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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Keeping in Practice.

Gen. Thiebault, in recounting the
story of his life, dwells at some length
upon his experiences in the swimming
school on the bank of the Seine. Among
the habitues of the place was one man
who had opinions OF his own and a mind
to exercise them. He came to the school
three times u week and Gen. Thiebault
thus describes him:
He was about 40 years old. tall, thin,
serious : looking and carried himself
like an a%ristocrat. He always came
straight into the school in his street
dress. his hat on his head. his coat but.
toned up to his chin, gloves on and cane
In hand.
Without paying attention to any one
he walked along the platform drawing
nearer and nearer to the edge and then
suddenly and to all appearance, as much
to his surprise as to any II else's, his
foot slipped and into the river he
tumbled.
The first time / saw this performance
! supposed it was an accident and was
preparing to 60 to the mans rescue
when ! saw him pick up his hat, put it
on his head, put his cane between his
teeth and strike out for the platform.
Having reached the platform he re-
tired to q dressing-room. ont of which
he presently emerged wearing n bath.
ing suit like the rest OF rs. BY this
time l was half disposed to believe him
crazy, but when l ventured to ask an
explanation of his strange behavior he
replied:
"Sir, we learn to swim In order to be
able TO save ourselves II we should
ever fall into the river. Now, then, II
such an accident should happen to you,
do you imagine that you would be
dressed in swimming drawersp No. sir,
you would have ON your clothes. your
boots. your hat; and being taken oil by
surprise you would most likely be
drowned. As for me, II ! were In such
. position ! should save myself easily"
- YOUTHS Companion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
WILL CAUSE LITIGATION.
Heirs OF John Irwin VIII Lay Claim to y
Big Slice of sioux County Land.

>oe
ORANGE CITY, Ia, Jan. 5.-At the
April term OF the district court OF Sioux
county the heirs of John Irwin, now
deceased, will make an attempt to gain
possession of some sixty OIL seventy
ARMS belonging to Sioux county peo-
pie. 1t seems that about twenty or
twenty-five years ago when lend was
Of little value in this section John lr-
Tin came into possession of thousands
If acres of land not only in Sioux
county, but in the northwest.
irwin purchased the land with
military warrants but neglected to pay
the taxes, doubtless thinking the land
was not worth the expense Of holding
ii. In course Of time the land having
been sold for taxes, passed from n
to another until now the land is owned
by honest, we'll to do farmers. Now
ut this late date the heirs of Irwin
have appeared and claim that Irwin
was insane when he neglected to pay
taxes. and for that fIimsy eason he
should get all his property back. Law
yers think nothing will result
from the litigation except some cx-
pense and annoyance to the owners OF
the land.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Newspaper Man I'm Trouble.

Iowa FALLS, Ia, Jan. 81. r.
Riblett, n former we'll known news
paper man of this county is in trouble
in Illinois, having just been arrested
by the federal officers on the charge OF
sending obscene matter through tho
mails. Riblett is n prominent G. A. II.
man and was a dealer in old books
when arrested. He has been adver-
Using lewd books and pictures through
the medium Of the United States mails
for some time. Riblett is in Jail I'm de-
fault of 80, 900 bonds. lie was form
erly the publisher of the Acsley Enter.
prise and had a peculiar way of edit
ing his paper and his present trouble is
not much of a surprise to those who
were better acquainted with the man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Mysterious Disappearance.

CHAMBERLAIN. s. d., Jan 5-Farm.
ers In town from q few miles north OF
here report the mysterious disappear.
auce and probable murder of Mrs.
Charles Schwiesaw. the wife of a prom
inent farmer. IL Is alleged that on
Christmas night Schwicsaw went home
intoxicated and had q wordy war with
his wife In the presence of two or three
half grown children, and finally drove
her and her little baby from the house.
She returned. 30 the children say, and
Schwiesaw again drove her out and
grabbed his gun and followed her.
Since then nothing more has been
heard or seen of her by neighbors or
anyone else. The sheriff and q search
ing party will leave In the morning for
the scene. Schwicsaw will be watched
and arrested II ho attempts to leave
the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
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CLOTH USED IN MAkifUS ROADS
Interesting Experiment by the Massachu-
setts Highway commissioner.

