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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

We learn hat S. n. Fitch is contem-
plating the erection of two, or more
residences fer rent. We hope Mr.. F..
will decide to proceed in this direction
at once, as such buildings are in good
demand, and the supply wholly INSULT
cient to meet it. Custer is probably the
only town in the Hills where there is
not sufficient building to meet present
requirements.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

Two Sticks, the Indian recently con-
victel at Deadwood Of the murder of
the cowboys at Humphreys ranch, and
sentenced to be hung on the 2Sth inst,
Vii no be Aaaassa on that 3D.. il u sl nj
prepared ard filed a bin Of exceptions
reciting numerous errors in the tria. OF
his case, to be followed by an appeal to
the supreme court. This viii doubtless
delay the execution of the sentence un-
til the old man shufiles off naturally, OF
time sufficiently soften public sentiment
to warrant his release, and afford him
another opportunity to indulge in his
%favorite pastime of extinguishing the
life light of his pale faced brethren.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

The CHRONICLE, Of late, has said but
little concerning the Axle Grease fac
tory. which Is being established at this
place, for the reason that there was but
little that could be said in addition to
what had previously been related. The
small force employed have been con-
t~inually engaged, and so far as the
buildings are concerned, they may be
said to be practically completed. but
there yet remains q large amount OF
work to be performed in the adjustment
of the machinery, a portion Of which
has not yet been received. With the
limited working force employed. it may
be consistently expected that the
plant will not be ready for se veral
weeks, q fact which the CHRoNlcLH
chronicles with regret, realizing, as il
does. that IL due diligence had been OBJ
served by its promoters, it would have
been in active operation some time ago.
Az il is the people of Custer can only
console themselves with the delicious
thought. that the good things Of this life
only come to those who patiently wait.
Let " al pray-for patience.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

ANA, and fulfil the most ardent hopes
of its owners and their friends, who
rejoice with them in the good fortune
which has fallen to their lot by persist.
ent effort in a field, the merits Of which
they have o brought within the Easy
range of the clouded vision Of an in
credulous world.
$1,000 A TOM.
Assayer Lyon recently reduced a piece
of rock from the Guilty Sark mine, which
is six miles from Rockford. to concen-
trates at the rate Of 81 to |, and assayed
the concentrates, which returned at the
rate ofS36,600.2 % per ton in gold. This
is equal to 81 900 "A ton of ore. AT this
rate the Guilty Sark people do not need
many tons of ore. By the by. for the
benefit of those who do not know what
the name Guilty Sark means, we will say
that it is a Scotch name and means
short shirt" The "Short Shirt" mine
promises to take place among the Home
stakes, Golden Rewards and other bon
anzas before long.-Times.
GOLD IN CHUNKS
The Rapid Journal says: The Holy
Terror mine at Keystone is proving to
be one OF the most wonderful mines
ever opened in the Black Hills, or in
the west for that matter. One day this
week q large nugget was taken out that
weighed nearly a pound and contained
at least 5000 in gold. Yesterday in max
ing the crosscut Of the ledge, shortly
before the c~ave.in occurred, a pocket oil
nuggets was uncovered and nuggets
valued at from four dollars to sixty dol
lars eacn were taken out. The owners
of the mine state that the ore is steadil,
growing richer and the vein wider as
depth is attained. If this piece of prop
erty was located in any other country
except in the Black Hills every eastern
newspaper would be daily filed with
accounts of the richness of the ore body
exposed and men would flock from al
sections Of the country to that camp and
by this time there would be a town
whose population would far exceed any
town now in existence here i'll the
Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

The time has come when juvenile
thoughts are turned to the greatest event
Of the year, the coming of Santa Claus.
They may be daily seen looking wist-
fully at the attractions displayed in the
show windows Of our merchants, their
minds absorbed in the contemplation of
the various articles, and specializing
upon the chances Of old Santa selecting
some of the most desirable gifts for
them. The impress Of healthful hope
may be plainly discerned upon the
happy faces of some, while the evidence
Of prospective disappointment is shown
in the sad faces of others. There are
but few Of the | tier class, and it is to
them that our attention should be d.
rected to the end that the great ami
versary We celebrate may be made as
happy and enjoyable to them as it is
sure to be to the offspring Of the well to
do. We have a vivid recollection of the
time when we was an anxious juvenile
expectant of these ~favors, but alas /! it
was a long time time ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
Elaoted.

