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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-24

The Marqucrade ball to be given at
the court house on Monday evening.
the 2Gih inst, under the auspices Of the
X. =. Lodge, promises to he the crown
ing social event of the season. Eiabor-
ate preparations have been made for
the occasion, and the arrangements are
now complete which fully warrant the
fullest possible measure Of enjoyment
for all participants. \ first class orches
ira, embracing six pieces, with piano,
will furnish the best of music for the
occasion, an excellent supper viii be
provided and patrons will he shown
every attention by the managers The
unusual efforts put forth 10y the com,
nnittees to make the occasion pleasant
and enjoyable in all its features should
be sufficient warrant for large attend-
auce.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-24
SUM MONS.

STATE or SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVENTH
> judicial Circuit, -. IN the Circuit Court
within aud for custer County.
Henry \. AlbcB, Plaintiff.
V ,lliam !. Bedford. Deft.
The Stale az south Dakota sends Greeting:
Tp William J. Bedford, the above named dc-
fypdau,
IOu are hereby summoned and required "a
answer q e rpaYl tiut ni the above named plaint-
~. q cop %. Nii'h j. herewith served Upun you,
t.G T. serve a cpDE al your answer upon the
sub ,eribrrs NJ their Office IA Custer Ci\. Sbuih
BIkud vii l;!H thiiiS al astcT the >crtirr oi this
s'Llmbn, Cu NoI exclusive 81 The Gay Oi S'i'h
,'Iyi e.: aa n to't i;i! 10 aisHcr his complaint
Wltni1 i"tt time, the plaintiff viii take Judy.
uprt AGAINST ycr iar the StH' 0f rHo IUGafed
aud -Four DoiliTS j~aOi.H) with interest thereon
from the 4;h day of December. iSSS, besides the
co~.> of thiS action.
na,-d ~ Custer Ciiy, S):th DaSUta, this 10Th
daN ut iamary, \. II. isli.
BUEL Il. WOOD & ~ 6. PORTER.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
STATE oF SoUTA phGOTA,
Couaty ui custer.
70 William j. Bedford. Defendant.
Please t,Sr notice that the SGlnIHOns and cont
,,laii, herein were fled with the Clerk of the
Circuit Noact. Seveutj Jndi"al Circuit, at his
pAicc 10 Custer iiN. f'nSi"r County. =. d., or
,h.' .l,G slay ~ January, 1854.
Dated ;Ais gfl nay of January, iSJi.
ByEL K WOOD & W. q. PORTER,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
First publication, Feb. 3, 1894.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-24
ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending December 81 A ID. 1898.
of the condition and affairs Of the Mauciiestcf
Fire Assurance Company of Manchcst sr. organ
lied under the laws Of the Kingdom Of Great
britain. made To the Auditor of the State o
South Dakota, III pursuance Of the laws Of said
State.
Organized or incorporated 1924. Commenced
business In u. ). December ls9D.
l. CAPITAL.
Capital stock actually paid i'm cash 81 Ip0 Ol1 OC
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-24

Cash value 0f real estate. 1Si0lo o.
Cash in ohcc. c..,.................... 57,GtI ~
Cash on deposit. Observation-Disclosures. II t,167 0l
Accounts tuot over three months
ol,D due from agents. ............. 40? ,?0j s.
Loans on mortgages being the first
lien on real estate worth at least
double the amount loauCd thereon 81 so %
LoaHS on stocks ana y nds, held as
collateral security. y..,..,........,.. 5000 90
STOCKS and bonds owned y the
company ...... .................... $3.50 Gs5 90
Interest due aud accrued, and all
other assets. ts....................... Sl5i2 81
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
II WAS WONDERFUL LUCK.
A smClter Man Who Won Out Over 81 900
on a 90 Stake,

