Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
SATURDAY, MAY q, 1898.
F. ]. V. Rutkowski improved his
place of business with a new awning
this week.

r. y. V. nutkOWshl IulpioNcu hie
place of business with a new awning
this week.
An inch or two Of snow fell Thursday
night. just enough to let us mortal'
know that winter has not got very fal
away.
If you can't 60 to the Worlds Fair, e
to the Columbian Social next Wednes
day evening, buy a state and take tril
to the capital.
We are requested to announce tha
Rev. Father Cassidy, of Hot Springs
will conduct services in the Custer Cath
olic church tomorrow morning.
D. w. Webster officiated as cashier o
the Custer County Bank, Monday. T
w. Delicate returned from Nebrasks
City, Tuesday morning, and relieved
him.
Chester Henderson and Mrs. Ger.
trude Huff were united in marriage, at
Hot Springs, on Monday of this week.
They will reside near Pringle, this
county.
The Monday morning B. & NJ, rassen-
ger arrived nearly four hours behind
time. The delay was due to severe
storm in Nebraska, and an unusually
heavy cargo Of hoboes.
Rev. J. B. earns, presiding elder of
the Black Hills Mission Conference is
recovering from dangerous illness
with which he was stricken soon after
his last visit to Custer.
Rev. d. w. Tracy will preach the
memorial sermon in the Baptist church.
tomorrow morning. No morning SER
vices will be held in either the Con-
eregational or Methodist church.
Ed. Towns, the travelling representa-
tive of the Sioux City Journal, and
gentleman well known in every Black
Hills city and town, has for the past two
weeks been confined to his room in the
Evans, at Hot Springs, with serious at
tack of inflamatory rheumatism.
The Minnesota capitalists who recent
ly invested in the B. & NJ. mica proper
~, located few miles east of town. are
expected TO pay Custer another visit
within the next ten days. Their COM
ing is awaited with considerable inter
est on the part Of those who have mica
mines for sac.
The Custer schools closed Thursday
afternoon for the summer vacation
A literary and musical program was
carried out in the high school room
the other departments assisting in the
exercises. The school picnic which was
planned for Friday, vas necessarily
postponed, the weather being anything
but favorable to out door amusements
NJ E. HinRley, q nurseryman from
Marcus, Ia, was in Custer and vicinity
last week and the first of this one, in
search of Black Hills trees with which
to stock his Iowa nursery. Mr.. Hink-
ley, assisted by II. G. Bradley of this
place, gathered 4l,1O0 spruce trees in
six days, and Tuesday evening he start
ed for home we'll satisfied with the re-
suit of his labors.
The attention Of our readers is direct
ed to the advertisement of H. F. Lake,
dealer in boots and shoes, which appears
in this issue of the CHRONICLE Mr..
Lake will move into his new store build
ing next week, and at the same time
will open up big stock of spring and
summer footwear. He believes in ad
vising his patrons of his movements by
the copious use Of printers ink
Judge Gardner has been requested to
go to Sturgis and preside at the trial of
ID. p. Flood, the ex-treasurer OF Meade
county who has been indicted for for
gerry and embezzlement. The judge will
probably accept the invitation and 90
up and hear the case about the 5th of
June. To bring about the change of
judges, Flood made affidavit Of his be-
lief that Thomas was prejudiced against
him.
Odo Reder, Custer's rustling lumber
dealer took hasty trip to Deadwood,
Tuesday, to bid on a lumber contract
which was being let by Fitzpatrick Bros
* Collins, Mr.. Reder returned Tuesday
evening with an order for 10000 feet
of lumber, and he will commence ship
ping it at once. Tunes will be lively
in the !. Der camps for a while, as the
time granted for the filling of the con-
tract is limited.
For the benefit of those who may
wish to attend the pioneers picnic at
Rapid City, on the Sth Of next month,
the B. &. NJ. will sell tickets to Dead
wood and return at the rate of one fare
for the round trip. Tickets will be sold
June 9TH and 9Th, and will be good to
return from the 9TH to 9th, inclusive.
The F. E. & NJ. V. r. r. Co. will make
the excursionists the same rate from
Deadwood to Rapid.
The excavation for the cellar and
foundation of Fitch & Co.'S. new store
building was commenced the first of
this week. A structure of brick 3Ox5O,
ono story high. will be erected on the
site of the one which was burned last
December. and this added to the stone
building which now stands on the rear
half Of the lot, will make pleasant and
commodious quarters for the exhibition
Of the company's large stock Of dry
goods.
The K. P's. held special meeting last
Monday evening to receive Grand
Chancellor Cherrie of Sioux Falls, and
Grand vics Chancellor Timmerhof, OF
Hill CITY. who paid the lodge an ofBcial
yisit. Mr.. Chsrrie, wso 10 fluent and
entertaining speaker. addressed the
Knights for an hour. instructing them
inths work Of the order, and In con-
Gliding his remarks stated that he found
the Custer lodge in 4 condition which
entitled Z 70 rank with the very best
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