Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-05-07
THE DAKOTAS.

Six prisoners made their escape from
the county Jail at Sioux Falls.
A United B ethren church will be built
at Bridgewater the coming summer.
A branch of the Houston Narcotic Cure
company will be established at Aberdeen.
Oh Riggle's drug store, at Blunt, has
been closed for selling liquor unlawfulIy.
About seventy quarter sections of land
have changed hands in miner county so
far this season.
Miller's firemen will send a hose team
to the state tournament ut Watertown to
compete for prizes.
The mid month shipment of bullion
from the Homestake aud associate mines
amounted to 100000.
The students Of the Madison normal
school wen to the polls in a body at the
recent election and cast their votes.
The completion of 81. Johns Episcopal
church a few days ago adds another place
of worship to the number now ia Dead
wood.
John l. Morse. one of the old Black
Hills pioneers and pathfinders, died at
Deadwood at the age of 81 years Of heart
disease.
j. I. Reynolds recently captured a large
mountain lion near Rapid. He intends to
dispose of the animal to u menagerie to be
exhibited.
The Sioux Falls Gazette, after living
three months under great financial strain,
departed this life last Monday. Goddard
& Phillips were the publishers.
Frank Trudell, an all-around half
baked bum, was arrested at Mitchell on
Thursday, charged with attempted rape
on l2-year-old Roda Vandanaker.
Rev. Charles s.. Cook, n Sioux Indian,
who has been in charge of the Episcopal
church at Pin Ridge agency for some
time, died AZ that place of consumption
Maggie Briggs, of Deadwood, had some
trouble with her husband, and he wouldn't
max up, so she shot herself in the breast.
She is still alive. but the wound is danger.
Gus.
Rumor has it that the Yankton Daily
Journal and Weekly Telegram will be
shortly purchased by n syndicate and
merged into one daily paper of the demo
cratic faith.
Madison will have Il great building
boom this spring. Five brick business
blocks will oe commenced within n very
few days, besides an extensive addition to
Odd Fellows block.
George ~Steadmau, n wealthy and iniu-
entail farmer living ten miles south of
Blunt, had an eye entirely destroyed by
the explosion OF a cartridge. The wound
is not necessarily fatal.
George Steadman, n wealthy and intiu-
entail farmer living ten miles south of
Blunt, had an eye entirely destroyed by
the explosion of u cartridge. The wound
is not necessarily fatal
James Kinney, who attempted to com
init suicide by shooting himself about two
months ago while residing at Bald Noun
tain, accomplished his purpose last Satur-
day by taking the morphine route.
The fifth annual contest of the Yankton
College Oratorical association for the pur-
pose of deciding who shall represent
Yanktou college in the intercollegiate
contest to be held in Brookings May ~.
Professor Fred w. Spiers, of the chair
of history and political economy in the
university last year., has been engaged by
the university of WiscG osin as n univer-
sity extension lecturer for the coming
year.
Claude Ralph, n crazy man who was be-
ing taken from Deadwood to the Yankton
ton asylum, jumped from a rapidly-mov.
ing train on the Elkhorn, near Crookson.
The train was slowed up and the Iunatic
recaptured by the sheriff.
While A. q. Maid, a druggist at Canton,
was opening his store, he was taken with
n fit and fell through the glass door, sew
ering an artery in his head. He attributes
the cause of the accident to tho tobacco
cure he had been taking.
James Everett, Of WATERFOWL, had a
narrow escape from death. He had
charged n soda fountain and had on $50
pounds of pressure. He was agitating it
when it blew up, rendering him uncon-
scious and tearing his clothing into shreds,
besides burning him severely. One piece
of the fountain, which went through an
open door, was found $50 feet away.
Definite arrangements have been made
by which Hon. John j. Ingalls, is to ad-
dress the Lake Madison Chautauqua as
sembly on July 2, and Ignatius Donnelly
to lecture on economic questions July 8.
A date will soon be fixed for the demo-
cratic representative on tho program.
The outlook for the assembly of 1892, July
l to q, is particularly bright. The attend
ance will be very great.
Rapid City Republican: There is trouble
down in Fall River county over a little
matter of SIS, 900, which the commissioners
asked Treasurer Bradley to produce, but
which could not be dug up. After a little
the commissioners declared
the treasurer's Office vacant and appointed
Doc Pierce to fill the office instead of Mr..
Bradley. Suit was entered against the
latter gentleman and his bondsmenf for the
missing sum OF money, which the treasurer
says he has deposited in Sioux City.
Over at Parker the prohibs have found
a new way of enforcing the liquor law. II
they find a citizen Is getting sick" more
frequently thar is thought good for him
he is blacklisted at the drug store. which
prevents him from getting any more
medicine"
Steward Remus, for ten years at the
school, has been arraigned at
Rapid City before Commissioner O'Connor
upon a churRe ot taking liquors upon the
Rosebud agency. He at once waived ex-
animation and was bound over to answer
at Sioux Falls.
Sheriff Wilson arrested John Little In
Rapid City for selling whisky to Indians
ut Valentine. The man arrested was Mt
one time sheriff of Cherry county, Ne
braska, and has been wanted for some
time past on the whisky selling charge.
The male manageable portion of Dead
woods community was all torn up last
week. The cause OF this state of affairs
was the visit to that place of the 24-year-
old daughter of the late California mil
~lionaire mine owner Flood. Miss Flood Is
reputed to be worth $l,000,0J0, drawing
81 900 n month from the Homestake mine
of Deadwood
Register of Deeds Walden, Of Madison,
reports IN increase of si42.75 In fees re-
ceived during February and March of
this year over the amount received during
the same months last year. This means
that n great number of deeds were filed at
that place during the past few months.
At tha maetinO of tina pra.hytaru