1.-THE most wonderful run Of luck l
ever saw man have was in the Com
binntion at Butte, Mon.," remarked
Phil Cusiok of Billings to party Of
gentlemen who were discussing games
81 chance.
"An employee at tho Boston and Mon
tana smelter came in, and, holding up
a So bill, announced that he had big
note to meet in Jim Murray's bank and
was going to win it out He said that
1t was for $888, S8, and he was going to
play tho eight spot at faro and nothing
else. He seemed to be we'll known, and
everybody smiled. He put o copper on
his SO bill and placed it on the eight
spot. 1t lost ON the turn. He let the "a
stay and again the eight lost He
knocked the copper off, and the eight
won. He put it back, and it lost.
Mind you, this was the result Of
four successive turns in the deal, Tho
player let his &32 remain on the dead
card.
"Ain't you afraid somebOdy'll oinoh
that for a sIeeperT inquired the dealer
jooularly.
Not muchp was the reply, And
l amt going to touch it till you make
me draw down or | win what want,
1.-THE dealer looked at him, thought
of tho chances of splits, suppose, and
quietly remarked, That goes
'The very first turn on the next deal
tho man coppered the $32, and the eight
lost Hb didn't take the button off, and
the eight lost out Mister man had
$6I2 on the card. The dealer got up,
and another took his place The mar
never turned a hair and was as cool Al
a cucumber,
"When the cards were put in the
box, every one expected to SEQ him
knock the copper off, He didn't tOuoi
it. The top card was king, The deal
er's fingers trombled as he pushed i
out and you may break me if the eigh
of hearts wasn t right under it.
" IN go over and pay that not
now, said the smelter man, and he roll
cd up 81, 094 in big wad.
" Pretty good winning on 50 stake
amt it?' he remarked as he went out
was told that his name was Bob Rey
nolds, "-Chicago Times,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
SPOUSE OF 4 SIOUX pRlNcess.
Charles p. Jordan, Cousin of General Custer
aud n Typical border Scout.


Tho queen of the Sioux is tho wife Of
q white man. Neither Of them Is on has
any reason to DO ashamed Of it Red
Cloud, without question tho greatest
Indian chief OF this generation, gave
her away at tho altar on the Sioux res
ervation gEhe Sioux queeu's husband in
Charles p, Jordan, brother of Lioufen
ant Colonel Jordan, United States ar
my, u cousin of General Custer and one
of the most tried representatives of the
government in the Indian country He
bears the honor OF being the only white
man who was ever elected member Of
the Sioux council. In their days of pow
or, before hardly single white face had
been seen west of the Missouri river
the Dakatas (Sioux) were one nation,
ruled by ono chief The last of this au-
tooratie dynasty was Old Smoke, who
died in 1850 after seeing his people
pushed westward and his power eurtail-
ed Although the husband Of more than
one squaw, he left but one child, q tiny
girl, who could hardly COO when Old
Smoke got ready to float upward to the
happy hunting grounds. When dying,
he took her in his arms and named her
The Beautiful Woman, and so she has
since been known. The Beautiful Wom-
an was a princess She did no work,
but learned of missionaries, scorned dog
meat and kept her nails trimmed and
her glorious black hair plated and
combed. She grew to womanhood, high
spirited, proud and capTicious-an ideal
squaw. But as no ideal chief came to
WOO her she scorned an alliance with
any common member of the tribe
Young Jordan, a tall, bright eyed
fellow of good education and address,
camo west az clerk to the Indian agent
at Pine Ridge. He fell in love with the
princess and his love was reoiprooated
by the Sioux maiden. And so they We're
married by priest in stole and suTplice
and with all the formalities of the white
mans laws and customs, The big Sioux
chiefs came from miles around to attend
the wedding, the army officers from the
neighboring posts lingled their spurs IN
the Old Virginia reel, which followed
the benediotion, and the pretty Sioux
queen has since been plain Mrs Jordan,
4 bevy of black eyed children bless the
alliance. Charles p. Jordan, the SiouS
queens husband, has lived ON the from
tier for many years. He is still in hi
prime, and his adventures would fill |
book--or several of them, He has beel
soalped, shot full of arrows, has boel
tortured and oven condemned to dealt
by the hostiles Thirty miles from Rose
bud agency he has fine farm and stool
ranch, we'll wooded with oak, elm, asl
and box eldor. There is big oroharC
of cultivated fruits close by and sorie
of artificial dams down the valley, II
which boavor arc encouraged to con
struct their own peculiar Notifications
Sioux City Journal
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
RAW BEE EoR WRINKLES.
A Girl who Used II Lost Her Lover but
Didn't Give Hack His Presents.

