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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
One Rate for the Round "Trip.

Commencing May 18th, 1896, and each
Saturday thereafter until Oct. 18th, 1896,
| will sell round trip tickets to Hot
Springs, on Saturdays only, good re-
turning up to and including the follow
ing Tuesdays after date of sale.
.. L. ELLIOTT,
Agt. Il. & NJ. Ry.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Born.

In this city on Wednesday, the 10th
inst, to NJ. and Mrs. F. p. Thompson Z
blooming nine pound baby girl.
The mother and baby are doing nicely,
and supreme happiness in the house.
hold, It is needless to add, is the pleas.
ing result Of the not unusual, but ever
felicitous event.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

Odo Reder, the we'll known and pop
ular lumber merchant of Custer, was In
u city this week making arrangements
for opening q branch of his business
here. He was accompanied by his sons
AL. ard f. O., who are to haye charge OF
the Terry branch. Frank has had con.
siderable experience in the lumber
business, having had charge of their
Edgemont yard for some time.-Terry
Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

Baptist Church, Sunday %, Rev. F. T.
Drewett will preach morning and even
ing. Subject in the morning at IL,
Sowing and reaping." In the evening
at s, "Strayed." Sunday School at 10 a.
m. Junior B. Y. p. u. at 3 p. IN. Senior
b. Y. p. U. at 7:l5. b. Y. p. u. Prayer
meeting on Tuesday evening at s. DR.
w. +. Crouter, president. Regular
prayer meeting on Thursday evening a
S. All most cordially invited.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

Don't trife awaytime when you have
cholera morbus or diarrhea. Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's
Collie and Cholera Cure. You don't
have to wait for results, they are instan-
t%aneous, and it leaves the bowels in
a healthy condition. A. J. Jones & Co.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Postomce Hours.

Office open from a. m. to 7:30 y. m.
SundayS-S:3 80 to . a. IN, ana after opening OF
morning mail till 1880 Il. IN.
Mail going north closes AZ a. m. South at :
pm BERTHA WOOD, =. NJ.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

Regular services:-Sunday 10 Z. N.
Sunday School; II .. m. Preaching Ser.
gites; z p. m. Y. p. 8. @. e.: 3. m
Preaching Service; Thursday 8 .. M.
Prayer Meeting. Come and worship.
J. Fl. KEyAx, Pastor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
List Of Letters

August q, 1s98. o
Boyer, Otis, 2. Gsrvin. w,n,an
Owens, Vas. If. Card) Parshai. Perry.
Zimmerman, o.
v. rsrsors calling Cor thsse lsttsrs please say id
BERrHA woop. r M.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Hall Rate Excursions 10 Hot sprinss.
South Dakota.

July 3lst. August 18th, August 2stb
via the Burlington Route. Tickets good
80 days. A rare chance to spend the
hottest month in the year at the pleas
ATTEST summs resort in tho west.
Call At b. d M. r. r. ticket Office and
get q Y information. Or, write TO J.
Francis, GenI Pass'r agent, Omaha, Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
For Over Fifty Years

To Let-Two furnished rooms-En'
ouire at this office:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Personal

FREE-64 page medical reference book
10 any person afflicted with any special
chronic or delicate disease peculiar To
their SEX. Address the leading physi.
cians and surgeons of the United States.
DIR. Hathaway & Co., Corner Nebraska
and Fourth Streets. Sioux City, Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

md l. me aooye company, now doing business at Edeemont so,,b D..u. -
factory at Edgemonts is m Fnsa nlnerai Paint Mines in the Black Hills and in its
ihara ~e -, Lon' is preparing Ito make all the standard colors IF no. ~
"Edeemont ElacH i % PnAt p Ar present time, however, their specmIties are tha
adbesi ysnass "ae ~ I uoi amt. and "Edgemont Fire Proof Roof Paint y NJ, Ws
%. nsm mu nsung qualities are unexcened, and which car he en- ,nrM %a 81
becomes known. T N"ei"r rade OF paint when the quality
ODo REDER, Agent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
GRADR d.

