Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-22
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The Trip Ledger has been born.

Nv nv" "NlNiAhb' ANN "N -
has opened for business
Hot Springs had an earthquake which
shook things up considerably.
Bridgewator is moving for a flowing
we'll aud n system of waite works.
w. II. Shaw, cashier in the Scotland
bank, will start a bank at Lestervillc.
A is being organized AZ
Mitchell to build II $4,000 hotel building.
Half the business portion Of Hill City
was destroyed by fire, entailing u loss OF
$4,000.
Depot grounds for the Yankton and
Norfolk railway have been selected at the
foot of Walnut street, Yankton.
5 H.. jumper, of Aberdeen, has been
commissioned brigadier-general of the
state militia by Governor Melette.
The towns of B%roadiand and Hitchcock,
eighteen miles north of Hnron, narrowly
escaped de ,truction b. n prairie fire.
L w. Caldwell is now sole proprietor oil
the Sioux Falls Press, ne having bought
the interest of Mrs. Blanche NJ. Bliss.
The euterprising business men of Al
pcna turned out in force last week and
prepared fire bake, to guard the city.
C. l. Scaman's general sto,c at Warner,
ten miles south, was b~urg!arized, tho safe
blown open and over t7Jl in cash stolen.
j. \ HALEY. five miles northwest of
Miller, lost his barn, four horses, farm
machinery aud ! so bushels of wheat by
fire.
Over fifty new buildings awe been crcc-
ted in Parkston the past year and n new
Baptist church will be added to the list
this fall.
Rev. w Carson, who has been the NJ. Il
minister at Iroquois for the past tive
years, has been transferred to a charge al
Paullina, Ia.
a timber fire between Lead City and
Piedmont destroyed the railroad track for
several miles, and a large tract of timber
and other property.
The citizens of Pierre celebrated the re.
ceipt of the patent to the town site. There
was n parade, n banquet aud numerous
other evidences of JOY.
a dramatic club has been formed by the
young folks of Montrose, and they are
learning n play which they propose to rem.
der in the near future.
The work Of cxcavating foc the founda
ton of the Masonic temple in Deadwood
has commenced. The location Is tbs cor.
ner of Maine and Pine streets.
Lightning struck IL fence at Highmorc
on which Ed. Milton and john Slower. son
of the clerk Of the courts, were working
Both we're badly shocked but not danger.
ously injured.
Work was begun on the Spearfi,h En-
glewood extension Of the Blu Ellington road,
and the iirst mile of track was laid last
Monday The road will be com pletcd
within sixty days.
At n meeting of the city council Of Aber.
deem the water committee together with
the city eugluccr, were authorized to pre-.
pare plans aud specifications for IA new
six-iuch artesian well
One million brick will be required for
the construction of TIE upper four stories
of the new hotel at Dcadwood. The lower
story will be built of Black Hills stone
from the Dcadwood quarrics.
A city election was held ut Fort Pierre
for the purpose of bonding the city III the
sum of SIo,CCO TO pay off he outstanding
indebtedness of the city. 1t was decided
to bond by a vote of lC9 for bonds and
only : against,
Charles J. Brown, who was killed by the
Dalton gang at Coifeyvillc, Kan, was a
citizen of Hurley, 5. ID and his body has
been taken there 70. iuterment Brown
was n shoemaker and one of the posse
who aided in destroying the gang.
At Pierre, ex-Mayor A w Johnson was
found near the city with n bullet In his
brain, having been dead for several days.
He had committed suicide and left a note
TO that effect, stating that he had not felt
well for weeks. He was n candidate for
register of deeds.
The membership of the South Dakota
subdivision of the League of American
Wheelmen has increased from three to
! o in the past four months. Among the
attractions for the wheclmeu of the state
is n projected meeting, when the cycle 5
will have a big social gathering rs well as
n business meeting and n race meet
Minnehaha county has now seven an.
uounced candidates for sheriff, three of
them running on regular nominations and
four running go.as.you-pleasc. 1t is un-
derstood that another candidate is about
To be announced. This multitude of can.
didatcs results partly from the Australian
ballot system and partly from the fact
hat the Office is the most lucrative one in
the county.
There was "A singular conf ct of races
at Rapid City the other day At the Hnr.
ney pavilion n side table is ar nnged for
the oolo"cd pc tcrs on the Pullman sleep
ers to eat at. Among the passengers on
the train were n number Of Indians, and
on entering the dining room they we e
conducted TO one Of the tables provided
for the general public, but removed from
the balance of the guests. One of the
porters construed this to be a discrimina.
ton against the black man and in favor
of the red man, and he complained in
rather m Objectionable way to Land ord
John Brennan, who replied with n blow on
the kickcr'S nose.