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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
For Convenience Of Settlers

Chamberlain, Dec. 19.-The commits
sioner Of the general land office has in
formed the register and receiver Of the
Chamberlain office that Hon. F. NJ
Ziebach of Yankton has been appointed
special court commissioner to admins.
ter oaths in homestead cases to claim.
ants for land in Gregory county, which
were opened for filing last Monday
This action Is taken for the convenience
OF Gregory county settlers, many Of
whom live more than fifty miles from
this city, who ear thus be sworn to
their filing papers without the necessity
Of appearing personally at the Cham
berlain land office.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Washington, Dec. 1a.-Iowa postmaster
were appointed yesterday as follows:
Nordins. winnishiek county. p. Johnson
vice c.. II. johnson. resigned; Hamlera
Warren county. J. Bartholomew, vice J
NJ. Goldizen. resigned.
Pensions were granted yesterday as fol
lows:
South Dakota-OSiginal: Adam II. Nc
Cabe, Wakonda.
Iowa-Original: John Boateress. Paul.
lima. Increase: Daniel Pickens. Sidney
George II. Griggs, Rock Rapids. Reissue
John Kritter. North Washington. Wild
VS.: Elisabeth Smith. Tama; minor OF
John Cage. Des Moines: minors Of Benja
min H. Tompkins. bloomfield: minors OF
John Salisbury. Rockwell.
Nebraska-Increase: Sylvester b. Lytle
Neligh.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Two Women Hurt I'm a Runaway.

Rcdfield, Dec. I7.-As Mrs. +. I. Fur
bush and daughter, Nina, were turning
a corner On Main street in a cutter a
runaway horse came dashing down the
street and attempted to jump over the
cutter in which they we're. He Jumped
into the cutter instead and smashed 1t
to pieces, throwing down the horse
hitched to the cutter, knocking Miss
Nina Furbush unconscious and badly
bruising both limbs. Mrs. Furbush was
also quite badly bruised.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Many Berrlen comfy, Michigan farm
FRS say they have so much corn they
hardly know what to do with il, their
cribe being full to overlooking, and the
husking still going on. The grain is
Try and in admirable condition to crib
md the ear are notably large and per-
.ect. 1t is generally conceded to be the
argest and most perfect corn crop ever
grown in Berrien county since its set
tlnnnnnt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

Recently an extraordinary occurrence
vas witnessed from the south side OF
he Thames. On the foreshore close by
he Cherry Garden pier, Bermondsey,
about 7 a. m, a large flock of rocks
we're seen making their way in a north
westerly direction, followed almost i'm
nediately by a mass of starlings, which
IN turn were followed by flights OF
1eldfares and larks at like intervals.
they continued for nearly half an hour,
ohalanX succeeding phalanX in regular
military order without any attempt at
ntermingling,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Dec. 19.-Hogs-Receipts,
II, 900. Market opened weak. Closed strong
Quotations: Light, 81. 20d3. 80; medium,
So. 2Oq3. 27la; heavy. $3.173@3. %; pigs. SIS
63.l 10.
Quotations: Native steers, best. "a. 1905 90;
fair to good native steers. $3.00qi. 10; cow
and heifers, best. IS .00q3. 80; fair to good
cows and heifers. 81. 7Od3.OO: bulls, N.lOq
ans and westerns, 81 .6oq3. 20; calves. 500
oil 90.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Edward Lloyd, the proprietor of
Lloyd's Newspaper and the London
Chronicle, has bought 100 square miles
y Norwegian forest to make wood pulp
ior his paper. Mr.. Lloyd is the owner
IF vast hemp lands in India, which
gave the fiber that made the splendid
paper for his publications. The hemp
anime has evidently forced him to turn
At least temporarily to wood pulp.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

A debate which has just taken place
In the senate at Paris has disclosed the
Tact hat the island Of Madagascar has
clready cost France $50, 900, 900, and will
probably cost her at least IS, 900. 900 a
year hereafter, without any hope Of the
slightest return for a long time to come.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
DOVER INTEREST IN MILLIONS
Mrs. Julia NJ. steward sues Tho Es-
tate of "A Kausa City Pioneer.

