Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-09-05

Custer, and will remove from Lead L
that beautiful city next eek.-Times.
The Bakerville base ball club, the
same outfit that Custer defeated SC
badly, few weeks ago, tackled the
the Browns, of Hot Springs. for game
the other day. They got it to the tune
of SO to 7, and haven't gotten over i,
yet.
w. A. Smith removed hissto ofgents
furnishing goods to the Oscar Silver
building, this week. Mr.. Smiths new
quarters are more commodious than
the old ones, and he is putting it in
shape to display his large stock to the
best advantage.
The uniform rank X of p. are drilling
nightly on the school grounds getting in
shape to present striking appearan ce
at the encampment to be held in Custer
and Hot Springs. If there is any money
to be taken at said encampment Lead
will stand good chance.-Times.
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Hot Springs has another damage suit
on its hands. John Hubbard, travel.
ing man, asks for S3,0O0.0O as partial re-
paration for injuries received from falling
off a sidewalk to the rocks on the river
bank. The Herald things that it is high
time the city council was taking care
of its walks and streets.
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The Hunter property, better known as
the "a ranch, located sixteen miles ives.
of Custer, was sold this week to n. b.
Cottrell, Of Custer, together with
something over 200 head Of cattle and
horses. Mr.. Cottrell Immediately took
charge of the property, removing his
family there, on Wednesday.
The b. & NJ. freight train that left
Custer for Deadwood about nine o'clock
Saturday evening, came in contact with
landslide in tunnel No /. near Mystic,
Engineer Perky had slowed up before
entering the tunnel, and his carefulness
doubtless saved his own life, and thos e
of his crew. As it was, the engine was
derailed and her front badly stove up.
but no one injured
A movement is at present on foot to
sent delegates from Custer to the
Worlds fair convention, at Deadwoo1,
on the 9th inst. If anything is ~ be
done in regard to this matter:t must be
done quickly. The Hills will be repre-
sented and Custer should not be allowed.
through the negligence of it's citizens,
to be considered unworthy of notice and
possessed ofno resources worthy of rep
resentation.
T. travelling agents tor the New
castle coat-weTe called in last wee. be-
cause it was impossible TO get out coal
fast enough to supply the demand.
The company has not yet been able to
secure enough men. and will have to
make an extra effort for them to prepare
for the winters trade. There are few
unemployed miners in the west, and
other laboring men dread to work in
mine until after they give it trial.
Even the inducement of good wages has
no effect upon them.-Journal.
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Until recently Hot Springs papers
have been kicking about the
telephone service between Custer and
that place, and have intimated that the
trouble was at this end fthel line. A few
days ago Manager Kimball Of the Custer
station. visited the Springs and while at
the Office there, discovered half dozen
or more loose wires. These he put in
order, and now the service is o. X. Bro.
Jones, of the Herald was a little hasty,
that was ALL
John Baeter, of Deadwood, owner of
the Caledonia gold mine. a property To-
Gated six miles west Of Custer, is in
town this week, and has employed a
force of five men to 60 to work on the
mine. Mr.. Bueter has kept up the as
sessment work on the Caledonia for a
number of years and proposes to develop
it and find ont just what he has. 1t has
been looked upon by old miners as one
of the most promising prospects in the
Hills, and its development will be watch
ell with interest.
A. Hale, the veteran travelling man of
Sioux City, Ia, accompanied by his wife,
was in Custer few days of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hale were delighted with
Custer and made "a several days
sojourn of what was intend
ed to be a histy visit. During
their stay they visited Lake Custer aud
the various mines in this vicinity.
They departed Tuesday evening for
Sioux City, taking with them some fine
specimens, and the most pleasant i'm
pressions of Custer and Custer people.
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w. c. Ward of this city is making pre-
parations this week for trip to the Big
Horn Mountains, and the National Park.
He will be accompanied by his brother,
DIR. j. w. Ward. Of Grand View, North
Dakota, J. S. Kinney, Of Hamberg, Ia,
w. t. Ellison and John Beyington, of
Custer. The party will leave here about
the 10th and be absent six weeks, and
will put in the time, hunting, fishing
and prospecting. Ye editor acknow-
lodges an urgent invitation to be one
of the party, which he must regret
fully decline.
The bar Of the Black Hills is well rep
resented at Custer this week. Those
attorneys who have attended court Thus
far this session are: OF Deadwood, e. w
Martin, Col. w. r. Steele. Col. w. II
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