Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-06
chants and farmers Of Moody county are

l30, Grand Forks ll5, Pembina lilo and
Walsh liz. The Red River valley is "up"
in the school business.
Dan Scott, of Sioux Falls, is building q
| fancy porch onto his barn, and the Press
says 1t is probably the first improvement
cf the kinl in America attached to a
stable.
| The Vermilliou Plain Talk mentions a
very small matter 1t says Professor
Howard b. Grose forgot to settle bal
nnce of 80 cents he owed that office on
subscription.
Miss Leila e Bath, daughter of Irving
Bath, editor OF the Pierre Democrat, was
married Thursday to VIM. B. Foster. Of
MiIbank, train dispatcher of the Milwau.
kee road
Citizens of Kingsbury county have re-
quested Judge Andrews to vacate the
June term in that county this year. Tho
suggestion is in the interest Of economy.
The Mercer county board of county com
missioners has declared the Office of super
intendent of public schools vacant, owing
to the temp pornry absence OF Miss Gala.
CHER from the county.
Madison pioneers gave n grand rece ption
TO Alex Cameron and wife who recently
returned from their welding tour. Re
freJhments were served and stories were
tod of early days when all were young
Tho gathering of seneca root Is one OF
the industries in the Turtle mountains.
The Rolla Star says that one druggist paid
out over 81, 0C0 for this medicinal root last
season, and the demand Is even greater
this year.
! barn on the farm of Sheriff Mccall
lum, four miles from Springfield, burned
Thursday morning. Five head of horses,
grain, implements, etc, were consumed,
causing "a loss of 81, 800
The Bad river Indians did not receive
pay for their ponies confscated by the
government in 1870 at ths same time the
Sioux did, but they are to get 1t at the next
regular ration day.
It's unlawful to kill a quail at any timo
for the next two years. 1t is against he
law to Kill any wild duck, snipe goose,
brant plover or curew between the 18th
day Of May and the Is, day of Septe m bor
farmer came into Garretson the other
day with two barrels of eggs, which he in
tended to ship While he wus attending to
some other business matters the team ran
away and the eggs were reduced to egg
nogg.
j. i. Patton editor of the Salem Special,
married Miss Kats Mosher, lady COM
positor in his Office and several South
Dakota bachelor scribes accuse him OF put
ting on the marital harness In order to cut
down expenses.
Joseph Stein, living near Jamestown,
shot and killed an American eagle few
days ago measuring feet inches from
tip 10 tip The day before he swooped
down and carried off an ll-pound tame
duck from Farmer STEMS barn yard.
Manford L, Williams, formerly prao-
ticing attorney In Miller and later In
Piorre, now owns u fine bunch of cattle
which are grazing on the reservation. and
lie looks after them personally. Mr.. VII
liams says he prefers to punch steers with
a stick to the oveiwork and perplexties
incident to the life of a practicing a;tor-
ney.
While the general sentiment among the
ladies in attendance upon tho recent trial
of Plenty Horses was one of sympathy
with the defendant, says the Sioux Falls
Press there was no one who seemed to
take an interest in him as did Mrs. James
G. Blaine, jr She made several visits to
him in prison, AMI in many ways mani
tested "A concern In hfs welfare. Plenty
Horses seemed to especially appreciate
her attentions, and looked FORWARD TO her
visits with eagerness. One ahS sue ,aleu
Horses wrote her neat note. saying
there was request he desired to make.
Mrs. Blaine went down to the jail anxious
to be of service, and Plenty Horses told
her he wanted to ask her to get him some
chewing gum and two shirts. The gum
was duly provided, but the task of pro.
curing the shirts was left 10 other hands.
The Watertown druggists say they will
publish the liquor s1idavits of customers
hereafter. Their business will be ruined
Colonel S. Netteson, chief engineer of
tho irrigation inquiry Of the department Of
agriculture, has arrived In A berdeen In
company with b. S. Lasroup. of Greely-
Colonel and w. w. Follett, Of Denver.
The gentlemen are practical engineers
and irrgators and have com menced TO
operate an ertesian well experiment
station on the Beard farm east of that
city. The government pays their salaries
and the people here furnish the land, seed,
etc.
South Dakota was not re cognizsd in the
appointment of committees at the annual
meeting OF the American Medical associ-
alton at Wash ngton, ID. C., last week.
North Dakota got two i'm portant appoint
ments on commltteeo.
While Hon. Geo. Il. Mason, Of Burdette,
was working In his field j. w. Heltibri-
die, neighbor, attacked him from behind
with stone and pounded him up in
frightful manner. II Beltibridle was
arrested for assault with intent to mur-
der. Mason not long since gave testi-
mony that was damaging to Heltibridle in
IA case in which the latter was plaintiff,
which was the immediate cause of the
attack.
While playing in the yard the other day
the little 2year-old boy of Mr.. Talcott, Of
Elk Point, picked up what he called a
string Running to his mother lie said.
Mamma, Totty has found o string that
has a head and tongue" 1t was a little
snake winding itself around the chlld's
arm.
Editor l. z. Staede, of Mankato, MINI,
says lie will bring $4,000 libel suit
against Representative Hansbrough. who
is proprietor Of the Devils Lake Inter
Ocean, and when he returns from Wash
ington will have him arrested for criminal
libel The article in question 10 u political
one.
Friends of n Fallen Leader.
CHICAGO, May ga conference of
local sympathizers with the lost per-
sonal cause of Charles Stewart Parnell
is in progress today at the Grand Pa
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