At a meeting Of Tin City lodge No. 80,
X. Of p, held at their hall Tuesday
evening, the 9th inst, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
term:
S. n. Fitch, C. G.
Geo. B. Hitch, V. C.
;. +. Aiusley, Prela'e.
ID. Henault, VI. of w
T. V. Garlock, K. K. and s.
A. NJ. Willard, NJ. +.
w. Ii. 10y, NJ. +.
K. Robertson, NJ. A..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
SATURDAY, DECEMBER S, 1894.
Fresh butter at the City Market.

Rapid City is making an effort in the
direction CT securing a daily mail from
that place to keystone.
One car of salt is going fast. Buy
now before it is too late.
7. V. Garlock.
Frank Reder of this place has entered
the Black Hills College at Hot Springs
for tie Commercial curse.
Headquarters for Santa Claus at
Heideprlem's.
DIR. A. NJ. Overman, an old pioneer Of
the northern Hills, died at Spearfsh on
Tuesday, the 4th inst, after a lingering
illness, aged 70 years.
Winter underwear at W. A. Smiths
Sl.25 a suit.
The best way to avoid scalp diseases,
hair falling ont and premature badness,
is to use the best preventive known for
that purpose-IIall's Hair Remover.
Don't fail to see H~eidepriem's elegant
and attractive stock Of Holiday goods
before making your purchases in this
liue.
CT Stack pole, of Hot Springs, has
~~fone east to make final arrangements
for the building of the new electric rail.
way from the Springs to Wind Caye.
For fall and winter underwear go to
w. A. Smiths.
Fred Evans recently took a party of
Omaha capitalists to the Keystone
camp, to inspect the various mining
properties with a view to Investment.
The postofice at Minnekahta. Fall
River county, will be discontinued after
Dec. 18Th, no democrat being willing to
run it for the small amount there is in
it.
a. Wilcox, successor to William Aus
tin, offers -four, feed, baled hay. oats,
corn. meal, rye and graham -four at bot
tom figures for cash. Give him a call.
Miss Augusta, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Schmidt of this place, was
among the number Of rev students en-
rolled at the Black Hills College at Hot
Springs on Wednesday.
Just received at w. A. Smiths a big
assortment Of fall and winter goods.
Congregational Church, John J. Shin
gler, Pastor-Preaching at II a. m. and
$50 p. m. Evening subject, "Presenti-
ments, their Origin and Purpose" sun
day School at 10 a. m, and Senior En-
deavor at Gas p. m.
Just received car cf hrnn and shorts
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Fargo Odd Fellows in Trouble.

st. Paul Dispatch: The Northwest
Odd Fellows Review, which from
time to time has published matter
concerning lodges in this jurisdiction
to contribute to the aid of the suffer.
Ing Odd Fellows of Fargo, this week
comes out and scores the members OF
Northern Light lodge of Fargo in
very strong terms. The paper states
that 1t comes to the editor on the best
of authority that the lodge did not
use the fund of which over $1,000
Was received, for the relief of the
needy. and that the lodge distributed
but $50 in all among the few fami.
lies who seemed to need aid at once.
The balance, $500, was placed in
the lodge treasury, and it is now the
intention of the lodge, to use it in
building Il handsome temple. 1t fur.
ther appears that the lodge was fully
insured and did not lose Il dollar, and
that it now has $4,000 in bank, and
real estate to the amount of $4,000
Oh which there is but $4,000 incum.
brance. The paper states that many
Odd Fellows who were out of employ.
ment divided almost their last dollar
with the supposed sufferers ut Fargo
and demand a full investigation by
the grand lodge of North Dakota and
the return of the money to the juris.
dictions from which it was received
if the reports are found to be true.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
The Battle Of New Orleans.

On January s, 1915, occurred the re.
pulse of the last invasion of the
United States attempted by Il Euro.
pean power. The British veterans,
fresh from the Napoleonic wars of
the Spanish peninsula, fell back in
route before the inexperienced levies
under Andrew Jackson, and left New
Orleans. founded in Ills. to lie forever
an American city. 1t seems Il little
strange that while Jackson's later
life as a military man and twice presi.
dent is so well known, almost nothing
is said of the fact that he was in early
life twice United States senator and
also Il judge Of the supreme court of
Tennessee. The commander in two
wars with Indian tribes, his military
renown rests almost wholly on the
battle of New Orleans. aud his politi
cal followers celebrate it still by ;
yearly banquet. Scarcely any city il
the Union is so interesting to north
erners as New Orleans, especially il
the winter, about the time of it
unique Mardi Gras festival. The hes
and most direct line from the North
west is via the Burlington Route
Call on any ticket agent for informa
tion as to rates and routes, or address
WI. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent
st. Paul, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
The Great Wealth In Native Coal.

