Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-07

| The South Dakota legislature in 1879 en-
acted a law for the protection Of quail,
imposing fine of $40 for killing ono of the
birds at any time within three years.
iaqdiry is being MADE in the Black Hills
for James A. Van Eman, formerly of Can.
nonsburg, Pa. He is the heir to a consid-
cradle estate by the death of his parents
at the old home.
Bottineau had masquerade ball Friday
night. Only five days before the whole
place was expecting to be pillaged, burned
and massacred by the misunderstanding z
to the newspapers
The order OF knights of Labor Is grow.
ing in North Dakota. 1t is claimed that
twenty five members Of the order were
elected to the Legislature last fall by the
labor and farmer vote.
The bail of DR. Bissell, Of Valley Springs,
who is under indictment for giving Ben
Scheffer a fatal dose of morphine, has
been reduced from $500 to $500, and the
doctor he's given bond.
Three Indian pappooses were found on
the battle field of Wounded Knee Only
one has survived the exposure, bright
little girl OF months old. Sho has been
adopted by General Colby.
David Cole, OF Ethan, was found dead in
bed Tuesday morning He was an early
settler eff Dawson county, Il veteran sol
der and the late republican nominee for
sheriff. He died of heart disease
The Montrose Herald says F. Z. Pool,
near Montrose, has just com pleted one Of
lhe best wells TO be foun any where. 1t is
only thirteen feet deep, but contains four
feet of water that is clear as crystal
In order to replenish their cisterns with
soft water, ingenious Sioux Falls people
placed tons of ice on the roofs of their
houses during the past month and now en-.
Joy the luxury of soft water In abundance.
The Aberdeen News says: 'Some idea
of the intensity of the struggle for the
speakersbip OF the house at Pierre may be
CLEANED from the fact that a special train
from Sioux City to Pierre was furnished
to Ii. w. Graham, a republican mem ber of
the house from Lawrence county, to enable
him to get to the capital in time TO vote for
speaker"
The Sioux Falls Press claims that the
richest soil in the United States is in the
Big Sioux Valley. There are 5000 600
acres of fertile farm land in the valley,
and there has lever been a crop failure in
the section
Weston w. Peake is dead at Lead City
FROM injuries received through falling
down ladder. He was pioneer of the
Hills and for the past five years had been
superintendent of the Black Hills Canal
and Water company. His age was about
81 years.
SiouT Falls Argus Leader: The Chicago
Tri ribune of the l4th says that DIR. Elwell
of New York, will probably be appointed
secretary o. the New York branch of tie
worlds fair exposition. Mr.. Elwel is
well known in Sioux Falls as being always
anxious to hitch his wagon to a star"
Editor Greene, of the Lead City Tribune,
who roasted the "Deestrict Skule" enter
tainment and then made an apology, dc
clares the retraction was forced He SAYS:
"The retraction which | signed under the
muzzles of six-shooters Saturday night |
signed under protest, because the mob had
the drop on me- They compelled me to
say that the Tribune's criticisms were
made ont of spite. This is not true, as
had no spite or feeling against anyone con.
nected with the entertainment. offered
to make all the amends consistent with
honor and fair dealing for having cast any
reflection upon the ladies'"
'Ihe unanimous passage by the house
OF Axvig's resolution indorsing the bill in
congress to provide $500 0J0 worth of seed
wheat to farmers in North Dakota whose
crops were destroyed by drouth was con
siderable OF victory for Hans brough as
well as Axvig," says the Bismarck Trib.
une.
Thomas Thorsou, of Canton, who has in
vestgated the mineral resources OF South
Dakota in more way than one gives s5i!.s il ss
OF natural wealth within the confines of
the commonwealth before the expiration of
another decade.
The cost of maintaining the jamestown
hospital for the insane was S!95 per capita
of inmates. The patients admitted in the
past two years were Isl.
South Dakota claims more colonels than
Kentucky in proportion to population
Titles have been sprinkled indiscrimi-
nately over the militia until it is satirically
7a'' 'ha' ~ Is ouisuhction 10 De u private.
The Chicago Tribune started an inter
view with Bishop Hare with the state
ment: "The bishop, who is ven
eral looking man Of about 6j years
old, has presumably tcluired the
habit of smoking cigarettes in
the Indian country, whore it is almost
any rate he was smoking one
when he told an interesting narrtive about
his experience among the red men," 1t
was news to to the Sioux Falls Press that
the bishop smokes, and it started re-
porter out to ascertain the truth. "He
ran down every Episcopalian in sight and
got but one answer: Never saw the
bishop smoke; never heard of his smoking,
and don't believe he does The last man
tackled was Joe Little and his reply was
Yes, sir; you bet he smokes.'n -
DYNAMITE SCARE.