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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
South Dakota Crop Bulletin.

Huron. S. D., July 3o.-The tempera-
ture during the week was considerably
below the normal, with cool days and
nights generally, and not, as a rule.
much brisk or high wind.
Fair to heavy showers occurred over
most sections of the state. over the
southeast portion good showers We're
quite general. There are some localities,
however. where the rains were light. and
crops will need moisture. There was
considerable cloudiness during the
week. especially at night.
The cool weather, with cloudiness and
rain, was very favorable to wheat and
Cats-especially the latter-nax, millet,
late potatoes, grasses and corn gener-
ally, and especially in the localities
where last week the crops were being
adversely affected by dry and warm
weather. The rapid ripening OF the
more advanced wheat and oats was
more or less checked and the filling OF
the latter assisted. Early oats harvest.
however, was considerably advanced
during the week in the central and
southern counties, and some southern
localities report this crop abou all har-
vested also. The wheat and oats that
% bN'l iiai NNSANN VI ~ ~ q bpob
crop generally and in a number of locali-
ties very good. The condition in this
particular, however. apears uneven
There are large areas in some counties
where all grain is excellent, while others
rvort conditions as to quality and yield
uneven.
Barley harvest is still in progress In
the more northern counties and reports
~ In rlau and rVp fal1q ra nntfa 1,nt-
form as to their being very good to ex-
cellent. These crops had the benefit be-
fore maturity of almost continuous IA
vorable weather conditions and were
practically made before the season
showed signs of partial lack OF moisture
except in a few localities.
Notwithstanding DOL weather. at it's
present stage is o considered best for
corn, this crop is reported as having
done we'll during the week quite general
lY, and especially in localities where it
was adversely affected by dry, warm
woather preceding. Ears are forming
generally. In the more southern coun-
ties liking Is reported. and in a few To-
calities the ears are looping"
Late potatoes were benefited quite
generally during the week. In the cen
trial and southern counties early pota-
toes are mostly matured. with very good
yield and excellent quality, except in
limited localities.
Flax n millet are much benefited
and continue quite generally to promise
well. A little of the earliest flax is re-
ported harvested in Clay county and Is
very good. Generally, however, fax is
in blossom or the blossom dsopping. Mil
let is in head and generally thrifty.
Brookings county reports some grain
considerably lodged.
A destructive hail storm visited a por-
ton of Brown county, doing consider
able damage locally.
1t appears from reports that the best
grain Is that which was the best put
in or soWn.
Haying continues; more than the
usual amount Is being put up, and, as
indicated by preceding bulletins, the
crop is abundant and quality excellent
In most counties east of the Missouri
liver.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Whence Came some Flowers.

Chambers Journal: From the Alps
came the ranunculus, and from Italy
the minionette in 1928, rosemary from
the south of Europe In 1884, the jasmine
from Circassia about 1913. The year
1867 saw the introduction of four time
IGNORED favorites, the auricula from
switzerland, h pink from Italy, the
gillyflower and carnation from Flan-
ders. Spenser, by the way, in the "Shep-
hearde's Calendar" Q579) classes the
carnation, which he calls Coronation"
with the purple columbine and the gilly-
Hover as lovers flowers. Now the car
nation Is generally supposed to have de-
rived its name from the carnation or
flesh color of the original species. But
the word used by Spenser suggests that
"carnation" is merely an abreviation OF
"coronation," In allusion to the crown
like appearance OF the flower, and its
specific name, Betonica c~oronaria.
The Pathological soclety's New
English Dictionary does not dcide
which Of the derivations is the only true
one, though n must have originated
In a mistake. Anyhow the shorter form
was common in Shakespeare's time, and
we have 1t, on Dame Quickly's author
ity, that Sir John Falstaff could never
abide carnation; twas a color he never
liked" Lavender was imported from
the south of Europe not later than 1868.
and the laburnum from Hungary about
1876; while Sir Walter Rawleigh Is cred
tied with having brought the snowdrop
back with him from his short lived col
ony OF Roanoke. an island Off North
Carolina. i'm 1884.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
SPEEDING TRUCKS.
A New Invention Which Will Give
Greater Locomotive speed.