Hon. A. C. McGillivray of Dickin-
son, is in the city, accompanying his
two nieces, Edith and Grace Mouta-
que, who will attend the st. Johns
academy with which school Mr.. Nc
Gillivray is we'll pleased. Speaking
Of the great Dickinson product. lig.
mite coal, MI. McGillivray says:
There is more wealth in the coal
.u:nas of this state than in the wheat
lands of the Red River valley. We
{ working a full force nights and
days. Have orders from an over the
state, even from as far as Pembina.
Ignite coal is coming into use more
and more. We have purchased a IS.
horse power boiler and dynamo.
illhoist coal to the top of the mint
and shoot it to the cars on track :
great deal faster than heretofore
and will light the mine by electricity
Last week we sent a trainloat
through to Fargo. The people on TIN
500 are using it more this year thar
etbefore, and the mines in tn
Muse are turning out a good dea
offie fuel The railroads of cours
do not ike to lose the long haul from
Duluth, for the short haul from tn
state, but the people are bound +
haye cheaper coal aud they are emit
tied to It.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Stock Meeting ut Mandan.

Below is Il reproduction of the re.
port of the North Dakota Stock Grow.
ers' meeting held in Mandan last week,
as reported by the Pioneer of that
place. 10 many of our readers it will
be interesting.
The executive board of the North
Dakota Stock Association met in the
city this week. 1t spent Wednesday
II Thursday reviewing the work Of
the year. Those present We're Messrs.
Dan Manning, w. L. Richards, w. G.
Badger, l.. Connolly and j. :. Green.
The records relating to inspection of
cattle and other matters that the as
ISOLATION has had to deal with. were
gone through very fully. 1t appeared
from the records that the inspection
in st. Paul and Chicago this year has
reported Il large number of brands
more than ever before, and the ;,ssu.
citation has found where the Stock
went. But the inspect DIS seem to
have lacked that bulldog pertinacity
which is needed in ideal inspectors,
and which is absolutely essential for
an Inspector in dealing with shippers.
and in insisting that cattle not be-
longing to the parties shipping them
shall be accounted for to their own
ers. AS far us has been ascertained.
the inspectors have not used the Dos.
tai cards provided hy the Secretary.
which were printed and furnished for
the purpose of notifying the owners
OF cattle that some of their brands
were found in certain shipments.
This omission on the part of the in
spectors has caused more dissatlsfac.
clon than any II thing, among the
small OWNERS of cattle.
The Secretary will neXt season have
ii system U! Inspectors sheets. There
Will be IL series of these sheets. of
which the President will have one ut
Dickinson, and there will he one ut
the FIRST National bank of Mandan
for the inspection of the general pub
lie. The brands of members of the
association reported by the insprc.
tors. will he copied on these sheets.
as it is not intended that the society
will give the same advant ,ges To on.
members as to members.
The executive board have worked
hard and patiently unraveling all the
intricacies OF the inspection of thJ
last season, aud they are satisfied that
the association has done much for the
stockmen during the past year, and
there are yet even greater possibili.
ties for the future.
The board passed a resolution ten.
dering its thanks to the Hon. l.. a.
Simpson of Dickinson for his
ful efforts ut Stanton last Summer, to
get his client, G. G. Moore, out of the
country.
AT the meeting it developed that
the association had expended $346. 81
in legal and other fees in the prosecu.
ton of c. c. Moore, i'm addition to
time of the secretary and other mem
bers, worth $3.50 more, for which of
course no charge is made. The mem.
bers feel that the money has been
we'll expended; that the work done
would never have heen undertaken,
and the expenses born by amy one
man, and the result, in routing out a
nest OF hard characters, has been one
which every stockman will profit by.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
How many ever stop to con

How many ever stop to con-
slider what the native coal deposits
are worth to this community in
dollars and cents? 1t is safe
enough to say that not one person
out of a hundred realizes the half
of its real value-the money it
keeps at home, and the money it
actually brings to Dickinson. A
low estimate of the amount of
Ignite coal used in town, exclu-
sive of what is used in the North
ern Pacific shops and by the
Dakota Land & Col. Co. in the
manufacture of brick, is 1900 tons
annually. This is worth 81 per
ton, or $4,000. Instead of being
sent out of the country to enrich
mine owners of the East, this
fifteen thousand dollars is paid at
the rate OF about $1,000 per month
for the winter season to owners of
mines at home and to the farmers
who not only supply themselves,
but bring in a few loads each week
with which to purchase the neces-
saries of life. But this is not all.
Our Lehigh mines bill out from
Dickinson every week from $1,000
to $1,000 worth of coal for eastern
parts of the state. Thus it is seen
that the coal output is worth
$4,000 in cash annually. And, if
the development of the industry
increases for the coming five years
at the same rate as it has the past
year, the annual output will reach
we'll up in the hundreds of thou
sands.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Proceedings Of the Board Of County
Commissioners, Billings County.

