Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
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Complaint is being made that the fish in
Canod lake are being wantonly killed by
the use OF dynamite.
A number OF the best and most promi'
nent ladies Of Sioux Falls are forming
wholesale dry goods purchasing club.
g Citizens at Aberdeen have perfected .
bond guaranteeing right OF way and
depot facilities to the proposed Black
Hills road.
tion will hold its annual encampment at
Lake Preston d, on the week commenc'
ing June l2.
Gophers are becoming pest along the
James river north OF Yankton, and far.
mers have inaugurated a crusade against
the animals.
The state board of health has appointed
DR.. L. l. Doty, of Art.sian, superintend'
ent OF the county board of health for San
born county.
The l7-year-old daughter of Ole Fos'
mark, OF Alliance township, Moody
county, was drowned by falling into tie
Pipestone creek
Mat Montgomery, of Canton, has the
contract for removing the remains OF
about 1870 bodies buried at Fort Randall
the new cemetery.
The travelling men OF South Dakota
have effected an organization for mutual
benefit. and have located their headquar.
ters at Sioux Falls.
Charles Boy, prominent man Of Min
nehaLa county, died of lock jaw brought
on by serious injury which he received
In blasting explosion.
The telephone system at Sioux Falls
will be remodeled. New poles, new wire
and new Office Will be put IN. inc
change will cost 5000.
Jacob Seibert, a Yankton barber, was
tried for violating the Sunday law. The
Jury decided that il was a public neces-
sity to have barber shops open on sun.
day,
Plums, eurrants and gooseberries are
in full bloom in the vicinity OF fankton,
and there is reason to believe that there
will be an abundance OF these desirable
fruits.
The pontoon bridge at Chamberlain, 1
D., is in position again, and hundreds OF
cattle and scores Of land seekers are
crossing udily Oh tuS'F "sy w 49, ~~~N
Sioux lands.
White -FaceHorse, the Indian impli'
Gated in the killing Of cowboys some
weeks ago, and said to afterwards hava
committed suicide, IL aliv0 and well, hid
den at Pine Ridge agency.
The Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills
railroad has commenced condemnation
proceedings against some thirty different
owners OF land in Hughes county Tor
right-of-way across their property
The proprietors Of the wind cave have
planned an excursion for the editors OF
the Black Hills, and individual Invita-
tions have been extended TO each OF she
members OF the fraternity and their
wives.
+. Rowe, horss doctor at Armour,
was arrested for locking his sick wife In
a room and refusing 10 allow her medical
assistance or food. The woman is suffer-
ing from a cancer and is in a critical con.
dition.
An Indian cavalryman named Harry
Woodface, at Fort Meade, was dishonor
ably discharged from the service and con
fined at hard labor in the post guard for
duet and striking a corporal of his troop.
The prohibition grand jury in session
at Pierre, which examined about lOO wit
nesses and returned number OF indict-
\ ments, was discharged by Judge Fuller
| and its acts declared void, as the panel
was found TO have been illegally drawn
w Sanford, of Chamberlain, has been
| granted the privilege by the city council
1 of constructing race track on American
! island. directly opposite that city. One
| of the finest tracks in the state will be
made there and some good races will bc
witnessed during the summer and fall
The elaborate monument placed over
the grave Of the late John John Guild in
! Deadwood about two years ago, has been
! taken down and shipped back 70 the No
braska State Marble company al Lincoln,
owing TO non-payment OF the purchase
price. The monument was one OF the
handsomest in Mt. Moriah cemetery.
w. S. Hail. Of the revenue department,
has recently completed a roundup of the
! Cinnamon residing in the state and fnds
that they number about 400. The Black
| Hills is credited with something like BOO
of the total number, everyone Of whom
| strikes fighting attitude when anything
| Is said 60 them about the Geary law.
Contractors on the government artesiar
we'll at the Indian school at Pierre struck
q flow Of water at depth of 81 0l0 feet
This establishes the fact OF the existence
of an artesian basin in this part VI the
state, which has always been questioned
The we'll will be sunk about 100 fee
deeper when the contractors expect q
gusher.
The people of the town Of Orient show
their enterprise by seeding 30 acres Of
wheat, the revenue from which is to be
devoted to building churches, 106 acres o
which are seeded by the Catholics and II
by the Methodist people. The result viii
be watched with interest to see which by
their skill in good farming and manage
ment will show the larger return.
A. w Mosher. a prisoner ia the count.
Iail at Pierre, charged with highway rob
berry, made his escape in clever manner
BY means of tools lie took the lock of ant
climbed up on top OF the cell and with al
augur bored thirty holes Through tn,
ceiling Of the Jail, making an outlet lead
ing into the clerk OF the courts effice, aut
from there climbed out Of tho window
He also unlocked the cell Of another pris
oner serving out a federal court sentence
bat the fellow refused TO go with him.
During the year eispsing since the open
! ing Of the Sisseton reservation 2,o5'
homesteads have be en hled upon it, leav
ing less than 400 open for settlement
These remnants are largely fraetiona
and are chiefly located on the hills. The
soil generally is rich, but the pieces lef
ere not, OF course, choice tracts, thougl
well adapted to stock and general farm
ing. Three fiourishing towns have ais
grown up-Sisseton, Summit and Efiins
ton-so that ii Is safe to place the whit
population Of the reserve at 10000, a clea
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