A Girl who Used II Lost Her Lover but
Didn't Give Hack His Presents.
Joseph Slayinski, q tailor Of Browns
willie, Brooklyn, was to have been mar
ried to Rosa Marks, neighboT, with
whom he had kept company for nearly
a year, in about a month. Rosa is
known all over Brownsville for her good
looks and had many admirers before
she met Slayinsli. One day last week
Slayinski received an anonymous letter
saying his affianced was in the habit
of using raw beef to beautify her face,
and that she used paint to blacken hen
eyelashes. Slayinsk made an inVesti-
CATION and is alleged to have discovered
that the girl had wrinkles in her taoe
and for d long time had used raw beei
to take them away.
Slayinsli wrote to Rosa breaking on
the engagement and requesting her &c
return a diamond ring and q silk UNI
brella which he had given her. She re-
fused, and Slayinsli had her in the Sec
ond district civil court in Broadway,
Williamsburg, on q summons to explain
why she refused to return the articles
When Justice Peterson was told thai
raw beef had caused the engagement K
be broken, he said to the girl:
'If you have usod raw beef on youl
face, it's had good effect, for II undoubt
edly has drawn out some hidden beau
ty."
The Justice added that as long as sla
yinski had given the ring and the um
brella to Rosa they were her property
--NeB York Dispatch.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17

THE average citizen is fond Of
piece of sweet ham, but Ii is an absolute
waste to set before an uneduoated palate
a slice of a genuine old sInithfield that
has been two years in curing, I" said
Colonel Thomas Longley of Virginia
1.-THE fame of the Smithfield ham has
been spread to the uppermosb parts Of
tho land, and never yet know q man
who was cognizant of the merits Of both
that didn't prefer the product Of old
Virginia to tho choicest that ever came
from Westphalia, can't describe tho
process of the formers treatment la de-
tail, but l know 1t is envolopod in ashes
q good while and subsequently, buried
in mother earth, whore it stays for many
moons.
"some high flying epioures aver
that q smithdeld should be literally
dronched with champagne while in
process of cooking, but ! don't think
wine Is at all necessary Ny mode is tu
parboil it till tho skin comes off easily,
then put it in the baking pan and bastd
judiciously with vinegar and sugar.
Then it comes out q dish fit for tho
Olympian gods, OF course all the hams
that bear tho name do not como from
the little town Of smithfeld, for that
little hamlet couldn't supply one.hun-
dredth part of the demand.
"a member of the universal Smith
family, old Captain Isaac, for whom
the town was named, and who was IL,
/ mistake not, contemporary OF Gen-
eral Washington, invented the process
of curing that part Of the hog in ques-
tion, and today his imitators are scat
tered all over Virginia and Maryland. Z
Washington Post
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
ORDERS NERsua scRuPLEs.
n Soldier Punished For Rofusing to PrRc-
tice Target Shooting on Sunday,


