Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER
DAKOTA.

1ne ElknOrn mas ueclueu 10 tAteuu its
linz To Lead City by way of Poorman
gulch
Sheriff Knott has placed bible in the
iail at Sioux Falls for the benefit of the
prisoners.
The Wilson murder case is set for
March :. II is not decided where the case
viii be held.
The city council at Aberdeen has !et
the contract for the drilling of n new ar
tesian we'll
A fow OF water has been struck at a
depth of 1000 feet in the new artesian
we'll at Lyonville.
The Black Hills National bank, which
suspended December IL, will resume busi.
ness February 90
Clark had a tire which destroyed seven
buildings in the center OF the business
portion of the town.
Two men from Washington are figuring
on erecting $4,000 beat sugar plant at
Wolsey the coming summer.
Pennington county Jail is now without
I'm occupant, something that has not hap
pened before in the past two years.
Mayor Welch. of Mitchell, has ordered
fed the marshal TO keep them closed.
Hill City people are working 10 secure Q
division of Pennington county between
Rapid and the first named place. Hill
City aspires to he county capital
a dividend of per cent has been di'
rected to be paid TO claimants. whose
claims have been approved against the
defunct Fidelity Fire Insurance company,
OF Huron.
X. NJ. Howard, father of Hon. c. r. To.
ward, assistant United States district at
torney, died at Redteld at the advanced
age OF 70 years. Deceased was one OF the
early settlers of the county.
The police made raid upon one of the
numerous gambling dens at Aberdeen and
gathered in abont twenty manipulators OF
the chip, together with n large amount Of
furniture and gambling devices.
The Santee Indian band, under the
leadership Of Professor Linger of Niobrara
has been scured by the management to
attend the worlds fair. This is the only
Indian cornet band in the world.
George Eheenreich, who escaped from
the Yankton asylum, was 'rought back
ny German farmer from near Hurley.
Eheenreich had walked from Yankton,
and as result had his feet quite badly
frozen.
fine specimen of hyena, which es-
capped from Ringing Bros circus last
fall and which has been terrorizng the
inhabitants OF northern Hanson and
Cook counties, was killed by G. W. Knapp
at Fxlton.
Mss Jessie Sisson, daughter OF prom.
inent merchant OF Chamberlain, has COM
completed chair tidy, which will be ex-
hibited at the worlds fair She used in
erocheting the tidy more than 1900 yards
Of thread.
Rev. Wilson, who was recently arrested
on the charge of rape, has sued John
Keen, OF Beresford, for 5000 damages,
because Mr.. Keen said Wilson had been
nnduly intimate with some women near
BeresfOrd
Mrs A. l.. Peck, of Sioux Falls, has
quite a valuable curiosity In the shape OF
~ silver piece, taken from jefferson
Davis after his capture. The coin was
presented 20 her a number of years ago by
an old soldier friend at Rochester, MINI.
The piece was coined in 1860 and has the
following inscription engraved on it:
This coin was taken from JEFF Davis,
April l6, 1865. Engraved 1872"
u. n. Avery. ut sioux rrff,, rs g~ttfny
out q map Of Minnehaha county. 1t will
be complete, showing all the railroads In
the county, the postotiices and towns and
the names of owners of every farm up to
March |. 1893. There has not been map
of the county gotten out since 1854 and a
large number Of changes have been made
since that time in the proprietorship OF
farms in this county
The wife of gambler naiaed Percy,
who has been running den at Mitchell
for some time past, committed suicide mt
the Merchants hotel by taking poison.
Her husband had been playing in hard
luck, and after losing all his own money
Saturday night went to her room to get a
little she had saved up. The two had
words over the matter, which resulted
later In the woman taking poison. A
doctor was called but she died in spite OF
his efforts
A bill will be introduced Ia the lower
house of the Legislature providing for the
consolidation Of Codington and Hamlin
counties. The bill will he pushed through
by Representative Stuvcrud, of Codngton
county a large delegation OF business
men and lawyers from both parties will 20
Pierre TO assist. The bill provides for
the naming of the new county and lOcat-
ing OF the county seat The county is ia
be called Hamlin and Watertown is TO be
the county seat
Fort Pierre Fairplay: Little Skunk and
few boon companions came over the
murky Missouri from the capital city last
evening each frescoed and lathed and
plastered with u gaudy-decked jag, the
extent Of which would make their pale
faced brethren, had they it ander their
collar button, sigh and gnash their teeth
for barb wire fence to pick quarrel
with. But they were happy and didn't
care white man's-whoop. After one
of them had walked through Grilley's
store window they were politely, remem
her we say politely, escorted out OF the
confines of this bailiwick. One of the
gentlemen went back to Pierre and was
Immediately gathered to his fathers and
will remain jugged until he informs the
outside guard where he got his eau de
drunk Juice, and then IL will go hard with
somebody. The. balance OF the social
party are, we presume, somewhere in the
foot hills reducing the extent of thei'
--.r'uws aud in patience eating bnncf
grass.
All the rails for the Aberdeen. Pierr'
aud Black Hills railroad have been pur
chased. and most OF them are on thu
ground. Trackisying win commence a
soon as the weather will permit ant
there will then b: heavy demand fol
laborers.
The body of IN infant was found on th'
ranch Of Major Andrus, about tweiv'
miles west Of Tyndall, adjoining the res
ervatiou. The child was apparently bu
few hours old and had been murdered
rs its skull was crushed. The body wa
discovered by children who live on tn
major's farm.
The report comes from Dell Rapid
that the appointment Of A. G. Byrum q
postmaster n The township Of Tsopi wa
not received by the people Of that muni
cipslity with shouting and praise" bu
on the contrary remonstrance was in,
mediately drawn mp and signed by larg