Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-28
Custer Ghrun,tle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

Negro soldiers of the war to whose
race Abraham Lincoln gave freedom,
gave $4,000 to the fund o erect the monu-
ment to the great emancipatOr. This
was more thar the share OF The black
race. considering the number of negro
soldiers in the war, for the entire sum
contributed by soldiers and sailors WAS
only $27, $50 u. Sunday schools gave
SlS,32O.3S. OF the states Illinois az no
priatcd $4,000. New York 10000, Mis-
souri, 1000 and Nevada $500. The tos7l
cost Of the monument was $l73 ,3Sl.1o,
besides 6 ,S3S.20 expended ON the
grounds. Ground was broken Septem-
Der 9, 1869. The clpstone was placed in
position May %, 1871, and the monument
was dedicated October Is, 1874. Between
25,0 900 and $4,000 people were present.
Governor John NJ. Palmer acted as mas
ter Of ceremonies. Ex-Governor Ogles-
by delivered the Grafton of the day, and
addresses were made by President
Grant, Vice President Wilson, L. i.
Linden, Schuyler ColfaX and Mr.. Foster,
NJ. p, of England. The statue Of Lin
coin was unveiled by two nuns of the or
der Of st. Dominic. The dedication
poem by James Judson Lord of Spring
field, was read ~ Richard Edwards
president Of the Illinois state normal un-
iversi;y, and the benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Albert Hale. I'm.
der such imposing circumstances was
dedicated a monument that was expect.
ed to endure forever, but which. owing
to the dishonesty of the work, is now
falling into decay.
The fact appears in the report OF the
United States geological survey, notes
the New York Sun, that the production
of coal in this country during the past
fifteen years has reached an aggregate
of 1888, 874, 2S4 gross tons, ana some OF
the details Of these vast figures present
a remarkable showing. Thus the an
thracite region in eastern Pennsylva-
mia, which overs an area of only $50
square miles, yielded 5i9,37 PCS tons, or
nearly 80 per cent of this total, and the
5000 square miles Of bituminous coal
area in Pennsylvania produced 70,S67,-
769 gross tons. OF both bituminous and
anthracite coa Pennsylvania produced
during the past fifteen years more than
30 per cent of the total output of the
country, and yet the Goa fields Of that
state, producing such a large proportion
of the whole amount, constitute but
little more than 4 per cent OF the known
area Of coal in the United States. Again,
the calculations made by the most re-
liable authority show that there is no
liability Of any early exhaustion Of the
deposits. on the contrary, it appears
frnp, thn D,,,.n1,ro ,,;, ,r.,l1nioo1 c,,r-
vey that the untouched reserve Of btu
minous coal in that state may be esti-
mated at 3 3 ,547. 900, 600 gross tons.
AS James "A. Garfield was starting
for the war thirty-four years g he
and four others organized a club which
~covenanted to give sympathy. encour-
agement and aid to each other i'm sick
ness or trouble, whenever needed. Four
of the number have died. leaving the
Rev. Harrison Jones, aged SS, now of
Mount Union. O., the soul survivor.
Besides Garfield and Jones, the original
members were brand Mrs. j.. II. Rob-
inson of Mentor, and the Rev. Isaac
Erritt Of Cincinnati. AZ Garfeld's fun
eral DR.. Robinson had charge Of the
ceremonies. Elder Erritt made the adj
dress n Mr.. Jones offered a prayer.
In the intervening years DR.. Robinson
and Elder Erritt have passed away and
October 81 Mrs. Robinson died at Mentor
al the age of 81.
From ythe figures given out by the
bureau Of statistics, say the Boston
Transcript, it appears that Massachu~
sets has a population OF 2,495, 345, more
AIno 1n -, 800. 20 ~ l.. - n--.-..
The total number of registered voters in
the city is sc, 800. In the counties, Berk-
shire has a population OF q, 63S; Frank
lin, 40, 149; Hampden, 1872, 791; Hamp-
shire, 1858; Dukes, 4,237, and Norfolk,
1874, rs, a total Of 441. 7S1, thus giving
seven counties a less total population
than the city Of Boston. Eleven cities
and towns have a total population as
follows: Worcester, 9S,GS7; Fall River,
5000; Lowell, S4, 1853; Cambridge, 81, 519;
Lynn, $3.50; Lawrence, SO, 153; Somer-
vile, 5 2,193; Chelsea, 1926; Newton,
1882; Quincy, 20,712, and Brookline,
16, 159.
Critic William Winter, who has Just
returned from Europe. thus comments
on the Juliet Of Mrs. Patrick Campbell:
"She revealed sensibility and personal
charm during the first half of the per-
Torrance, and, although she was obvi-
ously mature and of a conventional,
drawing room order of mind and man.
ner, she invested the balcony scene with
girl-like grace, sweet a~rtlessness, varie-
ty and freedom. AS soon, however, as 1T
became necessary for her to strike a
tragic note she was limp and powerless,
and, from the vial scene with the friar
onward to the close her acting had
neither purpose, form, continuity, CO.
herence, visible passion, im~pressiveness
nor dramatic effect. The potion scene
was feeble and chaotic. and the manner
of the death was ludicrous."
BY the queens wish the room in the
Kensington palace where her majesty
was born, and which was closed for
years, has been specially done up this
year so as to present the exact appear
ance which 1t had in 1919. 1t is under
stood that her majesty will in the future
allow the room to be visited by special
friends Of the court. The gold and brass
work of the room, although much worn,
is still in a fair state of preservation.
The California vintage of 1896 Is now
estimated at about 5000, 900 gallons of
dry wines, only three-fourths of last
seasons output. OF sweet wines there
has been abundance. Higher prices are
predicted.
The commissions of immigration, UNI
willing to give to divorce courts any
more grounds for DEGREES than they have
already, has decided that immigrants
may not marry by telephone; the case
in point being Albert Corri at Chicago
and KATRINA Seager, who waits at Ellis
island to be come his bride. The strong
est protest against the ruling ought to
come from the hello girls to whom the
usual conversations e the wire have
become stale, and an occasional mar
riage ceremony and the talk incident to
1t would be refreshing.
A radiant pessimist believes that the
great American novel will not create