Mrs. D. {. Sawyer, Belle Sawyer,
Estella Nelson, Maude Drew, Augusta
Schmidt, Nellie Allen, Lulu Taylor
Nellie Curtis, Minnie Dickson, Lena
Dickson, Mary Mclean, Jessie Mclean,
Eva Roberts, Erva Bower, Bertha Bond,
Mrs. Coburn, Mrs. Clark, Ralph Nc.
Hoes, Blanche Cooper, Lottie johnson,
Mrs. Elliott. frankie Akers, Miss Cur
ney.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
GNADE

Arsene Hesnard, Amanda Petch,
Grace Johnesse. d. E. Dandy, Roxana
Bower, Mrs. Vestal, A. ]. Evans, Arthur
Reynolds, Cora Knickerbocker, VIM
White, +. s. Crowley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

Maggie Bostwick, Nellie Rutkowski,
Ira McFadden, Grace Horsely, Lizzie
Merchant, Lizzie Plump,er, Angie Tar
rant, Edith Stark~eather. Ethel strick-
land, Nellie Irand.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04

One Of the attendants at local hos
pital, whose duty it is to apply the ether
to patients about to be operated upon,
often causes the doctors much annoyance
by reason of his overcaution. 1t is rarely
that he can be persuaded TO apply enough
of the anpsthetic to produce the desired
effect without continual urging on the
part of the doctor who is to use the
knife. The other day Il patient was
about to bc operated upon and the old
difficulty arose. Nov, doctor, he's
really had quite enough, remarked the
attendant The doctor thought other
wise, and insisted upon more ether.
demonstrating against applying any
more, the attendant was about to COM
ply with the doctors command when he
suddenly jumped back, eXclaiming:
my God, doctor, the patient is dying.
He's black in the FACET 'Of course he
is, you - fool" replied the doctor.
eff you'll look close enough you'll find
he is Il ncgro!'-Philadelphia Record.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
ANTIQUITY OF The MEASLES
People In All Times Have Suffered From
This Disease.

Of course every one thinks he knows
what measles is and yet very few really
know more about the ailment than the
fact that it is contagious disease, char
acterized by sore eyes, sore nose, sore
throat and an eruption of the skin.
The disease is one of great antiquity,
dating as far back as A. D. 900 AT
that time, however, it was confounded
with smallpox and scarlet fever. By
many observers smallpox and measles
were always regarded as one and the
same disease, differing only in degree.
This misinfo1mation was not dispellcd
until 1870, when Sydenham, an Eng
fish physician, declared that they were
distinct diseases.
About the origin of measles little is
known. At the present day the disease
is found all over the civilized world 1t
is not known in uncivilized countries.
1t has always been claimed that the dis
ease was due to a specific poison, but
the nature of it was not known. Quite
recently, however, Il European bactcri-
ologist named Czajikowski reported that
he had found micro organism III the
blood of IL person suffering from moa-
sizes, which he believed to be the cause
Of the disease. Measles is unlike some
other contagious diseases, i'll that it is
no respeCtcr of persons or places. 1t at
f2cts all sorts and conditions of people.
What better illustration.of this is need
ed than the present case i'll the first
household of the land? The disease is
one Of the most highly contagious all
mcnts known. 1t is far more contagious
than smallpox. but the poison of mea-
sizes contains much less vitality than
that of the latter. The poison of measles
exits i'll the breath, the blood, the tears
and i'll the sccrctions from the nose and
throat
Although the disease is usually
classcG as one of childhood, adults
sometimes suffer from it, The adult
cases are usually the more severe In
Tants under months are generally con-
sidered exempt from the disease, al
though there are exceptions to the rule.
Measles is generally looked upon as Il
necessary evil Of childhood and one that
deserves but little attention. In Il sim
pie case that may be all well enough,
but there are usually other contingcn-
cicS, and some of these should be guard
ed against. In almost every case the
eyes become infamed and call for at
tcntion, There is usually bronchitis,
which, if left uncarcd for, may be fol-
lowed by pneumonia and fatal termina-
tion. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
Jay Gould Letter In q Curio Shop.