Charles o. Codarquist, private, Com
pany A, Second infantry, stationed Rt
Omaha, has been found guilty Of dis
obeying his superior officer in refusing
because of religious seruples to attend
target practice on Sunday and sentenced
to DO confined at hard labor for period
of six months and to forfeit to the Unit
ed States $40 per month Of his pay for
the same period. This is tho first time
such case has arisen in the annals OF
the army, and the decision and finding
of the court martial established prec-
odent for future cases Of a similar ma
ture. The case has attracted a great
deal of attention in army and religious
circles
Tho defense was practically limited
to the contention that the order, in re-
spoct of which disobCdience was charg'
ed, was an unlawful one in that-tirst,
it eujoinod a duty to be performed on
Sunday in violation of orders and regu-
lations limiting Sunday labor in the
army to tho measure of strict necessity
and, second, that the act required to be
done would have been q violation OF
section BAL Of tho criminal code Of Ne
braska. The decision says;
'"That commanding officer has dis
oretion under existing orders to require
target practice by his command on sun
day in case of necessity is undoubtcd
The evidence in this case fails to fix up
on the commanding officer any abuse oi
discretion in the issue of the order com
plaimed of by tho accused. Tho legality
of that order and the obligation Of the
accused to obey it when duly transmit
ted to him cannot be questioned. 1t was
not for him to judge Ct the necessity fol
the issuance of the order. The dlscre
ton peftained to his commanding otti
Ger as to whether ono existed, and
whether enormously OF not, 1t was tbs
duty Of the accused to obey. Itis conced
ed that soldiers stationed at BelleVieV
rifle range, Nebraska, who, as 1ndiVld
uals, engage in hunting and shooting
on Sunday, would bo within the proVl
siOns Of the sections referred to and Tia
bio to its penalties, but after careful
consideration the reviewing authorit!
is Of the opinion that the state ooul'
not make nor has it by this section o
any other Legislation to which his at
tention has been called, attempted II
make the performance on Sunday O
target practice or any other duty per
tanning to the instruction and disciplin
of the uruly u criminal Offense,
The occasion is deemed oppOrtune TO
inviting the attention Of the depart
mont to the fact that the obligations c
military service will never permit so.
dier to refuse obedience to an order bt
cause in his Judgment it is unnecet
sary. st Louis GlObe-Democrat
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
They Have 1t In Atlanta.

Atlanta is quick to catch on to all the
latest curves 1t was announced not
long ago that the millkmen Of London
in order to alleviate all suspicion OF
adulterated milk drove their herd Of
mixers through the streets and extract
cd the lacteal fluid in front Of the resi-
dences of their customers. An Atlanta
milklnan has started in the footsteps Of
tie Londoners Every morning soon aft
er daybreak q nlilkman may he seen
moving along Pulliam street with Q
herd Of i've fine mixers, stopping here
ana there in front Of the residences long
enough to milk one Of the cows The
cows are we'll drilled and haYe learned
the home Of every customer The sight
ii q unique one, and II serves g illus
trate TIE statement that Atlanta is keep
ing pace Atlanta Constitution
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17

Insanity il very frequent among rail
way employees. Two dramatic illustra-
tions can be mentioned, There is living
in New Jersey, not far from Philadel-
phia, d man who for many years was
the foremost passenger engineer between
Now York and Philadelphia on tho
Pennsylvania railroad He ran all the
specials and best trains, and in 10 years
never had an accident One night in
the CLEAN of the headlight he saw a
woman. He had only time to see her
hands raised and to hear her cry, and
before he could put his hand upon the
lever no felt u jerk under the wheels
and knew that all was ovoE Since that
night he has never been on an engine,
For months he did not sleep and later
became practically insane but only on
the one point of seeing and hearing the
woman his engine killed Now he goes
about harmlossly and aimlessly, but he
has to be kept away from railroads, and
in his fretful sleep no awakes with cries
and paroxysms of horror The Other
case is that Of a man who was conductor
Of a train on the Camden and Amboy,
whose train had an accident. He came
out all right himself, but 1t proyed so
upon his mind that ono night lac LETT his
home, and going to tho point where the
accident occurred throw himself in
front Of q passing train, receiving IN
juries from which he died. .--Philadel-
phia Times
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17

