Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-30


In Dawson county there are 800 school
children, including the city OF Mitchell,
and 1903 outside the city. There are over
ffty-three school houses outside the city
aud about sixty teachers holding certih-
Gates.
A section house thirty feet square is
being built on the Sioux Fails and Iank-
ton depot grounds at Lennon. Two sec
ton foremen go out from that place, one
Byron and the other towards
Davis.
Thompson, the muir derer under sem
tence at DE Smet to hang October :, at
tempted to commit suicide. He soaked
the heads of matches in water and was
preparing to swallow the dose when de-
tected.
AT a meeting Of the state board of agri-
Secretary Bushnell resigned and
NJ. II. Kelly, of Aberdeen, was chosen to
fill the vacancy. The annual meeting OF
the board will be held January ., next, at
Madison.
Congressman Lucas. who represents the
Black Hills section of South Dakota, IL
contemplating the question of tackling
congress for governmental aid in the de
celopment Of irrigation in the Black Hills
country.
The Rapid Journal publishes the fol-
lowing comparative figures of tax levies
In Black Hills counties for the ensuing
year: Pennington, 81 mills; Fall River,
3S1s; Custer, 2719; Lawrence, 33; Butte,
20; Meade, %.
Arrows, charged with rape; Spotted Elk
and Moccasin Tops, charged with stealing
cattle; Low Cedar and Charging cat,
charged with assault with deadly weap-
ons. and Two Sticks, charged with resist
ing an officer.
Nine Sioux Indians, United States pris-
oners, languish in the Lawrence county
Jail. awaiting action of the United States
grand jury, which will meet October %.
There are Fights With, Kills the Two and
Switch Tail. charged with murder; Two
Articles of incorporation have been flied
with the secretary of state for the st.
Anthony Catholic church. at Davis. One
thousand two hundred dollars has already
been raised to erect IA church building and
work will be commenced on the same at
once.
The senate committee on indian affairs
tlgrew TO report the bill TO pay the Jrow
Creek settlers 5000 900 for losses sustained
by them in settling upon and afterwards
being removed from these Crow Creek
lands.
Joseph ii. Dripps, OF Malone, la, visit
ed his som at Kimball the other day.
Thirty years ago he was a member of
General Sully's command and travelled
over a big part Of the two Dakotas. Then
about the only settlements were near
lankton.
The tracklayers on the SpearGsh extern
sion OF the Il. q NJ. have reached the
Spearfish canyon. Here they will be de-
layed for some time bridging the gorge.
After this has been accomplished il will
be comparatively clear sailing Novem-
Der | is looked for for the first appear
ance of the iron "horses."
\ gentleman in Lead has had an oddly
in the shape OF a horse. The animal had
only one distinct nostril and only one
tooth in front in the upper jaw, and that
projected upward and from the place
where the mouth Of the nostril ought TO
have been. On the lower jaw the teeth
were more like small tusks, as they were
ICdIll WV ihIlCS LUX anu ltlFlH
straight out.
Major Thnmas II. Ruth, OF DeSmet, has
been appointed colonel of the South Da-
kota National guards, vice Colonel NJ. w.
Sheafe, whose time has expired. Colonel
Ruth has been identified with the nation
al guard since its organization in 1885,
when he was chosen captain of compan
L. De Smet. Two years later he was APP
pointed major by Governor Church, and
has since held that position.
The county commissioners of Meade
county are taking steps towards building
a court house in Sturgis. 1t is the inten-
ton Of the commissioners at their October
session to advertise for bids for its con.
struction and let the contract at as early
a day as the law will admit Of, with the
prospect of having the excavation lone
n the foundation walls laid before the
cold weather sets in this fall. The plans
adopted will give Meade one Of the hand.
soonest buildings in the Black Hills.
The board of insanity of Aberdeen has
received a largely signed petition
asking for release from the asylum at
Yankton of Mrs. Elinor Davis. formerly a
resident there. THE board is in possession
OF facts going to show that ii would not
be wise or proper to secure her discharge
at this time and pend ng the receipt of q
full and comprehensive statement from the
superintendent of the asylum regarding
her condition, no action will be taken.
A large force OF men is engaged in tear.
ing up Lee and Sherman streets In Dead
God Tor the purpose of grading and ma
them.
The Pierre Indian school commenced
its fall term with an enrolment of nearly
100 pupils. The ruling Of the Indian de-
partment making school attendance op-
tional instead of compulsory does not ap-
pear to make any difference with the
Pierre school, and the attendance pro-
misses to be larger than In former years.
Frank Randall, Of Paducah, KY, and
James Burke, OF Rock Island, ILL.,, have
been bound over to the United States
grand jury at Sioux Falls in 81, 600 bail
each for robbing the postofice at Estell.
inc, s. ID. They are accused OF robbing
postoffices In this state since July 10
At Estelline they secured over 800 In
cash and 5000 in jewelry.
The action of the war department liz
ordering out the troops at Fort Meade re
Gently to help fight the forest fires In the
Of Lead City was due to
sent through Congressman Pick
Ter by Walter Smead. Of the Homestakt
Assistant s 'cretary Grant issued
the order by telegraph twenty minutes
the South Dakota congressman ex
the situation.
The Great Northern for a long time
anxious about good water has found
ample supply on the railroad right-of.
way 8 quarter of . mile west Of DEVILS
and prmpcd 40 barrels IN IN hous.