Interesting Experiment by the Massachu-
setts Highway commissioner.
BosToN, Mass, Jan. 5.-The Massa-
chusetts highway commissioners arc
trying an interesting experiment. The
board has found in building macadam-
ized roads that upon loose, sandy roads
much stone Is wasted by being driven
into the sand. In such cases gravel,
when accessible, has been placed upon
the sand to u depth OF three or four
inches n on this Is laid the stone. BY
so doing the cost is greatly reduced.
There being no gravel at Martha's
Vineyard, cheap cotton cloth has,
within two weeks, been spread upon
the sand and over that the stone. II
has been found that the sand does no.
work up through the stone and SO
much less stone is required. Layers of
tarred paper were tried, but without
success, as the stone pressed through
them. This is probably the first ex-
pertinent ever made with cloth, and
while the stretch on which II Is used is
not long the showing will be none the
less valuable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Pensions and Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Pensions wei
granted rs follows:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Pensions were
granted as follows:
Iowa: Originvl-Sheperd Farnsworth,
Council Bluffs; Samuel Fry, Keota. Kryn
Debruyn, Killduff; James w. Hatton,
Carroll; Samuel NJ. Appleby, Creston. Ad.
litional-Hiram II. Parker, Marshall.
.own. Increase Fathan b. Sayre, Craw.
lordsville.
South Dakota: Original-Jacob s. Haw.
kins, Sioux Falls; John Lott, Hartford.
Increase Benjamin I. Barrey, Aberdeen.
Nebraska: Original-Joshna ]. Turner,
Nebraska City; Isaiah C. Gibson (deceased)
rekamah. Restoration and supplemental
Charles +. Reynolds, Red Cloud.
Postmasters were appointed as fol.
lows:
South Dakota - Worthing, Lincoln
county, Mary A. Lewis vice K. ID. Lewis,
resigned.
Observation-Disclosures, York county. AL
bert Polsein. vice J. II. Merritt, resigned,
Froid, Dueul county, e. A. Sandal, vics
j. Il. Krug, resigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

An honest physician in Los Angeles
writes to protest against the habit in
he east of sending consumptives indis-
riminately to southern California.
There are comparatively few good
places for consunptives in that section,
,e says, and these are only eficacious
when the patient is in the first stages
VI disease. Even then the patient
,hould come to reside" not to visit ="
The best medical authorities agree
hat New Mexico is the climate for
;onsumptive people, but its singular
lnattractiveness in all respects save
climate has SO far initiated against it
Us n health resort.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
WAITED NOT IN VAIN.
south Dakotan Gets a Rich Bride While
"Laying' for an ONCE.

south Dakotan Gets a Rich Bride While
~"Laying' for m Once.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--W. G. Gray.
bill, receiver of tho land office at Cham.
berlain, 5. d., is expected here In q
few days on Ia mission which Is sur.
rounded By a tinge of romance. Judge
Graybill is one of the appointees OF
this administration whose plum was
very slow in dropping. In fact. he
spent almost a year in Washington be.
fore his patience was rewarded by the
position he now holds. That he was
not idle, however, the sequel proves.
He made the acquaintance of q Wash.
ington lady who is said to be quite
wealthy in her OWE right. The nc!
q%uaintance ripened into n warmer feel
ing, and a wedding is now In prospect.
1t will occur about the middle Of the
month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
A BOSTON EVENT.
Dedication Sunday of q ChrIstian scisn-
tlst Church.

list Church.
BosToN, Mass, Jan. 5.-The dedica-
ton tomorrow of The First Church of
Christ, Scientist. the parent church of
the Christian Science denomination,
promises to be n of the most nota BILE
events in the history Of Boston. For
several days eac incoming train has
brought scores of Christian Scientists
from all parts OF the country. and to-
night nearly 5000 visitors arc reg
istered at the hotels. The cere-
monies attending the dedication will be
simple but impressive. Among tho
prominent participants will be- Mrs.
Mary Baker Eddy. founder of the faith
of Christian Science; Judge Hanna and
Mrs. Hanna, editors of the Christian
Science Monthly, Miss Elsie Lincoln
and others. Tho temple Is located ON
a triangular plot ut the intersection OF
Norway and Falmouth streets. Tho
design Is o Romancsque tower, octa-
gonal in form, with a circular
front and massive stone porticos.
Moro than 500, 900 has been
expended ia the construction of the
building, nearly the whole Of which
sum was subscribed by mt Tho
structure Is of light gray Concord gran
lite, with trimmings Of the pink granite
OF New Hampshire. The entrances
are OF marble with richly carved doors
OF antique oak. A beautiful and costly
peal OF fifteen chimes. one OF the finest
aoolian organs In the country, the rich
windows OF stained glass and the artis-
tic furnishings of tho interior are nil
the gifts OF individual members Of the
denomination.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
BILL FOR PROTECTING FORESTS
Probability That 1T Will Encounter Oppo-
sition In the Senate.

