Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-05
DAKOTA

ALIS. NtOEE6 AuNNlSOn, VIC VI oh oAN
resident of Mitchell, was suddenly stricken
with paralysis
Mrs. Luci da Hunter, one of the pio'
ueers of Sioux Falls, passed away last
week in her S5th year.
Captain Shields, the great temperance
lecturer aud rcformer, has been holding
forth in Yankton for the past two week..
Twelve of the lnborers engaged in dig
ging bitches on the north side water.
works contract at Yaukton stru.'k for
more wage.
County Treasurer Berreth, Of Campbell
county, has been arrested on n charge Il
embczzlcncnt preferred by Public Exam
liner Blanchard.
Members of the Aberdeen Press club
presented n handsome gold headed cane
TO Colonel John II. Drake, recently ap
pointed to the Consulate at kehl, Ger
many.
C. b Kennedy, for many years presi
dent of the National Bauk Of Canton, has
transferred his entire stock t. other stock
holders and viii! engage in n large law
business.
a thrcshing engine boiler exploded o.
the Crills' farm, eleven and n half milc'
west OF Putncy, killing one man named
Lewis Horton, and severely i~njusing sew
cral others.
While attempting 10 stop n runaway
team, S. {. Toogood, of Sutton, was
knocked down and run over by the horse:
and wagon, which was loaded with fifty
bushels of wheat
The charges against Rev. Theodore Ger
IRISH. Of Sioux Falls, who was a member
of the South Dakota NJ. L. conference.
have been Withdrawn and the reverend
gentleman reinstated
ud iowa
The Democrat says girl to do general
houseworli is the greatest unsuppliec
want of Lead At least twcnty-iv,
could find steady employment with psi
vate families at wages Of from Is TO s.
per week Hotel and restaurants female
help receive from $50 to 50 per month.
The sturgis Advertiser says six deser.
lions occurred du-ing The last week from
the post-threo from troop a and three
from troop i No cause can be giver
for SO many assertions, as duty can
not be complained OF, and the p,st
commander is certainly far from beiag 9
tyrant.
Seuator Pettigrew, while walking along
Third street Yankton, was run into by
bicycle driven at Il terrific speed, which
knocked his hat off, tore his trousers anC
nearly threw him 70 the ground Ih'
wheelmau suffered no Inconvenience
whatever and coolly rcmounted lis ma
chine and rode away.
Pierre printing houses have won q vic
tory in the courts over rival bidders il
other towns for state printing On an mp
peal TO the supreme cour Il decision wa
rendered prohibiting the state printin.
commits ,ioner from letting divided con
tracts on a given class of printing IhC
Pierre houses thus secure the pAut Of thu
land.
Hon. Theodore J. Baudcroft, OF Boston
passad through Fargo last week III scared
of a lost brother, who left home abou
thirteen years ago and wandered west
from IN MEXICO. ATter accumuIaung
small fortune he started uorthward will
the intention of eventually |rclurniu,
home. lie fell in with II gang of hors,
thieves in the Bitter Root valley in Mon
tana Later he was robbed of his none,
and pursued by officers. lie escaped ant
came to North Dakota For IA year Ia
worked on a ranch near Dickinson, aftcI
which he started for the Turtle mountains
aud has never been heard of since. III,
death of his parents leaves him Il forum,
of Sl3a, 000. Mr.. Bau lcroft is now on hi
way 10 the mountains with the hope o
learning something of his whereabouts.
An Indian named Medicine Hocn, o.
the Yanliton agency, has beca takcn &
Sioux Falls on the charge Of assault with
n deadly weapon with intent TO kill. Ihl
story of Medicine Horns crime is brief
On the 18th of October an indian cour.
was in session at Yankton Agency, to try
some Indian for a petty offense Medi
ciueHorn was ~subpGaacd as a witness auC
J when he arrived in court his eyes were
ailame, his right hand held n big hatchc'
and his manner was that of n man VIII,
, huugered for blood. The cause for al
this nobody knew and Medicine Horn wal
finally persuaded to leave the court room
20 cool of. Later he returned to the pres
eli e of the tribunal and while the pgo
ccelings were ut full tide. ho sprnug from
his seat, pulled n dirk knife from hi,
pocket and rushed at Robert GARRISON
one of the Indian judges Clarksoi
cvaded him and succeeded in piniouinI
Medicine Horns arms behind and takin.
the knife from him. Medicine Horn was
then arrested aud placed in t c agenc,
! jail, where Marshal Griffith found him
The Indians believe Medicine Horn TO b.
crazy, and he c~ertaily has a bad eye. II.
is about 80 years old, is large and strong
nnd his luuacy is spasmodical.
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