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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
Probably Murdered.

Last Saturday VIM. VI. Thorne, a far
mer of Miller creek, was out hunting
wolves on small creek about ten miles
west Of the d cattle ranch, when he came
across an old camp and suddenly discov-
cred that almost under his feet lay the
last remains Of human being. He at
once proceeded to make an examination,
and soon found that instead of finding
the remains of one person, he had found
the remains of two. One was that Of
white woman and the other that Of a
child evidently about four years Of age
probably mother and child. A close
search revealed calico dress in a good
state of preservation several pieces Of
wagon sheet, the main part Of which
had rotted away. On one finger of the
woman was a plain band ring which
looked as though it had at some time
been placed in acid and great holes
we're eaten in it. Long tresses of dark
brown hair were found in abundance
this proving the woman was white in
stead Of an Indian. Several Of these
tresses together with the breast bone OF
the child were left at this office by Mr..
Thorne yesterday. He also found q
number of empty cartridges around
about the skeletons and this cause him
to believe that the woman and child
we're murdered. Judging from the ap-
pearance of the cloth and the hair and
bones, Mr.. Thorne says he does not be-
lieve the woman and child have been
dead to exceed three years. 1t is his
opinion that the woman was about 5
feet inches tall, and about 80 years
old. .-Sundance Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

There is no excuse for man to make
mistakes in his paper said know-all
recently, of course not. He has lots of
spare time; nothing to do but rustic
local clean the rollers; set type and
sweep the floor; pen short items; fold
papers and when done with that he can
put in his idle moments mailing papers,
talk to the customers distribute type
bring coal and water; hunt the shears
and write editorials damn the delin-
quents; and take blessing" from the
whole force and throw out tough men
who come into the sanctum to spile
things and disfigure the scribes Uranium
Oh, its more fun than you can imagine.
Its so easy to find all the mistakes
Plaindeaier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

"A late Sioux Falls special to the Omaha
Bee says: Seuator Kyle has been in this
city for the past two days and while
here talked on political subjects. The
following can be logically deduced from
what the senator said: Ostensibly he is
in South Dakota to investigate matters
in reference to Indian depredations.
He will no doubt look after these mat
ters to the satisfaction OF congress, but
while here he will endeavor 10 effect
coalition between the populists aud re-
publicans for the purpose of
putting compromise senatorial candi-
date in the field. Fom reports all over
the state Senator Pettigrew will have to
contest every inch of the ground before
he will be returned to congress. All
parties are disposed to concede that the
populist vote this year will be heavier
than ever before, and the chances are in
favor of the populists sending enough
members To the next legislature TO hold
the balance Of power Robert BuchaD-
an, editor of the South Dakota Forum,
published here, of whom il has been
said that he was a candidate for guber
Material honors this fall, is Senator
Kyle's choice for Pettigrew's successor.
The fact that Mr.. buchanan has recent
iy asserted through the columns of his
popuiist paper that he was not a candi-
date for governor, might indicate that
he and Mr.. Kyle understand each other
in the matter of whom the latter gentle
man wants as his colleague.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
Custer Will Be In It.

John NJ. White, the able and affable
journalist, who spent several days in
this city collecting data for his new
book. descriptive of the prominent
towns of the Black Hills, and entitled
the Newer Northwest" departed on
Sunday evening for Hot Springs
and Edgemont which completes the cir
cult of the towns embraced in the work.
1t did not require q shade Of effort to
impress our citizens with the importance
OF a suitable mention i'm the new book,
and the result was q surprise to Mr..
White, inasmuch as the patronage he
received exceeded. by far, his most
sanguine expectations Twenty pages
OF the book will be devoted to descrip-
tion of Custer, her matchless resources
and advantages. exclusive of numerous
business cards. One thousand copies Of
the book have also been contracted for.
upon the outside of the back cover Of
which will appear brief but compre-
hensive description of the Scenic City"
the Efdorado and Elysium Of the North
west, the aggregate cost Of which is not
exceeded by the patronage extended by
any other town In the Hiils The book
Will be . permanent advertisement,
which cannot fail to be highly advant-
aseous to the Black Hills, and we are
more than grati6ed to know that Custer
VIII be in il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
An Inaa-u TiAud