sition In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . Considerable
interest has been manifested in the
west over the prospect of the passage
of the bill for tho protection of fore st
reservations, and it has become evident
since the bill passed the house that 1t
will encounter no iIconsideYable oppo-
sition in the senate. The bill when
1t first went TO the senate was re-
ferred to the committee on public lands,
but the reference was changed after.
wards. and it then went TO the COM
mittee on forest reservations, of which
Senator Allen of Nebraska is chairman.
The necessity OF proper care Of the for
ests for the preservation Of the timber
and the conservation of the water sup
ply in all the arid mountain states and
territories is generally admitted even
by those who oppose tho pending bill,
bat they contend hat the selections oe
land for such reservations as have been
made were made hastily and without
an adequate understanding Of
the conditions provided. They
assert that many OF the
reservations are far more extensive
than they need be, and that they opc-
rate to prevent the settlement Of large
areas Of country which might other
wise become productive. 1t Is asserted
10y them that timber only holds the
snow in the higher mountainous re-
gions, and that many Of the reserva-
tions made, especially in Colorado, Cal
ifornia and Wyoming. extend to re-
gions where the snow does not lie at
all. There is also objection to the
principle Of using the standing army
as n guard for the reservations. Prob
ably the objection to placing the privi-
lege of cutting timber within the dis
erection of tho secretary of the interior
which was made in the house will also
be revived in the senate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
ELECTION CONTEST DECIDED

n: Moody Counsy. South Dakota.
Sioux FALLS. 8. d., Jan. 5.-Judge
Jones today decided the election con
test case brought by A. C. Waller, re.
publican, of Moody county against c.
Brakke, populist, declared elected
treasurer OF that county by 8 majority.
The Judge finds Brake received 739
votes and Waller 735. Seven illegal
votes were thrown out. Where a voter
places q cross ut the head Of a ticket
and without erasing the name of q can
didate puts a cross opposite the name
Of the opposing candidate the court
holds that the vote can be counted for
neither.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The senate re-
assembled at noon, after the holiday re-
cess. the session being opened with a
prayer by the chaplain. Rev. Mr.. Milburn
in which thanks were expressed that
no members Of the body a
been, during the recess, touched by the
hand of death, and that the daughter OF
the vice president was regainiDg health
and strength. There were some forty
senator's present. The vice president was
in the chair.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4--The resolution
Observation-Disclosures by Mr.. Lodge. rep,
Massa husetts, calling on the secretary OF
the navy to inform the senate why all
ships of war have been withdraw,9
before the senate and Mr.. Lodge addressed
the senate, giving his reasons for the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution. He believed
the opinion and observations of n distin-
guished and able naval officer who is ne
cessarily out of politics would
be OF great value to us In understanding
the condition of affairs in reaching a
proper knowledge Of Il relations with
those islands and IL was perfectly clear
from disinterested observations that our
true policy was annexation He said IL
was not necessary to 1mpute n
improper motive to Great Britain or her
representatives or to suppose that IL was
the intention TO seize Hawaii, but 1t must
not be forgotten that a country that sus-
tains the sultan would not refuse to sus-
tain any other barbarous monarchy, and
the sympathy of Great Britain had GER
tninly been with the royalists.
At 2 o'clock, on the expiration of the
morning hour, the resolution went to the
calendar. Tn Nicaraguan bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Morgan, dem, Alabama,
continued his speech in advocacy of il.
At the close of Mr.. Morgan's speech,
Mr.. Milchrist, rep, Oregon, took
the floor on the Nicaragua bill
and the bill went over without
action. The senate voted to adjourn from
today until Monday. The military
academy appropriation bill was then taken
up and passed with a few immaterial
amendments.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

Tom Murray Of the house restaurant
has invented a drink which he calls tho
'statesman's tonic" He dissolves q
ittle sugar in water, pours in a table,
spoonful of vermouth, adds just a dash
If orange bittcrs and half a jigger Of
did Medford rum and squeezes n few
irops of juice Of lemon to set it off. a
uumber of Statesmen" have tried this
tonic" and all agree that it Is out Of
,i0hf
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
FOSTER IS A FAV0RlTE.

