Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-03
DAKOTA.

The DAILY Advocate u Slx-coiumn lollo,
has made its appearance at Canton. }.
3. Ingram is the publisher and Is issued
n the evening.
Work has been commenced on large
prick block in Canton, the second and
,hird stories Of which will be fitted up as
IN opera house
At singing contest held at Howard
he ladies' quartet of Cavour won the
irst priz and the ladies' quartet OF How
ard second prize.
The Black Hills Soldiers and Sailors
association will hold its annual reurion
It Whitewood on Wednesday and Thurs
Law June % and 90.
At the state oratorical contest held at
2edfeld, T. A. Stubbins. of Yankton coll
ege won the first honors, gold medal,
40 and the chalcedony slab.
At a citizens meeting in Emery last
week 81, 900 were subscribed for artesian
wells and $4,000 for a new hotel Emery
proposes that people shall know where
,he is at
Encouraging progress is reported in
he work OF raising funds for the Masonic
building at Mitchell. Ofthe sl0, 900 asked
IS a loan from the business men 9,4OO
ias been raised
J Charles Koski was instantly killed,
lohn Palson had his ribs crushed III and
Martin Peck had his legs broken by u
premature blast in the Caledonia mine
Hear Deadwood
John Musselman, o. Rapid City, man
,ger of the Black Hills telephone lines,
,as made pr oposition to the citizens OF
1ermosa to extend the telephone line
rom Keystone TO their place for guar
.ntee OF 5000 worth OF business for two
'ears
T. j. Ryan, OF the McCook County DEM
,crat, Bridgewater. is the latest demo-
ratic editor to receive the reward OF the
aithful Mr.. RYAN is one of the best
workers in the profession and his breth-
zen of the press will AL rejoice In his
prosperity.
The board Of coun.y commissioners OF
3eadle county has awarded contracts for
.wo iron bridges across Shoe creek in
.hat county. The late high water carried
tway several wooden bridges and rem
,ered three unsafe and hereafter only
AoA Sbi "iAi pS Pb' an
| A new enterprise in the town of Lead
I $ having hard time of it. The firm
! makes a speciality of collecting bad
! lebts," but has been notified by the post
,fiice authorities that its letters will not
/ DC admitted to the mails, as IL Is contrary
/ 20 the rules of the department
Another wind cave has been diG1Ov-
.aed in the Black Hills, this time near
Rapid City. 1t is on land owned by
/ Thomas Sweeney and he intends to have
/ { thoroughly opened and explored To find
| ,ut what there is in 1t. The cave is To-
:ated within 500 feet of the Dakota and
| Wyoming railroad
There is said to be an abestos mine near
Rockford, in the Black Hills, within a
nile and half Of the railroad, in which
he mineral fibre is frequently found
thirty inches in length. car load was
shipped TO Chicago several years ago and
brought $50 per ton There is prospect
hat the mine will be developed
Salem is to have new bank to take the
Jlace Of the one which recently failed.
Articles of incorporation have just been
received from Pierre for the Commercial
state Bank of Salem with a capital OF
sl5, 900. The iucorpo ators are w. {. Hol-
lister, +. q. Hollister and Z j. Taber, the
oroprietors of the State Banking and
Trust company, of Sioux Falls.
| Resolutions were unanimously passed
/ oy the Congregational General associa-
! ton at Huron viewing with regret, con
,ternation and alarm the continued at
/ tempt to open the gates Of the Colum bian
exposition on Sunday and earnestly pro-
/ testing aga inst II, regarding such action
All insult to the Christian civilization of
the nineteenth century.
A great deal of curiosity has been
aroused over the winged calf which was
born in Brown county some months ago
and the owner has now decided to take i,
to Aberdeen for exhibition. The calf is
healthy and growing, and the wings are
said to be we'll developed. The question
now is. does it trace its pedigree to the
COW that jumped over the moon.
The recent death of Patrick O'Hare, OF
Sioux Falls, without heirs, leaving large
property, has aroused much interest
throughout the country. A large number
IF people have written and several have
wired protesting TO be the long lost
brother or father or second cousin. The
latest is from Mrs Sallie NJ. Buford, Of
Paducah, Ky. who claims to be the grand
niece of the dead man.
President Gale of the Corn Belt exposi
lion has gone east to secure cuts for ad'
rertIsing the second season of this great
success and also 70 engage musical at
traction for the same. The enlarged
plans for the building have been received
from the architect, and they will give {
much larger and more impo sing structnr'
Than last year, when there was not suffi
.ient to accommodate either exhibits o.
exhibitors.
There is a strong probability that Rev
J. T. c. Wilson, who was convicted re
emily OF rape on l2-year girl neal
BeresfOrd. and who is now serving ont
term of fifteen years in the penitcntiary
will have another trial He has beei
granted writ of error by the supreme
court and new trial has been ordered
The court has not yet decided whether 4
release him on bail pending the retrial
but it is thought it will do SO. The peo
pie Oh bcTeSiOFu are Stlii UlNlueI OH VIZ
question OF his guilt and tremendous ef
forts have been made to secure pardon
Rev. w. J. Cleveland, editor Of Anpa
Kin, the Indian paper, has enlarged tn,
paper to double it's former size. AnpaI
Kin has been in existence only one year
but its subscription list NUN bers 1000
which indicates that the Indians are
reading people. Rev. Mr.. Cleveland ha
recently translated the church hymna
into the Indian language, and an editio
of the hvmnai is now IN press IL Boston
printed from type east expressly for tn
purpose. The type used in printing tn
hymnal, when completed, will proba bl
be brought to Madison and used in tn
publication OF Anpao Kin.
Captain c. 3. Fassett, OF Hitchcock
state engineer Of irriga ton, reports tina
there are now in South Dakota more tina
zoo artesian wells in active operation
most of them for power. Fully 90 pc
cent of these are successful, the other
failing because OF faulty construction
Mr.. Fassett proposes to make thoroug
test of the usefulness Of artesian waite
for irriga ticn, and has secured farm q
800 acres In Sphinx county for experi
ment. Ho will sow various kinds Of graf
I'd will test them in different ways. II
Is enthusiastic ia his admiration Of irr
cation and expects the extreme wester