In little old curiosity shop i'll Third
avenue is an odd letter written by Jay
Gould away back i'll 1891, before Gould
began to dicker in railroads and when
he was an obscure and respected sur
veyor.
The letter was written by Gould to
the late A. M. Sherman, and it was an
appeal for the loan of surveyors level,
the young surveyor offering to give the
topography of the Newburg and SYRIA
cuSG railroad for it. Just before his
death Il few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted to buy the letter for $25, but it
had been sold the day before. Not long
ago, however, the letter came back into
the possession Of the curio dealer. and Il
few days ago he sent his young son
around to George Gould's Office with it,
instructing him to offer it for sale for
$25, the price the senior Gould had Of
fered to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old worn and yellow letter. He read it
and then laughingly said:
Il declare, that's funny. My father
give moro than So for it, which offer the
curio dealer refused
After ~ years the letter is as plain rs
the day it was written. But the paper,
a full sized letter sheet, written on both
sides, is worn ut the edges. The hand
writing is plain and flowing, with de
cidcd tendency to flourish. Two words
are Observation-Disclosures and dam
age, which are written "bcrmetrical'
and 'dammagc.
But queerest Of all is the length Of
the opistle. JAY Gould was noted for
the brevity of his business letters. Three
lines often sufficed him, when his wealth
was nearly 100000, 600, to transact
business involving millions. But as Il
poor surveyor he needed plenty Of verbi-
age to get around the loan of Il $50
level New York Letter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
A DETECTIVES PAPER
Some of the Curious Items and Adver-
tisements That 1t Contains.

Some of the Curious Items and Adver-
tisements That 1t Contains.
The American Hawkshaw will go
down into literature outside of the dime
novel and the detective story, for he has
newspaper Of his own, says an cx-
change. This unique addition to the list
of class papers is published monthly and
it is devoted to the interests of detectives
and policemen.
Its news columns are given over to q
bulletin Of more than $15, 600 in cash
rewards, with a veritablc rogues' gal
lcry Of pictures and descriptions of
"crooks wanted" while the latest
swindling schemes and methods Of de-
lection are fully explained for its crime
investigating readers. 1t is interesting
to read that 'if you want to succeed as
Il detective you should understand hyp-
notiSm. +"
'Do you need bracelets in your bust
ness?" queries Il dealer in patent nip
pers, handouts and dark lanterns.
"Mustache, whiskers-just the things
20 change your appearance when shad-
owing" suggests another advertiser.
while "sllclcton keys to open ,, 600
desks, drawers, trunks and padlocls, set
of six, are offered TO the profession at
81. 1t is rather grcWsOme to learn thai
800 spot cash buys Il pair of thor
oughbred English bloOdhounds, only 10
months Old, and already keep Il cold
trail better than most old dogs; best III
vestment sheriff or special officer can
make. > Also, for 20 cents you can
learn how to detect counterfeit money. =
The most novel article is a brief trca-
tise on psychology" as applied to crime
detection. The departments Of police
PiCkingS' and Secret Service Snap
Shots contain su-gC Stivo items all the
way from the fact that the city council
Mt ColfaX, Wash, has decided 'to reduce
its police force to one man. to the state
ment that New York has Of policemen
to the square mile. "
In an article on the future of the de-
tective service the detective writer de
clarcS that "dime novel writers have
done amateur detectives more mischief
than anything or anybody i'll existence.
but remember truth is stranger than fic-
ton.
The editor estimates that the "aveT-
age earnings Of private detectives are
First year, $500 second year, 81, 300;
third year, SO, 00Q." He says: IF all
the detectives and police il the United
States should lay off for Il month every
citizen would have to fix up his house
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
PRECEDENCE QUESTION.
1t Was Matter of Importance and An
noyance In the Past.


The precedence due to guests was a
matter of vast importance in tho seven
tCcuth century, which the gentleman
usher at Berkeley castle was expected
to have at his fingers ends. 1t had be-
come very complicated under the com
monwcalth. There We're peers, created
by the king over the water, not rccOg-
nized ut home. There We're the mem
bers, not peers, of Cromwell'S upper
house, ard titles of his granting which
the royalists shifted at.
Mrs. Isham writes feelingly of the
trials Of hostcsscs when etiquette was
reviving little. Neighbors are 80 dis
contented about you for phase as they
be never to be reconciled againe; this is
thinge | doe much hate Any one
shall goe before me as will, and if Sir
Harry Bluntc axcd Harroles (Heralds)
before he came downes, my Thinkes
hcare is so many buriells aboute as none
shoulgc thinke of Phase" She is very
proud of new page. You be- to see
the fust of my small officer. | thinke lit
may be Il pretty site to see him Horse
baclic, and in Boots, for since he ncvore
had Boots on before; he is to call at Lee
for Il Letter, so he is not to stay longe
with you. This boy as we have is good
for nothing but his Boots, and that
pleascs Pnnye, and so becase be is
pleased [ am pleased. You will be Il
weary with reading these scribled Lines,
so | rcsto your ever Lovinge Ante, +.
Isham. "-Longman's Magazine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04