The Emperor OF China Regards Him ~
just the Man.
LONDON. Jan. ga dispatch to til.
Central News from Pesin says that the
emperor and the high officials of tho
government regard the choice of ex.
Secretary John w. Foster ~ a mediator
betweed China and Japan as the best
possible selection and are rejoiced at
the news of the selection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
THE ENGlE WILL CASE.
Judge Gafry m That A. Enslc
Cannot BE Disturbed.

Cannot BE Disturbed.
ABERDEEN, 5. d., Jan. 4.-Judge H..
Il. Gaffy, of the Pierre circuit, yester.
day heard evidence here while sitting
for Judge Campbell in the appeal will
case brought by George S Et.', in the
matter of the estate Of Adele d. En-.
gle. The Judge took the matter under
advisement, but animated the will
would be allo wed to stand so far as the
principal beneficiary, A. Engle, was
concerned
The arrest of Engle in his own house
and in the church the Judge character.
lied rs n most extraordinary proceed,
ings. Engle this morning
that papers are preparing in a suit for
$40, 900 damages each against fourteen
prominent men and women of the city
for alleged conspiracy in abducting
Englc's wife and child. Processes he
says will DC served in a short time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

UNION STOCK YARDS. CHICAGO, Jan. Z.
--Hogs-Quotations: Heavy, S4.40a4,70
mixed, 1896 a4.55, light, s3.S594.30; rough
heavy, $4.05d4.30.
Sheep-Market strong.
Cattle-Choice beeves, 81. 4045.40; poor
to good, s2.90@4.s5; westerns, S2.7594.O0
cows, $l.25@3.6O; stockers and feeders,
40 3O az. 15.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

There is one woman in New York
who has confidence in the police de-
partment If Mr.. Parkhurst has not.
She is n Mrs. Straiton, and when she
met Captain James Ennis on the street
We was folded in the loving arms Of
Mrs. Straiton, and Immediately after
wards her loving lips were glued to his.
The lady was arrested on the suspicion
Of insanity, and everybody who has
been studying the Lexow inquiry
believe the suspicion is well founded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

The patent office has received a valu
lble acquisition TO its museum in n fac
smile copy of the first patent of IN in
vention issued in America. 1t was
granted by the general court in Boston
pn March 6, 1646. Joseph Jenkes was
the p~atentee and his invention a water
Whe ell.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Ray Elliott Case Again.

CLINTON, Ia. Jan. 5.-Depositions
were taken today in the Ray Elliott
case. Burke, the claimant of the clild,
formerly lived here. His neighbors
gave him a bad character in their tes-
timony. Little Ray Elliott was brought
here for Identification, but tho wit
nesses said IL was not the Burke child
which lived here in 1893.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
snowstorm In Hungary.

BUDA PEsrH, Jan. h-Terrible snow.
storms have prevailed in the south OF
Hungary. The small town of Danaz
Zanto was almost completely buried in
snow for thirty hours and severa! of
the inhabitants persisted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

SIOUX FALLS, S.. d., Jan. 5.--James
B. Arthur, who came here several
months ago from Lawrence, Mass, was
yesterday granted q decree of divorce
from Eliza A.. Arthur on the ground of
cruelty. They were married January
Z, 1892.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

USIoNTowx. Pa, Jan. a.-An explo
sion Of powder occurred at the works
of the w. j. Rainey Coke company
JOhn Yinski was torn limb from link
and died DON after. Six Others were
badly injured and faur OF them are be
ueved TO be fatally hurt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. Z.
Cattle-Native steers, S4.40a4.75: cow
and heifers, 81. 90a3.5 so; stockers and feed
ers, 81. 3Od3. 40; calves, 81. 00010.00.
Hogs-Heavy, 81. lU@4.45, medium, 1896
M4.80; light, 81. 60a4.l5.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Snntl, Omaha.

