Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-18
DAKOTA.

| pioneer hardware merchants died ol
blood poisoning.
The only child of Joseph Sheffield, liv'
Ing at Alpena, was burned 10 death by his
clothes catching fire.
The hole s-in-the-walls in Huron were
raided by sheriff Longstaff and con
siderable quantity of liquors secured
A late report says that Mitchell is to
have free mail delivery service to begin
April l. Two carriers will be employed.
Captain George A. Silsby, of Mitchell
has received his appointment as adjutan'
general, his commission dating from
! April L.
The cattlemen owning herds OF cattle In
Lyman county are making vigorous
| ii yht against the organization OF that
county.
| Charlie Campbell was seriously injured
| by being struck by pile driver at the
Jim bridge, on the Yankton and Sioux
Falls railroad
Steps are being taken to secure tow
mill for Aberdeen, thus giving the farm
ers a profitable market for all the fiaS
straw they can grow.
Carthage News: The creamery is sure
thing, cighty-four shares having been
subscribed. They have begun putting up
ice for use this summer,
Rev. A. NJ. de =. Glidden, "a resident OF
Mitchell, has received official notice from
France that he has fallen heir to l40, 900
francs, or about S!S O0J.
The artesian well at Memo is making
| rapid progress, having reached the depth
OF 40J feet, with u fair prospect OF secur
ing gusher for Menno.
Kari Gerner, OF Iroquois, has bought
an interest in the Madison Sentinel anc
will hereafter take an active part in the
publication of the paper.
The Catholics Of Aberdeen are rejoicing
over the fact that their church Is free
from debt and are now raising sufficient
funds 10 purchase new bell.
1t il reported that First Lieutenant
Neary, OF Fort Smelling, MINI, has been
appointed instructor in military science
and tactics in the state university.
At meeting of the Minnehaha County
Sunday School association it was decided
to hold procession and mass meeting o,
| Sunday school workers in Sioux Falls
June 10.
| The program for the Lake Madison
Chautsuqua assembly is nearly completed
and will be unusually attractive. The
assembly will be opened July 3 and will
close July l9.
! The pease Valley Transportation com
pany will operate line of boats between
Wheeler, ;. D., and Minneapolis this
sprirg, affording direct traffic with the
wheat markets.
Commodore :. b. Coulson, OF Yankton
Cleveland in tue shape OF an appointment
as internal revenue collector AT the port
| Of Sitka, Alaska.
! Yankton IL Is stated, will have another
daily paper about tho lst Of April. 1t will
reflect the ideas OF law and order SO far
as prohibition is concerned, and be rep
ublican in politics
Just before adjournment Of the senate
Lieutenant Governor Herried was sur.
prised by being made the recipient OF an
elegant gold watch and chain as a testi-
monial of the regard in which he is held
by every member of the body, regardless
OF politics, over which he has so ably and
50 fairly presided.
During the month Of April the South
Dakota commissioner of school and pub
lie lands will sell about $1,000 acres OF
school lands. 1t is probable an advances
Of 81 an acre over last years prices will
be made. This will be gain of 500 00t
for the school fund. The lands to be sold
\ are as follows. An tn MiunehaiAA, GRANT
Codington, Bon Homme, Lincoln, Hutch
inson, Turner, Brookings, Moody and
Lake. In Hanson sections Day Z, Browr
20, Sphinx Q, Clark 8, Kingsbury 4, HamliI
TO- Deuel. 8. The appraisement has MOI
yet been made, but Commissioner Ruth
estimates II at an average of $l5 per acre
OF total OF s7500OJ for the increase O
the fund. Up TO this year the funt
amounts to 81 400 000, and this wall bring
1t to more than g., 10000
Harry Carleton, deputy clerk of court,
at Sioux Falls received by expires, the
other day valuable relic Of the eigh
teenth century. 1t Is a cane made OF blue
white oak, with an ivory handle. just
below the handle Is silver band in
| scribed as follows, "Relic OF Old Iron.
sides, 1891" The cane was made from q
broken plank taken from the side Of thu
Constitution" just after her battle with
the "Guerriere." Mr.. Cartoons great
uncle who was at that time United States
marshall in Boston, secured the wood anG
| had the cane ale together with another
cane now owned by Harry's brother
Jerry The canes have been handed
| S)wn In the Carlton family and II is the
will of the original owner that they re:
main always in the family as heirloom.
Some months since i. r. Stillwell came
10 Mitchell front he cast and began work
in the Gazette printing Office. II devel
| oped later that he was waiting for di.
vorce from his wife on the grounds Of hei
desertion, and week ago his decree wa 8
granted without defense. Meanwhile hs
had been paying attention to q youns
| lady here, and II Is understood that they
were to have been married Sunday. Las,
Friday morning, however, Stillwell pn
on his coat and hat and left the printing
Office, saying he would be back In a few
moments. He hasn't been back since, and
! 1t now turns out that he received a letter
on Friday morning that seemed to dis
turb him, and he took this Omaha trair
\ OUT OIL tOWu. IilS UclltNt ne VIII
return later and satisfactorily explain
everything The wedding has been p Ds:.
poned
| A 50-year-old Nebraska farmer, while
visiting Yankton recently, was provoked
| into a hstic discussion by one Morri.
Kountze, who was looking for trouble
The farmer Just landed iab on Morris
I, uose with his lett, ami then wniic Morris
was In the air landed him another will
his right and for ten seconds the atmOs
phere was alive with blood. boots ant
| biceps Then the farmer held Morri.
down with one knee and jammed his nos,
out Of sight with one fist, and when Nor
els yelled enough the farmer got up
brushed the specks OF his ovcralls ani
walked away.
The members OF tho state worlds fail
commission held meeting in Sioux Fal.'
and concluded to appeal TO the citizens o
the state for s25, 900 more to make pro
per exhibit at the worlds fair.
The National Cordage company, o.
Aberdeen, has attached the warehouse
books, notes and accounts OF tho Dakota
Farmers Alliance company, to secure al
Indebtedness of $2l ,555, contracted in 1870
for twine advanced.
| While Chris Larson was W orking Mt tn,
bottom of 60 foot well In Union town
ship. Brule county. n cavern almOs