Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-24
DAKOTA.
Artesian's new creamery will be In ope
ra An ~ A

/ city Tor civic ofnces on April II.
The reunion of the Black Hills soldiers
and sailors will be held at Sturgis July 3
and L.
The Christian church Of Aberdeen has
extended call to Rev. ]. d. Houston of
De Soto, la.
Milwaukee company has contracted
to sink four artesian wells in Douglas
county at s3 80 per foot.
The city council Of Sioux Falls has sen.
fenced TO death every dog found running
At large without license tag
The first joint debate OF the state uni
versities Of North and South Dakota re.
! suited in a victory for North Dakota.
1t is almost settled fact that some time
during the coming year Yankton will have
an opera house costing about $50, 600
The Jobbers and Manufacturers asso-
cation Of Sioux Falls has issued map
showing the iobbing territory Of that
city.
ID w Diggs, the defunct Milbank
banker. secured a change of venue to Cod
ington county and will be tried next No.
vember
The annual encampment of the militia
OF North Dakota will be held at James.
town, n. D., beginning June 49, and last
ten days
The total amount of premiums received
by insurance companies doing business In
this state last year, is s442, ,023; losses in.
Cured, 1908 l4O.
The Mitchell Coursing club has chosen
William Fox Kenney of Sioux Falls 10 be
] t,,AS tt,,o
TO be held April IL.
Mary Yusts who murdered Maggie Nc
Dermott IN Deadwood in fit of jealous
rage, was sentenced to three years and
seven months in tho penitentiary
One OF the richest gold strikes ever
made in Custer county was made on the
l00-foot level in the Old Charity mine,
four miles southwest OF Chester City.
The division council OF South Dakota
Sons of Veterans have rendered Captain
Il. 5 Gleason the office of colonel to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Colonel Carpenter.
The county commissioners Of Sphinx
county have called a special election
April 4 20 ascertain the sentiment of the
people on levying a mill tax for rain
making experiment.
The Omaha road, it IS expected, will ex'
tend its line from Mitchell to Wheeler
this spring, operations to commence as
soon as the opening Of the Yankton In
dian reservation is a settled fact
Squatters are settling upon the unsur
veyed and forgotten tracts Of land lying
Immediately south OF Vermillion, along
the Missouri Some of the contested
pieces will yield l25 cords of wood per
acre.
An unusually large cattle deal was
made at Rapid City the other day when
Peter Duhamel bought Of Woods. White
s. Woods their entire herd and brands
There are l,5,0 head of the cattle, for
which Mr.. Duhamel paid s20 per head.
Prof J. E. Todd of Vermilliou, DIR. W.
NJ. Blackburn OF Pierre, c. S. Fassett of
Hitchcock, 5. W. Narregang of Aberdeen,
H. L Humphrey of Faulkton, O 5. Bas-
ford Of Redfield and William b. Sterling
of Huron constitute a committee appointed
by the artesian we'll and irrigation con-
vention which was held in Huron recently
10 write an address TO the people of South
Dakota concerning these items: The re-
tanning and utilizing of the surface
water; the necessity of protection against
prairie fires; the proper location, con-
structlon and management OF arteslan
wells; the composition of artesian waters
and their effects upon vegetation; the ex-
tent, sources and adequacy of the arte-
sian supply; the capabilities of artesian
wells for power purposes and irrigation
the feasibility of irrigation in South Ds-
kota
The state OF South Dakota has formally
accepted the Fort Randall military reser-
walton, which reverted back TO the gov
ernment when vacated over year ago,
says the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. 1t
was ceded to the state under the indemn-
ity act by an appropriation bill passed
March =, 1898, Senator Pettigrew getting
the amendment through. This reserva-
tion comprises about 96 600 acres Of choice
farming and grazing lands in South Da-
kota and Nebraska. fully three-fourths
lying within the boundaries of this state
1t has a river frontage OF twenty-seven
miles. A good many squatters are To-
Gated on the land along the river and
streams, and more are settling thereon
every day. They will probably have to
be driven off by the state militia, as they
refuse to leave by the warning of the Gus
todian.
The whisky town known as Asymptotc,
Oh disputed ground between South Da.
kota and Nebraska has passed in it's last
check and is now no more forever Vari-
Gus moves have been made in legal way
against the keepers OF the joints, but in
every case have been unsuccessful. A
short time ago proceedings were brought
making the owner of the land n party
This soon had the desired effect, and now
the last remaining shanty has been
moved of, leaving no vestige of the late
important city. The land has been rented
TO parties who will fence it and make q
pasture Of 1t.
The board of supervisors Of Mellette
township levied q special tax Of mill and
q road tax of 3 mills was voted and levied
on all property within the township and
including the corporate limits of the town
Of Mellette, which is situated within its
boundaries. The legality OF this levy
within the corporate limits of Mellete is
questioned by leading citizens of the
IL the supervisors attempt to enforce col
lection.
Eureka has purchased new chemical
fire engine
Two years ago the supreme court of
South Dakota, in an opinion written by
Judge Kellam, held that q personal prop
erty tax lien against real estate does not
take precedence over q prior recorded
mortgage. At the time the decision was
made IL was in direct opposition to a de-
cision OF the Iowa supreme court handed
down few days before that time. Last
week the Iowa court reversed its first de-
cision, basing the reversal upon the de.
cision OF the South Dakota court.
An injunction has been secured against
the Anheuser-Busch brewing company OF
st. Louis. who recently opened bottling
works and q Wholesale house at Huron,
for violating the state prohibitory law. A
thousand dollars worth Of beer is now In
the possession Of the sheriff.
Governor Sheldon has issued Q procla-
nation qusrantining southern cattle from
export into South Dakota. The DO undar
les OF the district quarantined are the
same as adopted by the department Of
agriculture and the restrictions about
shipment Of cattle from infected distric t.
10 the same. The quarantine holds good