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. l9.-Mrs. Julia
NJ. Steward, formerly of Denver, has
brought suit TO cover a dover interest
in the s., 900, 900 estate OF the late Will
liam ellis. one Of Kansas Clty's plo-
neers.
She claims that before her marriage
to MI. Steward she was the wife OF
Martin Van Buren, Jackson, who died
in 1889, and who claimed to be a son Of
ellis by an carly marriage. ellis died
in 1869 and was supposed to nav been a
bachelor. Mrs. Steward claims TO be
able TO prove he married Mrs. Jackson
in 1885.
Mrs. Steward is one Of hundreds Of
claimants of the estate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

While Workmen We're engaged in eX-
awaiting for a ditch near the village OF
silver Lake, Ind, they unearthed one
If the finest specimens of the tusk Of a
nastodon " discovered in northern
indiana. 1t measured seven and one
sntY-eight pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In South Africa the rapid develop
nent OF the mining industry has caused
even Kaffir labor to be we'll paid for,
Despite this attraction it is a marvel
hat the natives could ever have been
persuaded to go down the mines at all,
and, as a matter of fact, the Zulus and
some other tribes absolutely refuse to
30 SO ven now. They Will work above
ground, but below these men viii not
20
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Dipsomaniacs in Sweden, when pul
dnder restraint, are fed almost e~ntirel.
tn bread stepped in wine. In less thar
2 fortnight they loathe the very look
Ind smell of liquor and when liberated
generally become total abstainers. In
Eith good results.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
RICH vein OF GOLD FOUND
A Happy Drift at Ragged Top in
the Black Hills.
A Large Bed of Ore of Fabulous
Hichness-GOv. Sheldon APP
points a Regent--Othcr
Dakota Items,

Deadwood, Dec. 19.-At a depth Of 10
feet in the Dacyshaft Of Fitzpatrick
Bros. a. Collins, at Ragged Top. a drift
was started on the assure. When about
ten feet was completed a large bed OF
ore was encountered that is f~abulously
rich. The average ore in the shaft will
run $3.50 a ton. The ore is the richest
ever discovered in the Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The French are talking again of a
ship canal between Toulon and Bor-
ieauX to connect the Atlantic and Med
Iterranean, thus thanking the strong
lo.d at Gibraltar. AS the proposed
waterway would be more than $50 miles
ong, with a level Of 600 feet above the
If the first interest TO the present gen
.ratiOn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The Dutch have a delightfully."- orig
inal way Of collecting their taxes. If
after due notice has been given, the
money is moi sent, the authorities place
n or two hungry militiamen in the
house, to be lodged until the moun Of
the tax is paid.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In Germany the man who loses both
his hands in an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, if
he be insured, on the grounds hat he
has lost the means of maintaining him.
elf. A loss of the right hand reduces
The claim from 20 to so per cent of the
:otal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The plans for next years Baireuth
festival are decidedly curious. All the
"Parsifal" performances except two
July 2S and August 81 are reserved for
hose who subscribe for Der Ring des
Nibelungen." Each seat for the cycle
Of five performances will cost $25.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

There is a home for women inebriates
n Brooklyn, N. Y, kept by a woman of
whom the Brooklyn physicians speak
highly. The patients are not treated
ike prisoners, but are amused and en-
ertained in different ways, going to the
heater and other places of amuse-
ment
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
BRYAN GETS IT.
The Offtcial Count Of South Dakota
il CONNECTED.

Pierre, 5. D.. Dec. 19.-The official
of the last election was COM
pleted here today. The populists get
the governor. attorney general and rail-
road commissioner. All the rest Of
state ticket are republican. Official
vote congress and highest elector re-
publican Crawford, 4O,94S; Gamble, 40
575. Populist, Kelly 41.125; Knowles, A.
233. Prohibition, Alexander, 593; Lewis,
722. Electors, Bryan, Al, 225; Mckinley.
Al, 042; lowering, 664.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The duration of sunshine in the vari.
Gus countries of Europe was recently
discussed at a scientific meeting I'm Ber-
lin. 1t was shown that Spain stands
1t the head of the list, having. on the
average, 1900 hours of sunshine per
gear, while Italy has $500 hours. Ger.
many LOO hours and England l,40t
lnllTc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

on the Homestead and Highland
Electric railway, Homestead, Pa, ten
tickets are sold for % cents. and they
are good for a ride at any time between
5 a. IN. and IL o'clock midnight. The
tickets are good anywhere within the
borough OF Homestead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Jupnued the Track.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. ia wreck
ing train jumped the track at Delphi,
Ind, this morning. killing one man and
lnjuring several others. The man killed
was Cecil Douglas of Hammond. Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live stock.

Sioux City, Dec. ~l9.-Sioux City Stock
Observation-Disclosures: Heavy, 5000
Is: mixed and light, So. 1903. 20.
Cattle-Quotations: Cows n heifers,
81. OO63. %; stockers and feeders, 8.Wd3.6 80;
bulls. 81 .50d3 %: veals, $3.O0G5.00; calves
and yearlings, 81. 75m3.O.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

A London jury the other day brought
n the following decidedly mixed Yer
iict: I'VE find the prisoner not guilty
md that he admitted his guilt through
ignorance and we strongly recommend
him to mercy"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
l.. Il. Sweeney Succeeds Shannon.

