Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-13

horses went through n bridge neat Can
ton. ihe horses were rescued.
The citizens of Chamberlain formed a
committee TO select n site for the erection
OF an Indian school i'm that city,
The corn belt exposition at Mitchell is
n go, the soliciting committee having
raised $4,000 toward the project In two
days.
Deadwood is about TO pass the hat TO
! raise IS, 900, its quota of the fund neces.
sary to make a state exhibit at the worlds
fair.
1t is said that Sl5, 900 changed hands on
the result of n ball game at Deadwood he.
tween the Lead City Grays and the Dead
wood club
The farm house Of William Fields, who
lives four miles northwest of Elk Point
was burned, together with all the house
hold goods.
Assessed valuation Of Lawrence county:
Personal property, ~SLllL2s7; lands,
STATS, 902; town lots, 81, $50, i25; total valu
ntion, st,179,6l4.
The Western Portland Cement com
pany, of Yankton, has received aud will
fill an order for 1900 barrels of cement
from the city of Butte, Mont.
One of the calamity taxpayers of Custet
county contribute the muniticcnt sum of
$40 to the public treasury, s! of which is
q tax on two dogs. No wonder lie howls
Judge Caldbecli, of Turner county, had
n C sc from Marion to attend to last
week, in which n dog, n COW and two fam
glg.z - o., - Al. .a.4t,.
was put under bonds.
The farmers around KimLall are ar
ranging TO have an elevator and ship thol
own grain. This is the result OF n feeling
that higher prices could be paid by locn.
buyers han they pay.
John Goodwin, one of the best known
sporting men of the state. who for o
couple of years has been constantly full
of whisky, Is at the Hagcy institute al
Yankton, t king the cure.
The First State bank building Mt High.
more was badly ~disfgured by fire The
loss was about 81, 800. The fire is thought
10 be incendinry, and a vigilance commit
tee has been formed and n nccktie party
will be ready for the wretch IL he is dis.
covered.
John FriclS, who scuf1led with Charles
Il Dacres near Yankton when he received
Injuries which resulted in his death, and
VIII o was arrested on n coroner's warrant,
has had his examination and has been
discharged, there being no testimony on
which he could be held.
Wolfe, Yankton's dog catcher, has
THROWN up his job because he says every.
body kicks. There has been n general
how Of indignation over the enforcement
Of the dog ordinance, and 1T seems a dim.
cult matter to secure the services of any.
body to assist In carrying out the iustruc.
lions of the city council.
Madison's second attempt to secure an
artesian well has proved n failure. Dor.
land Brothers, the contractors, have de.
cided to remove as much tubing as
possible from the hole and abandon the
job. The second hole Is down to n depth
of 800 feet, $50 feet of which Is cased with
ten-inch tubing aud the balance with
eight-inch.
The appropriations FOR the indemnifca.
tion of claims against the government,
caused by Indian depredations, has passed
III HOuSc, uuu Vie puy lICnt Oh lne ClulnS
is assured The appropriation is for the
sum of si79, 900 and d es not cover all In.
dian claims, but simply those upon Which
judgment has been passed prior to June
30, 1892
Sioux Falls Press: c j Ivey has an in
v~ention which he anticipates will make
him n millionaire. 1t is a safety pin,
which he guarantees will never break or
twist, but instead will hold n dress in
any manner desired. The feature which
Mr.. Ivey believes will make il popular
is the lock attachment which is on the
principle of a paddock. lie figures that
500, 900, 900 are consumed by the American
people yearly and If he secures his patent
he will get a l-cent royalty on each pin,
which would net him $1,000, 0Oo. The prof
It's are immense and the possibilities for
wealth, If the figures of Mr.. Ivey are cor
rect, are beyond the aspirations of the av-
crage seeker of the almighty dollar In
South Dakota. Mr.. Ivey is expecting the
arrival of his patent for hi. invention this
week.
There is located Mt Fort Pierre a won
derful natural freak in the person of n
fufh oAoOaSh SfcuA VI WI u . huu III 1
been growing white for tho past yenr |
From his forehead, beginning close Owes
his eyes and extending to the top of his
head and ears, his skin is whittier than
that found on the ordinary white man,
who keeps his color by wearing hat!
Other parts of his body are covered here
and there by white spots from two and
three inches to seven and ten inches
square. Old abrasions of the skin on his
hands that have begun to heal show that
the me- skin Is white. 4
George Powell, n colorcd man employed
OF the steamer Rose Bud, fell overheard
and was drowned while the boat lay al
the foot of Walnut street, Yankton.
w. G Mis- bet, who founded the Dell
Rapids Times, and who has been the ed,
itor and publisher of the paper for seven
years, has sold out to Messrs. ID. +. and
ii. w. Ward, who take possession i'm
mediately. The paper, the new proprie-
tors say, will continue republican and
prohibition, although Mr.. Ward. sr, Is O
strong democrat personally. Leading re.
.publicans, however, are taking steps to
start a new paper, and one is practically
assured.