Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
SOUTH DAKOTA.

It is claimed that the gold product OF
he Black Hills fer the present year viii
D. $40. 600, 600, with a probability Of
| ceaching Si2. 900. 900. The estimate Is
| passed on the product OF the mines now
n operation for the past eight months,
mhich have averaged 5000 tons per
month Of siliceous ores from the Bald
Mountain section and go tons OF the
anne character OF ore from yellow
Creek Camp. and the properties viii
aggregate for the year In round mum
bers. 950.0 0o tons. principally by the
HCmestal.e and associate companies.
An ore chute estimated 70 be worth
not less than "a. 900. 900. has been struck
n the Fannie, Ruby Basin. near Dead
Sood. The ere averages $50 TO the ton,
and IL 100 feet wide, extending nearly
across the property. 1t will be handle
n the DeadwCod and Delaware smeiter,
At Deadwosd, to which It belongs. This
,melter Is now handling $1,000 tom of
| ,re a month. The monthly production
q $4,000.
After an all day argument on an al
tentative writ Of mandamus, the SUI
oreme court made the writ peremtory,
ordering the commissioners Of Roberts
county 10 submit TO the people at the
November election the question OF coun-
" seat removal Tho question has been
lotly fought from the start and means
political compiled lions In that county
his fall.
4 large barn belonging to Richard
owen, a prominent farmer living seven
miles south of Britton, was destroyed
by fire, together with over fifty tons OF
nay. The stock was safely removed
rom the building. A little son. only 4
Or 8 years old was playing with
matches In the barn n set the build
nR on fire.
The annual conference of Presby-
.erian and Congregational churches held
IN the YanktOn reservation, near Green
wood, was a great success. The Dako-
as. Nebraska and Montana were well
represented. Services were held In Sioux
md English. There are about 500 In
iiau voters in Sisscton.
BY the explosion Of n ~threshing ma
.hinc boiler nine miles west Of Millbank
he engineer, Bird Shannon, and the
fireman, Hiram Franks, were Instant
Y killed and the water carrier, Frank
Manning, seriously injured.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Baptist Ministerial union, the Baptist
Young Peoples union and The South Da-
Sota Baptist convention was held in the
Baptist church at Huron. A large at
:endance was present.
Henry Gregg and Lawrence Fowler.
the boys who stole the mail pouch at
Blunt were arrested at Deadwood and
taken to Pierre and sentenced to six
months Zach in the Hughes county Jail.
Frhn G,,tth haL,ta rnnfaranoa IF tho
Free Methodist church closed its four
tenth annual session at Beresford. The
attendance was large. Rev. Harpel OF
Mitchell was elected presiding elder,
Reports show that "A far larger amount
u hay han usual has been put up In the
the ranges west OF Fort Pierre, and
whatever the winter may be, there Is
but little danger OF short feed.
CATTLE shipments from the Black
HIS ranges have begun. over 1000
head were shipped In three days from
the towns OF Brennan and Belle
Fourche.
Ferdinand Keno, living west Of War
ler, lost his barn, forty tons OF hay and
sixteen stacks OF grain by fire, sup
posed 10 have been started by children
Hog cholera has carried off a large
number OF porkers in the vicinity of
Yankton. No way has been devised Ia
heck the spread OF the scourge.
A great deal OF grain Is now being
marketed at Centerville and elevator
men are kept busy most Of the time
weighing and unloading.
a cooperative creamery has been
started at Castalia. over 400 cows have
been obtained and the number will
soon be doubled.
A body of galcna has been struck In
he Iron Hill mine at Deadwood, which
uns so per cent lead and 40 ounces silver
% the ton.
A p~ostoffice has been established at
Ruger, Charles Mix county, with John
NJ. Goodwin as postmaster.
The Presbyterlans Of Aberdeen have
decided to erect a church edince to cost
$4,000.
+. l.. Jarrett, living near Mellette,
ost / 800 bushels OF wheat by fire.
The ~tristate fair held at Sioux Falls.
proved "A grand success.
Mayor G. II. EnoS of Lead Is dead.