Sheriff Essex, Of Sheridan county, Ne
braska, is in the city for the purpose Of
taking into custody upon his release
from Jail here, the Indian Charlie Three
Bears, who 10 wanted at Gordon, Neb.,
for assault and attempting to rape Mrs.
]. Hardy, q white woman of Gordon.
The Indian did not accomplish, but
would have had he not been interrupts
cd. He LEFT the woman in q terrible
condition. the effects Of an unmerciful
beating, she not having as yet recovered
and probably never will. Charlie is one
of the worst Indians in the Pine Ridge
agency and never hesitates to commit
murder to accomplish his purpose. He
has figured in several killings, his last
being the murder Of deputy United
States marshal in Montana. For this
murder there 10 q standing reward Of
$3.50 for his apture.-Pionecr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

White Face Horse. the Indian charged
with the murder Of three cowboys at
Wounded Knee, two years ago, and now
confined in the Pierre Jail awaiting trial.
is unable to appear at the present ses-
sion Of the U. s. conrt at Deadwood.
His old wound. received at Wounded
Knee during the battle, has broken out
afresh, and will probably be the means
Of his early transfer to the happy hunt
ing grounds without the Intervention OF
the courfs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

General Superintendent Calvert, Of
the b. & NJ. is quoted as having said at
Deadwood, few days ago, that steady
work was offered to every member Of
the commonweal army encamped in
Lincoln, Nebraska, at a rate Of Sl.40 per
day, the men to aid in the Burlington
extension in Montana. The army de-
bated the matter and finally thirteen of
the seventy five members agreed to ac-
cept positions. The remainder declared
they did not like the work and would
march to Washington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

Labor contractors in Omaha have
been instructed by grade contractors on
the b. & NJ. western extension, to send
out 60 men day, until further orders,
for work on the line. There would seem
to be no reason for a mai to remain idle
under these circumstances.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
A Prolific Pair,

Near Yankton is the most remarkable
family on this continent, perhaps in the
world. 1t consists. says the Omaha Bee,
Of father, mother and twenty-four
children, and the mother OF the brood
is not yet thirty years odd. She il .
Norwegian woman and her husband is
q Hoosier. The children were born in
triplets and the oldest Of the lot 10 under
l2 years OF age. All OF them are bows
but three. one set Of triplets being girls.
They are q sturdy lot Of youngsters.
The man is well-to-do farmer, and is
remarkably proud Of his progeny.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

The Sioux Falls State Journal thus
refers to the present weak and hopeless
condition Of the South Dakota dem
ocracy: "As an exhibit Of the lassitude
not to say disgust Of the South Dakota
democracy at the disgraceful condition
of the country consequent from Mr..
Cleveland's administration, it is neces-
sary only TO state that at the late meet
ing of their state central committee in
Sioux Falls nearly thirty counties were
not represented, while several more
were represented only by proxy. The
plain facts are that hosts of we'll mean
ing democrats are turning forever away
from the hollow pretensions OF party
that has no use for America except as
mercantile pashalic for Great Britain TO
unload her psuper made wares upon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

John Bruesch escaped from the insane
asy lum at Yankton on Monday last, aud
being pursued, ran into the Missouri
river and was drowned. Bruesch was
sent to the asylum from the Soldiers
Home. and is said to have two sons re-
siding at Rapid City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
T. v. GARLOCK,
Dealer in General Merchandise.
FAMILY ASSORTMENT.
Custer City, S. D., May 5, 1894.

We pleased special induemen from the fact that
hard and
appreciate We therefore offer to
will
eatabes which
obtain them from in the
This Spot only 80 days only Thanking
for patronage, l am
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
Died.

On Wednesday, the 9th inst. eight
miles south of Custer, of pneumonia,
Benjamin W.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ.
Harris, aged years.
Burial took place at Custer cemetery
yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

The Deadwood Independent is author.
ity for the statement that one of Pen
nington county's republican newspapers
will soon be moved to Deadwood, where
it will be published in the interest of
the grand old party. Which one?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12