Cape Town. N. j., July 31.-The speed
Ink trucks adapted to the regular loco
motive invented by william ]. Holman
of Minneapolis, were tested on the tracks
of the South Jersey railroad and a speed!
of n~inety-four and eleven-twelfth miles
was attained In a run of twelve and one
eighth miles. The run was made on a
fifty-six pound rail. and sand-ballastcd
road, In which there were three curves
and a grade railroad crossing. The time
made In the run was eight and one
quarter minutes. including starting and
topping. Two hundred persons were
on the train.
The inventor expects to make ulti-l
mately a speed of 100 miles an hour.
The new truck are interchangeable
and made up Of five small wheels.
smooth and propelled by friction. Three
of them rest upon the track n two in
turn upon the three, while the top two
bear the driver. The arrangement af-
fords natural pockets for wheels abovel
the track, and the inventor claims 1t Is
impossible for them to become displacedl
at any speed Of running. The truck
wheels are held in position by side bars
which range around the middle track
wheel and makes 1t a sort OF endless
track.
BY this invention Holman claims the
vibration motion which is usually lost
In high running Is saved and taken up.
The gearing makes 1t possible to travel
thirty-one and four-tenths feet with
every revolution OF five-foot driving
wheels. or twice the circumference OF
the wheel. He claims there can be no
hot boxes at any speed. He claims the
device makes the ordinary locomotive
bottom-heavy Ind not so easy to topple
over. and that the construction will no
be interefred with by spreading track.
low joints and settled ties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
NEW MARRIAGE LAWS.
secret Alliances Will Not BE So Eas.
lily Contracted In Ontario.

ottawa, Ont, Aug. 1.-The new mar
riage law of the province of Ontario,
which went into effect at IL o'clock this
morning, will make it more difficult
than heretofore for American couples
who cross the border for the purpos OF
contracting a marriage that Is to be
kept secret for a while to carry out their
such marriages have for many years
taken place annually, especially at
Windsor, which is only a ferry a ride
from Detroit, the only requisite being
that the groom should secure, for the
sum of 81, a license from a person au-
thorized to issue such a document. I'm
der the new law, however, no certificate
or ban a be issued until affidfiavit Is
made by both of the contracting parties
TO the effect that no i:npediment exists
which will tend to prevent the marriage
as contemplated. Moreover. when either
of the contracting parties is under the
age Of Is the written consent OF the par
ents or guardian Of such party to the
marriage must be appended to the afii-
davit. 1t is also provided thai no mar
riage shall be solemnlzed where either
party is under the age of II. The COM
m~issioners of the Salvation army are
authorized TO solemnize marriages when
empowered to do so by the executive Of
,ticers Of hat organization. The new
it Is believed, will put a quietus on
runaway marriages and the union OF
minors
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
STORY OF A PASSENGER.
Graphic Account OF the Terrible
Wreck by an Eye Witness.

Philadelphia, July 31.-A graphic and
narrowing account Of the terrible COLI
sion last night at Atlantic City between
trains of the Reading and the Pennsyl-
vania railroads Is given by julius Price,
jr. Mr.. Price arrived here on an early
train this morning.
THE $40 train Of the Reading road,
In which / went dow to Atlantic City"
said he, seemed to be making its reg
ular time. 1 had a seat to myself. the
second from the rear door OF the regular
smoker, back Of the baggage car. As
we came to the tower, half way be-
tween P~leasantville and Atlantic City.
the train came to a halt with a severe
jolt. The shock was so pronounced.
even In the second car. that IL swayed
us all forward and hen back, then for
ward. None Of us In the smoker were
hurt: / doubt whether any were even
bruised. Several of us fastened to the
forward car Of those overturned. BY
the time we reached 1t those Of the pas
sengers whom the collision had left able
to free themselves were scrambling out
of the windows. We helped as many
as needed 1t, and then made our way
into the car. Half a dozen people were
lying ABOUT lnSlue anna the utDIlS VI
seats. 1t was here that we fully real
lied the horror of the accident. The first
woman we took out had her leg cut off
between the knee and ankle: the severed
portion held by a shred Of skin. A man
we took out afterward evidently had his
back broken. We got out as many as
we could, but the cars were so badly
smashed that 1t was impossible to re-
move all by the doors. We set to work
dragging away portions of the shat
tered roof of the second car and carried
out a number through the opening.
THE sights that were presented after
the majority of the dead and wounded
had been removed were truly appalling.
I saw at least twenty-five persons lying
apparently lead on the bank, where
they had been removed. There were
many others pinned in the debris who
could not be freed without the aid OF
mechanical appliances. With one of the
passengers In my car i helped carry a
man who was internally injured to a
spot where a number of others lay who
had been hurt. On the way he toll US
in broken words that he feared his en-
tire family was destroyed, his wife, his
child and his wife's mother and father.
AS we lowered him to the ground a
woman, all bandaged. came up painting
and sank beside the sufferer, crying:
Harry, Harry; oh, my God, he's dy
ing!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
EARLY VERM|LlION DAYS
The Little Log School HousSpW ith
Mud on the Roof,
A Society OF Pioneers Will Rebuild
n Nursery Of Gcnius--Teach-
ers Who Ruled With a
Willow Rod.

