Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-29

ne AlldlllC NlOlllIlA mas llldbt all III
quiry Of 0 1000 teachers and superintend-
ents OF public schools concerning the ac-
tual status of teachers and the schools
in every part Of the union. A general
summary Of the results of this interest
ing inquiry by President G. Stanley Hall
will appear in the Atlantic Monthly for
March.
Excavations have been begun on the
site of the ancient Roman city Of Veru-
lamium, neal st. Adams, with the per-
mission OF the earl OF Nerulam. The
first thing to he dug for is the south
gate on the road leading to Camelot. 1t
is hoped that traces of the adjacent
British city of Cassivelaunus. who was
defeated by Caesar. may also be found.
The other day "A man was received at
the asylum for the insane at Columbus,
o., from Holmes county who had been
kept in chains in one room for forty
-four years. Holmes county, by the way,
is the place where they organized a re-
bellion to resist the draft during the war
for the union. And they always vote
'er straight" in that part Of Ohio.
The University of California offers
for the current term a curse of instruc-
tion on the Monroe doctrine, treating
of its origin. application and develop
ment. This curse is 10 be given at the
rate OF one Jour per week. and is to be
open only to students who are pursuing
N have completed the course on inter-
national law.
Miss Nellie G. Robinson, a woman at
torney Of Cincinnati. is preparing to
make a kick on the ruins of the SUI
preme court Of Ohio, which holds that
women cannot act as notarieS public. |
She VIII carry the question up to the
supreme court at Washington and will
make a plea before that august body. |
According to the last annual report of
of the Congregational association OF
New York there are five women who
are pastors of small Congregational
churches in the state. These ONE are
all in middle life, have been married
and have had children. With one ex-
ception they are wives of ministers.
Chauncey NJ. Depew says hat the
American railroad is the greatest rail-
road in the world, and the railroad SER
vice Is the best in the world to follow be-
cause 1t permits both work and clear
conscience, and anybody, he says, who
has that combination, can live forever.
1t is recalled now that Napoleon, on
the completion of the Louisiana pur-
chase, said: This accession of terrific
ry strengthens forever the power OF
the United States, and l have given to
England a maritime rival that will
sooner or later humble her pride
rrha,.a liuao N =, a =, To- yauo Ne uyh4
three years ago, resolved to keep an &C
count of the clothespins he should be
called upon to buy. Since then he has
purchased forty dozen and his wife
neither takes in washings nor uses them
for kindling.
The little hamlet OF Affection, Jefferson
County, Wis, enjoys the distinction of
being the only settlement in the Badger
state In which no woman resides. What
a chance there would be for the new
woman to gain everlasting fame in AL
lection.
An eye witness of the battle of Water
loo is still living at Ellsworth, o., a lit
tie village fifteen miles east of Alliance.
II is James r. Green, who is in his 9Sth
year, and who expects to help elect at
least one more president.
AT the Joliet Qllinois) penitentiary is a
German prisoner whose musical at
tainments have made him quite famous.
He is the leader of the prison orchestra,
and his musical compositions are widely
known.
There is a man connected with the
orchestra In n of Kansas City's thea
ters who plays ten different instruments
In the course OF an evening, sometimes
using his feet as well as his hands.
Conductor Theodore Thomas will in
%augurate his new regime as leader Of
he Brooklyn Symphony society by a
concert at the New York Academy Of
Music on March 26 next.
Rochester il contemplat ting the ex-
penditure OF 81, 800. 900 upon a new
sewer system: New Orleans will soon
expend $1,000, 900 for a similar p
Frau Emile Kempin, doctor of laws.
Is the 1rst woman lawyer in Berlin.
She has opened her office In the fash
ionable street OF Inter den Linden.
The cause Of disease in q certain Sec
ton Of e York city is said to be
sewer gas, pure and simple" New
York certainly is favored In possessing
such a rare quality of sewer gas.
Experts from a prominent bicycle
mandatory nave been engaged to In.
struct the convicts In the Indiana state
prison at Warsaw. Ind, in the art Of
making bicycles.
-
The Rev. Minot j. Savage has been
invited to deliver the essay before the
British and Foreign association In Lon
don next June, an honor never before
bestowed upon ar American.
1t Is announced that Laureate AUS
tin Is surprised and disheartened by the
unfavorable reception accorded his first
Official poem.
Inasmuch as Prince Edward Of York
has attained the Of one and a half
years he II 10 be reproduced In a life
size marble statue.
United States Representative l.. r..
Livingston OF Georgia II to visit vens-
xueh In March. when the national con-
srsss VIII be assembled ~ Caracas.
Indiana Haptists contributed last
wear y al den0minattonal purposes an
'vssaes % q per capita