SOUTH OMAHA, Jan. z.
Hogs-Heavy, s4.25d4.40; mixed, 5000
i.30; light, SO. 90d4.30.
Cattle-Stockers and feeders, 81. 0093. 80;
COWS, 81. OOa3.O0 common, 81. 25G1.90.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

YELLOW SPRINGS, O., Jan. 5.-A pow
der mill ut Goes station, near here ex-
ploded at 10 o'clock this morning kill
ing three mon. Cliff Horney. Adolph
Erebsl and Arthur Harris.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-Iess than 100
members were in their seats today when
The last session of the Fifty-third congress
was resumed, after the holiday re.
Jess. Chaplain Bagley In his
opening prayer asked that there
might be unity OF opinion among the rep
r~esentatives In the coming months In or
Der that legislation might be affected for
Dhe benefit OF the whole people. A long
list Of executive documents, largely esti-
mates for additional appropriations, was
laid before the house and appropriately re-
ferred.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.--The committees
having been called on for reports,
Mr.. Springer moved that tho
house proceed 10 the consider
alton of the currency bill.
In committee of the whole. Agreed to
and Mr.. Richardson, dem. Tennessee. re-
sumed the chair. The first speaker was
Mr.. Hendricks. dem, New York, who op'
posed the bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The currency bill
was taken up in committee of the whole,
Richardson, dem, Tennessee, In the
chair. The committee was first addressed
by Mr.. Boatf~r, dem, Louisiana, In ad
vocacy of the passage OF the bill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
MINNEAPOLIS.

MINNEAPoLIs, Jan. 7.
Wheat Closing: January, Soc; on
track, No. l hard, 6OAc. No. I north
ern, 5994 No. 2 northern, 5s4c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
A Warrant for CIoletn.

RoME. Jan. 5.-The Roman papers
cay that q warrant will he issued Tor
the arrest OF ex-Premier Gioletti, who
- now = fugitive. A decree closing the
session Of the italian parliament has
been published.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Rdalhifi5a buchanan. who failed tes

Tennese the bankruptcy court on
-. that he pays half Of all he
-@"5'above S4, 500 a year toward salts
lying his creditors, till they shall have
received 81 cents or the dollar. His
CATION, but the judge held that an
author who had earned 81, 500 a year
by his writings might be expected to
continue to do so, and should do some
hing for his creditors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

lin the time OF Augustus Cesar q fe
male dancer was worth $4,000. q flute
player who could also dance $4,000. . doe
tor Zoo and = copyist 1000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

After all the mystery and wonder
concerning the famous Peachblow vase
t transpires that it is in New York. safe
n the possession of Mr.. Brayton Ives.
Mr.. Ives tells II strange story of how
he came to buy it, that he had to prom
Sc not to speak about it for a specified
line, and is not 10Y at liberty to tell
what he paid for ii. He isn't even cer-
ain that he has the Peachblow, there
vas no guarantee to that effect when
le bought it nevertheless he was glad
% get it. The death Of Mr.. Walkers
If Baltimore is his permission to men
ion it at nll. So at last the great
'eachblow mystery is cleared up at the
expense of a lot of what is vulgarly
'alled CUFF"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12

In Berlin the rush to call boy babies
Aegir, since the appearance OF the en-
peror's "Song to Aegir," has brought
trouble on the registrar Of births. who
d forbidden by law TO receive pagan
names. The matter has been referred
10 the court chamberlain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER

Tho young car has given another
practical demonstration of his earnest
iesire TO effect reforms in the Russian
cody polite by his order to release the
survivors of the Cossack massacre at
Kroschc, in Poland, which occurred on
November 10, 1893. The liberation of
these will recall the horrible treatment
melted out to the inhabitants of the
Catholic village of Krosche, whose re-
sistance TO the order to close their
shurch was punished by the slaughter
Of 100 of their number by lance thruste
and the blows Of murderous knouts in
The hands of n horde of CossaclSs, while
HE remainder, men, women and chill
lren, after having been stripped ana
logged within IN inch of their lives,
we're driven 20 prison. The reformation
If n system under which such cruelties
,ro possible is n TASK of overwhelming
magnitude; but there is evidence that
the car will not shun his self imposed
duty in the removal ofGeneral Gourko,
The despotic governor of WARSAW, who
was at least indirectly responsible for
he persecution of the Jews in bis pro.
since, as we'll as for the horror at
Krosclie.