Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-06
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SOUTH DAKOTA.

are organizing base ball teams.
Work on the Indian school buildings at
Chamberlain will be begun soon.
The Society of Black Hills Pioneers
will hold its annual picnic on June 3.
A new elevator at Westport, containing
go 600 bushels, was destroyed by fire.
Rapid City newspapers are agitatng
the atter of building new city hall.
During the last quarter Brule couuty's
Indebtedness shows decrease of 5000.
Wolsey business men are figuring on
the erection of $4,000 beet sugar plant
Irrigation Commissioner Fassctt is in
Charles Mix county, locating artesian
well sites.
Maggie Carroll, an inmate OF a bagnio
in Yankton, died from the effects of an
overdose of morphine.
At an enthusiastic meeting OF citizens
of Aberdeen, $4,000 was pledged for the
proposed grain palace
The grand jury in the circuit court for
Fall River county returned five indict-
ments for cattle stealing.
The towns of the Black Hills are consid-
ering proposition to have telephone con-
nections, one with the others.
The steamboat Castalia was the first
boat TO go up the Missouri river this sea-
son. She had cargo consigned to Bis
marck
Frank ID. Tucker, a compositor on the
Rapid City journal, has deserted his wife
and child in that city and has disap-
peared
| Prairie fires burned over large area
OF valuable range west of the Missouri.
good deal of stock is thought to have
been lost.
Eber end Elwood Moore are contcsting
the will of their brother, Joseph j., which
gave 5000 to niece. The parties reside
near Parker.
The people OF Campbell county are TO
have roller mill. The machinery has
been ordered for fifty barrel mill to be
located at Campbell.
| Land buyers continue to flow into
Charles Mix county. Last week there
were more sales of farms than any pre-
vious week this spring.
The county commissioners OF Lincoln
county have refused to accept new
bridge because il is six inches narrower
than the contract specifies.
The Sioux Falls postoflicc has been des-
| ignated as the repository for the surplus
money order and postal note offices in the
southern part Of South Dakota.
The first convention ever held in Lyman
county was called to order at Oicoma
when n county ticket was nominated.
Great interest was taken in the event.
Mrs. Gertrude Dahl Smith was granted
a decree OF divorce at Elk Point by Judge
Smith from Duke Smith, a grand nephew
of Henry Clay. She came TO the state
from New York.
| The Bank of Wilmot made an assign
ment for the benefit of its creditors The
deposltors will be paid in full. The as
signment was precipitated by the failure
of the Bank Of Milbank.
The surveyors on the Rapid City, Mis-
souri, River and ST Paul railroad have
completed the survey of the proposed
lire from Aberdeen TO Pierre, and have
started across the river to survey the
permanent line from Pierre TO Rapid City.
Rev. w. a. Lyman, who has been pastor
of the Congregational church at Nermil-
lion for several years, has received call
TO become pastor Of the Jackson Park
Congregational church, Chicago. He will
| probably commence his laborS there about
| June J.
The Rapid City and Missouri River rail-
road surveyors commence surveying the
route OF the proposed road from TT.
Pierre to the west. The party consists OF
| fourteen men and several teams making
| ono of the largest surveying parties that
has been at work in that section for long
time.
The Bank of Milbank has made an as
signment with liabilities at si00,000 with
assets largely in excess, but consisting
largely of lands and farm property.
With time TO convert the assets the
owners of the bank hope to pay i'll full all
indebtedness. Stringency in the money
market is understood to be the causa.
Two hundred and sixty-onc papers are
published in the state, OF which twenty
one are daily, two semi-weekly, sixteen
monthly one scmi-monthly and the re-
mainder are weeklies, being one publica-
ton TO l,l51 of population. AS per popu-
latior, papers are two or three times as
numerous in South Dakota as in the older
northern states.
1t has been decided by the county board
of Pennington county to submit TO vote
Of the people the question of issuing fund
ing bonds to pay $4,000 indebtedness.
The county commissioners considered this
matter and the question of their right TO
vote these bonds was raised, and hence
the decision to let the people vote on it.
The date of the election has not been set
tied upon, but it will be done soon
A suit for divorce, which has aroused
much interest in high social circles OF
France and Germany, has been filed in
Sioux Falls. 1t Is that OF Mrs Christine
Hckking Pfaf, daughter of the celebrated
French painter and academi ian of Paris.
The charges include pouring scalding
water over the plaintiff, knocking her
down and kicking her brutally, threaten
ing to kill her, adultery and other allega'
| tions.
On the lst of July next the sum of sl.66
for every child of school age in the state
will be appropriated to the several coun-
ties This money can then be loaned To
farmers at 6 per cent interest in sums OF
| 800 on real estate estimated at one-balf
its assessed valuation. The interest will
be PAYABLE semi-annually loans to run
five and ten years. Brown county has
loaned s, $50 since April OF last year and
| has 81, $50 now on hand.
An enthusiastic meeting OF Yankton
citizens was held to consider the question
Of raising SIS, ,0)0 for Yankton college, to
complete the endowment OF 800, D0J and
pay the outstanding iudebtsdnsss Of the
institution. This is the condition on
which DR.. Pearsons, OF Chicago, proposes
| to build science hall TO cost not less than
$4,000 The amount will doubtless be
raised Immediately. II so, the corner
stone of the new building will be laid
about July l.
The contract for Canton's new oper a
house ha, been let and work commenced.
| Unfortunately, Elizsbeth's keenness
| Of insight was not combined with any iro-
found concern for serious things. She
was without the intellectual emotions
which give human character its consis-
| xo,.a, O,a vuorai nuality she