Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-04-07
SATURDAY. APRIL Z, 1894.
Hay, hay, hay, at Reder's at cost.

The Miner says: The members Of
the orchestra are enthusiastic over the
royal treatment they received at the
hands of the good people of Custer, on
the occasion of the masquerade last
Monday.
For latest style in dress making, call
on Miss X. J.. Everly, lower Custer Ave,
in building known as Van Devort resi-
dence.
Messrs. Lock, Topp. Hall and Bons-
field, of the South Dakota Mining COM
pany, have returned to Deadwood, but
are reticent as to the future intentions
of the company in regard to the re-
sumption of mining operations.
Go to Mrs shanklands for the latest
styles in millinery and dress making.
Custer Ave, opposite court house.
Custer was fortunate in missing the
storm of Tuesday Of last week, and barr
ing the wind which at times has rend.
cred it unpleasant by filling the air with
dust, the weather has since been as
pleasant as any one could desire.
Take your cash to Reder's and get
your -four and feed for cost
AT the late meeting of the Black Hills
Educational Association, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year President B. F. Fberhart Sec
retary, w. A. Ferguson Treasurer, Sue
j. Neil.
Bring your cash and ! will sell you
-four and feed for cost
Odo Reder.
Congregational Church, John J. Shing-
Ter, Pastor-Preaching at at | a. m. and
7:3O p. ~. Morning subject, Saline
Qualities" Evening subject, 'Individ
ualsm." Sunday school at 10 a. M,
and Senior Endeavor at 6:45 p. IN.
Willard c. Hall, who will be remem-
bered by the old timer of this place as
one of the pioneer placer miners of the
Dansby camp, near This city, has recent
ly been. by the president, appointed
register Of the land Office at Sundance.
Wyo.
Loudella Clark, an actress at the Gem
theatre in Deadw ood, committed suicide
syst Sunday by taking seventeen grains
I'm morphine. She left three farewell
lesat'rs in which the cause of her rash
act WAS claimed to be remorse over hav-
ing recently deyiaied from the path of
virtue.
The gold deposits of tins district are
receiving much attention by visitors
from abroad at this time, and it is a safe
presumption that number Of our lead
ing mines will soon pass into the hands
OF able corporations, and be successfully
operated to the great benefit Of Custer
and the Black Hills
The ladies of the Congregational
church will hold a fair at the Vienna
Hotel OH Tuesday evening, April 10th,
where articles both useful and orna
mental will be placed on safe Ice cream
and cake will be served for ID cents, and
sandwiches and coffee 10 cents. Every
body cordially invited
Besides the Axles grease factory.
which stands at the head of the
column in material importance, Gus
ter has numerous other pending addi-
tions to her unpublished business
directory, among which we note an
opera house, an armory, new grocery
store, dry goods Louse, butcher shop
and billiard hall.
Custer is probably the only town in
the Hills where the number of tele-
phones in nse has not been decreased
by reason of the hard times prevailing
during the past year. The decrease in
some of the towns has axceeded 40 per
cent, while in no place, except Custer r,
has the number used during the period
named been preserved intact.
NJ. Z. Church 10 a. M Sunday
School, NJ. A. Willis, Supt. ii a m. and
7:45 p. III. preaching. ~ m. Glass Meet
ing, J. e. Carr, leader. 3 p. m. preach.
ing at Evergreen school house. Gas D.
M, Epworth League, Miss earns leader.
Morning topic, Loyalty" Evening
subject. "Glorying in the Cross"
ARTHUR j. CHEEsEMAN, Pastor.
The fine residence Of Mayor J. NJ.
Woods, with most of it's valuable con.
tents, was destroyed by fire at Rapid
City on Tuesday night. A fine barn,
the property of Mr.. Woods, was also
destroyed, as also was the residence and
barn of his neighbor, Michael Whalen.
Mr.. Woods reports his loss at $4,000
Mr.. Whalen's loss is said to be S., 5000 or
$4,000. Insurance on the Wood property
was between $4,000 and $1,000.
Geo. Hair, late editor of the Belle
Fourche Bee, has put aside the faber
and gone east to seek fortune in some
other less trying industrial line. He
has been succeeded by Chester T. Mar.
tin. formerly ofthe Hot Springs Hatchet,
who is said to be thoroughly on to his
job, and faberist from away back. We
extend our best wishes for the enlarged
prosperity Of the Bee under the new
control. Long may she buzz.
The annual meeting of the Black Hills
Firemens' Association was largely at
tended at Hot Rprings on Tuesday.
Deadwood ard Spear6sh were the only
for the tournament, the
former capturing it easily. The tourna-
nent was set for Augut 2. 8 and 4. The
ollowing officers were elected: Presi-
lent Walter Anderson, Hot Springs;
st vice president, Robert Talent, Rapid
,ity recording secretary, Frank Evans,
lot Springs; corresponding secretary.
. J. Egan, Rapid City; treasurer, @. M. {
psncsr. Rapid City. IL