Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1896.


SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1896.
Choice ice, cold and clear, at Nc
Fadden's market. Reasonable rates,
Miss Roxie Bower was thrown from
her horse while out for a ride on Thurs
day from which she sustained painful
but not serious injuries.
7 ison Icy, insect bites, bruises. scalds
g. burns, are quickly cured by DeWitt's
witch Hazel SaIye, the great pile cure
4. j Jones q Co.
There will be a social at the residence
of n. J. Bailey Friday evening, Aug
2Sth. Sherbert, cake and coffee will be
served. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Boys will be boys" but you CAM
afford t., lose any of them. Be ready for
the green apple season by haying De
Wits Collie and Cholera Cure in the
house. A. j. Jones d Co.
The flies are said to be more numer'
GUS in the Hills this summer than ever
before, and yet, so fer as we have been
able TO determine, there are no flies on
the Custer City Mckinley club.
Many a days work is lost by sick
headache, caused by Indigestion and
stomach troubles. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are the most efectual pill for
overcoming such difficulties. A. J.
Jones Il Co.
DR.. r. w. Calkins, Physician and Sur
geon. Office hours from 10 to 1870 a.
m, 2 to 4 p. m. Special attention given
10 diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat.
Rev. Boswell will address the public
on Saturday evening at the NJ. +.
church, on what l saw in the National
Park" Don't fail to hear this lecture,
it will be interesting and entertaining.
The whole system is drained and un-
dermined by indolent ulcers and open
sores. DeNVitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cure known. A. ]. Jones & Co.
Flank Littlefeld, a well known and
highly respected farmer of Spearish
valley, dropped dead while at work in
his field on Monday last. His death is
said to have been caused by heart
failure.
DeWitts Sarsapariila is prepared for
cleansing the blood from im~puritie--rrt
disease 1t does is and more 1t builds
up and strengthens constitutions i'm
paired by disease. IL recommends IT.
self. A. j. Jones q Go.
We are requested to state that Judge
Plowman, a prominent populist of Dead
wood, will address the citizens of Gus
ter, at the court house on Wednesday
evening, the Goth inst, upon the politi-
cal issues of the day.
The FL Orc Mining and Milling com.
pany, of Edgemont, $. D., have filed
articles Of incorporation in the Office OF
the secretary of state at Pierre, with a
capital stock Of 81, 900, 900. The incor-
porators are Russell Thorp, G. A. Dun
lap, George Smart, J.. +. McClung and
w. j. Thornby.
A large and intelligent audience was
highly entertained by Pres. Hancher on
Thursday evening, at the court house,
by the presentation of his popular
lecture "Our Daughters" which was
eloquent, interesting and entertaining,
the high appreciation of its merits be.
ing emphasized by the fullest measure
Of applause.
Prof. f. c. Smith Of the state school
of mines, is authority for the statement
that tellurium exists in the Potsdam
ores of the Black Hills. An extended
article upon this subject recently APP
peared over his signature in the Dead
wood Pioneer, q reproduction Of which
is precluded by a lack Of available
space.
The state university ut Vermillion
has issued a neat 20-page pamphlet con-
tanning dozen Photographic views Of
Its buildings and grounds and concise
Information upon courses of study and
general advantages of the institution.
Copies may by obtained free by adj
dressing the secretary Of the univer-
sity.
Robert Graham, yardmaster at Edge
mont, was killed by being run over by
the train at that place OH Monday
morning last While crossing the track
in front Of a moving train his foot
caught in the frog holding him captive,
and the train passed over him before it
could be stopped, killing him instantly.
He was a young man highly esteemed
by all of his acquaintance, and his un-
timely death Is deeply regretted.
The Boston Comic Opera company
presented she Mascot" at the opera
house on Saturday evening before a
large and appreciative audience which
demonstrated its exceptional delight
by abundant laughter and applause.
The high encomiums passed upon their
merits by the press of the northern
Hills were we'll deserved as shown by
II cir performance here, and should
they ever again appear upon the Custer
boards, it goes without saying. that a
very large audience will be im%patiently
waiting to greet them upon the rise of
the curtain.
Prof. j. f. Todd, the state g~eologistI
is doing field work in the Bad Lands
and other parts of the state. He is at
the head of an exploration party COM
posed of graduates and students of the
state university who are getting a
practical training in scientific research
for the material development of South
Dakota. The Professors biennial re-
port to be published next winter will
contain essential parts of his report of
1894, tho edition of which will report
his Investigations during the past two
years upon deposits of coal and Ignite,
the artes;an supply, etc. He has taken
many Photographic views and has made