Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-19
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and his regiment, He Is also accused Of
insu ubordination and by way OF retaliation
he has preferred charges against Captain
George ID. Adams, the present company
commander. The members OF the com
pany are divided in sentiment, but the or
ganizstion will be maintained and tho
state authorities will settle the difficult.
ties.
Lively interest Is manifested in all parts
of the state in the artesian wells and irri-
CATION convention to be held In Huron
next month. Major Powell OF the United
States geological survey, and also
Prof Hay, J. S. Emery, national
lecturer on irrigation; Prof. f. r.
Moses, president of the Interstate Irriga.
tion associatian, DIR. William Blackburn
of Pierre university, Prof. j. e. Todd,
state geologist. and DR.. McLouth OF the
state Agricultural college, are among
those who will be present. Municipal.
itics, townships and counties are arrang,
Ing to send representatives to the meet.
ing, which promises to be one OF the moss
important OF its kind ever held in this
part Of the northwest
a Dcadwood boy, Arthur Howe Carpen'
ser, bids fair to take high rank AZ
mathematician. The April num-
her of the St. Nicholas Maga'
ne gave him very nice notice for solu
ION Of a question involving the highest
mathematical science, while within one
month after entering the Ohio university
he had SO distinguished himself that he
was elected member of the oldest and best
Greek letter society in the college, an
honor which had never been SO soon con-
fcrred upon any student OF the school.
A man named Vanbuskirk. deserter
from Kelly's commonweal army, robbed
the American express Office at Winterset,
Ia, of number of blank express orders,
went to the Black Hills, filled them out
and passed two orders for $40 each, one
at Edgerton and one at Deadwood, and
upon attempting to cash the third one at
Rapid City was captured by the American
Express company's special detective,
Bount, who followed him from Winterset.
The contract has been let to sink the
Star shaft Of the Homestake mine at
Deadwood 100 feet deeper. The shaft Is
now down 800 feet. The contract was
awarded to the contractor who put the
shaft down 100 feet below the 6O0-foot
level In reality the shaft will he, when
this shaft shall have been sunk, $50 feet
deep, as there will be a thirty-foot pump
driven below the last station.
Hon. Bartlett Tripp United States min
lister to Vienna. Austria, has returned to
Yankton on leave Of absence from his
post. He will be in the United States for
hn, 4,,,n upd will Walt "A Hanuh.
ter in Tacoma, Wash, who will probably
return to Vienna with him. Minister
Trip is in excellent health andis charmed
| with Vienna.
The decision of the Northern Pacific
gross earnings tax case by the United
| States supreme court has very impor
tant bearing in North Dakota and means
that about s83, Coz will be divided among
the four counties OF Stutsman, kidder,
Richland and Mclean. The two counties
of Stutsman and Kidder will each get
over sl2, COO and tho other two counties
each over a., 900.
Tho amount of milk delivered at tho
Dell Rapids creamery for the month OF
April, the latter part Of the month being
estimated, Is $4,000 pounds. In the month
OF March the company paid out for milk
trife over 81 600. The amount of money
paid out for milk will average not far
from $40 each month for the entire
year, or sl6, 800 for the year.
Judge Campbell has granted a tempo
rary injunction, at the request of citizens
OF Britton and Marshall counties, enjoin-
ing the supervisors Of Miller township
from turning over to the rain appropria-
tion fund the sum of 5000. which it was
voted by u very small majority. So far as
known, no steps have been taken looking
to the dissolution of the order.
A case involving the validity OF $4,000
worth of bonds issued by the city Of
Huron set for trial In the United States
court in Sioux Falls, has been continued,
pending decision by the court OF appeals
on what Is known as the Huron school
bond case, in which q number OF similar
questions are involved.
Parties who have the contract to supply
mares for the Indians are shipping the
horses to Kimball preparatory to delivery
to the agency west OF the river, There
are now collected about 800 head and more
are coming every day. The horses are
bought In various parts of Iowa.
A small band of Sioux Indians that has
camped outside the town OF Moose Jaw,
N. w T., since 1888, will shortly be moved
to the United States. They are a remnant
OF old Sitting Bulls tribe, and with
others took refuge In Canada after the
famous Custer massacre.
DeSmet is making extensive prepara-
rations for the state encampment of the
@. A. r., w. r. c. and S. of V. of the state
Of South Dakota, which Is to be held there
on June S, and7
Fire broke out In the Hunting elevator
at Alexandria and before 1t was extin-
guished IL had consumed the elevator and
three other buildings, entailing loss Of
g., 900
Between twenty and thirty prairie
schooners passed over the pontoon bridge
at Cham berain the other day on their
way westward to the ceded Sioux lands.
Hot Springs is trying to secure tho 10.
cation OF the sanitarium to be erected this
summer by the Travellers Protective Asso-
citation of America.
Chief of Police Dickson of Sioux Falls
Gays the nickel-in. the-slot machines In
that city have got to 90.