Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-12-17
TIE DAkOTAS.

Sidt St VI bSOfPc IaTleN.
The Nankton and Norfolk railroad pay
out $50, 600 IA month for wages.
Stockmen near Custer are complainin
of the ravagcs by gray wolves.
Ben Johnson of Lennon has been take
to the insane asylum at Nankton.
Hans Peterson, of Edgcrton, ;. D.. wen
insane and tried to kill his father.
The two banks in Tyndall paid on
$4,000 for grain one day last week.
A Parker boy shot an eagle measurin,
five and one-half feet from tip to tip.
Natcrtown's Bi-chloride of Gold com
pany is drawing an army Of patients.
D2adwood is to nave a new opera hous,
In connection with the Masonic temple.
The Rapid City Journal says that worl
will begin on the road east early in tn,
spring.
y Gankton tough known as Jack tn,
Ripper, accidentally shot himself with a
revolver.
TIL state fair board will meet at Huron
January 10 to decide on IA location for tho
fair of 1893.
Mitchells electric light plant has been
repaired and inlarged and is now running
at full blast.
Faulkton, Loyalton. Ros zoe and severa
other neighboring towns are entirely
without coal.
Hinnebaugh Bros grain elevator a
Rapid City was Quilted by fire, making :
loss of -, 900.
Rev. w. J. Cleveland. of Madison, ha,
gone to inspect the Episcopal mission OF
the late reserve.
The Spearish Bulletin is urging the
citizens of the town 10 take great prccau
tions against fire.
The Arlington hotel at Britton, which
has been closed during the past two years
has been %reopened.
Gray wolves are rioting among the
stock in the Elk mountain country and
along the Cheyenne river.
Emmons county, \. D., promises quite
IA fight oven an election contest. Charges
of bribery are freely made.
senator Pettigrew has been called upon
To settle IA row over the new location OF
the postotice at Aberdeen.
Sioux Falls has secured the location OF
a wholesale house for school supplies
with a capital stock of $4,000.
County Commissioner Bradbury. Of Lin
coin county, drove through a broker
bridge and broke his shoulder blade.
Herbert Hughes. of New York. mas sued
his wife for divorce on the grounds Of de.
sertion. The ease is tried at Pierre.
The Yankton Herald advcrtiscs for in.
formation regarding the devil who il IL
believed stole away on n night freight.
\ wild goose was captured on n street
in Mitchell 1t was disabled by havine
in contact with an electric ligh
wire.
a fire in Rapid City destroyed an elcva
pounds of corn and 10000 pounds o
wheat.
Three farmers west Of Brookings have
retired from business on the profits
rented their farms and zone TO live at In,
coun Y seat.
Inc Courier says IA we'll organized
bucket brigade would be "A long step il
advance of the present system of fighting
fire in Elk Point.
\ democratic barber in Aberdeen agrcec
to shave all his customers for nothing foI
years if Harrison was elected, they to
pay double should Cleveland win.
Captain \. J. Knight, of Lawrence
county, and Captain :. +. Forsha. OF Pen
nington county, are aspirants tor the
communicating of the Hot Spring SOD
diers' Home.
Editor Eastwood. of the GarretsOn Pro
gress, is under arrest for the embezzle
ment of fines collected from s~aloonkecp
crs. He does not deny possession, but
claims that the fines were Illegal.
4 report comes from Bismarck that the
volume of water in the Missouri is gradu-
ally decreasing and river men are of the
opinion that the large number of artesian
wells in the state are the cause of this.
Company /. OF the Twenty-first infantry,
which has been stationed ut Fort Randall,
has been transferred to Fort sydney.
Ncb., and an order abandoning Fort Ran
dali as Il military post has been issued by
the war department.
A pair of snrak thieves broke into a
house in Aberdeen and, finding the occu
pants away, loaded themselves with food.
silverware and the family linen, and
were calmly snoozing in the spare bee
when the police gathered theSl in.
G.. Z. Frost. the farmer near Messing
ton who mystcriously disappeared about
a month ago, has been heard from. He
SAYS he is in New Orleans, but does not
give a satisfactory explanation OF his
strange conduct.
Specimens of Hay Creek coa examined
and tested in Deadwood shows that it il
.-..,,. ,,+i,la 90 Fna1 II iC nlaar f,af
from shale or slate and produces strong
heat. The owners of the mines contro
1900 acres OF land and propose to pusf
the product into market.
A verdict was rendered in tho United
States circuit court at Sioux Falls in favor
of w. c. Fullerton. OF Mitchell, against
the Homcstake Mining company, of Lead
City. for 500, 900. Fullerton had both leg.
cut off in an accident while working for
the company in the capacity OF engineer
Steps have been taken to organic, Ly.
man county. a portion of the late SIOUX
reservation opposite Chamberlain. There
are settlers enough within the boundaries
to cntitle the county 90 organization, but
the interest of the cattlemen will be det.
rimentally affected by organization and
hence they oppose IL.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Mrs.Sharp,
the heroine and survivor of the famous
Spirit Lake massacre, Is In the city selling
her vel, known hook. She has been re
tracing the journey over which she was
for IDLY taken by the indians, observing
the wonderful changes In South Dakota
and in the status of the Indians. Mrs
Sharp recently purchased the old log
cabin at Arnold's park, where the tragedy
occurred, and is refitting it. She will de
liver a lecture on the massacre and viii
canvass the town for the book, which is
highly interesting and of large histories
value.
Preferred Dogs.
Visitor-Why do the residents of this
town keep so many dogs?
Mr.. Suburb-For protection. They
are cheaper than police.
Visitor-But dogs are dangerous Il