MEDoRA, N. D., Jan. End, 1894.
County commissioner met in regular session
at II q. m.
Present Chairman Lang and commissioner Fer. /.
Meeting called to order by Chsirman Lang.
ia. Barker, having been reelected commits
sioaes IN precinct No. and having received hs
seat as q memb Der Of the board.
mr.: Lang nominated Mr.; Ferris, chairman for
Ferris fiS% Was declared Ssaiis as eha 1aaass seconded and M.
taxes for 1892 was discussed; and moved BY Nj.
from the tax list as uncoliectable the i've follow
+ 3: Philbricl, John D. Moore, W. 8. Prior,
In regard to Nj. Woodm.n' application for 70.
anca9n q assessment, It was moved BY Nj. Lang,
seeoade ~ BY . Mr.; Barker and carried. 70 recon-:
recommended by the state auditor.
In mr. regard to M. Wibaux's application for re.
aadHon % .. siis nstrue'edI to on w nSt1 IN. q wi sr; L S'tE
. view to settlement Of his claim.
Mr.: Lang moved. Mr.. Barker seconded, to
valuation Of cattle OH. Carlisle and d'a q reduction
Of g head of horses and that Mr.. Carlisle be noti.
fed to that effect.
urer, was approved and filed.
The following bills were allowed:
S SS!@sn f EsSe,, iisaa'z ind md work on CT II: 3 e e
Norman Lebo, moving county treas. safe, 8 %
I. a. Lang, comfy auPt. Of echools,..... % 90
r.. z F Foley' am5dsvit ices ss; and stamps. g 60
W. P Mofat, official estray papcr...... 500
E:E Mlkkleson, INSPECTOR Of election. 9 90
" w. a.Rsid. judge SSSse 81 e %sl eta I g
Geo. %. Reid, clerk Of election, "..... zoo
Car, H l5ona1 na:t CLERK s, Of election, 2 GO
janitor.. -. ......".:..... GOO
Geo. ". Myers. stamps, express, etc.... 81
Gen w NpWtoD n6viuorv Corrsol kn ~
Geo. p; Barnard s CO., ';uppiiss.:::. 81 IS
NIL. Ayers, printing and stationery: IS is
Nugent q Brown, blanks, ...."...... 50 50
Grsgor Lang, county commissioner, Oct, q %
On motion board adjourned until . O'Clock,
Jan. 8, '94.
January 8. 9a, m.
Meeting called to order by the chairman, pres
ent all members.
Regarding the purchase of a safe for the clerk
of the courts. on motion Of MIR. Lang, the auditor
was instructed to write to the Victor Safe and
Lock &c. concerning q certain size, and also to
write the Morton county officials with regard to .
safe which they have for sale.
On motion of Mr.. Ferris, seconded by Mr.: Lang.
per Tor the coming year.
Mr.. Ferris moved that the services of Mr.. New.
ton advisory counsel be dispensed with and that
he be notified to that effect.
MI: Lang moved as an amendment that Mr..
Newton's services be retained, and that in the
with the services Of an advisory attorney.
Mr.. Barker seconded Mr.. Ferris motion and it
was carried.
On motion the following additional bills were
allowed:
J. A: Barker, county commissioner. IS 90
s.M. Ferris, county commissioner and
.otner serVlCes, y 70
Grcgor Lang, county commissioner. ..... 16 90
Wolf Bonnties, aggregating, ...."..,...... el3 90
There being no further business, the board
| adjourned sine die.
! /. 8. FOLEY,
County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13