Il want an uneasy plaster, sahl"
The colored woman, whose head was
done up in bandanna handkerchief, tur-
ban fashion, offered a silver quarter Of
a dollar to tho apotheoary as She spoke
.4--ar-dou't think | understand
you, replied tho man behind thecoun
tor.
"It's an uneasy plaster want, re-
peated the woman.
Whats thata"
Uneasy plaster, sab, "
II don't know what you moan,
Tho missus said / was ten git an un-
easy plaster Here's the money for il, \
Tho apotheoary reflected for mo-
mont and scratched his head. Then am
idea seemed to break upon him.
"a porous plaster IL the most uneasy
kind Of plaster / know Of, he said.
"I'il give you one Of those # it's not
right, you can bring 1t back.
The oolored woman aid bring it back
about Is minutes later. She also had q
note from her mistress explaining that
adhesive plaster, for d cut finger, WAS
the article wanted This by tho way,
ii tlue story Washington Star.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
THE ARAB AND THE JEW.
An Oriental Critics View of Two Of TIN
Weekly Papers of New York.

An Oriental Critics View of Two of the
Weekly Papers of New York.
A Jewish professor who Is Versed in
the oriental languages looked over two
weekly papers printed in this city, one
Of them in the Hebrew language, with
Hebrew characters, and the other i'll the
Arabic language, with Arabic charao-
ters Look, " he said as he placed tho
two pretty sheets together, "at the
peculiarities of the type used in them.
Take notice of tho power, breadth,
depth, rectangularity and solidarity OF
the Hebrew type. Take notice of the
SaraceniC delioaGy, the Ornateness, the
subtlety, ingenuity and ouryedness OF
the Arabic type.
1.-THE contrast between them is very
suggestive Again, the reader who
studies the style of the literary compo-
sitions in tho two papers will notice
that Hebrew thought is broad, strong
and upright like the Hebrew Charac'
tiers, while the Arabic thought is sinu'
Gus, tenuous and ornate, as tho Arabic
| characters. The differentiation of the
Hebrew from the Arabic, both in the
forms OF the type and in the expressions
Of the mind, will strike every critic
who places the two papers together, looki
at them closely and makes a study oi
| their contents Yet both the Hebrew
and the Arabs belong to the Semitic
race and are monothoists, History anC
circumstances must be taken into ac
count when tracing the characteristic
differences between the two branches O
the family. New York Sun.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17

A London correspondent says the vii
layers Of Maiden Bradley, Bath, arc
excited over tie appearance there Of 2
person who claims to be the heiF Of the
twelfth duke of Somerset and demands
tbo restitution 81 the title and estate
The claimant describes himself ~ Lord
st Maur, who was supposed TO have
been dead for ~ years. nc was acci-
aentally wounded By 3 bear while shoot
ipg b india and died soon after. Tbs
claimant admits the encounter with The
bear, but says be escaped from his claws
and got away with some scratches
which he Will exhibit when the tlnS
comes. His absence is accounted tor "
the assertion that hewaa takcn prisonel
81 the Russians and kept feT y eonsld.
cradle period.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
DEFYiNa THE DOG DAYS.
Mechanical Processes Employed TO Make
Winter Temperature This summer