Five millions sterling for Il ccremo-
NAL! Is there a principle upon which an
expenditure like that can be even plau-
sibly justified? Is it not the waste of a
Belshazzar, the display of an almost in
sane pride, a pouring out of treasure as
oriental kings sometimes pour it out,
solely to excite an emotion of glory in
one diversified mind? Nothing could in
duce an Englishman to vote such sum
for such an object, and England could
spare the money at least ten times as
readily as Russia London Spectator.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
One Way.

A Londoner is said to have built up q
good business by recording the births
from the newspapers, and then as q
dhild's birthday is approaching sending
to its parents Il list of suitable presents
to be found in his stock of goods and
allusion to the date of the anniversary.
This knowledge of the family affairs is
said to have very wholesome influence
on sales in spite of occasional unfor-
tunate mistakes, like sending the re-
minder when the child has been dead a
few weeks.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
Eating and Weight.

One of the superstitions perpetuated
from age to age among the common
people is that the human body weighs
no more after meal than before If
there Were any foundation of fact in
this idea, no human being could ever
get fat. -Philadelphia Ledger
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
UNDER THE SNOW.


Under the snow lies secret, my dear,
Under the snow,
And it whispers the coming OF roses fine
And the golden bell of the iessamine vine,
This secret under the snow.
Under the snow sleeps a song, my love,
Under the snow,
And, its notes unawako to buttercups fair
Or the violets' call in soft summer air,
This song sleeps under the snow.
Under the snow lisps prayer, my sweet,
Under the snow,
And it melts III It hope on the crocus leaf
And promises life in the hyacinth wreath,
This prayer down under the snow.
-WOman'S Journal
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
Lots of political be It's.

'l're got an elephant on my hands, "
remarked the landlady; ''Mr, Skinner
won't ray his board "Why don't you
seize his trunk ?" suggested the star
border.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04

The chancellor of the duchy of Ian
easter follows the chancellor of the ex-
chequer and is himself succeeded by the
lord chief justice of the queens bench.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12

with tears OF JOY thesson of mis- old friend,
the betrothed of his daughter
The letter did not exaggerate the facts.
1t was difficult to imagine this manned.
disfgured man, with sight and hearing
impaired and cruel blue powder marks on
his bearded face, to be the handsome lieu
tenant of nearly five years before.
The veteran was taken to the ranch, and
though shocked at the change Marie Del
Mar greeted her lover with all the old
time warmth and set about making him
happy.
Captain Robertson improved rapidly
and then set about caring for the estate.
which was still the most valuable in the
sugar country.
The wonderful energy and the changed
manners were attributed to his long ex-
peTience as a soldier. Six months after his
return Captain Robertson and Marie Del
Mar We're married and went on a wedding
trip to Orange City, on the Sabine, and on
to Houston, where they could see no re
minder of the war.
A few months after this Captain Robert,
son rode to Like Charles and hitched his
horse to the re ok before the Lake hotel.
Here, 1t is said, he met man who had
been a member of the cannoneers, and the
landlord reported angry words, so that he
feared fight
Without transacting any business, Rob
ertson remounted and galloped to the
ranch Saying to his wife and to her
mother that he was not feeling we'll he
went to a room used as an Office and lock-
ed the door A few minutes after the re-
port of pistol was heard The door was
burst open, and Robertson was found on
the lounge with a purple hole in his right
temple and revolver IN his hand.
The man who had shot himself was
George Robertson, the Texas ranger Up
to the day of the suicide he had believed
his cousin Of the cannoneers to be dead, and
to secure the property and the bride he had
qaringly imposed on the Del Mars and
the officers of the law
Briefly, Georgy Robertson had been
wounded and captured, as narrated but
he escaped to Canada, and thence made his
way to Vancouver and Honolulu. He had
heard Of his mothers death and had writ
ten Marie at the old address, but she did
not get his letters.
1t turned out that the cousin had also
been badly wounded and captured, but he
took the oath of allegiance and remained
in the north till the war was over.
II should never have made myself
known had he not learned that / was liv-
ing and so killed himself, F." was what the
true Robertson told his friends on the day
Of his marriage.
ALFRED r. CALHOUN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
JERREY's SNAKE INDUSTRY.

