Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-06
DAKOTA.

Sturgis Is TO have new opera house
A 80 b,0)3 Catholic church will be erected
at Salem in the spring.
Eastern capitalists will erect another
cement factory in Ysnkton.
Onida, the county seat Of Sully county,
will bond for an artesian we'll.
A colored cyprian OF Deadwood named
Fannie suicided by taking chloroform.
Grant county farmers are ngitating the
question of starting butter and cheese
factories.
The war departm ent has shipped fifteen
! tombstones to be erected over the graves
of ex-soidiers at Huron,
An Alpena merchant has shipped more
| than 1000 jack rabbits to Minneapolis
! this season and has orders for 5000 more.
A meeting of the county auditors OF the
state vii, be held at Mitchell on January
g. The principal object is to make con-
c,rted effort for an increase of pay.
At Chamber connection has been
made so that water can be turned into the
mains OF the town from the big artesiai
well at the mill in case OF an emergency,
The business men OF Mitchell are max
Ing an effort to form stock company tn
purchase the fair grounds in Mitchell for
the purpose Of improving the track and
making it one of the best in the north
west.
While grading for a barn being erected
upon the site of the old CASTILLO STAMP
mill, wOrKmeu struck large quantity OF
almost pure amalgum. Three wagon
| loads Of 10 and the dirt around 1t were
gathered up and will be treated
Indian Agent Treon OF Crow Creek and
Lower Brule consolidated agencies has
inst made a payment of 5000 to the Indi
ans at Lower Brule agency. The money
is paid these Indians for cattle which
they have raised and sold to the govern
ment
The annual report of State Mine In
spector OBren shows the total number
OF miners employed in the Hills, iude
pendent of mill and reduction plants, to
be l. 4O2, a very big majority OF whom arc
under the employ OF the Homestake com
pany at Lead City.
Mrs. Lockwood, accompanied by hei
two daughters aud maid, have arrived a
Sioux Falls, and the fact that she has Sc
cured tho services OF one Of the leading
attorneys indicates that she Is divorced
She most beautiful woman, reputed t
New York society.
Judge Plowman OF Deadwood has re
ceived by express from the United State
fish commission 200 trout OF the specie
known as "speckled beauties The
came in cans filled with water and al
rived In good condition. The judge will
have them in his fish pond on his s.
Onge ranch at once.
Charles A. Johnson has been appointe
city marshal OF Yonkton TO fiji the une'
pired portion OF Marshal Sieberts tern
+ q. A. Bale, who has occupied the pulp
of the Baptist church in Parker sine
July, has resumed his theological studie
, in Chicago. Rev q. w. Swift of Armou
will succeed him
One OF the thriving Industries OF Il
northern Black Hills is q beaver farm
owned by Barker & Smith. They have
large tract OF land fenced off and hay
been raising beavers for few years, unit
q now they have over 200 ana many Of the
e will be marketed this winter The
q ranch is in the Short Pine hills in Hardin
5 county.
g A Union county farmer named F.
= Rust expects to have 1000 dozen broom
as the product from his broomcorn fe
81 eight acres. He figures the broom
q worth, in the wholesale market, 81 p
= .ozan. The cost of construction Is es
IS mated at 80 cents per dozen, SO 1t leaves
a uet profit of 81, 900 for the produ.t of b
O aight acres Of ground, not counting t!
!, cost OF harvesting.