Vermillion s. d., Aug. Ia meeting
was held today at the residence of Mrs,
III. j. Austin i'm this city, at which were
present between forty and fifty of the
old teachers and scholars of the bic log
schoolhouse of Vermillion, the first in
%stitution of learning Ia the two Da-
kotas. The object of this meeting was
To perfect an organization to be known
as the Old Log Schoolhouse association.
This old school house was built
in 1865 by the soldiers of COM
pany A, Dakota cavalry. then sta
toned with headquarters i'm Vermillion,
under Captain Nelson Miner now dead.
assisted by the settlers. The logs were
furnished by Peter Jordan, one of the
first settlers, and were cut on the Mis-
souri, river bottom several miles north
of this city. The sturApage has long
since found its way to the bottom Of
the big Muddy" The building was
located in a beautiful, densely wooded
ravine but a few rod from the banks
of the Missouri. 1t was 1Sx20 feet. and
when first built, and for several years
thereafter, was adorned with q mud
roof. The only door was in the south
end and it boosted of but W. windows.
both in the west side. The floor was of
wide cottonwood boards, laid fiat upon
the ground and after every rain they
had a weakness for curling up at both
ends. as only a cottonwood board can,
and tripping the youthful frontierboys.
The furniture consisted of two rude cot
tonwood benches, stood lengthwise of
the room, and whenever 1t rained the
scholars were obliged to crawl beneath
them in order to escape the flood of mud
which drizzled down upon them.
In after years the mud roof
was replaced by a more modern one of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

slabs. The first term of school was held
therein in the fall Of 1856 and was taught
by Amos Shaw, then a member of Com
pany A, Dakota cavalry. The school
was supported by private assessment
for several years, although Frank Tay-
Tor was recognized as superintendent
of instruction. and John w. Boyles. re-
ceiver of the land office, Captain Mel
son Miner, register of the land office,
and Peter Jordan, were the school
board. Mr.. Boyles was afterwards
judge of the supreme court. The next
teacher was Miss Josephine Moulin, who
taught over a year. Her tutorship was
terminated by marriage with Mr.. Shaw
in 1866. Then came Colonel John L.. Jol-
ley, a man whom we all know and love,
who taught from September l3, 1866,
until April 20, 1867. His largest enroll
ment was AZ, and one peculiar feature
of the "olonel's tutorship, so he tells
us, was the fact that six young ladies.
over 16 years of age, attended the school
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

during the winter he taught, and every
one Of them was married before fall. The
next teacher was Miss Rachael Ross
(Mrs. Fl. j. AUSTIN who presided over
the destinies OF young America for some
years. Then came Miss Iona 1ngman
(Mrs. Tom Robinson, Des Molnes), Miss
Belle Petiigrew (a sister Of Senator
Frank Pettigrew), VIM. II. Goltry, and
others. During the first few years of
school no two books alike were used,
each scholar using some book his or her
parent had used in previous days.
In 1872 the inhabitants OF the city be-
came heightened and erected a fine
brick structure on the summit of the
hill just above the old log cabin, and the
old historical mark was sold to James
Overman in 1873 who moved the logs
away and used them In the construc-
ton of a barn. What a disposition Of
such an old landmark. 1t was the in
tention of the newly formed %associa-
ton to recover these old logs and rebuild
the old school house, but investigation
disclosed the fact hat they had burned
several years ago
There are several members of old
company A in and about his city and
they have declared their intention of
again performing the job which they
did 81 years ago. Thomas Jordan, a
son of Peter Jordan, who still resides on
the old farm, has agreed to supply the
logs, the same number, size, and hewn
In the same name as the original ones.
Amos Shaw, the first teacher and his
estimable wife, the second teacher, are
pnuy raeidfnO In C1ark county Na chinu
ton. Mr.. Shaw was surveyor general
of that state under President Harrison,
and has several times been speaker OF
the house of representatives. One of
the first scholars was W.. H.. Lyons Of
Sioux Falls, now United States court
commissioner, and 1t was from Colonel
Jolley that Mr.. Lyons received his first
new arithmetic. The colonel relates the
story as follows:
1T vas some weeks before Christmas
and Willie. was getting along finely in
his multiplication tables. One day /
asked Willie II he thought by Christmas
he could answer 100 questions in the
multiplication tables and he replied that
he could almost do 1t then. / told him
that II he would answer them and not
miss over ten that I would make him a
present of a new arithmetic. i saw be-
fore Christmas that I'd have to buy
that book, and ! did. He stumbled over
1lx11 but answered 1t before / had time
to give him another question. ! was up
at Sioux Falls the other day and asked
Willie II he remembered that time and
he did nothing else but reach up to the
bookcase and produce that old book"
That was Christmas 1886.
The organization starts out with q
very enthusiastic membership and be-,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
CAMP MEETING At CLEAR LAKE
The Services Will Close Today--Very
Successful Gathering.

