Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-09-15
DAKOTA.

The disbarment proceedings recently
commenced against Donovan Il Glover,
two divorce lawyers of Sioux Falls who
were charged with securing %divorcesl
f~raudulently have come to n sudden end,
unless new proceedings are c~ommenced.)
The defendants put in an appearance and
asked that the proceedings be dropped, as,
the papers required them to appear in
court August 1 instead of September A.
The Judge dismissed the proceedings, but
4 new service will be procured and the case
against them pushed. p,
DR.. \. NJ. Fisher, who was twice tried
rOr causing the death of Miss Minnie Oh
son and who spent "a year in the Sioux
Falls Jail. is in trouble again. Word
corcs from Pittsburg to the effect that
Eis her sent ont circulars advertising a set
II surgeons tools worth 800 for $40. An
Ohio physician sent the money and re-
cviycd neither tools nor account. Fisher
was arre ted for fraud and is now at Pitts
burg awaiting trial.
The pepulists of Ilamlin county are said
% have q new method OF raising campaign
funds. They meet in n barn in the evening
and a lady and "A lamp are placed behind "a
sheet fixed M for the occasion in such a
position that the lady's shadow falls upon
the sheet. The shadow * then sold at auc-
ton to the highest bidder, who has the
privilege Of taking The substance to n sup
per Of ice cream and cake at 10 cents per
fish.
a grain company composed mostly Of
farmers has been organized at Garretson.
The barn on the T.. w. Menke farm, one
nalf a mile west of Iroquois in Logan
township, was totally destroyed by fire.
There were seven horses aud colts belong
'ng to William Turner, who was living on
the farm, in the barn, aud 300 bushels of
wheat. one header and drill, one wagon
and three loads of hay.
The body of George Dorset, mail carrier
between Alcada. Mont. and Camp Crook,
this state. who was lost during the great
March blizzard was found twelve miles
north Of Belle Fourche. He had drifted
with the storm for twenty miles after
leaving his cart, which was found two
weeks after the storm. His money and
all the contents OF his pocket were intact.
The mail sacks have never been heard of.
Two men named respectively McNally
and Miller were arrested at Marion juno
ton by sheriff Stout of Parker. The par
ties were residents of that place and had
been lifting some iewclry from one of the
store, n that city to the amount of $40.
NcNaily taught school near Marion june
ton last winter and Miller is an employe
of Druggist Lloyd at Parker.
While attempting To arrest Nick Mason
ut Hudson for violation Of the liquor law,
Deputy sheriff Kittridgc was assaulted by
Mason. The deputy. in self defense, then
shot Mason. the bali entering the breast
and lodging under the left shoulder blade.
Nason is an old offender and has repeated
ly threatened to shoot kittridge for for
mer arrests.
Twenty thousand head of cattle are be-
ing shipped from ranches on the Sioux In
iian reservation along the Missouri river
and in the vicinity of Cheyenne. Fifteen
thousand will be sent from Pierre and
lcighhoring points, and 5000 or more from
Forest City and points north.
United states Court Commissioner Pat
.ison has discharged David White, under
he poor convict act, who was in Jail at
sioux Falls for stealing "A musket at Fort
Meade and sentenced to pay a fine of
Fl 600 at the April term of the district
,ourt.
II has just developed that Will Hoy,
who i IN Jail at Highmore under charge
Of cattle stealing, had been married only
three days previous to his arrest. His
wife, who is n girl of only II, is badly
broken up over his trouble.
j. NJ. Moriarty, late postmaster at War
ner, who has been under bonds for some
time, owing to his arrest Tor embezzlement
while postmaster, has been surrendered by
his hondsmen and now lies in the county
Jail in aberdeen.
The residence Of A. II. sutton, of Hills
WAS an old rct.idrnf and nro;ninept by cyy,tytEas
Of the county.
The program for the eighth annual
meeting Of the American Coursing club
which will be held at Huron October2. ha,
been issued and the event promises to bt
an interesting one
The divorce case Of Della Bardin, which
was tried in Brulc county, was decided 10y
Judge Haney at Mitchell. The plaintiff Is
granted an absolute divorce and 5000
alimony.
The city dads Of Sioux Falls passed an
ordinance over the mayors veto reducing
che salaries of all city officials for the en-
suing year.
James West, n 1G-vear-old boy of Sioux
Falls, was cut in two while attempting to
steal Il ride on n passenger train.
The daily edition of Robert Buchanan:
State Forum has made its appearance al
Sioux Falls.
millat Hurley.