Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-01-16
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1892.
Baths at Stones.

New stock of wall paper and decora-
tions at Heidepriem's.
The revival services at the NJ. f.
church are still in progress and growing
in interest.
The coolest night Of the season was
Sunday last, when mercury dropped to
% degrees below zero.
Buy the Domestic" sewing machine.
For sale at Heidepriem's.
The regular term examinations are
being conducted in the different depart
ments of the city schools this week.
Cake and coffee were served to the
members of the Congregational Church
and other visitors, at parsonage last
evening.
Group, Whooping cough and Bronchi-
It's Immediately relieved by Shiloh's
Cure. Sold by G. w. Hitchcock.
Mrs. d. Carrigan returned on We'd
nesday 10 her home in this city, after
all extended visit with friends in Ne
braska.
Sciopticon temperance pictures in the
Congregational church next Sunday
night by the pastor. Free, and public
in yited.
President Hancher Of the Hot Springs
college, occupied the NJ. L. pulpit last
Sunday evening. His discourse was as
his always are, entertaining and instruc-
tive.
Catarrh Cured, health and sweet
breath secured 10y Shiloh's Catarrh Re-
medy. Price so cts. Nasal Injector FIRE G.
Sold by 4. w. Hitchcock.
Sturgis is looking after a system Of
water works, and the Advertiser and
Record have succeeded in awakening
quite a degree of enthusiasm in that
direction.
The Sioux Indians and the officers at
Pine Ridge have been having a cold
time instead Of a warm one this winter.
The thermometers registered rs low as
81 degrees below zero this week.
The CHRONICLE, the Buffalo Gap Re.
publican and the Hermosa Pilot have
been designated by the board of county
commissioners as the official papers oil
Custer county. Thanks gentlemen.
sleepless nights. made miserble by that
terrible cough. Shilol,'s Cure is the Re-
medy for you. Sold by Hitchcock.
Services at the N. +. church next Sab.
bath as follows: Sabbath school 10 a.
M, preaching II a. ~. Evening service
Up. m. The pastor will re-organize the
Epworth Leange after evening service.
The case against r. j, Truax, indicted
for running a disorderly house, has been
continued until the next term of the
Pennington county court. The Mining
News thinks that it will never be heard
of again,
The first drawing by the members of
the Fitch Clothing company came of
Wednesday night, and Douglas Green
wood, who held the lucky number got
his suit of clothes for Sl00. Who will
be number 2? Mr.. Fitch has organized
another company Of twenty-five mem
bers.
G. 4. Smith, of this city, received a
letter this week from Jack WEIGH, who
a few months ago was taken from this
county to the ~penitentiary at Sioux
Falls. The letter stated that he was in
good health, and from the tone Of it, it
is evident that he has become r~econciled
to his position
Chris Matthieson got slashed on the
hand and ear last night at TT. Meade
He went down there to arrest some
Cinnamon and claims that somebody
erept up behind him in the dark and
struck at him with a knife. He threw
mp his hand and got it cut. The next
blow struck him OH the ear making a
slight wound. He then drew his gun
but his assailant skipped around the
corner ola building and escaped.-In-
dependent.
At Cascade last Monday morning the
thermometer registered 80 degrees be-
low zero, so says a special from that
burg To the Omaha Bee. The communi.
cation goes IN to state that during this
cold snap a number Of parties discover.
ed huge volumes of steam pouring out
of crevices in the mountain side several
hundred feet above the town. 1t is be.
lieyed that this indicates the existence
ola su5terranean lake of hot water in
the mountain. and a shaft will be sunk
to determine whether or not this is the
case.
An unfortunate accident occurred on
Tuesday at the ranch of w. r. Hender.
son. Custer county. The particulars are
as follows: An ~eight-year-old daughter
of Mr.. Henderson had got hold of a
dynamite cartridge. While she was
holding the dangerous thing it exploded,
tearing away three fingers of her left
hand and destroying n eye. A physi.
elan was called from the Springs and
the sufferer made as easy as possible,
but at the best she will carry the marks
10 her g~rave.-Star.
Twelve or fifteen hours before the
conclusion of the Lehman Inquisition,
the Rapid City Journal and the Dead
wood Pioneer were issued with the fol-
lowing startling announcement in their
columns: "The jury summoned to hear
the testimony as to the sanity of John
B. Lehman, twice convicted murderer,
at Custer yesterday, late In the after
noon, after having all the testimony
offered, retired and just before court nd
journed for the day reported that they
bad disagreed - to the question OF the
sanity OF the condemned murderer.
From present appearances Lehman will
die from senility."