Pine Serpents Gathered and Sold at Fifteen
Cents Per Foot.
The strangest of all industries in Jersey
is that of snake catching, the headquar-
tiers of which are at Writings, hamlet
of dozen houses, at the junction of the
New Jersey Central, Pennsylvania and
Tuckerton railroads. Since the opening
of warm weather not day has gone by
that the station agent has not been call
ed on to forward wooden box punctur-
ed with auger holes and labeled
"snakes.''
The serpents are of the pine snake va
riety, which frequently grow to be six
or eight feet long, and are shipped, to
Warner Hargroves, at Browns Mills,
who pays the snake catchers at the rate
of Is cents per foot for the reptiles they
deliver to him.
What Hargrov does with the snakes
is mystery to the ''piners' who ship
them, but they care little for that so
long as he RENTS promptly for every
shipment. 1t is said that he in turn
ships them to a New York doctor, where
they are used by him as medicine. The
harmless pine snake, which, despite it's
hideous looks, can be safely handled by
any child, probably turns up in side
show, circus and museum as deadly
constructor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
For DismissiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Ordinary's
Office, June 1st., 1896. Mrs. Vickie A.
Thomas, Administrative of John H.
Thomas, deceased, represents to the
court in her petition duly filed that she
has fully administered John Fl. Thomas
estate. This is therefore to notify all
persons concerned to show cause, if any
they can, why said Administrative should
not be discharged from her administra-
ton and receive letters of dismission on
the first Monday in Septemb Der next.
j. w. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
For Dismission.

Georgia, Terrell County, Ordinary's
Office, July 9th, 1896. "A. c. Westbrook.
guardian of Abram Sasser, Mcdaniel
Sassar, Nettie P. Sasser, Cherry A. Sas.
ser and George w. Sasser, has applied
to the court of ordinary of said county
for discharge from his said trust. This
is, therefore, to cite all persons concern
ed to show cause why the said A. c.
Westbrook should not be dismissed from
said guardianship and receive letters of
dismission.
j. W. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County-Ordinary's
Office, July 28th, 1S96.--M. V. Bradley
applies to me for letters of administra-
ton on the estate of James J. Bradley,
deceased. This is, therefore, to no
tify all persons concerned to
show cause, if any they can,
on or before the first Monday
in September next, why letters of
administration on said estate should not
be granted said applicant as applied.
]. w. ROBERTS. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
Notice to Creditors.

Georgia, Terrell County.-All persons
Dillon, late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified to render in an account
Of their dem nds to the undersigned in
terms of the statute so that the same
may be paid within the time prescribed
by law. J. g. PARKS,
G. w. DczIER,
Ex'rs on estate of w. G. Dillon, decd.
Dawson, Ca, Aug. 4th, 1896.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
Conmissioners, Sale

Georgia, Terrell 3ounty,-By virtue Of
an order granted by the superior cour
OF said county in the case OF j. M. Var
ner ct al against Mrs. f. E. Warner ct ali
petition for partition, the undersigned
acting as commissioners, will sell before
the court house door in said county.
within the legal hours of public sale. on
the first Tuesday in September next. to
the highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described property, to wit: six
acres more or less off of lot of land No.
100 in the village of Chickasawhatchee
described in deed from Mrs. Bell to =
s. Fitzpatrick; also fifty acres of lot No,
1877, being in southwest corner of said lot
and in Chickasawhatchee all of lot of
land No. 81 except fifteen acres hereto
fore conveyed in the town of Sasser the
north half Of lot No. 102, and Is acres off
of southeast corner of lot No. %. same
being recently cleared. All of the above
lands situated, lying and being in the
Third district CT Terrell county, Ca. and
containing three hundred and fifty-six
acres, more or less.
WILLIAM E. BRINE,
w. A. ANTHONY,
G. G. BRIM.
Dawson, Ga, Aug. 3rd, 1896.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12

Georgia, Terrell county Ordinary's
Office, August 3rd, 1867. M. Savage
has applied to me for letters OF admin
trait i'm of the estate on Fl. II. SAY
age, late of said county, deceased
This is, therefore, to notify all con.
cerned to show cause, If any they can
on or before the first Monday in Septem
Der next, why letters should be granted
said applicant as applied for.
j. w. ROBER TS, Ordinary.