Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-30

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call. Charles Garfield x Son.
Baty & Hickman will occupy the
building vacated this week by Fitch &
Co.
The Fitch Dry Goods Co. announce
that on and after Monday, Oct. 2nd, they
will do business on a cash basis only.
The Oriental degree Of the X. of p.
order was given to ten candidates by
the Custer lodge last Tuesday evening.
The doors of Jas. Clark's meat market
were opened for business early Monday
morning, Chas. Schmidt is assisting
Mr.. Clark.
The state school Of mines at Rapid
City opened for the fall term last We'd
nesday, the 9th inst, with Prof %Jerney,
Dean, in charge.
Rev. Father Cassidy, of Hot Springs,
will conduct services in the Catholic
church to morrow morning at the usual
hour, 1890 a. M.
Myron McShear, of this city, who for
years has been a sufferer from consump
ton, is very low this week, and it is
feared that he will not rally again.
Garfield & Son have removed to this
place from Hermosa, and have opened
a barber shop in the Haserodt building,
one door east Of R~utkowski's drug store.
Ralph McHoes, clerk in Bailey & Co.'S
establishment has been laid up for
nearly a week with Il very painful felon
on one of the fingers Of his right hand.
"The Sun of RICH teousness" is the
subject for discussion at the Methodist
Episcopal church on Sunday morning,
Oct. LIST. In the evening the topic is
Christ Crowned"
About thirty couples of Custer people
participated in a dance at Fitch & Cos
new building, Monday evening. The
affair was altogether impromptu and
informal, but was none the less enjoy
able.
]. p. Denny and family are expected
to remove from Buffalo Gap to Custer
next week. They will occupy the
building known as the B. & NJ. chop
house and will probably open a restaur-
ant there.
j., C. Cook, the Deadwood man who
shot and killed Jerry Hogan some time
ago, was tried this week and acquitted
of the charge of murder. 1t was proven
to the satisfaction of the jury that the
killing was done in self defense.
A. T. Feay, deputy clerk of the courts
issued license to wed to Nevada Picker
ing and Hannah Lowell, both of Buffalo
Gap, the first of The week. The cere-
mony which made the twain one was
performed at the Gap on the 2Sth inst.
A heavy mist or fog came down from
the Hills yesterday morning, and for a
time il looked as if we might be blessed
with a quiet, drizzling rain, but Old Sol
was too much for the clouds and they
scattered without yielding any of their
moisture.
The party of U. S. topographical'en en-
gineers which has been working in the
Hills for several weeks has established
a signal station on Mountain sheep
point. near Hells canyon. The point
is very prominent one and can be seen
from localities fifty miles distant.
Ernest II. Smith, one of the party Of
stockmen who drove their cattle up in the
Rabbit creek country last week, returned
to Custer by train Tuesday evening, and
was laid up for repairs for a few days.
While running some Of the cattle his
horse fell OIL him, injuring him quite
severely.
The contract for ~excavating the base
ment of w. F. Hanley's new building
was let to F. NJ. Murphy the first of this
week, and the work, which was COM
menced Tuesday has been steadily
progressing since. The basement is to
be 24xsO, with stone walls. and an ele
vator will be put in to run from it to the
ground floor.
The Custer Epworth League held a
business meeting at the NJ. z. church
last evening for the purpose of re-organ.
izing and electing four delegates to a
district convention which is to be held
at Rapid City some time next month.
Up to the hour of going to press no re-
port OF the business transacted has
reached this Office.
Homer Kinsey, once book-keeper in
the First National Bank Of Custer, is
said to be dangerously i'll of typhoid
pneumonia, at Sheridan, Wyo. A
brother, who resides in the east. was
telegraphed for and went up on the
Thursday morning train Mr.. Kinsey's
Custer friends regret very much to learn
of his critical condition.
The entertainment given Wednesday
evening by the Ladies Ideal Co. under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society
Of the Congregational church Was fairly
well attended and proved to be a very
creditable affair. The editors absence
from town on the evening of the enter
tainment makes 1t impossible for us to
give it the extended notice it undoubt-
edly deserves.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. sohoHeld. Of Buffalo
Gap, who started come weeks ago for an
overland trip through the west. have