Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-11-04
Personal Mention.

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northern Hills Wednesday morning.
Attorney John r. Wilson, of Dead
wood, was in Custer on business last
Saturday.
Auditor c. A. Wood and wife return
ed from their Nebraska trip, SATURDAY.
morning last.
d Z. Shope vent down to Edgemont
Wednesday evening to look after one of
his contracts.
Frank Swank. Of Lead City, was the
guest of his old time friend, Capt. A. NJ.
Willard, Tuesday.
States Attorney w. q. Porter and w.
). Wood returned from 4 trip to Dead
wood, Saturday evening.
Mrs. r. S. Lewis and the Misses Hath.
away spent Monday and Tuesday at the
Burton ranch, near Pringle.
Mrs. McWhinney, who had been visit
ing in Nebraska for fome time, returned
to Custer Thursday morning.
Chauncey l.. Wood, democratic nomi-
nee for Judge of the supreme court, was
over from Rapid City, Wednesday.
A. T. Van Devort has been in town
the past week, disposing of some of his
property and settling up his business
interests.
Rev. j. j. shingler, who attended
P. s. Of c. F. convention in the north
ern Hills, last week, returned to Custer,
Saturday evening.
Oscar Silver, one Of Lead City : pros
porous merchants, was in town Tuesday,
meeting old friends and looking after
his realty interests here.
Attorney Walter Anderson, of Hot
Springs, was in town Sunday and Mon
day, comforting with his client Spearin,
who is held here on a charge Of mur.
Ger.
b. VI. Tunley returned Tuesday morr :
ing from a trip to eastern Nebraska
He reports the stock which he is feed
ing near Norfolk as doing surprisingly
well.
Mr., and Mrs. Edward Rogers were
called TO Hill City last Saturday morn
ing, BY the fatal illness of Mrs. Rogers
father. They remained there until after
the funeral.
Mrs. w. G. Porter returned from the
east Tuesday morning, and our states
attorney seems verv much pleased with
the termination of the period Of his
bachelorhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. s. Tubbs returned
from Chicago Monday morning. Miss
Maude Carson. a cousin of Mrs. Tubbs.
came back with them, and will spend
the winter in Custer.
Mrs. J $ Sanders departed Saturday
evening for ~Jerseyville, H., where a
brother and sister of hers reside. She
expects to make them "a long visit, and
may be absent from Custer a year or
more.
w. G.. Gregory, of Chadron. Neb q,
stock inspector, and member of the
Wyoming Stock Association, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, we're
visitors in Custer the early part Of the
week.
c. S. Johnston and w. r. Hoy return
ed from Chicago, Saturday morning,
and if they didn't have a splendid time
during their sojourn in the city of the
fair, the stories they tell are certainly
deceptive.
L. w. Marble, the photographer, was
in town Monday, and exhibited to his
friends some fine views Of the interior
Of Wind Cave. While here he photo
graphed Tanner, the man who is max
ing a horseback tour of the world.
Clerk Of the Courts J. +. Smith re-
turned to his home in this city,
Monday morning, after a two months
absence. Mrs. Smith is visiting her
parents at Belle Plain, Iowa. and will
not be home for another week or two.
Mrs. j. j.. Pitcher ard children, who
have spent the summe in Chicago, re-
turned to Custer Monday morning. Mrs.
Pitcher was accompanied by her brother
George Thornby. of lillian. New York.
Mr.. Pitcher is not expected home until
the 10Th.
Judge VIM. Gardner was in town a
few hours Tuesday, on his way from
Hot Springs to Rapid City. The jNdge
was pleasantly surprised by the recep-
ton given him here, and he feels rea-
sonably confident that his will be the
victory ne xt Tuesday.