Thos. Yeakel is sick and at last re.
ports was quite poorly.
The weather is not so cold as last
week. but thu. SNOW is almost IA foot
deep.
Gideon Henderson and Geo. Hughes
are ut the Smith ranch in Mercer
county. chasing the Antelope.
The ice harvest is the best-and
quite Il number of the people here
abouts are putting up ice now.
Sleighing is good and our people
avail themselves of the opportunity to
g., and the social calls are many.
Peter Wagner has been appointed
postmaster ut Richardton, aud there
is some talk of a change ut Antelope.
Stock which is allowed to srustle''
is doing quite well, and we'll it is So
as m;tny farmers are hecoming alarm.
ed lest they run short of hay before
spring.
Since the county board adjourn ed
nearly everybody wants to be road
master, believing, from bills allowed,
that there is more money IN that pr.
sition than there is in farming.
Thos. Callahan was somewhat care.
less as to how he was going about last
Monday and Jack Frost got in his
deadly work on Toms face, and now
he looks as if he had the lumpy.jaw.
Constable Urey has much riding to
do nowadays and justices Chandler
and Wagner have many cases on their
dockets, and are much perplexed in
their efforts to get the kinks out of
the complications into which some of
the folks have got their affairs.
The regular meeting of the Ante.
lope school board was held last Tues
day. The ~treasurer's and clerk 8 re.
ports were presented and approved;
the district has ninety.tive children
of school age; has four schools; had
nineteen months of school taught
last year, by four teachers, whose wag
es averaged thirty.five dollars per
month; property valuation, 900,
a bonded Indebtedness of ST., 1000, paya.
hle after 1895; and has 1897 in the
treasury.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Edison on ocean Rapid Transit.

AAA0
Edison declares that rapid transit
through the water is only a question
Of reducing the friction between the
sides Of the ship and the water.
What makes the resistance that the
ships screw must overcome is the
fact that the ship drags a lot of wa
ter along with her. To illustrate
this: Say the vessel is going 20 miles
an hour; two feet from her sidethe
water is going 10 miles an hour, four
feet away 5 miles an hour, eight feet
away 2 miles an hour, nine feet off
i mile an hour and so on in diminish
ing ratio. All this water the vessel
is dragging along with her. That is
what the engine has got to do-not
force the ship through the water, but
carry the water along. This all
comes from the fact that the water
sticks, as it were, to the side of the
ship.
Edison believes that some means
will be discovered of lessening the
friction between the sides of the YES
sci and the ocean. The result might
possibly be achieved, he thinks, by
forcing some cheap oil through the
pores of the sides of the ship under
the water line. She would then slip
across the Atlantic on a bed of oil
like creased lightning, as it were.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Buying q Horse,


No sensible man will buy a horse
Of any value, and one which he ex-
poets to do him good service, without
submitting to a qualified veterinary
surgeon, says a writer in a foreign
exchange. Many an unprofessional
man has a good eye for a horse, but
he knows little or nothing of it's
structure and anatomy compared
with the trained veterinarian. More
over. the amateur judge of a horse is
apt to fly to certain points where he
thinks he may detect something and
overlook others. The veterinary sur
geon who is examining horses almost
every day not only brings his scien-
tifc knowledge to bear, but conducts
his examination in a systematic man
mel, going all over the horse before
he has done with him. If there be
manifest unsoundness, it will be dis
covered and pointed out, but it is in
the discovery and indication of in
cipient unsoundness that the training
and practice of the veterinarian are of
supreme value.-Springfeld Home
stead.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Father Vincent on Coal.

In a Devils Lake paper is found /,
paragraph on the fuel question of the
state. There being no Ignite depos.
it's in the eastern part of the state,
the price is considerably in advance
of ours, and still they find it a saving
to use II coal.
In conversation with Rev. Father
Vincent. prior Of st. Calls Monastery,
located near this city. we learned that
nothing but Ignite was burned in
that institution, lie says: We have,
Il hot air furnace which Gust 1925, and
it heats eight roolns. 1t requires but
II fue. VIZ use Ignite coal, which
cost us by the carload, 81 81 a ton.
consider this the cheapest fuel to ht
had. 1t keeps the house Very com.
Portable and AT IL minimum cost. AT
Bismarck l have seen stoves espe-
cially constructed for Ignite. which
keep fire lay AMI nj .ht.
The Dickinson press., 1894-01-13
Didn't Feaze hi. White.

One day, while his apparatus for
deep sea soundings by means of steel
pianoforte wire was being construct
ed, Lord Kelvin entered Mr.. Whites
shop in Glasgow along with the
great DR.. Joule, celebrated for his
determination of the mechanical
equivalent Of heat. Joule's attention
was called to a bundle of the piano
forte wire lying in the shop, and
Thomson explained that he intended
it for sounding purposes" what
note9" innocently inquired Joule, and
was promptly answered, 1.-THE deep
C."-Chicago Post.