Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-04-23
THE DAkOTAS.

way. The loss was Sl,Uoo, with IN insor'
snce of $40.
The Deadwood Times is sweet sixteen.
Sioux Falls is casting about for desir-
able park sites.
The public school building in Cavour
now floats a 719xl2 foot flag. 1t was pre-
scented by the citizens of that place.
A large number of Russians have lately
arrived in the vicinity of Olivct, where
they will make their future home.
asThere has been u great deal of sickness
In HOWARD for two weeks past, old and
young people having been victims of la
grippe,
A movement is on foot among the lend.
ing business men of Centerville, 10 start u
building and loan association in that
town.
Andrew Ring has leased his Elk Point
Burrier 10 James Ross, of Woonsocket,
and will accept a position in n Hawarden
bank.
Owing TO the prevalence Of prohibition
jag factories in the state an institution
for their extraction is about to open in
Yankton.
Within four weeks S68 persons at YER
million have expressed a desire to be-
como Christians. This is due to a series
of meetings.
Hon. II. c. Preston has presented to tho
Mitchell high school n complete set of
congressional records which run almost to
the present date.
The Deadwood and Delaware smelter
has closed Town preparatory TO enlarging.
1t Is said the use of Newcastle coke viii
be abandoned.
During the past week ele ven young men
and women from Norway and Sweden
have landed in Carthage and will make
their homes in that locality.
An eighteen.pound pickerel was pulled
from the Sioux just below Canton the
first of the week. Fishing Is reported
first class in that vicinity.
The farmers of Charles Mix county are
going to solve the problem of transporta-
ton for their farm products by securing q
line of boats On the river.
Mrs J. j. Myles, of Montrose, has the
honor of landing the biggest fish ever
pulled out Of the East Vermillion river.
II weighed eight pounds.
Scotland Citizen The business Of Scot
land postofice has increased during the
past year enough TO obtain for Postmaster
Robinson q sl0O raise in salary.
The clean up of the Deadwood chlor-
~ination works for the last fifteen days in
March was the largest yet made, the
brick weighing 1856 ounces, valued at
t20,O 900.
Quite n lumber of young Brooklyn lads
mere boys-are in the habit of carrying
reviewers about their persons. The other
day n gentlmen overheard some of these
boys telling the calibre of their revolvers
and how we'll they could shoot
John Deisoh, the ingenious Dutchman Of
Aurora county, has invented n tool known
as n 'reamer," used In sinking artes ian
wells. 1t Is pronounced by experts to be a
complete success and the only tool in ex-
istencc that will do the work. He has APP
Piled for IA patent.
II. J. Rice, past grand master of South
Dakota /. q. O. F., has forwarded char
ters to Casselton and Valley City for can
tons Nos. 10 and IL, Pntriarchs Military.
There are eleven c~antons in the jurisdic-
thon-fonr In North Dakota and seven in
Oouth bahOtd1 having a tOLdl mehDeFbulD
Of $50.
The Northwestern and Omaha railroad
companies have kindly and voluntarily
granted passes for ninety days to each of
The Russian famine relief commission of
South Dakota, to save the collections now
being made that expense and these roads
will carry free all freight from the state
contributed to the Russian sufferers.
County Superintendent OF schools Hills
has been at work upon an effort TO estab-
lish a commercial school and normal col
lege at YaDkton, for some months, and he
now feels 30 far assured of the success OF
the effort that he expects TO open the in
stitution early next fall.
The fire boys of the state are very jubi-
liant over the recent supreme court decis.
ION in regard TO their share Of the insur-
ance fees. The Mitchell department held
"A meeting at which ii was voted to use
their portion of the fund In sending a run
ming team TO the Watertown tournament
Frank Craft was chosen captain and
leader of the team.
Parker Is all torn up over a scandal. A
short time ago Ii lady put In an appear
ance at the Wentworth house and regis
tered as Mrs. Hattie May Hawley, and
claimed relationship TO Z. II. Benedict, a
printer on the Press. The two were al
most inseParable and finally suspicion
was aroused. A few days ago they were
caught in n compromising position in the
woman's room and she was ordered to
leave the hotel. She left the hotel and
town, taking the printer with her.
A young lady named Susie Taylor had a
narrow escape from drowning at Hot
Springs Wednesday. She was bathing in
the plunge bath, and seeing q number of
young ladies doing the float act thought
she would try II, and slid from the raft
into the water. But she was too heavy
and Immediately sank. Miss Inez Solder, |
who Is u good swimmer, went to her res
cue, but in her fright she grabbed Miss
Solder about the neck, and IL looked pretty |
serious for both of them for a while. An
attendant came 10 the rescue md got them |
both out
A fellow going under the name of Ed |
munde, who claimed TO be n piano tuner
and sewing machine repairer, after stop |
ping at one Of the Milbank hotels for
some weeks, skipped out leaving a board
bill unpaid and q weeping young lady
who claimed to be his wife to mourn his
un~ceremonious departure
John Bradshaw. an old-time resident of
Yankton, but who removed TO Ogden,
Utah, about two years ago, died at the
latter place on Wednesday of this week.
Bradshaw was an old Missouri river boat
man, and WAS more Familiarity known as
'Pinky."
Rev. w. b. Hubbard, for the past ten
years pastor of the Congregational church
of Chamberlain, has been appointed treas.
urer Of the Yankton college, and will as.
his duties at once.
Charles Mix county also has mn arteoian
well that serves IA q good weather indi-
Previous to o storm, 1t Is said, the
Is thrown up with increased force
and In very muddy.
John Garner. who was about Salem last
week representing himself to be q deputy
States marshal, has been sum-