Forty Mile creek, on the Yukon. 1t has
two general merchandise stores. One
belongs to the Northwest Trading com-
psny and the other TO our old-time
Montana friend, Capt. John Healy.
There are two saloons and one cigar
factory here and 80 miners cabins with
about $50 miners. These make up the
town Of Forty Mile All the northern
part Of Alaska is more or less Level couL-
try, and it is difficult TO get sufficient
grade for sluice boxes, and in many
places they are compelled to use rockers
or wheel the dirt 10 water. Timber is
very scarce and in many places they are
compelled TO haul forty or fifty miles
with dog trains. A dog will draw about
500 pounds on the snow. Game is
scarce, except rabbits and grouse The
ground never thaws out in that country,
not over FIVE or six feet at most, and
they never have been able TO dig through
it. They work down as far as the frost
is out the first year and then wait for
the meyer setting sun" ofthe next sum-
mer to thaw il deeper. The miner can
run his sfuice boxes but three and
half or tour months in the year. The
rest Of the time he can whipsaw timber
for boxes and such sawed stuff as he
may require. Some spend the winter
trapping furs, but they must be on hand
by June Is or their claims will be jump
able according TO the Yukon code of
laws.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
THE OLD CHARLIE.

The work, preliminary to the inaugur-
alton of continuous mining operations
at the Old Charlie mine is progressing
as rapidly as tine situation will warrant.
The work of timbering the main shaft
is being continued, and will be CON-
pleted as soon as possible. probably in
ten or fifteen days. The hosting works
will be in place some time next week.
The public are waiting and looking for
ward with much anxiety for the advent
of the period when this famous mine
shall be in practical operation, and be
added to the list of steady gold pro-
ducers of the Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
WILL RESUME OPERATIONS AT ONCE.

The South Dakota Mining company
will resume operations and everything
will be running in full force as it was
before the late deplorahle strike inside
Of ten days or two weeks, said Mr..
Locke. the company's superintendent,
last night 10 Pioneer reporter Opera
tions will be practically resumed to-day,
Mr.. Locke said, but the dirt will not
begin flying on the grade nor the merry
sound of the hammer and drill be heard
in the mines before ten days or two
weeks. I've will have to reorganize
our plans and take fresh start before
we can place any men to speak of to
work" the gentleman said. Tents for
the graders will have to be purchased
and commissary stores purchased and
the supplies for the miners. and thou
sand and one things accomplished be-
fore anything can be done. Regarding
the scale of wages TO be paid, Mr.. Locke
would not commit himselfhe only would
say that wages satisfactory to all con-
cerned would be Taid The plans oft
company will be made public within a
few days.--Pioneer, 8.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
LADY GAY.

supt. Logan, of the Lady Gay mine
was in town last Tuesday. He says the
mill is now running smoothly on ore
from an open cut, crushing about three
tons per day per stamp. Mr.. Logan
claims that aside from running the
necessary level, that they can mine the
ore and put it in the mill for twenty
five cents per ton. This is on ores above
the level of the mill Of which they have
a depth of 400 feet between that level
and the top Of the hill. They have not
as yet made thorough clean up and do
not know the value of the ore. But Mr.
Logan saws, basing his judgment on the
amalgam taken from the plates from
day to day, that the yield will be about
three dollars per ton aside from the
concentrates. They have no concentrat-
ing machinery in the mill yet but are
negotiating. and have not yet decided
what style of concentrator they will use.
There Is no extra expense connected
with the workings, everybody earns his
money, and as the ore is easily mined
and handled only once, not very large
force is required to run the mine and
mill.-Miner.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
LETTER FROM ALASKA.

The following interesting letter was
recently received by the Deadwood
Pioneer from James Pasco, who is now
engaged in mining at Forty Mile, Alaska:
This camp of Forty Mile was discover
cred last summer and is the richest yet
struck in Alaska. paying $500 a day to
the man The nature of the Yukon
country is such that IL is a tolerably
bard place to get to. The honorable
class Of old-time miners have possession,
and tough characters, when found, are
at once ordered to leave, several having
come out recently. / will give you
prices of few articles in Forty Mile :
Flour, sl4 per 100 pounds; bacon, Ss
cents per pound beans, % cents, and
canned fruits, 60 cents. A Mackinaw
shirt costs 50 and pair Of gum boots,
one ounce of gold dust. Now comes the
root of all evil--whisky. This sells for
81 cents drink and IS bottle. You
can buy everything miner needs for
lees than you can take it in for, az the
natives will charge Is cents pound to
carry ii over the mountains. distance
of thirty miles. and no one should take
anything with him except clothing.
The town of Forty Mile is the mouth of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07

