Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-04-16
THE DAkOTAS.

seeking homes on the Sisseton reserva
ton.
Deadwood will shortly have a lodge OF
Elks. This will be the first lodge OF the
order in the state.
The long delayed machinery for the
White Lake four mill has arrived, and is
being placed in readiness for work.
The Emery Enterprise now devotes one
page of each issue to its German readers
setting up the matter in German type.
CGster City proposes, 10 keep pace with
other hill towns in the matter of reduction
works. This will make the third plant in
the hills.
The Yanhtou Congregational association
will hold it's regular annual meeting in
Yankton, Tuesday, May 3, and continue
for three days.
A strong flow of water was reached at n
depth of 80 feet by the artesian well
d%rillers on the Hamclton Kerr farm, a few
miles north of Huron.
The WATERFOWL city council has voted
$500 from the city funds to aid in enter
tanning tho South Dakota fremen Mt The
coming tournament.
The survey for the motor line which will
be built from Hot Springs to Cascade lake
has been completed, and the work of con
stE9atisp viii bbffsgiB5 h ~ SSfPG9ahe pioneer .ry
tiers OF Huron, died at his home Ina that
city last Wednesday. He was an old
soldier and highly esteemed by his fellow
citizens.
The Rapid City determination plant is
practically completed. Workmen are now
engaged in testing the machinery prepar
atory to starting up on ore from the Wei
come mine.
Scotland is assuming city airs. Re.
Gently the city council divided that burg
into wards. Some of the citizens object
TO this move on the ground OF additioua
expense in holding elections,
A movement is on foot ~ Madison &c
erect a Masonic temple and knights a.
Pythias hall, TO occupy the third story OF
a magnificent business block to be erected
on the First National bauk corner.
A party of surveyors in charge of Gen
eral George Carpenter are locating the
line Of the Duluth, Watertown and Siou,
City railroad through the reservation
This is being done so as TO secure the
right-ot-way before the reservation opens
Mark Klinefelter and Mrs. J. II. Larson
son, of Vermillion, have eloped. Mrs Lar.
son IL the wife of II well-to-do merchan'
and tobacconist. klinefelter is a barber
who went to Vermillion n year ago. He
has a wife and children visiting in Iowa.
Deadwood sports are preparing for .
novel foot race between Il barber auC
n cigarmaker. The race will be for 3
purse of sl0 and 100 cigars. The barber 10
to carry a man on his shoulders weighing
1876 pounds and make 80 yards, while the
cigar man carries nothing and makes 10i
yards.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Parish, of VALLEY
Springs, had n narrow escape from as
phyIiation. The pipe blew off the chin
ney of their building recently. The stove
did not draw properly and gas escaped in
the room. Mr.. Parish is able to be
around, but Mr.. Iorish is still feeling
badly.
AS a last means of preventing the
spread of diphtheria the Gary board OF
health has now ordered NIL dogs to be tied
and authorized the marshal TO shoot all
ours running at large. The board holds
that dogs intermingling with human be.
ings on the streets are excellent agencies
TO carry the disease.
Stockmen west Of the Missouri river arc
making active preparations for the spring
roundup. All report stock in fine condi'
ton aud Cha 1o.aa. tbro,,~b ,La ,,,ntn. e.,
small as not TO be worth mentioning. II
is believed shipments this season will be
the heaviest ever made from the stocb
ranches of western South Dakota.
Elk Point Leader: A mortgage sale Of
horses took place in this city last Satur
day. The stock was the property Of n
widow lady of SPHINX, whose hayward sor
had m~ortgaged the same some time age
without her knowledge or consent. Shoult
the unfortunate mother demand her prop.
erty, the arrest of her son will follow ana
n number of years In the penitentiary viii
be the result.
Those among the Crow Creek Indians
who acted as scouts and rendered the gov.
eminent services during the Minnesota
massacre In 1882 to 1865 are being paid in
Chamberlain for their services by Disburs
ing Agent Elrod. About $4,000 was paid
out and the Indians celebrated the event
by buying carriages, horses, gold watches
and everything else that struck their
fancy, handing out the money with a lay
ish hand.
Hot Springs Hatchet: Last Sunday the
proprietor of the Wind ave discovered o
new chamber covering an area Of over
three acres. The ceiling is of that kind
Of %porphyry known as photograph rock
and the walls are covered with the mos,
delicate and beautiful frost work forma
ton. This new room, which is not YET
named is by far the finest yet found, and
will prove n great temptation for visitor.
to travel the necessary four miles in the
''bowels" of the earth to see il.
Eureka, the nearest railroad station, is
twenty-five miles from Mound City, ahd
Is the shipping town for a wide section OF
country. Corles Pfeffer, of the Bank Of
Eureka, paid out for the last seasons
wheat and faI, up to January ], 1892, the
immense sum of 1924, 1877. SIS. OF course
other banks there did n heavy business ir
cashiug grain checks; besides il should
be remembered hat owing to the early
shutting down of winter, only about one.
half of the crop has been marketed.
Yankton is much gratiied at the pros.
pect of securing a factory for turning out
oat meal and other food products.
FaulKton has received a proposition
from q practical miller who wants to To-
cate at that place. All that is asked in
the way of bonus is for Faulkton TO sink
an artesian we'll and give the power free
to the mill.
A l3-year-old girl at Aberdeen was re.
Gently arrested on the charge of being o
disorderly person. At the trial she plead
guilty and made n voluntary statement
confessing sexual intercourse with men
and boys for hire.
Iroquois Herald: 1t Is quite a common
thing to see one or more immigrant cars
coming In ON every freight train from the
east and south. II makes one think OF
South Dakota's pioneer days.
A company Of Arabians were in Wolsey
two or three days last week, selling goods.
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