Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-20
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Mr.. ana Mrs. U. r. schneider, OF Ia
pd City, are sojourning in Custer for a
week. Mr. Schneider, who is assistant
cashier of the Pennington County Bank,
at Rapid, has charge of the business Of
the Custer County Bank during the alb
sence Of Mr.. Delicate.
Services at the NJ. f. church. Sab
bath school 10 a. m. There viii be no
preaching.at IL O'CLOCK. The NJ. L. con-
gregaton will attend the K. of p. SER
vice at the Baptist church. Evening
service S p. m. Subject. "Inconsidera-
tion." ID. w. Tracy, Pastor.
The man with tie phonograph was in
town Tuesday and entertained good
sized audiences with ''the latest and
most popular musical selections" In
spite of the hard times which every one
is talking of be succeeded in picking up
pocketful of nickels and dimes.
r. w. Delicate made flying trip to
his former home at Nebraska City this
week, that he might be present at the
graduating exercises of the high school
of that city, his sister, Miss Kate Deli
cate, being member of the class of '93.
Mr.. Delicate is expected to return next
Tuesday morning
Advices from Hermosa state that on
Friday Of last week a large barn, owned
by Ed Stenger, was burned together
with all its contents. Two horses, one
of them valuable stallion, lot of hay
and grain, set Of harness aid q wagon
were consumed, and the loss is cstimat-
ed at $4,000. A spark from the hired
mans pipe is thought to have been re-
sponsible for the fire.
Mayor Dickover left Monday evening
for Minneapolis where he will the com
ing summer assume the management Of
the American Consolidated mining COM
pany. This leaves the city virtually
without mayor. If Mr.. Dickover ex-
poets to be absent that long it would
have been just as well for him to have
left his resignation behind him.-Hot
Springs Herald.
Grant Jones, young man from Buff
falo Gap, will board with Sheriff Will
ard during the next week or ten days.
He was arrested at the Gap for disturb
ing the peace and taken before Justice
Fuson, who fined him S25. He couldn't
or wouldn't remit and was brought up
to Custer Wednesday evening by De-
putty Sheriff w. +. Reno.
The sidewalks which have lately been
built along the business portion Of Gus
ter Avenue are somewhat different from
the old style and much more substantial.
Two by fours have been placed with the
two-inoh surface upward and the nails
are driven in from the side. The walks
will wear smooth in very little while
and there will be no projecting nails to
make life burden to the pedestrian.
The survey of the ground southeast Of
town, where half mile track Is to be
constructed, has been completed and
the grading will be commenced in few
DAYS. Mr.. Ward has concluded to form
. regular business organization for the
prosecution of the enterprise, and thus
make Il possible for any one who may
wish TO take part in 1t to do so. with the
assurance that the money or labor
which they invest will be placed to
their credit and corresponding inter-
est in the track be theirs. However,
the construction Of the track does not
depend IN the interest manifested in II
BY the people Of the town and vicinity.
NJ. Ward proposes TO have 1t II he has
to 70 ahead with IL unasaistsd.