Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-10-28
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 2s, 1898.

49,
One of VIII Fishers mules WAS knock
ed off the railroad track and killed by a
b. & NJ. freight train last saturday night.
Will feels his loss keenly.
c. +. Carr has commenced the con-
struction Of a dwelling house on the site
of the one which was burned two weeks
ago three miles west Of Custer.
The B & VI. water tank at this place
sprung a leak Wednesday night, and a
considerable amount Of water escaped
before the leaks were stopped.
The English History class met at the
Congregational church, last Wednesday
evening, and regularly organized with
a membership of twenty or more.
Geo. w. Bond has been living very i'll
with pneumonia at his home three
miles west Of Custer, this week. At the
time Of going TO press it is reported that
he is convalescihg.
Rev. A.. j. Cheeseman has not vet re-
turned to Custer, but he writes from
Indiana that he will be back Just as
soon as his wife is able to travel, and
she is now improving.
The ladies' of the Congregational aid
society will give a Halloween social at
the parsonage next Tuesday evening.
Everything connected with the affair
will be free, and Il general invitation is
extended.
The form of the ballot to be used on
election da Tuesday, Noy. Z, is in type
at the CHRONICLE Office, and candidates
who desire TO secure some Of the sample
ballots will be furnished with them
upon application.
d. +. Slope, 4 J. Mills and Newton
Todd have been down at Edgemont for
several days putting up a residence for
Brakeman Savage. Conductor Camp
bell and wife will occupy the house
when it is completed.
A Frenchman with a trick bear gave
a performance on Custer Avenue last
Saturday afternoon, and was rewarded
with a handful of nickels and dimes.
Toward evening man and beast counted
ties to the southwark and were seen no
more.
VIM. McBeath has sold his ranch
southeast of town to Michael Mallon.
Mr. McBeath expects to move down
into Pleasant Valley, but as there is
little feed for stock in that locality this
fall, he may not make the change be-
fore spring.
A flow of artesian water was struck in
the well at Belle Fourche, at a depth of
$50 feet, a few days since. When the
water vein was tapped, it spurted into
the air seyenty-fve feet, and continued
to flow steadily at the rate ofl25 gallons
per minutes. As a consequence Belle
Fourche people are happy.
Ihave opened a general feed store in
the Albien warehouse on Sixth street,
and from this time forth will have for
sale at the lowest market prices, hay, corn,
oats and all kinds of ground feed. So
liciting a share Of the public patronage,
l remain, Yours respectfully,
P. II. JOHNSTON.
Rev. Lymer, of the Black Hills Col
lege, came up from the Springs Saturday
ni,yht and tha fn1IAHinn mar in,, all
evening conducted the regular services
at the Custer NJ. 4. church. Rev. Lymer
is a minister Of recognized ability, and
the sermons preached last Sabbath were
two Of the soundest and most interest
ing discourses ever heard within the
walls of Custer churches.
The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of the State School
of Mines, which appears in this weeks
paper. Under the new management
the policy of the institution has been
entirely changed. The students will be
given the most practical education pos.
sible in the branches taught. and the
school will lend it's facilities and prestige
to the work of developing the mineral
resources Of the state.
Geo. o. Sanderson, postmaster at Fair
burn, was indicted by the u. S. grand
jury at Deadwood on two separate
counts, viz: selling liquor without a U.
S.. license, and for not having his license
conspicuously posted as required by
law. BY agreement Of the attorneys the
first indictment was nolle pressed, and
Sanderson plead guilty to the second.
He was fined $40, the minimum penalty.
b. r. Wood, Of this city, appeared for
the defense.
A pilgrimage of the Grand Chapter.
order of the Grand Orient" situated at
this this place, in and for the State of
South Dakota and Wyoming, will be
undertaken from this water hole at the
Fifth hour of the 2Sth day of this
month, for the desert City of Cambria,
there to try and make of humble chill
dren. princes of that far famed and H.
lustrious Oriental order. The Grand
officers attending are Princes Rutkowski,
Wheeler, Flynn and Manahan.
"yhe best in the world" This is " hat
w. ID. Woolring, of Boardly, KY, says
Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
spoke from personal experience in the
use of it, himself and family having just
been cured of bad coughs and colds by
1t. For sale by all druggists.
The trial of the Sioux Indian, Two
Sticks, who was indicted for murder by
the U. 8. grand jury, has been continued
until the next term of court. The de-
fendant wal released on his own recoe-
nizance and given permission to return
TO the reservation. He At first declined
to 20, saying that he preferred to re-
main in jail, but was finally convinced
that his liberty wal worth more than
the three meals q day which he enjoyed
during his incarceration.