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

The late Congressman John r. Gamble
had life insurance to the amount of $1,000
The Dell Rapids Times is six years old
and one of the best weekly papers in the
state.
Yankton county teachers will hold their
institute at Yankton, commencing this
week.
f. b. Littlefeld has been appointed
postmaster at'Villard, vice L. Stewart, re-
signed.
The republican editors of the state will
meet at Huron September for consulta-
ton
The title of Sioux Falls public building
site has been approved by the govern.
ment.
Sioux Fails papers mourn because ali
circuses pass her by on account of $3.50
license
Deadwood and Lead City are to be con
nected by wagon road which has just
been projected.
Peter Kramer, of Cavour, threshed tf-
teen acres of wheat that yielded thirty-six
bushels TO the acre.
The old settlers picnic at Wakonda Fri
day was grand success Nearly 700
people were present,
Parker citizens arc agitating the ques-
tion of making n county exhibit at the
Sioux City Corn Palace.
\ Sioux Fnlls billiard hall was robbed
Of $l6 while the proprietor was watching
the Salvation army parade.
Judge G. W. Roberts, of Yankton, has
gone east for the purpose of directing
homeseekers to Yankton county.
A man named Hyer fell from a bridge at
| Edgemont Thursday and was killed. He
was n resident of Hot Springs
The contract will be let for the new
United States penitentiary. which is TO be
erected at Grafton, on the 3lst.
Skunks are quite numerous in the vicin-
ity of Yankton. Several picnic parties
have been marred by their presence.
John kingston, one of the men who was
injured in the premature explosion at Gar
retson, may recover his eye sight.
Ransom Beddoes, of Dawson county
thrashcd $50 bushels of wheat oF OF
twenty-five acres and sold it for @ cents
| per bushel.
While Frank Kenuicutt, travelling
man, was taking bath II Sioux Falls II
hot water pipe burst sad he was severely
scalded.
| Two large wolves attacked Charles
! Smith while driving near Madison the
| other night Putting whip to his horses he
! escaped.
| Bert Bond, a 12-year-old Deadwood bov,
was killed at the ranch Of his uncle on
kedwatcr bv falling from the back of n
horse and alight:ng on his head.
"Custer's Last Battle painting by
the chief "Rain-in-the-Face, will be
among the Indian curiosities which will be
exhibited at the Campbell county fair.
| The crops are turning out gre.ter than
expected. Farmers who expected q yield
of twelve or fifteen bushels of wheat per
acre are threshing out twenty and twenty
| five.
Amos Plummer, respected farmer liv-
| ing four miles south of Bath, was taken
Friday evening with n sudden attack of
| sporadic cholera, and died twelve hours
| later
Elmer Comstock attempted a criminal
assault upon Oracle Greenacre while she
was pulling weeds In a potato patch near
| Mitchell. Comstock was fined $25 and
! costs for the offensc.
A dog fight caused runaway at Dead
wood, and Farmer Wagner was nearly
killed by being thrown from his wagon
and striking on his head.
Hereafter the members of the South Da-
! kota Press association will wear badge
made from metal taken from South Da-
| lsota mines, which will consist of gold, sill
yer and tin.
! VIM. J. Belfrage, young man who has
! been doing odd jobs around Hot Springs,
! has attained his majority and received a
snug fortune from his father, who is n mill.
! ionaire brewer in Scotland.
Eleven years ago, August 10, when the
! MilbanlS Review was started, all there was
of Milbahk was n sod shanty and wheat
| field. The Review, now just beginning it.
twelfth volume, has grown up with the
town.
! +. w. Royce was badly burned by the
! premature explosion of blast of giant
powder in his rock quarry at Garretson
! Friday The whole upper portion of his
body and head was burned, as was also
the face of his helper. Royce's clothing
CduB Nv ilIN anu bohs hhu WIN
| badly burned. The helper will probably
lose both eyes and Royce may recover
| The men thought one blast was out and
started to put in another when the first one
went off.
The family of William Schloredt, living
between Deadwood and Sundance, were
badly poisoned by using the milk from n
| COW that had been bitten by n rattlesnake.
The family were all Frustrated Mt once.
! The hired man was the first to recover and
| he went for medicine. None of them knew
that the COW had been bitten, as she was
MIXED after dark. Some of the milk was
| given to q colt and it died within three
minutes. The milk used by the family
was mixed with that of several other cows,
or none of them would have lived to tell
the story. AS it was they had q narrow
escape.
There Is talk at Brooifings of organizing
n company TO build q stub track from
there To Bushnell TO connect with the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids and Northern rail
road, so the town can have q direct south
ern route to Iowa.
Register of Deeds John Baker, of Dead
| NoOu, ID bic ohiy NctcEuu ouu CiioW III
the Black Hills, and was recently pre-
sented with n veterans jewel. A veteran
Odd Fellow Is a man who has been mem
Der of the order for twenty successive
years without break or flaw In his mem
bcrship or suspension for non-payment OF
dues, fines, assessments or misconduct.
He must not at any time have been in ar
rears for dnes.
Mrs. o. N. Olberg loaded her household
goods and n family horse into box car al
Madison to be shipped TO Albert Lea
Minn. At Egan the horse was seen In
the car by the trainmen, but before Jack
son was reached the animal had mysteri
ously disappeared and 1t cnnnot be found
| There Is something of boom on at Belle
Fourche, and good many permanent i'm
provements are under way. Ground has
been broken for $500 school house and
for Congregational church, while work ID
commenced on the kite-shaped race track
that 1t was some time ago announced
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