Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
SOUTH DAKOTA.


Of getting out rock for the city building
and to give work to the unemployed, is
proving u paying investment to the city.
Bcresford is TO have new thirty room
hotel in the spring.
The Armour State bank has commenced
business with capital stock OF s3o,OOo.
The rroprietors are c. +. Floete OF Ar
mour and Franklin Floete of Spencer, La.
What is known as IA mountain lion or
ant wolf, was killed in Walworth county
recently. 1t measured nine feet from tip
to tip and was over two feet high.
large number OF colts calves and sheep
have been killed by this monster, and ef'
forts 10 capture him proved unsuccessful
untii last week, when he died from eating
poisoned carcass.
Tie business men Of Yankton have
completed negotiations for the establish
ment of distillery there. Fifteen acres
OF land in the city linn Is were donated
and IS 900 subscribed for stock The dis
tillery will have a capacity OF $500 BUSH
els of grain daily and will cost $3OO,UU
The Wyoming and Pierre Railroad COM
pany has filed articles of incorporation
! with the secretary OF state. This organ
! ilation forms part OF the plan for the
! opening up OF the Larsbee and Young
! coal fields on Hay creek in Butte county.
| Worthwhile claims a flow of l. 500 gallons
! per minute from the new artesian we'll at
that point. The water will be utilized for
running "A Touring mill, which Is about
Completed,
The Wind Cave horse ranch, located
| Al, la, t.I Of lint N
| Custer county, was sold recently to New
York parties for $4,000.
The Sioux Falls Driving Park associa-
ion at recent meeting decided to hold
| race meetings in that city the coming
! season
Hot Springs is becoming quite noted for
Is divorce colony. At this time there are
no less than five parties who are acquir-
ing the statutory residence in order to Sc
cure the legal separation they SO much
desire Divorce seekers can come under
the preten.e Of seeking health or pleasure
md get away before the object OF their
5isit is known.
Mrs. Hans Olson. the wife OF Norweg-
AN farmer OF Yankton county, committed
suicide by hanging herself to lumber
wagon. She fastened one end of the rope
shout her neck in slip moose and tied the
)ther end to the rear axle OF the wagon
Then she gave the wagon push down
,hort hill and the weight Of the vehicle
Itrangled her to death.
Farmer Stoner of Aurora county, when
he thermometer showed IL degrees
below zero, dra ged his wife ont OF bed,
forced her out of the house, com elling
her to walk in the cold TO the house OF q
aerhbor. and all because she refused TO
get UP and make the fire. Mrs. St"ner is
n very delicate condition, and during
he walk OF a mile in the cold wind badly
'roze her feet Later in the day war
ant was sworn ont by her charging her
husband with assault. The examination
. ,ook place before Police Justice Rowland
,t Plankinton. Justice Rowland bound
stoner over 10 keep the peace under $50
. ,ouds
Railroad engineers have been survey
ng in the vicinity of the union depot at
Hot Springs. looking forward to the es-
ablishing OF a handsome little park, with
fountains, flower gardens, etc, next sum
ner.
On and after February 10 the Sioux
Calls and Yankton Railway company will
ave mail trains run over the line This
very gratifying news to Sioux Falls and
YanktOn people. AS we'll as the people living
Z towns along the line Now mail coming
rom Yankton TO Sioux Falls must go round
" Elk Point delaying it several hours,
| While mail sent from there to Iankton is
delayed even longer time. Mail from
81. Paul and Minneapolis will reach
Yaukton many hours quicker than 1t does
\ aow
| While eight men were working at the
,ottom of a shaft in the Highland mine al
,,oad CITY n blast went off UNEXPECTEDLY Y
md instantly killed Aecio Vidano and
seriously wounded four others, all Ital'
ars. The day shift had put in number
,f shots and one Of them had failed to ig-
lite, so that when the night shift came on
hey went TO drilling ont the hole, which
was partly filled with the deadly explo-
sive. Neither of the men working at the
fatal hole were injured to speak OF, but
Vidano. who was on the opposite side OF
jhe shaft, never knew what hurt HIM. The
other Injured men will likely recover.
The grip is said to have reached the
epidemic stage among the Indians a.
Pine Ridge where many are being trans
ferred to the happy hunting grounds
The matter has already attracted the at
.cntion Of the department at Washington
.nd it is expected that more physicians
will be ordered there to meet the present
emergency. 1t is reported that some very
sharp instructions have been sent to thu
agency in relation to the treatment OF thu
indians suffering from this malady.
l Walter Hoffman, the editor OF the Yer
million Freeman, who has been locked NJ
in the Clay county Jail since January
i for manslaughter, has secured bail and Il
, now at liberty.
Madison or Scotland will probably Sc
cure the next annual tournament of thu
State Firemen's association.
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Harry de Merritt. the bad man from
i Custer county. with two or three shooting
= affrays to his credit. has started in a new