Clear Lake. Ia, July 31.-The services
of the state camp meeting will close to-
day. 1t has exceeded In attendance, in
terest n power any meeting held on
these grounds for ten years. Every tent
was rented and every cottage filled.
Rents n board were put low and the
people have turned out by the hundreds.
Over fifty pastors were present. People
from the following towns were here:
Cedar Rapids. Marion. Vinton, Lisbon,
Manchester. Waterloo. Cedar Falls,
Parkersburg, Arlington, Ackley. FL
dora, Whitten, Gladbrook. Tama, Mon
tour, Mt. Pleasant. Hedrick, Marshall
town, Albion, Iowa Falls, Belmond,
Renwick, Chicago, Minneapolis, Algona,
Spirit Lake, Emmetsburg. Wesley.
Britt, Corwith. Garner, Klemme. Lake
Mills. Forest City. Northwood. Mason
City, Kensett, Plymouth. Nora Springs.
Rudd. Charles City, Usage, st. Ansgar,
Mitchell, Bassett. Durfield, Lake City,
DEBORAH. Plainfield, Wayerly, Rock
ford, Shell Rock, Rockwell, Hampton,
Geneva, Sheffield, Burchlnal and inter-
mediate points. The meetings have
been seasons of great power. Many
times the audiences reached 1000 and
sometimes 5000. Amanda Smith, the
world wide evangelist, M Rev. Mr..
Stuntz, returned missionary from India
have assisted the management.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Aug. Clash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Steady. Winter patents, 50. 7b0
$50; spring patents. 81. 50Q3.5 5; bakers,
81. 25Q2. 20.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, 5Sc; No. 3 spring.
size; No. 2 red, 61as@611hc.
Corn-No. 2, 24Ac: No. 2 yellow, 241kc.
Oats-No. 2, 1SKm1Slsc; No. 2 white. aIX
Q2212c: No. 5 white, 2O@22c.
Rye-No. 2, 30lac.
Barley-No. 2, nominal; No. 3, I. o. b..
2302sc. -
Flax Seed-No. /, re.
Timothy Seeed-Prime, So. 05G3. 10.
Provisions-Mess pork, 81. O5@6. 10: lard.
50. 10; short rib sides, 50. 10G3. Is: dry sailed
shoulders. $3.50q3.75 20; short clear sides.
1925. "
sugar--cut loaf. s5.45; graduated, ,.s2;
Off A, A.57. "
Butter-Dairy. e@iac; creamery. 100
Eggs-10c.
Cheese-6N07c.
Whisky-.Distillers' finished goods. Der
gallon. 81. %. -
Hides-Llght and heavy green sailed.
fully cured, 41SQ5c; green hides, SK04c:
green sailed calf, NC; dry flint. Ghc; des.
Tallow-No. !, solid packed. Sc: No 4
NC; cake. SIC.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Miss Phoebe Cousin,s Condition.

