Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
SATURDAY. JANUARY 4, 1896.

One Minute Cough Cure is a popular
remedy for Group. Safe for children
and adults. A. j. Jones & Cos drug
store
A. X. Pierce and N. ID. Pool of Hot
Springs, former residents of, and well
known in this city have decided to re-
move, with their families, to Lead.
Best grades Of flour at bottom figures
nj Wilcox
President Hancher is expected to ar
rive on this mornings train from Hot
Springs, and will hold services at the
NJ. i. church to-morrow at the usual
hour.
De Wits Little Early Risers for billi-
business, indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, a prompt cure. Al Jones
& Co.'S drug store.
The old soldiers Of Lead are rcorgan-
izing the Grand Army post at that place,
Twenty seven are already enrolled, and
it is expected that the membership will
be increased to, at least, forty, says the
Call.
Piles Of people have piles, but De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve will cure them.
When promptly applied it cures scalds
and burns without the slightest pain.
\. j. Jones d Co.'S drug store.
Bill Gay who was sentenced to be
hung in Montana on Dec 20, has been
granted a respite until January 90 by
the governor in order that time may be
given his attorneys to submit a motion
for a new trial.
Oats, chop feed, bran, shorts, corn
f" cal, graham flour and chicken feed at
Wilcox
The Pennington county circuit court
was adjourned on Saturday the 2Sth
ult. until Friday the 3rd inst on account
of the presiding Judge being called out
Of the state by an imperative summons
on important business.
1t is a fixed and immutable law that
10 have good, sound health one must
have pure, rich and abundant blood.
There is no shorter nor surer route than
by a course Of DeWitt's Sarsaparilla. A.
j, Jones & Co.'S drug store.
The decision in the case Of Fila Hum
phries versus The Elkhorn and Missouri
Valley railroad, awarding plaintiff dam
ages in the sum Of $4,000, for the death
Of her husband, was reversed by the
supreme court.
Forty thousand pounds of cora just
received at Wilcox
Levi Lee, a wood chopper while fall
ing a tree, neal Tilford, on Monday, was
fatally injured by another tree falling
upon him resulting in his death on the
morning following. He was buried at
Piedmont on Wednesday.
n. E. Church, G.. NJ. Boswell, Pastor
Sunday, Jan. 5th. Educational Day.
Regular services-l1 a. m. sermon by
Pres. j. w. Hancher. 3 p. m. preach
ing at Evergreen. 7:30 lecture by Pres.
Hancher. All cordially invited to be
present.
]. P. Rider of the Y 4 ranch, 10 miles
west of this place, lost a couple of yaln-
able young horses on Monday night,
one of which dying of disease and the
other by a fall. The horses were favor
ties and their loss is deeply regretted by
Mr.. Rider.
Arthur Morrison, convicted some time
ago at Chadron Of the murder of A.
VonHarris, at Crawford, has been grant.
ed a new trial, on the grounds Of pre-
judice on the part of some of the jurors
who had previous to the trial expressed
the opinion that Morrison was guilty Of
the crime charged.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed by
the young people assembled at the opera
house on Wednesday night to trip the
light fantastic during the final hours
of the expiring. and the winnitial hours
Of the new year. Like all occasions OF
this character in Custer it was greatly
enjoyed by all in attendance.
The mercury fell to 16 below zero on
Thursday night, which was the cosdes,
weather experienced here during the
present winter. AS usual, when the
mercury drops to that extreme, there
was not a breath of wind, and the cold
was less disagreeable than it is in the
cast when the mercury stands at sixteen
above.
Calamity Jane has signed a contract
with Kohl & Middleton, the well known
dime museum managers, for a year en-.
gagement at 5000 per week. She will
appear at all points in the circuit, max.
ing her debut at Minneapolis to-day
where those who are DESTROYS of gazing
upon her may enjoy tho lofty privilege
for a dims-ten cents.
Quite a number of men were employ.
ed in the past week BY the agent of the
Harvey Peak Tin Co., upon the mining
claims of that corporation. in doing the
annual assessment work, which will be
continued until the required amount
has been performed. That these claims
are deemed valuable is indicated by this
act on the p 1T of the company.
A man named Smith. Of Burlington,
Iowa, has made a business of buying
horses upon the ranges of the north
west, putting them in good shape for
market and shipping them 10 Germany
and has been very successful. He will
visit the Black Hills in a short time for
the purpose Of buying a lot Of roadsters
and draft horses TO ship to Germany.
He says horses Of this section are hear
tier than almost any others and have
the preferencein the markets whore he
has opesated--Timss.