Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-02-27
THE DAkOTAS.

town of that name, died on Thursday.
Charles Hudson, for merly a Pierre gam
bier, has been ord aimed as a minister.
Yankton people will give n grand bali
,or the benefit of the Kings Daughters.
Hot Springs prisoners have been rams
'erred to the new Fall River county jail.
The people of Washington Springs are
baking it sultry for liquor sellers in their
own.
The Volga Tribune has put on a new
lress and manifests other signs of pros.
oerity.
The Armour Herald boasts Of the fact
hat south Dakota is entirely devoid of
paupers.
Company NJ, Second regiment d. N. G.,
was mustered in at Rapid City on Monday
evening.
The total capacity of grain warehouses
and elevators in South Dakota is 1868, 600
bushels.
>. V. Jones, a prominent attorney of
Parker, slipped and fell and suffered q
broken leg.
The Dakota Hail association has re.
moved its headquarters from Plankintop
TO Mitchell.
Five stock hustlers were sent to the pen.
tentiary by the district court sitting at
Hot Springs.
A sneak thief entered the room Of Frank
Lynch at Deadwood and took all his wear
ing apparel.
A SlOO water set has already been offered
20 the champion ball team of the Black
Hills league.
The Chamberlain artesian well a few
days ago threw out a reptile which looks
like a lizard,
The Brookings fire department will give
it's annual ball on the night Of Washing
toms birthday.
The Tenth division camp fire held ut
lake Preston, Kingsbury county. on Fri
lay, was a success.
A new lodge of Odd Fellows was insti-
iuted at Letcher last week, with a good,
lealthy membership.
The value of farm land in Moody county
s said to have increased from 81 to 90 per
acre since last spring.
The Bichloride of Gold club at the Hot
springs Kelley institute started with
.wenty-seven me mbers.
There are 2,679 miles of railroads in
south Dakota, of which 1872 miles were
constructed d uring the last fiscal year.
Tom Ayers, so long editor of the Yer.
million Plain Talk, has become editor of
the North Dakota independent, Mt Grand
Forks.
The Hyde County Republican has been
started at Highmore with F.. NJ. Barnes as
editor and A. l. Van Camp as business
manager.
A three-story brick block is to go up at
Lead, which rumor says will be occupied
by Deadwood parties as a theater and
dance house.
Henry Pattee, living six miles west of
Big Stone City, with his brother-in-law,
went into the woodshed and cut his throat.
he was insane.
Two soldiers from Fort Meade fought
over n game of poker at Sturgis, One, a
sergeant, slashed the throat and bit the
cheek of the other.
The city council of Lead has granted
light of way on Main street to one motor
company, and on the remaining streets to
another company.
The Sioux Falls Gazette says some of
sHS ~ hhoN RaA Va oOhhh
are shipping in farm help under two and
:hree years contracts.
Mitchell electric lights have been
started up again after being shut off for a
month while the company was building u
aew station and power house.
1t is reported that there has been n herd
Of seven antelope in the vicinity of North
Vile all winter, and that since the recent
snow storm four of them have been cap
tured. 1t is said that they refuse to eat
and are not doing we'll.
s. II. Knepper, of Sturgis, will in a short
time ship fifty bushels of Meade county
No. l hard wheat to his Franklin County,
Nebraska farm, to be used as seed for the
coming spring and summer crop. Black
Hills seed wheat is in demand.
The bath house and hotel at Cascad,
Springs are being pushed this winter to be
ready for spring trad A handsome lake
will be one attraction of the resort.
Charles Meyers was arrested at Hecla,
charged with stealing 400 bushels of wheat
from W.. A. Ward, of Aberdeen. He was
held to the grand jury in 5000 bonds.
Three separate and distinct attempts to
~burglarize the convent of the Sacred
Heart at Yaukton were made last week,
but the thieves rave been so far unsuc-
cessful.
The Chicago and Northwestern railway
depot at Aurora was destroyed by fire Fri
day morning. The building was worth
from $1,000 to sI,40J. Freight, the COM
pany's books, etc we're saved.
The Plankinton Standard explains that
the reason South Dakota has no orphan
laws, Us every child has more parents
than he knows what to do with,
The governor has agreed to some con-
cessions in regard to calling the legisla-
ture together to pass a world $ fair appro-
~priation. He will consent to any other
Legislation except constitutional amend
ments.
The proprietor of n Deadwood saloon
left it in charge of a hoboe, while he went
to take n nap. The hoboe got full, invited
III his friends, and between them they
frank up the stock and pawned the bar
ornaments.
Large herds of horses are ranging over
the prairie of western Sully, and have
been doing SO for the whole winter. They
have absolutely no care, but rustic for
and are all In fine condition,
and n lively evidence of the worth of that
country for stock purposes.
All farmers in the vicinity Of Iroquois
agree that the ground is more moist than
1t has been for several years past. and
with the additional moisture from Mon.
day'a snow makes IL In still bettcr coudi
ton. 1t looks very much as though the
spring would open up with the land in
prime condition to start the crops.
All Nebraska mail for Hot Springs is
taken to Deadwood and back, making II
it twenty-four hours late. 1t Is hauled
through Mi~nnekahta, only twelve miles
from Hot Springs, and is met there by o
stub train for the Springs, but postal red
tape will not let IL be carried on the stub.
Frank Kutiel, one Of the good farmers
living west of Woonsocket. sells eggs to