Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-10-28
DAKOTA.

bf irrigation by artesian wells.
, Mrs. John Naughtou of Yankton was
fatally burned while lighting n g%osolint
stove Her clothing caught fire n be
tore help could be summoned she was ter
.ibly burned.
Arrangements are being made for .
Methodist interstate convention OF north
western Nebraska, Wyoming ard Black
Uills mission conferences at Hot Springs
On November Z.
While cleaning out the city water tank
1T Lead, Mike Hughes corralled aud cap
tured a dozen mountain trout that had
followed down the canal from Spearfsh
creek until they landed in deep water
II. NJ simmons, chairman OF the popu-
list state central commit %, while driv'
Ing on tn prririe in Su.Iy county drove
into a barb wire fence killing MS team
and uadly crushing the bon > o. his right
ioot.
Prairie fires in the vicinity of Hough-
ton destroyed II vast quantity of hay and
other property, including all the build
lngs belonging to w. w. Della. Two fine
colts and u carriage valued Mt $40, the
property of Mr.. Della, were also burned.
senator Pettigrew of south Dakota has
introduced a bill similar to the one which
was favorably received in the senate in
the last congress, providing that lands
allotted to indians in severalty shall be
subject to state and local taxation ana
paid by the secretary Of the interior.
The Chamberlain Register has passed
into the control of Messrs. Kroz a. Hazel.
ton, the former u newspaper man from
Flandreau, and the latter from Paynes,
willie, Mimi. The old proprietors, Andrews
Il Alexander, will go to the Pacific coast
to re-engage in the newspaper business.
Owing to the numerous train robberies
of late the Homestake company took ex.
ira precaution In shipping its last con
Signment of the precious metal. Besides
the regular messengers additional guards
armed with Winchester rifles, accompa.
uied the gold bullion to its destination
A Chicago capitalist has offered to fin.
ish the great hotel started at Deadwood
by public spirited citizens and abandoned
for want Of funds, but upon condition
that the structure as II tands shall be do
mated to him. AS this implies a donation
of sos, 900, the citizens are inclined to hold
the fort till times get better and finish
the job themselves.
Harvel Olaf, Clarence Dellz, Charles
Thompson and Charles Meyer were ar.
rested near Redfeld for robbing the post.
office az Crandon a short time since. They
waived examination when taken before u
United States commissioners and were tn.
h0n ia tha Stnny Falls npnitnntinpU IA
await the sitting Of the grand jury al
Deadwood.
AT q mass meeting held in Nermillion
George Woodwork, NJ. ID. Thompson. l..
+. Sweesey, \. +. Lee, {. Christianson,
John Baab, AL Newton, y. w. Paulson
and Charles n. Johnson were named as a
committee to formulate a plan for rails
ing funds TO rebuild the university.
There was also q committee appointed 10
raise money 10 replace the missing appar
atus.
Postofice robberics are becoming very
fashionable in South Dakota nowadays.
and are furnishing the postofficc inspector
and United States marshal's Off c with
plenty of business. The parties who are
doing the jobs are caught almost ~invaria.
bly,, so they do not make much profit out
of the business, except in the way of frc&
board for n few years. The postofice a,
Pierrepont, Day county, was broken into
last week and report says the robbers
Will be caught. There are ten prisoners
now being held for the United States
court in Sioux Falls for these crimes.
State Land Commissioners Ruth hal
completed his apportionment of the per
nanent school fund among the counties OF
to $50 300 The land commissioners is il
receipt OF reports from the various coun
ties in the state showing their school pop
ulation. In the whole state there ha:
been an increase of SC 0 i'm the number OF
children Of school age ~Forty-two out o.
fifty counties in the state show an in
grease. The increase is for the past year
At a recent meeting OF the Chlutauqua
directors at Madison much of the
details of the next years assembly
was discussed and the work outlined A
three weeks program will be given, be
ginning July The amount appropriated
for this and the expense of the SUMMED
schools was 81, 800. Rev. &. E. Hager wal
reelected Superintendent of assembly
and Prof. Fl. + Kratz of Sioux City di
rector of summer schools. The sale o
stock will be continued and all debts pait
np before any more improvements OF
ground are undertaken. The next meet
ing of the directors will take place tn.
list of April mex when it can be bette
determined that further steps will b.
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From reports by counties sen to tn,
United States crop bureau in Huron BY
authorized observers Director Glenn ha,
prepared q table showing the average
gield per acre Of crops in South Dakots
Tor the year just closed Wheat averaged
i04 bushels; oats, 204 bushels; corn, 25H
.ushels; flax, "a bushels; barley, II
bushels rye, IL bushels; potatoes, 52li
bushels; hay, ~ tons millet 9 tons. II
view of the fact that in many ~countie,
ilrouth prevailed during June, July ant
August, the yield is good and quality ex
~,ellent, and indicates the remarkable CO
pacity OF South Dakota soil to Withstand
brought. The reports also show that
with the exception of blowing, the usua
fall work on the farm Is from fifteen I,
twenty days ahead Of former seasons.
Vast quantities of very clean and valua
bic ore are being taken out of the Two
Bears mine near Deadwood. Some of IL
yields as high as So to the ton of golt
and 800 of silver. The mine il a larg,
open assure, 100 feet between walls and
next to the Homcstakc, the best producer
in the Black Hills.
A hen on the farm of Lewis Living
Fton, near Pensacola, Fla, recent,
laid an egg with, it is claimed, n cor
rect representation Of the dial of
clock on the shell. This hen bear
watching.
A Missouri tornado made it's wa
into n lady's chamber. A bureau wa
standing against the wall, having on
a lot of such traps and trinkets a
ladies usually have-cosmetics, bottle
and so on. A bandbox with a fe,
iaces inside was standing by it's side