Pierre, Dec. Ex-Governor Sheldon
has appointed i. Il. Sweeney OF Vermil-
lion as a member Of the board OF re-
gents of education until March /, 1898,
to take the place Of j. w. Shannon, who
has failed to attend two successive
meetings Of the board and is considered
to have resigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
South Omaha,

South Omaha, Dec. 19.-Hogs-Receipts,
:. 200; official yesterday, 500: shipments,
Al. Market steady at yesterdays close;
Quotations: Heavy. S.10a3.@; mixed and
Catt!e-Receipts, 1,sO0; official yesterday,
/, 626: shipments, 1860. Market slow.
Sheep-Receipts, LOCO; official yesterday,
1857: shipments, none. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Chicago,

Chicago, Dec. $3.50 a. m.oHogs--Re-
Heavy, So. 1908. 35; mixed, $3.l5d3. 40; light,
SO. 2OG3. ~; rough heavy, $2;SoM3.lO.
Cattle-Receipts, 500. Market steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis, Dec. 19.-Wheat was weak
and closed &c over.
Closing Prices-December, 75hc; May.
| SSc; September, ISc.
Prices on Track-No. l hard, 17Hc; No. ]
| northern. 16c; No. 2 northern. 741sc.
Receipts-Wheat, 1856, $40 bushels.
Shipments-Wheat. rs. $50 bushels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
REFUSED TO lNDlCT ERB.

Despite His Confession the Granc
Jury Orders Him Released.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 19.-George Erb.
who recently confessed to the murder
of Edward II. Nuttor at Fort Smith,
Ark, last February. will be released
from prison today. Chief of Police
Watson received a letter from the shers
in Of that place stating that the grand
Jury had failed to indict Erb. and had
instructed him to notify the Harris
burg authorities that so far as the Ar
kansas parties were concerned he could
he released.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Ann Arbor Is said to have a feminine
.'Jack-the-H ugger." or several of them.
Scveral students claim to have been
held up by 1--WE girls after dark and
Rugged. and afterward pinched and
beaten. M
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Chicago Tribune.
What kind Of goods. ma'am?" asked
the salesman.
II think" replied the young woman
who had Just bought q wheel and was
about to order hrr first riding suit
you may show me some Of your early
fall styles."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

M~icroscopical investigation is said to
prove that the pores of wood invite the
passage of moisture in the direction OF
the timber's growth, but repel 1t in the
opposite direction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Carroll ID. Wright estimates that at the
present time there are 1000. 900 unem-
ployed males ! N this country above the
age of 10 years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In the opinion of the best informed
authorities, Shanghai will become the
great central manufacturing point OF
the Pacific coast. even surprising ul-
limateiy Osaka, In japan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The new Russian imperial yacht
Standard in it's final trip i'm the Katie
gat made an average speed of 21.1S knots
an hour. The contract stipulated for
twenty knots only.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

From Truth.
Three English nohlemen proposed to
her In n night and she refused them
ALL"
Why. what did she d. that for?"
"She couldn't set e divorce"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

During the last twenty-five years the
import OF wheat into Great Britain has
increased by 152 per cent. while the
quantity Of home grown wheat has al
minished by 45 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

B~all-bearing has now been applied
% the mounting of eyeglasses and spec
tacles. preventing the rigid contact OF
glass and metal and rendering them less
liable TO fracture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In certain parts of China the youns
women year their hair In a long. single
plat, with which Ii interviewed .
strand OF bright scarlet thread. which
denotes them to be marriageable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Ii has been judicIally decided In Mis-
souri, that the courts must recognize q
common law widower the same as q
common law widow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Wedding at Elk Point.

Elk Point, Dec. 19.-Clarence S. Goble,
a rising young lawyer of Utah, and
Miss Cora Rust were married at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Rust, near this
city. They will make their home in
American Forks, Utah.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
MAKING BOGUS MONEY.
Counterfeiters In the Federal Prisos
Mt Fort Leavenworth.

at Fort Leavenworth.
Leavenworth. Kas., Dec. 1s.-Warder
J.. w. French of the United States peni.
tertiary at Fort Leavenworth has made
the discovery that a gang of Ave con.
vicis .four vi them sent In FOR counter
feiting, were at work making spurious.
IS bills
The leader of the gang was j. G. Mc.
Kibben, the prison photographer.
Warden French secured written con.
LESSONS from all implicated and the
convicts will be tried for counterfeiting
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

At New Augustine, Fla. the mayor.
sitting AZ q magistrate. accepted five
hogs from q negro culprit as security
Tor the payment OF . fine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Hitherto Philadelphia has been con-
tent II her policemen were s feet . inches
IN height. but now the city authorities
have protectors an inch taller than shat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
OfHciaI Totals,

Pierre. Dec. 19.-The official totals for
the different state and congressional can
didates and electors as announced after
are:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Gray wolves are becoming 10 plentiful
and destructive In Jasper county. Mis-.
souri,, that parties , being organized
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Fractured His Skull.

