Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-02
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1885,
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The Congregational people look for
their new minister, Rey. Shingler about
the 10Th of this month.
6. w. Reid and family moved into
the Sanders residence on Custer Aven-
ne, Monday ofthis week.
The cheerful tones of the school bell
will call Custer boys and girls to their
studies Monday morning.
s. y. Fitch is improving his residence
on Custer Avenue by putting in double
windows on the south and east fronts.
w. +. Wells moved into his new
building this week. He has now a very
coy place both for living and bust
ness.
II. II. MY 1oiu liuS hlONCh NO IphSS
hold goods out to the ranch, and the
residence vacated Is once more occupied
by the family Of S. y. Fitch.
Four or five teams have been at work
on the track on the Harbach ranch this
week, aud have already succeeded in
making considerable Roadway.
Eddie Walsh, the eleven year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Walsh, formerly
Of this place, died at Deaswood last
week, of inflammation ofthe bowels.
Miss Grace Johnesse entertained a
quartette of her young lady friends at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Nc
Fadden, one evening the first of this
week.
A brother Of Ed. l.. Grantham's ar
rived at Custer from Stanberry, Mo,
Thursday morning, and we understand
that he will teach the Four Mile school
this fall.
d. +. Slope has been burning one of
the biggest kilns of brick this week ever
put up in Custer. Most of the brick
were contracted for before they were
manufactured.
w. L. Fletcher has had his photograph
on exhibition in the postolfice building
this week. It's music is rome the less
sweet because Of its numerous trips
around the Hills.
John Vert, a young man residing near
Harris saw mill was thrown from a
horse the first of the week, and sustain
ed a fracture of the right arm and a dis
location at the elbow.
The Deadwood papers report tie seri'
Gus illness of jeff McDermott, who is
afflicted with pneumonia. Jeff's many
Custer friends hope sincerely that he
will pull through all right.
Hans Jensen, a brother of Chris Jen-
sen, the government contractor, died at
Hot Springs last Monday morning. He
had been suffering for about a week from
an attack Of mountain fever.
The timber fire east oftown presented
a beautiful appearance "Wednesday
evening. Lines of fire ran the entire
length of the mountain, and the flames
writhed and glowed like huge reptiles.
The stock holders of the Custer Driv.
ing Park Association, and all other who
may wish to interest themselves in the
enterprise, are requested to meet at
Lakes store at 9 o'clock p. M, this af-
~tesnoon.
Fire in the timber north ofG. w. Tar
bells place threatened destruction to
some of the buildings on the outskirts of
the town, Wednesday night. A number
of citizens turned out and succeeded in
q%uenching the flames.
Parties who have small punches OF
horses running at large are having an
unusual amount of trouble in finding
them just when they are wanted. The
scarcity of water and shortuess Of the
grass keeps the stock on the move this
year.
The frost finished the work o~fnipping
all green things in this vicinity last
Sunday and Monday nights. Bright.
warm days followed the cold nights, and
the calm pleasant fall weather for which
this country is famous will soon be ex
perienced.
Other crops may be short this year,
but there are said to be an abundance
of choke cherries ripening among the
Hills. Custer people haye picked BUSH
els Of tlem in the last two weeks, and
are converting them into all sorts of
good things for winter use.
J. P. Denny and wife, of whose pres
ence in Custer mention was made last
week, are talking of moving back to this
place from Buffalo Gap. If they do
make Custer their home again they ex-
pect to open a restaurant at the old B.
& NJ. chop house, just east of Garlock's
store,
A couple Of Clusters young business
men noticed the smoke rolling up from
Slopes brick yard, Monday morning,
and thinking that the timber fire which
has been burning for several weeks, was
making rapid progress toward town
they became considerably agitated, and
were talking of getting up q crowd to 20
GU and fight the flames. when they
learned of their mistake. They boys
had really ought to set EN- up, but we
won't give them away this time.
The. following item which appeared in /
the Buffalo Gap Republican of last week,
emphasizes the fact that it is necessary
TO go away from home to hear the news.
"As a summer resort Custer has lost
its charms by q furry of snow the fore
part of the week"
If Editor Ballou has boen getting lost
10 a bllzzardit was surely in some local
ity othsSthan this. for the tipiest mite
o fthe beautiful has not ventured into
Clusters atmosphere for several months.
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