Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-05-09

acres for the garden and Il, 200, 900 is in
sight to carry out the elaborate plans.
A new feature Of the proposed 700 WI
be the natural environments and habi-
tations OF the animals. This Is rem
dcred Easy by the large amount of land
at the service of the society. The ami
mails of North America will be shown
In the free range of large enclosures,
containing miniature mountains, rivers
and forests; the lions and tigers Will
live in sandy stretches and junSles, and
70 on.
A Saco. Me, girl has a pet pig which
she leads about the streets of that town
as other girls sometimes lead a poodle.
The pig Is young, and pretty as pig go,
nnaweass AeE"'1fN ainbfes along con-
tentedly as a poodle would, except when
LIS mistress walks takes IL past an in
viting puddle, when there Is usually a
sharp and noisy struggle for a minute
ar two before the porker can be per-
suaded to pursue its promenade.
The largest kitchen in the world is in
that great Partisan store, the Bon Mar
che, which has 1000 employees. The
smallest kettle contains 100 quarts and
the largest 500. Each OF fifty roasting
pans Is big enough for 800 outlets.
Every dish for baking potatoes holds
20 pounds. When omelets are on the
bill Of fare 5000 eggs are used at once.
FOR cooking alone, sixty cooks and 100
assistants are always at the n
1t is announced hat the crown prince
Of Sweden intends to visit Lapland in
August In order to see the total eclipse
of the sun on the 9th OF that month. A
perfect view of the eclipse can be had
from the mountain of Juobmotjakko,
which has a height of 4.S00 feet above
the level Of the sea, and Is situated neal
the celebrated waterfall Of Stora Sjofal-
let's.
The Japanese. in order to celebrate
their recent victories. are golng TO
erect a gigantic statute Of Buddha. The
height will be 120 feet. The metal will
be supplied from the ordnance captured
IN the late war. The monument will
cost about 1000. 900 yen, and is to be
erected at Kioto.
Mrs. Gladstone's condition has great
ly improved, and she is now in excellent
health. Mr.. Gladstone has taken adj
vantage of the fine weather prevailing
since his return from the continent. and
has driven out in an open carriage daily.
Miss Mary Philbrlck. a woman LAWYER
in New Jersey. occupies the singular Do
sltion or appearing as the attorney for a
man VINO is defending a suit for divorce
on statutory grounds. The lawyer also
represents the correspondent.
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Ahne Taylor Burroughs is tho Oldest
voter in Chicago. He is nearly 81. ard
has never missed but one vote since he
was q years old. That was the last
time Carter Harrison ran, when Bur
roughs was sick abed.
mas made a three years' contract with
the Hawaiian government to destroy
the insect pests Of the islands. His
method is to get insects harmless to man
to kill noxious insects.
Daniel Baugh, OF Jerfersonville. Ind,
recently celebrated the 107th anniver-
sary Of his birth by giving a dinner to
his numerous descendants. Six genera
tons of the Baugh family were seated
at the table.
William f. Downcs OF New Haven
has given to the Yale Divinity school a
sum Of money with which to establish
premiums for excellence in reading the
bible and the hymns in the course Of
public worship.
Queen Sophia, of Sweden, is one Of the
richest women in the world. She was a
princess of Nassau. and her brothers,
from whom she inherited her money.
owned the gambling tables at Wiesba-
len.
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The theater hat law in Ohio is to be
followed by a statute regulating the
amount of foam on a glass of beer.
Meanwhile, personal liberty lies bleed
Ing in the streets at Columbus.
That a high degree OF chivalry exists
In the west is proved by the fact that
a travelling evangelist has been driven
from Fresno. Cal, for having slandered
Its women in a public address.
An Indiana man has been sentenced
to prison for three years for stealing
half of a dressed porker. There's no
telling what would happen to him If he
had taken the whole hog.
Bennington Center, VT. with a popu-
lation never exceeding 500, has fur
nished o governors to the state, and
the inhabitants think the good material
Is by no means exhausted.
A cable car conductor who was walk
ing In the streets was run down in New
York the other day by a wheelman and
severely injured. Time at last makes
all things even.
The prince regent of Bavaria has be-
slowed upon Prof. Roentgen the Order
of the Crown Pour lie Merite," which
implies the distinction Of nobility.
The estate of the late Emmons Blaine
foots up $50, 900 In good assets. with four
pr five times this mount in stocks and
other investments, which are considered
doubtful.
The Town OF West Woolwich, Me-. has
not a dog within it's limits. Now If this
village could make the same boast as