Elk Point. Dec. 19.-Carl Baugh OF
this city fell from a load Of hay, frac-
turing his skull. Though badly hurt,
he will recover.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
Restaurant Where sweet Marie"
Removes Your Hat With the Toe
of Her Slipper-FloWer Girl May
Be a Coming Queen in This Very
RiSque Section.

price, but if you haven't they can laugh
just as merrily over cornedbeef hash
or Frankfurter on the corner.
NOW" said Mr.. Rake, ''yOu see the
| worst character of the New Tenderloin-
the elderly mashcr. He is rich, an
adept in the art of staring woman out
OF countcnance, and he isn't to be
abashed by any amount of snubbing.
He is quite fascinating, too. Being
| thorough man OF the world, he under
stands women and how to attack their
weakness best. Up here they are equal
to him.
watch him, now" said Mr.. Rake, draw
| ing me into the shade of house. There
| comes a shop girl with big box. She
| has got on an ugly dress, three seasons old,
and that woody coat isn't smart rs
pretty girl likes. Her hat she trimmed
| herself The old masher knows it and he
| knows she is a pretty girl.
Watch him speak to her. She is hurry
| ing along. She is anxious to getaway from
| him. Look She is almost going TO strike
| him with her bundle. She knows she is
! in the New Tendcrloin. She has selected
| it because it gives her glimpse of good
| tllllpS DSUlIlt l1C NlitON i't'N III
| hero is a handsumer man than that.
| Look He has said something TO her.
| He is smiling. What has he said? He has
told her that that box is too heavy for her
| Yes, and that she may place it in his cab
| and send it where it must go by the coach
man."
AsMr. Rake spoke the girl stopped in front
| of the substantial elderly masher and listen
! ed to him. A smile crept over her face; q
! grateful smile. Up drove q cab that had
been lettering off in the direction of Central
| Park ant. into it piied-not the girl and her
4 newfound cscort-but the parcels.
"TeI hin where they are to go, my dear"
ordered the elderly masher, "and we will
| go &c, look for nice warm place and some
| thing 10 eat. l declare he observed, as he
| tucked the reluctant little hand under the
fur cuff of his sleeve, that pretty arm
| wouit, havebe cutin two by thatbox-string
before you could have carried that heavy
| thing over TO the Boulevard.
| Now, where shall we go for nice cold
| bottle and q hot bird?'
"The NJ. is a nice place." said the bash
full shopmaiden quickly.
The elderly masher looked at her with
| sudden suspicion.
! "Oh, 1 have seen it as 1 passed, you
know" she added, casting down her eyes.
Mr.. Rake and burst out laughing. You
are in Paris" said he, land in Paris there
is a saying that the shop-girls are flier
than birds. I have left my French phrases
and ti:eir replies at home" but 1t is some
thing like that said the incorrigible Rake
unconceroedly, as we strolled deeper into
little Paris.
Here you have the future queen of the
| New Tenderloln," said MT. Rake, as O
! small figure appeared in front OF es isold-
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01

ing up a nosegay. "onIy twenty five
cents, an dey cost me t'irty," saidthe small,
wee voice that belonged with the figure
please buy. Me mother amt got no bat,
ner me neither. An me dress is that
t'n'-A snuffy sound drowned the rest.
Here, sweetness" said the Rake, drop
ping a ten-cent piece down the midget's
back. "Give me that flower in the hand
that isn't hopping off the tears, and you'll
find your pay in your stocking when you
get up in the morning.
Tanks, tanks" cried the girl, picking
up her feet With surprising aIacrity and
running along to the next customer, 4 man
in tall hat who stood on the next corner.
THAT girl is going TO be the queen of the
quarter yet" said Rake. did you see
how skilfuny she squeezed out those tears?
Her mother is a laundreSs-InakeS more
money than CbinamaD. Does up ruffles
and flounCeSsuch as youneyersaw. Charges
as much as you pay for u gown, and ap-
propriates them as soon as they get rip