Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
THE DAKOTAS.
A $50, 900 Masonic temple will be erected

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Work has begun on the new Catholic
church at Carthage
Huron is making preparations to cele
brate Columbus day.
Yankton's a~rtesian wells have q capa' ,
city of IS, 900, 90 gallons daily.
One thousand dollars was taken in AZ
the gate on the last day of the Scotland
fair.
The South Dakota Dental society will
hold its annual meeting at Huron Scptem
Der q.
The fourth annual convention of the
South Dakota w. c. T. u. was held at
Brookings.
The First Congregational church in
Buffalo county is now being erected nj
Gam Valley.
The real estate agent at Lester has sold
twenty-five quarter sections of farming
land since last March.
The Elk FONT Leader thinks n first
class grain and live stock market would
be a big boom for the town.
Local capitalists of Parker are working
up a project to furnish steam heat for
every business house on Main street.
DIR. W.. I. Headden, dean of the school
of mines, will have charge of the Black
Hills mineral exhibit at the worlds fair.
John Unruh, n Turner county farmer,
living near Childstown, clipped $4,000
pounds of wool from his flock of sheep
this spring.
A crazy man is reported TO be running
at large in the vicinity of Chester. He
was encountered by Mrs. Dilly, the mail
carrier between Chester and Madison.
William Salisbury, q horse trainer at
at Gary, who has had in his charge about
n dozen fast horses, has disappeared sud
denly. He did not return the horses and
1t cannot be asccrtained how he left or in
what direction he went He drew his
wages to the amount of about sl0O.
Miss Vangn Hayes, a l6-year-old girl,
and c. Batchley, n brakeman, aged y,
both of WATERFOWL, who eloped n week
ago and have since been passing as man
and wife, were npprehended by Sheriff
Eisehood and the father of Miss Hayes
while occupying rooms at the Occidental
hotel at Aberdeen.
Guzzlers have en- interesting time dodg'
ing prohibition in Aberdeen. An alleged
harmless cider or cordial has been having
quite n run, bat now the officials insist
that the business along this line must be
stopped. A chemical analysis was made
of the cider and spirits of alcohol, the
genuine "old stuff was found contained
therein TO the extent of 80 per
cent The city soaks found this drink
very much too their liking and all was go
ing we'll until n stranger was tempted to
~ -, 49, -. nee 90 ,tntRh his
thirst lie was amazed and rendered ex'
ceedingly indignant 10 discover in "A short
time that he was Intoxicated and had
made a holy show of himself. He sought
the mayor, detailed to him the cireum'
stances, and was assured that the traffic
would be squelched.
A series of bold robberies occurred in
Sioux Falls last Wednesday that are un'
euualed in the criminal history OF that
CITY. At 10 o'clock in broad daylight n
man entered L. X. Daniels large dry
goods store when it was W with
customers, walked behind the cashiers
desk while the cashier was waiting on a
customer, and took from The drawer Si5O
in bills. The money was missed within
three minutes time, enough for the robber
to escape. Three safes were broken open.
one in Norton & Murray's. They got SO.
Nothing was found in the safes OF ~. r.
Stringham and II. c. Parmley. But the
leading event of the robberies occurred
in the hotel, where Ii. Sheldon,
republican candidate for governor,
was stopping. Sheldon had for his
room mate, L. i. Conklin, OF Clark. I
o'clock in the morning the latter woke up
eyd ,ohserved a robber going through the
Sheldon woke up, helped his friend, and
the robber was compelled TO disgorge,
The fellow was turned over TO the police
and gave his name as Cole.
Two farmers narrowly escaped what is
termed being "short changed by one Of
the fakirs at the circus at Yankton. One
of them offered to exchange $50 in green
date a stranger, and an hour after.
wards the farmer discovered that
he had only received S23 in silver for
$50 in greenbacks. Another farmer was
worked the SANE way by another man,
but City Marshal Wright complained to
the circus management, and the losses
were made good
One Frank Drinks is in trouble at Groton.
He made an affidavit that he was sick,
and obtaine d liquor with which he filed
up. On being arrested for drunkness it
developed that he had signed another
name to the oath and he is likely TO pay
a fine of sl0O to $500 for the offense, or lay
in Jail to %liquidnte.
The new artesian we'll at Huron got be-
youd control last Friday. A policeman
was attracted to the we'll by a heavy roar
ing sound and soon an immense stream of
water shot several feet into the air, delug-
ing everything in the neighborhood, Da-
kota avenue and Fourth street being
flooded for two blocks. Attempts to place
the cap upon the pipe were unsuccessful
till nearly noon, when the stream was got
under control. Sane and gravel in great
quantities was thrown up.
Brown county is the banner county-for
crops, babies and nearly everything else.
Tuesday the wife of Merchant Schlueter
gave him something of a surprise by pre-
senting him with twin boys, which he pro-
poses calling Harrison and Reid, being n
good republican. Wednesday Mr.. and
Mrs. f. b. Holt, near n~eighbors of Mr..
Schleuter, were called TO welcome twin
girls. The mothers and children are
doing we'll and will get along nicely. The
physician who attended these two cases
had two other calls, all within twenty
four hours, and assisted in the birth of
six youngsters.
About twenty drunken soldiers and
cowboys got into n shooting scrape at
Eierrc and as q result one soldier got
three bullets put into him and cowboy
got shot through the leg.
Hard Run of Luck.
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