Mechanical Processes Employed TO Make
Winter Temperature This summer
The effort to bring the advantages OF
refrigeration obtained by mechanical
processes within the reach of small CON
gumers has taken two direotions-the
production Of small anil Inexpensive au-
tomato machines and system of sup
ply of the refrigerant from central sta
tions. The latter is now in successful
operation at both st. Louis and Denver,
In one of the st. Louis restaurants,
which the enterprising owner has deco
rated in manner suggestive OF the
polar regions, pipes upon the walls are
connected with the street line, so that
in sweltering summer he can turn on
the cold and defy the dog days. An at
mosphere of IL degrees below the tenn"
perature out of doors has an enttoing
GOODNESS.
Another example of tho varied appli-
cations of the system to bo seen i'll
cafe window daily is display of eat
ables upon heavily frosted table. This
attraction is secured by making for the
top of the table shallow closed tank
completely filled with brine, through
which are passed the pipes of Il refriger'
ating coil, The brine, being cooled be-
low the freezing point, gathers its snowy
covering from the moisture OF the at
mosphere. Above it in the window are
pipes curved to form the letters of the
proprietor S name. They, too, constitute
an expansion coil and glisten with
heavy, snowy coat. In drug store al
elaborate soda fountain exposes not th'
customary pictures of frostwork, but
real frost. Tho refrigerating pipes arr
ingsniously carried through this foun
tain in such way as to cool withou
danger of freezing the various liquid
and arc exposed to view in places curVef
in fanciful shapes aud presenting 70
freshing sight Of dry white frost, w
w. Smith in Cassier's Magazine
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
NO 25
4 MODERN RALzloA.
mis- Velvet Cloak yns Omly isandanne,
bat His Spirit WA Eisi,t.

bat His Spirit NvNi I;isllt
II ia not true that manly ehiValry Il
being starved ont and replaced by more
politeness in those duys some yoqng
men seem TO have grown into Fese1n,
blance in usefulness and strongth tu tho
cigarettes that are ever present with
thon, and many young woSnan arc
adopting the eusaway coat and tho
mai, S neektio, but tho spirit ef Sir Val
ter Raleigh has not vanished from tho
earth, and dainty wolnanlinoss dothatill
inspire ehivalry,
She was a fair West Philudolphian
who had just returned fFam ahopping
tour ia che city. She carried three bum
dles--too precious 10 be left fora deliy-
cry wagon--and macsintash ANA two
boxes Of candy also balanced IN uneer-
tain equilibrium about hen He was .
big, plain, everyday workingman, and
his weapon was pick, with which hO
waged successful war upon the cob-
blestones and the dirt Of badly nuti-
lated West Philadelphia street Three
little strips of wood weze supposed 90
be enough at the point where she dis
mounted from tho car TO enable foot
passengers to cross the muddy thorough
fare, but just as she came opposite tho
man a little tilt Of the himsy pontoon
bridge sent one Of her daint{ly shod
feet up TO the ankle into d fine yellow
mudhole, and when she drew ii out ~
was a sight to make one weep, Sho
could not go on without hopelessly soil
ing the edge of hor skirt She could not
stoop for bundles. She stood in petri-
fed perplexity. Then the spirit Of Sir
Walter Raleigh showed itself The pick
was dropped, and the man grabbed 2
| little stick and said "Wait. miss, ain
iii clean yer shoe Off There seemed
to be nothing else to do, So she waited,
The rest of the gang loaned on their
| picks and shovels and watched the soene
out Of tho corners Of their eyes When
he had done all the execution he could
with the stick and quite respectable
pile of clay had been scraped from tho
small shoe, he whisked out red BAN
danua handkerchief, asort Of substitute
for Raleigh's crimson cloak aud, still
kneeling before her, Notwithstanding
her protest that he would GET il dirty,
proceeded 10 oloan tho shoe with that
She thanked him and walked down the
street with little blush ON her check
He touched his we'll worn hat and ga2eC
after her for u few moments, then ssuH
cd the baudanna la his oyeralls pocket
saying, 1T wasn'tv very clean anyhow,
and was again common lahoring man
Philadelphia Press
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-17
AGuies ~ TFoneers,

George Fipnoy an express wagon
driver, has clothed lis mules foro legs
ia trousers IA speaking af 4 he said
that flies bothered the fore legs % o four
footed animal more than they did tho
hind limbs, and he, therefore, having
some respect for the comfort Of BIS
faithfnl servants, had made pair of
trousars D protect them from tlle pesta.
The srousers were supported hy snspana
ors passed np oYer llio backs q tio an-
imals - Nebraslga State lopFnal