Los Angeles Times: Miss Phoebe
Couzins and her financial condition
have been the subject OF much discus
sion and speculation in the city recent
ly. Several weeks ago this matter was
brought formally before the Los Ange-
les County Woman Suffrage campaign
committee, and IN immediate effort
was made to assist Miss Couzins.
Through the influence of Mrs. M. ".
Longley, Mrs. Leland Stanford has pro-
vided her a pass, but she is too III to
travel alone. and transportation must
be provided for a companion. Her all
ment Is acute rheumatism, and IL Is
probable she may never entirely re-
cover.
Miss Couzins Is to be sent to her re-
latives In st. Louis where she will be
cared for by them. At a benefit under
the auspices OF the Los Angeles County
Woman Suffrage campaign committee
$94 q taken In by voluntary contri-
button at the door, and the sum was
afterwards raised to $40 by the collec-
tion taken just before the audience was
dismissed. This sum Is almost enough
to provide for the expenses of Miss Cou-
Gins journey to st. Louis. As the un-
fortunate lecturer IL crippled with rheu-
matlsm, she Is unable to travel alone,
and part of the money contributed must
be used to pay the expenses OF some one
appointed to take care of her until she
reaches her people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
IRISH Am NESTY MEETING,
The Resolutions Adopted May Suf-
fer Because of Two Incidents.

w
Chicago, Aug. People of the Irish
race throughout the country. whether
identified or not with the new Irish alli-
ance, will await with interest the action
of President Cleveland upon the resolu-
ton adopted at the recent great am
nesty meeting in this city, after adj
dresses by Senator Cullom and Governor,
Altgeld, and which called upon the chief
executive of the nation to use his good
offices for the immediate liberation OF
Irish-Americans, citizens of his u
try, still confined in British penitentia-
ries.
1t has not yet been decided whether
the resolutions and the appeal to the
president shall be conveyed to him by
letter or presented by a delegation. But.
whatever course may be adopted, a good
many local Irishmen have a decidedly
pronounced conviction that the resolu-
lions are o likely to get any farther
than the White House. This belief is
based upon the fact that at the meeting
In question mention OF the name of Min
lister Bayard n Joseph Chamberlain,
the English secretary of state, evoked
prolonged Kisses and groans. while some
of the speakers, notably eX-Congress-
man John Finerty, roundly denounced
Mr.. Bayard, charging toadylsm towards
English notables.
But for these two Incidents it Is
thought that the president might have
been disposed to show his aimiability
toward the Irish nationalist element of
this country by falling in with the spirit
of the resolution to a certain degree.
Inasmuch, however, as the participants
In the demonstration distinctly mani
tested their hatred for the presidents
favorite ambassador, as well as for the
British secretary of state, to the latter
of whom any representations from the
president would have to be addressed,
1t is regarded as doubtful whether the
president will do more tina acknowl-
edge the resolutions and demand, even
If he does that much. AS for the mar
quis of Salisbury, in view of the full rev
ports Of the demonstration published IN
the Chicago papers, and which willreach
him from the British consulate here LONG
In advance of the official resolutions
from Washington OF the latter arc ever
forwarded), it is regarded as scarcely
probable that he will manifest undue
haste in indorsing the American denun-
citation of Secretary Chamberlain by
recommending to his fellow members OF
the cabinet the liberation of the irish
Americans confined in English prisons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
The Tricks OF Trade.

American.
Financier-YOu literary men haven't
the first idea about business. Here you
nave about 10. 900 manuscripts piled up
in this dark closet, and you say they are
all paid for.
Editor Great MagaZine-Years ago.
Financier-Just think of it! Hasn't 1t
ever occurred to you, sir, hat you are
losing the interest on all the money %
paid out for those useless bundles?
Editor Great Magazine-Huh! You
financiers have not the first idea about
literature. Every one of these manu-
scripts is from a different author, and
the whole 10000 of them will go on buy
ing u magazine at 80 cents a copy I'M
til the articles are printed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
a Satisfactory Collection,

Chicago. Aug. although it will be
several weeks before full returns are
received, it Is understood from advance
advices that the special collections
taken up last Sunday in Methodist Epis-
copal churches and camp meetings
throughout the United States, for the
purpose of reducing the debt of the mis-
sionary society, were very satisfactory.
This debt amounts to about 1920, 900, and
IL about equally divided between the
home and the foreign work.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
4 Later Report.

Aberdeen, S. D., July 30.-Later re-
ports of last evenings hail storm indi-
cate extensive destruction Of crops The
storm started near Ipswich, passing
southeast, completely destroying crops
in a tract from six to eight miles wide
and fifty to sixty miles long. h Hun
ter irrigation farm near Mellette is said
to be completely ruined.
The storm was accompanied by heavy
wind, which drove the hail with terri
BILE force. At Worthwhile and Mellette
the windows were all broken out on the
sid e to the storm, and this no doubt
is the case over the entire district.
Cases of individual losses are not OBJ
tainable, but the total will reach many
thousands of dollars. 1t being the worst
storm hat yer visited this part OF the
state.