Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-10-07
DAKOTA.


kota Farmer, has removed his paper from
Huron to Aberdeen.
Eliza j. Stickney has been appointed
postmistress at Pearl, Jerauld county.
which is a new Office.
Oliver O'Jein, about three miles from
Dell Rapids, shot himself 10y the acciden-
tai discharge Of a rifle, dying almost in-
s~tantly.
The executive committee of the South
Dakota Press association has decided to
hold the winter meeting in Brookings
January %.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way company has directed that hereafter
employees in the shops at Huron shall
work eight hours.
DAVID NJ. Boyle OF Gettysburg has been
appointed register Of the land Office at
Pierre vice l.. II. Bailey resigned. Boyle
was the only applicant.
The Yankton insane hospital is very
crowded aud patients are arriving almost
every day. The asylum will soon have TO
be extensively enlarged.
The school board Of Dell Rapids has let
the contract for putting in a new twenty
five horse power boiler in the school house
building for steam heating.
John Burke member of the Legislature
from Fall River county was married re
Gently to Miss Matte Spangler OF Nit
chell at the homo of the bride.
The sheriff Of Clay county raided and
closed George s. Kimball's saloon at YER
million. The "holes-iu-the-wall" are be-
ing closed throughout Clay county.
Ducharme, the horse rustler who was
arrested by Sheriff Namsler, had a pre-
liminary examination at Belle Fourche
and was round over In the sum OF sl,oUo.
IA her Of government surveyors
have completed their surveying contracts
on the coded lands in the western part of
this state, and the surveyor genera! has
sent out an inspector to inspect the work
done.
A gang of horse thieves have been
operating in Buffalo county. w. W. Wells
had fourteen head stolen In one night.
He and his neighbors arc looking for the
thieves.
The White Ribbon Journal, the official
organ Of the state w. c. r. [, has been
moved from WATERFOWL to Yaukton IL
will be managed by Mrs. +. NJ. Swift of
Yankton.
The managers of the Spearti II races do
mated the gate receipts of two days to
the prairie fire sufferers at the little town
of Centennial where several homes were
destroyed.
Rev. Ed ). Wallace Of Aberdeen, who
has been appointed to the consulate at
Sivas, Turkey, is the pastor of the Pres
byterian church there and is less than 80
years Of age.
\ horse and buggy belonging 10 Prof.
II. l.. Winslow was stolen from the front
Of the business college in Watertown. The
thieves were almost Immediately pur-
sued, Tut made good their escape.
Judge Aikens at Sioux Falls has signed
the decree of divorce Of Mrs Elizabeth
Durham against X w. Durham, the we'll
known ex-congressman and eX-president
of the board OF trade at Chicago, on the
ground of cruelty.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced a bill
providing for the purchase of a site and
the erection of a public building at Iank-
ton, ;. u. An appropriation OF $4,000 is
asked for this purpose.
The Weekly kimballite has been alb
sorbed by the Graphic and Index and it
will hereafter be conducted by them. As
soon as arrangements are made the publi-
cation will be suspended.
The ranchers near Lead who have
horses are a little uneasy about the rust.
lers who have been Whereabouts Of late,
and farmers are arming themselves and
are liable TO make it decidedly interesting
l.. Sherwood, who was suspected Of hav-
ing murdered Minnie sawyer September
4, was discharged from custody at Yank-
ton by Justice Vanderhule on motion of
County Attorney Holman, there being no
evidence against him.
William Thomas, who claims TO live In
st. Paul, was bound over to the grand
jury ia the sum OF 81 zoe for trying 10 pick
the pockets of y. l.. Phillips, warden OF
the state penitentiary. The affair occur
red at the races at Sioux Falls.
Ina saloon fight at Kimball James Pagan
distigured Frank Ceilings face. Ceilings
got out a warrant, M the marshal, with
the assistance of three men, got Pagan in
the cooler During the night, with the
assistance of friends from the outside,
the chimney was taken from the Gala
boose, ana Pagan crawled out and skip.
ped.
Damage TO burned bridges along the
Black Hills and Fort Pierre road is esti-
mated at $1,000; at Centennial, $50, 900;
At Elk Creek, $1,000, and at Runkel, Sl5.-
M Tha Lac 81 ttl -
mated, more being burned than has been
used in the Black Hills for mining and
domestic purposes since the country was
irst opened 10 settlement
The coal spouting artesian we'll at Kim
oall continues to be "a great attraction. A
piece of Goa thrown out of the well last
week is now on exhibition in town. 1t is
IA inches long and ~ inches the other
way. In appearance it resembles Iowa
coal, but is not SO heavy. The well is 800
feet deep and 8 inches in diameter. 1t
throws a big stream of water.
The postofice at Kirkwood, in Charles
Mix county, together with the general
store. blacksmith shop and buildings OF
J. f Latham, burned to the ground. The
supplies and mail in the postotfice and
most of the stock of goods in the store
were saved. The fire started in the
blacksmith shop and the wins carried it
to the building in which were the store
and postotice. The loss will be about
81. 900.
At Sisseton Henry Campbell, a half.
breed, was shot by Thomas Moore.
Campbell and several Indian friends
had been having trouble with q
white man named William Morse. On
Saturday they became involved in an al.
~tercation, the result of which was that
Morse drew a revolver and shot Campbell
three times, all of the shots taking effect,
two in his chest and one striking his
head, passing beneath the skin to a point
back Of his ear and knocking Campbell
down. Campbell was removed to the
agency, where he died. Morse has been
tsssa :ntc custody nv the sheriff to await
the action of the grand jury.
The hills are infested with horse
thieves. several Of whom have lately been
captured. In one instance u brace of them
crossed the line into Montana, where q