Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15

by a majority for bonds of So
The Burlington and Missouri River
road ha, absorbed the entire Deadwood
Central railroad system operating in the
Hills, paying in the neighborhood of $500
600
The committee of the South Dakota
Press association h IS completed arrange
ments for the editorihl excursion to the
worlds fair The date of starting has
been fixed for May 20.
At d meeting OF the business men oi
Aberdeen it was decided to hold out SjW
as bonus to be given to the party who
will build tow mill at that place and
keep it in operation for one year.
The articles of incorporation of the
Interstate Grain Palace association have
been forwarded from Aberdeen to Pierre
The capital stock of the corporation will
be $4,000.
! Leo Lywlander, an employe of the De-
| Smet Mining company, was at work In
the open cut known AS the DeSmet cut,
when he slipped and fell to the bottom of
the cut distance of $50 feet Death was
instantaneous.
Harry Sanborn, bridge superintend.
ent of the Northwestern road. was thrown
from train between Brookings and
Folga while the train was running about
thirty-ive miles an hour. He was picked
up and taken to Huron, where it was
found that he was only badly bruised, no
bones being broken.
The uni, ersity exhibit for the worlds 8
fair is being gotten into shape for ship
ment at Vermil ion. The exhibit consists
of the examina ion papers Of the differ
ent classes for last term; charts OF his
tory, languages and literature, etc., be.
sides two large photo-boards containing
photographs of the different views taken
Of the interior and exterior of the univer
sity buildings.
The government boat Nandan, which Is
now on the ways at Yankton, is to be re
paired at once. A large torce of men have
b zen put at work by Captain Powell, the
engineer having in charge the Missouri
river improvements, constructing scat
folding about the boat The Mandan 10
to be provided with wheel and heI
length extended forty-eight feet. The
iron TO be used will arrive in a few days
Johnnie, the l4-year-old son of Ole Fin
stad, OF Sioux Falls, met death
in peculiar way. He and som,
playmates were practicing the ar
of hanging to see who could hang b,
the neck the longest time. While alon'
he tried the art, aud while fixing tn,
Ioose about his neck his feet slipped from
the support and he strangled to death.
The governor has appointed super
visors for the special election on the or
ganization of Lyman county, which is t.
be held May l6. The commissioners ant
clerk of court for Brule county are to ap
point the judges of election and one o
the supervisors will preside at each of tn,
four polling places The town OF Oacomi
Is a candidate for county seat honors ant
will probably have a competitor in an
other new town thirteen miles west.
While Mrs. G. Z. Tunell, living neal
Sioux Falls, was looking over the content
Of an old tin box she came across thre,
express orders sent TO her mother through
the Adams Express company in 1865. Th'
orders aggregate in face value 81 900 an,
had never been cashed. The box and con
tents were given to Mrs. Tunell by he
mother when the latter died near Alber
Lea. Mimi, seven years ago. The Tunel
| family Is in close circumstances and tn,
windfall to them is almost a fortune
Chief No Water, who was arrested a
! Pine Ridge, charged with harboring an,
refusing to surrender the two Indian
who were wanted for their connection
with the killing of the cowboys, bears
hard reputation and is one OF the mos
desperate Indians on the Sioux reserva
tion. Previous to the Indian trouble o
two years ago No Water was one cf tn
most active in inducing the Sioux to en-
gage in the ghost dance, and under hi
lead about 500 Indians gathered at hi
camp on wounded Knee creek and In
| dulged In the dance. So energetic wer
they that the earth where they dance,
was packed as firm as cement cellar bo,
tom, and for a space of $50 feet in diane
ter there was not vestige of grass, no
the indication of the smallest shrub. n
Water refuses to adopt the manners an
customs of the whites, but wishes t
always remain blanket Indian" Hi
prompt arrest so soon after his bold dec
laration that he would not surrender til
Indians under his care nips in the bud an.
design he may have had to create trouble
The Indians on the Sioux reservation as
whole are disposed to remain on goo,
| terms with the government
Rev. Father Nolan, for the past yea
and half in charge Of the Catholi,
church at Huron, has resigned to go I,
| Sioux Falls to take cha.gc OF church IL
| that city. His place In Huron will b,
| filled by Father J. J. Shea.
] Hon. T. E. Blanchard, late public exam
liner, has been appointed a commissions
to make settlements brtween the stat
and counties of delinquent taxes. This i
new Office created by the last legisla
ture The salary is 81 500 per year witt
800 for expenses. The duties are cx
pected to keep the officer busy for one en-
tire year every other year.
The grand Jury after having complete
It's work at Canton condemned the count,
court room as inadequate in size, con
venience and sanitary regulations, an,
recommended that the evil be remedie,
as the court may direct.
J.C. Adams, of Webster, chairman O
| the Yankton Indian commission, has pre-
pared his report. The commission ha
negotiated treaty with the Yankton In
dlans for the session of that portion o
the reservation In South Dakota that 4
MT needed for allotment in severalty I.
the Indians. II contains 5000 acres
for which the treaty stipulates that tn,
government shall pay : 10000.
The farmers of Walworth and Campbell
counties have closed deal with steam
boat line, for the transportation of thei
produce to Pierre, and from this point 1
will be shipped over the Northwestern
road to market.
The prospects now are that the sewer
age work In Sioux Falls will be stoppet
on account of lscd Of funds. Mayor
Peck in an interview said that he woull
not sign any moro warrants after thu
Fourth street work was completed. HI
said there was no provision made to war
rant bis paying them aud he does not dArs
to sign wsrrspts ssainst > fund thst hsa
no money.
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