Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-11-04
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nonwealth to Allen Peden and J. +. Sht
ing.
A prairie fire near Ethan burned up
1920 worth OF farm property belonging
o Chairman Davis, of the Dawson county
commissioners.
Eliza j. Wilder, of DeSmet, a $l,CW
clerk in the interior, has resigned her
place and has been married TO +. j
rhayer Of Crowley, La.
A slight fall of snow, the first of the
Ieasor, fell at Huron, Redfcld and Yves.
Iington Springs and covered the ground
o the depth OF one inch.
NJ. A Freeland and W. ]. Esley, Of On
ava, Ia, were the lucky bidders for con
.tructing ten additional buildings at the
lew location of Lower Brule agency, at
i23, 600.
william Martin, James Moore and
Frank Williams, three men suspected OF
blowing open J.J Conway's safe at Orient;
Faulk county, were arrested at Miller &c
await Identification.
One OF the finest beef ~corraIs in the
northwest has just been completed at the
lew location OF Lower Brule Indian
hEeucN on lHt west Slbt VI u ~hisSpuii
liver, Il little above Crow Greek agency.
The Corn Belt exposition managers nave
iecided TO build another palace next year.
Despite the hard times, worlds fair, and
pad weather the treasury of this years
palace has a small balance after paying
I'll debts.
Rev. +. A. Burdick of Aberdeen. has
,eeu unnnintnI as cbap1ain ~ tho naknta
National guard, with rank of captain.
Rev. T.. ). Wallace, recently appointed as
ionsul at Jerusalem, will sail from New
FORK November :.
Congressman Lucas has introduced o
)ill for the establishment Of q sanitarium
II Hot Springs, for the use of veteran
inion soldiers also a bill appropriating
10000 for the erection OF publ c build.
ngs al Deadwood.
A bear shot last week at Newcastle, in
he Hills, proved to be a grizzly, weigh
ng about l,7OO pounds and in good fight
ng condition. There are plenty Of CHINA
non bear in that part OF the country, but
=, grizzly has not been seen for fifteen
,ears.
The people OF Belle Fourche are iubi.
ant over the tapping of q big flow Of ar.
esian water. The flow was tapped at u
iepth of 450 feet When the drill pene.
rated the water vein the water spouted
nto the air seventy-tive feet and with 10
,ame up a quantity of coal.
The opium seized at the boundary line
ONE time ago by United States officers
vas sold at Fargo. y. D., to Charles kee
md Hip Lung of Chicago for sl,27s.S0, be-
ng 81 90 per pound. The opium is put uf
or smoking purposes and is, therefore,
Iot much sought after by druggists.
The Messrs. hilbert and Markham are
,lacer mining on Deadwood creek, near
he Gaville bridge, with very satisfa tory
esults. One washing of dirt Melted the
,oys ell. The scene of their operations Is
shere in 1876 two brothers cleaned up
.omething like sl0J, 900 in a few months.
The freight schedule on the Sioux Falls
md Yankton has been received by tho
gents along the line. 1t is "a cents or
he class under which most of the heavy
wholesale goods are shipped. The rate
rom st. Paul to Sioux Falls, a distance
our times as great as from Sioux Falls &c
iankton, is exactly the same.
A report from Gary says prairie fires
AVE played sad havoc with buildings and
nay in every direction during the last
week. Fire raging south of Gary burned
.he barn on the Sam Collins farm with
about 800 bushels of barley, and came
5ery near burning a house and barn be
onging to ]. +. Warrens.
Contractor w. L. Dow of Sioux Falls
tives it as his opinion that the bare build
ng ot the university, without plumbing
furnaces or furniture, can be restored TO,
soa va Aas,..aa -
he walls as are not too badly damaged
lie reports the walls in better condition
shan is usual after such a fire.
While Sam Mccullough OF Arlington
iingsbury county, was lying upon this
ioor of the billiard hall at that place, 9
Homan who lives upstairs came down,
md pulling the hanging lamp down sud
lenly broke the chains. The flaming oil
poured over the PROSTATE mans head,
burning him so badly that he died from
ais injuries.
Sioux Falls and Yankton and interven.
ng towns celebrated in great style the
completion Of the Sioux Falls and Yank,
on road upon which regular trains are
low running. The celebration was under
he auspices of the Sioux Falls Jobbers
association and there were present 1l0
quests from Yankton and fifty from inter.
Sening points.
In the circuit court for Miner county,
Judge Haney presiding, +. Thompson,
he young mar who stole a span of horses
n August near Carthage, was sent to the
'eform school for TIVE years; G.. Il. Hyme
VAS convicted for running a blind Pig
It Carthage and sentenced to be confined
n the county Jail sixty days and fined
800 and costs.
An injunction was served on the Bur.
ington and Missouri railroad preventing
tfrom extending its line across mining
ground owned by w. Lardner near Dead
wood. The company fought the injunc.
ion and crossed the ground. This re
Iulted in a fight between Lardner's men
md railroad men. Lardner's men came
,ut Triumphant, tearing up the track and
standing guard over it with guns.
Some days ago a number Of condemned
cavalry horses were sold It auction al
Fort Meade. 1t Is now reported that o
light or two after the sale Of three of the
condemned horses that had been pur
biased for the Indians of troop l., n
our becves. also belonging to members o.
ihis troop, were stolen from a corral near
the camp of the Indian soldiers. The
bars had been cut md the animals run of
Turing the night.
A committee of citizens of Vermillion
raised $4,000 in about two hours to re.
placed the destroyed apparatus OF the
university. Nearly IS 0 was given by the
faculty n the remainder by business
men.
Know a Thing or Two.
Little Dot-Why isn't there any milk
this morning?
Mother-The milkman says his COW,