Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-06-18

Of 800 or ninety days in jail.
Mitchell lawn tennis cranlis are out the
first thing in the morning and darkness
causes them to quit in the evening.
Farmers in the vicinity of Mitchell
have faith in "A late fall md have planted
an increased acreage Of corn this year.
The regular summer meeting OF the
South Dakota Press association has been
called to meet at Aberdeen July 20 and -
Sunday mornings freight train ran into
n hes of cattle a few miles west of Can
ton, killing one and breaking the leg OF
another.
novel game of base ball between Eng
lishmen and Americans will occur al
Ynukton for the benefit of the Kings
Daughters.
The main shaft and pulley In the Water
! town roller mill broke and it will necessi'
tate the shutting down OF the mill for a
week or so.
There are prospects that the fankton
police officers will shortly appear In blue
uniforms trimmed with silver buttons and
caps TO match.
Rev. W. b. Hubbard, of Chamberlain
who has been elected treasurer OF the
Yankton college, will soon take up his res
idence in that city.
Ex-County Superintendent n. A Meloy,
of Faulk county, died at Faulkton last
Saturday. He was one of the pioneers OF
that county.
The Deadwood Times declares, nftc'
viewing the remains of the late accident.
that the D atwood Central railr ad is UNI
safe to travel over.
An association has been formed al
Egan for the purpose of remodeling the
old race track with n view of having
summe trotting meeting.
The Produce company shippe last week
from Woonsocket 5000 dozen eggs and
1000 pounds of butter, and it wasn't M
extra week for produce either.
Fred Burgi is at work getting the new
Yankton pontoon boats in position to be
placed in the bridge as soon as the June
rise in the Missouri subsidies.
Mrs. Ray Alleman, of WATERFOWL, and
her child were thrown from a buggy by q
runaway horse. The lady's shoulder was
broken, but the child escaped unhurt.
The first number of the Bonesteel Her.
aid, published at Bonesteel, Gregor,
county, has made its appearance. 1t IL
the first paper published in that county.
The ladies of Yankton have undertaken
the task of identifying the cemetery anc
making it something more than ian In
closed place on a south Dakota prairie"
The business men of Deadwood have
agreed to close their places at s o'clock p
M. between June l and September ]. TIL
movement was i~naugurated by the EN-
ployes.
The first summer cottage Of the season
At Lake Madison is now going up" 1t IL
located unter dem ~cottonwods, jsst out
side of the gate leading into the Chautau
qua grounds.
A we'll known cattleman made npplica
ton to the clerk of the courts at Pierre
last week for y license to we'd, but as the
young lady in the case was under 10 years
the license YVES refused.
Parkston Advance: The Mennonite
colony Mt Midtown took out thirty-hve
loads Of lumber this week. The m eria|
Is to be used in erecting n church and O
school house Mt their colony.
w. j.. SiGbison, of Dell Rapids, has ar
rived at Crow Creek to take the place OF
! distribution clerk at the agency, he hav'
ing been appointed to succeed Young Dut'
ton, who was dismissed recently.
A plan is on foot for the organization In
nll public schools throughout the state OF
-l.. Z. na1Ial m pnnilG' an1iun circle
also n teachers reading circle. The OBJ
iect is to place the general reading of the
children of our public schools under com
petent guidance and control.
This has Teen so far n bad senson for
circuses, the wet weather proving disas.
trous TO the business. One was billed &c
show in Volga, Monday last, but after los
ing everything but the tent pins it gave
up the ghost at Arlington Mt the close OF
the performance on Saturday.
The p~ontoon bridge at Chamberlain Is
nearing completion and all who have seer
It say 1t is one of the finest and best con.
structed bridges on the Big Muddy. II
may not be n remunerative investment for
the stockholders for n while, still it will
be n drawi g card for Chamberlain.
Elk Point Courier: Captain 1'alcott lost
a very fine horse a few weeks ago, and
now another one is nearly petered out.
Ii horse that died showed symptoms OF
poisoning. Some think it Is bottom dis
ease" that is affecting these horses, al
though Mr.. Talcott thinks not, and has
strong hopes of the recovery of the one
now sick.
Editor Flynn, Of the Deadwood Times,
was shot in tho ankle by the &C
cidental discharge Of n gun. The bone
was shattered completely md II Is feared
he will nave to have his foot amputated.
A gold brick weighing l,0S6 ounces, the
result of n ffteen-day clean up ut the
Golden Reward chl~orination works. was
shipped east Thursday. The brick waa
valued Mt $40, 49t. This is the result of o
half months work from only one of The
large smelters and there are other plants
here. many Of which are larger. This year
the Black Hills will double her output fol-
the previous one.
A silver tip bear weighing 100 pounds,
was poisoned on Spearfish creek. He was
the largest bear ever seen In the Hills and
measured nearly ten feet In length, and
his footprint sized up by eleven inches.
Clear Lake Is arranging for a Fourth OF
July celebration this year on grand
scale. They will not only celebrate ou
the 4th, but will keep II up all day on the
9th. Rev. Holy, OF WATERFOWL, will be the
chief orator.
The people of Elk Point have refused 70
patronize the opera house, because a show
exhibited there that touched their refined
tastes, so the manager has turned the
house into a storage room for machinery,
wagons, buggies, etc.
Rev. ID. b Nichols, of the Mission Hill
Congregational church, Yankton county,
has been made a ID. ID. by the Howard un-
iversity. Of Washington, d. c. He was
one OF the founders of tho university and
n member Of Its first faculty.
Arrangements have been madc-with the
steamboat line TO deliver $4,000 feet OF
lumber on the south bank Of the Missouri
river. opposite Wheeler, for Bone steel. q
new town which has recently sprung into
existence In Gregory county.
A son Of Lorenzo Stephons was mite