Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There are supposed to be about 42) 00O,-
OOO Christians in the world.
General Weaver's favorite drink is but
termilk sweetened with surar.
F. Marion Crawford says that novel
Is IAN intellectual artistic luxury"
The total number OF families In the
United States in 1890 was 1850, 15e
One-fourth OF the land surface Of the
globe is occupied by English speaking
people
In olden times deformed people were
frequently thrown into prison 10 ~, kept
out of sight
The worlds production Of the golde n
metal in 1891 was 6,0lO,000 ounces; of sill.
ver ls0, s65, 900 ounces.
Amelie Rives is said to have received
5000 for hernew story, Barbara Der
ing, and sales are large
Bjornsen celebrated his Goth birthday
recently and festivities in his honor were
held throughout Norway.
The heaviest man in congress is John
W. Rife, OF Pennsylvania. a special chair
has been provided for him
The prince of Wales writes all his pri-
| vate letters on light blue paper These
are the ones he doesn't want generally
read
Ella Wheeler Wilcox wants the waters
rear, made of some other color than
black.
Mr. Carnegie is said to be great ad-
mirer OF Herbert Spencer, 10 whom ne
has made a number Of gifts 'rhe latest
is said TO be fine piano
In chronicling the arrival of Charles A.
Dana in Paris the newspapers of that city
refer To him a. 'one Of the most devoted
| followers of NJ Grover Cleveland
Bishop Potter, of New York, has pre-
sented his newly married daughter and
her husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Dav-
| idge with fruit farm in Colorado. where
they will reside permanently.
Rudyard kipling has written a new
story entitled, My Lord, the Elephant
1t is much more interesting than the sam,
authors recent effort, My God, Myself
| Frank Vincent, who has left Colon bo I,
continue his explorations in Africa. ha'
already travelled over 300, 900 miles, ant
though he has had many narrow escapes
he never had serious accident.
Miss Mary ! Cuniffe has been post
| master at Las Cruces, y. NJ for over Tel
years and has Just been reconfirmed
The New Mexican says that she has con
Quoted the office in an exemplary manner
Al charity bazaar in Vienna an Eng
llshman offered 5000 for a single kis
from the Marchioness Pallaviecini. II
got il and plaaked down Il O0O Bank o
England note to pay for IT,
NJ. Clemenceau is the hero of 100 fights
and never lost drol Of gore His adver
saries, by the way, can also boast tina
they have lost precious few drops. Blu
they can mutually exhibit very muci
SCARED up characters.
Father Antoine de Padone. whose recent
death at Trappist monastery in France
| has been reported by cable was mono
| other than Prince Malatesta, who Tough,
| ~ an ally of Louis Bonaparte against the
pontitical troops in Italy.
| The session Globe offered IS a week for
life 10 the person who made the closest
| guess To the popular vote east for Cleve
land and Harrison. Louis NJ Woodbridge
a bookkeeper. is the winner tie made
| 10000 guesses, and in one set Cleveland 5
vote only sixteen higher than the official
| returns
| w. Baker & Co Breakfast Cocoa is a
very comforting drink as the weather
| grows colder One of its special merits