sketches Mr.. Harris decided to keep on
until people got tired u ihcni." and so his
Uncle Remus stories wero plbiHhed arst
10 3 da.lJ newspaper
Nj Harris has discovered" quite a num-
Der o. capable young writers Ia the South.
cue o., his latest being the poet, Frank l..
Stanton, whom be brought from crogs-
roads weekly paper IN Georgia TO an edi-
torial position on the Constitution. He is
red headed, Inclined TO be rOlypoly. and nas
iie moot inviting twinkle in his eyes and
tho most contagious laugh gurglug over
that could be found anywhere. The story
70 lold as Illustrating bis bashiulness, that
clca IN Jersey city be was told by a friend
who had come with him from Warrington.
Joe, We are going to give you dinner In
New York Tonight. wouldn't tell you
unrli you got here"
''wait a minute" said Harris. "iet me see
about my baggage"
The friend missed that boat waiting for
the author. ana mis-ed several boats before
81 dawnsd Upon bis mind that be had de-
iiherately disappeared Two days later he
received a bri-f telegram announcing Aar-
RS safe arrival at home
Bret Harte lives Ia London now IN hand
some. solid mansion. He looks brln1ed and
square, and well gr0omed and distinguished
almost typical Engliah army officer He
Isn't a. Industrious as be once was and his
household Is Of the conventional and COM
Portable sort. with no suggestion Of printers
ink or late hours about a.
"The Luck Of Roaring Camp" Is perhaps
the most popular o. his Eturles. IL was
written when he was editor ~ the Overland
Monthly" aud vas Inspired b. the pTosaic
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07

Mr Stockton lives In a little out-ei-tho-
way place called Convent IN New Jersey.
station that the i.aclSAwauna Railroad
made Tor 81. ElEabeth's Convent. II a.
ten minutes walk from the railway TO his
homo. through shaded maple lancs. Il Is 9
whlto house o. an oid-lashloned sort sot
back some distance from the road, and hay-
Ing trees all about H. Ii IS roomy and conf
Portable, picturesque TO degree. but not
PROHIBITIONS u Is penceablc spot, out OF
the world. and yet not far out the IDEAL
homo Tor a gimplc quiet, kindly philosopher.
dr, Stockton IS Of slight figure, and limpa
Just bit He has thoughttui, pleasant
face, rather thin, with grisaled black hair
and mustacho and eyes that smile, He be.
longs 10 what might be called a literary and
Inventive family. Ills sister Lou,ao wrote
story few years ago which WAS nearly
equal In invention and force 10 anything her
famous brother ever wrote.
Mark Twain Is another 81 those 80 web
known that II Is only 10 order 10 say Of him
bore that ho receives frequently $500 =
thousand words tor a short story. In fact
everything that MIR. Clemens writes Is We'll
paia tor. The assignment OF the hrm OF
Charles l., Webster & Co. OF New York,
which Is SAID 70 have made fortune by the
sale OF his books, left him comparatively
a poor lnan--enough, when one remembers
how much he mas done for the English-rcad-
Ing world. to explain what there IA OF truth
III AAlt AtNthA NiAAAlaAA AAAl Au NtHA ANktu ~
laughing at the world rather than laughing
with H.
Tho statement may be disputed but Il Is
probably true. nevertheless. that the great
est Southern story writer Is Joel Chandler
Harris author OF the Uncle Romua
sketches. His reputation was made by the
writing OF tho uncio RemnS folk lore stud
les. and his short stories--uslng tho term
as It Is commonly understood-are not
nearly so familiar as the plantation negro
fables. But a reading OF Free Joe and tho
Reat OF the World" Little Compton. "
Aunt Fountains Prisoner" Trouble on
Lost Mountain" "Rlue Dave" AT Tcague
PgteetS' and some Of his later magazine
stories ranks him among the very drBt OF
American authors u Action.
Joel Chandler Harris Is an editor o. the
Atlanta Constitution" Very few people.
even IN Atlanta, know him, and yet he IL
cue Of The moat Interesting and moai auiia-
Bile OF mon. Hls excessive modesty has Of
ton been In tho way OF financial opportuni-
ties. not alone In tho lecture Geld and has
/ inside him almost hermit In hia happy
pnd co4y home Ia West End. a suburb u
| The Georgia capital. Mr.. Harris did his
4 FIRST writing on baekwoods paper for which
l'ha was set.lng typa and atteiward hc
1 dflfted into newspapering In Savannah,
going thence TO Atlanta
THIS "a the story OF how be Frat como
% writs the Uncle Remus sketches. Sam
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07

