Gustav Begalge, in Mime
haha county, was set on fire by children,
who kindled fire III n steam thrcshcr.
The barn, 600 bushels of oats 200 bushels
of wheat, much hay and some machinery
were destroyed. No insurance.
The Pierre board of trade may petition
the war department, through the South
Dakota congressman, foi photographs to
give the stockmen across the river
weather information during the coming
winter.
The South Dakota Republican and
Hand County Press have been conSoli-
dated at Miller J. A. Bushfeld of the
Press, becoming the sole owner. Van Ho-
sen a. Clayton, the retiring publishers of
the Republican, expect TO continue in the
newspaper field in some other point in the
state.
John Wolskey, a brakeman who lives at
Sanborn, met with an accident at Bridge
water Saturday that may cost him his
life. While switching he ran ahead OF the
engine as it backed down the track, and
in some manner stumbled and fell be-
tween the rails. Before he could move
the brake beam caught him and all but
crushed his life out.
j. Q. Adams elevator burned at Garrett
son Saturday morning. In the early part
of the fire an explosion occurred which
sent the fire to the heigh. of the main
building and Immediately 1t was envel-
oped in flames. The building was valued
at perhaps not less than s5l. 900 and con-
tanned from $4,000 TO $4,000 bushels of
grain worth not less than $4,000.
Buffalo Journal: Buffalo can boast of
having the largest boy of his age in the
northwest in the person of Master Grover
Laing. Grover is but years old, bright,
intelligent and very muscular, weighs 12O
pounds and can easily lift 300 pound
weight He has all the qualifications of
matured man, and in short, is a young
Sampson.
Mandan is considerably excited over
the finding of a human skull wrapped in a
newspaper and buried beneath the old
concert hall.
Work is prog cssing at the Rapelje coal
mine at Stanton, and 1T is said extensive
improvements will be made in the near
future. Among the first will be board.
ing house and chute to the river.
In Grand Forks county farmers are pay
Ing 50 per day and board for help Mt
threshng. When the weather permits
threshing goes on day and night and Sun.
days, straw being burned at night for
light.
George Geiger, ir., of Edgerton, threshed
his grain and received l,7O0 bushels of
wheat from seventy-seven acres, $50 bush
els of oats from sixteen acres and has
thirty acres of corn that will yield splen-
didly.
J. B. and J. &. Dickovcr and Walter
Scott. OF Eot Springs, have sold their pat
ent electric signal for railroad trains to
Chicago and Cincinnati capitalists for
S3J0,00J.
Mrs James McKeachie, of Walshtown,
last Monday gave birth to a male child
weighing three pounds and then died |
of consumption. Her mother Is prostrated |