and material fact that there was no dis
tinctlye California romance In the magazine,
such as wac needed Mr, Harto offered to
'llll up the gap N no suitable contribution
came in, lie had to make that promise
good,
Then there was kick about publishing 1t.
The printer. instead Of sending the proofs
70 Mr., narte, sent tuom direct to the pub
fisher with fle .tatomcnt ihat bis proof
reader. young lady. had Indignantly pro-
nounced the story Indecent immoral and
ltrclgious. Considerable moral suaslon had
to be brought to bear before the young lady
could be induced TO inlsh the proofs, which
she finally did under protest. After several
complications and delays 1t was finally de-
cidad by the puhhsnor that the Overland
Monthly" o1uld got along better without
''Ths Luck OF Roarlns camp"
Mr.. Harte disgu3:edly threatened TO re-
slgn unless II was published forthwith. and
In It went under pressure Of that ultlmatum.
Captain Charles King. who has done for
West Point what Thomas Hughes did for
Rugby, Is perhsps the most methodical,
not TO say mechanical. and one OF the most
thoroughly husinessliko writer's OF fiction In
the world He talks his stories into pho
nograph, and sends the rolls TO typewrlt-
or Ills work has a high market value.
and General Wolseley has said that Captain
Kings description OF the Battle Of Gettys-
burg, In Between the Lines" Is the best
description ever written Of q battle.
Owen Wister Is one OF the short story
writer's, with a distinct Held as we'll as a
distinct style HIS Western sterlos-among
the comparatively recent being. Little Big
| Horn Medicine and "A kinsman Of Rod
Cloue"-sre extraordinarily clever.
Richard Malcolm Johnston IA inimltahle
In his tfeatmont OF the ante-bsllum Gaor-
| gia colatTy folk. His "Dpkesborough
| Tales" are ar faithful and vivid q treat
rsent ~ the white cracker as Joel Chan
| dlaF Harris has given tho negro slave and
I freeman, and "Ahs0lom Blllingslea and
\ Other Georgia Fox and "The Briet Em-
harrassment Of Mr.. lyerson Blount." not
to mention his more recent magazine sto-
rles, put him In tho very front rank Of
short story wgitcrs.
"Marse Chan" and the other stories Of
/ Thomas Nelson Page " Virginia an equal
! ly we'll On equally picturesque acid.
, Miss Mary Z, Wilklns Is perhaps tho
best writer who deals almost exclusively
{ with New England lie, Miss Grace King
I OF Louisiana, and Charles Eghert Grad
q doclt' Of renpessee. are among the most
I gifted women In The profession Of short
story writer's, and they have no male III
! walls, Il may be added, In their respective
4 aoils.
Marion Harlsnd" Is Mrs. R. II. Terhune
Nlrg.nlan OF Virginia she was Miss
I Nary HAYES. but her frst girllsh writing
was dono under the nom de plume whieh she
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07

W. Small. the evangelist. then unconverted
aud employed o. The -Consutuuon.' had
been wTIung E series o. nsEru dialect
sketches. Ills darkey was Uncle ST." II
happened that Sam Small was kept away
from the once for two or three weeks By
sickness and tie Uncle ST. sketches we're
abruptly d.rcnnunued. Mr.. Harris was as
signed 10 write some "Uheie 81 stuff" and
thought at arst cf copying smalrs style and
using his nom de plume. but finally de-
cldsd On another line OF negro dialect work
and called his darkey Uncle ReDus"
Tbs was expected to he only a TEMPORARY
requirement Of him. b. the Uncle Remua
sketches gere received gith Immediate IA
vor eclipsiag IN popularity the already
popular "Uucls ST. poems and h5lf-coiumn
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07

Foprih Of july oratlons II We Drag unduly
OF native NrItsra. they receive ohEstiso.
nent ciasHhtrs. and Ia The end a fair aver
age a struck
Mr.. Henry James Is dean OF the craft.
He IL pnrase-naker. rhetorician OF ex-
traorlinary tupplenohs, He has "atmo-
sphere" llo looks upon life from the view
point Of the man Inillirar. but Il Is a Wow
point II IL probable that as short story
writer he viii always be grouped with VI.
D, How0lls ana Marion Crawford. They
are tho prodigai. though not prodlgious.
fathers OF this art-form In America. Tho
newer mon land women. for the neld has
bos7 diligently narrowed by feminine au-
thors) are more Interesting matter for Eos.
ain. becauso Of them leaa 10 known