Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

more than Sufflclent force 10 run d
In addition to the electric
light plant.
w. r. Bond, a resident Of Custer city,
has discovered a large and valuable de-
oosit Of photographic stone near Blnsle
station. He has developed a quarry to
an extent sufficient to h that 1t can
pc probably worked. and numerous
tests show that the stone is equal 10 the
pest Bavarian product. A company mas
been organized to develop and work the
stone, which includes a number or Wen
known Omaha men, among the number
Aaron j. Klopp. Charles klopp, FRANK
Carpenter, NJ. H. Redield and r.. w.
Bartlett. The Importance and value Oh
his deposit may be judged from the
fact thai the best quality Of Bavarian
stone commands from 20 TO 20 cents per
pound. All the photographic stone now
In use comes from a single quarry ana
the supply is limited. If the expecta-
tons of the Custer county parties are
realized a new supply Will be opened
and the wealth and variety OF BLACK
Hills mineral resources find further IL
iu~stration.
1t is not safe to leave young babies IN
exposed places in the Black Hills. rms
fact was demonstrated recently at the
Ella mine shortly after Mrs. Ben Bow
man, A miners wife. had placed a nigh
chair containing her young infant near
a window. She had hardly turned her
back and resumed her ironing before
she was startled by a crash of broken
glass. Rushing TO the window she founu
one pane broken in and caught upon a
splinter of glass in its death agony a
large hawk of the blue wing variety.
The child was unframed, though COW
ared with fragments of broken glass.
The hawk. one of the largest of its
species. would undoubtedly have killed
the child had il not been for the pro-
.ecting window light.
The drilling company that is sinking
he government artesian well near the
north end Of Lake Andes is making good
progress with the work. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000 for the sinking OF n
y, more wells in hat vicinity. and the
lrillers are now far enough along with
the work on the first well TO express
The opinion that the appropriation will
be sufficient to sink another well. Fro.
present indications the lake will fill up
again In the spring when the snow
,lelts. and the wells will then furnish
,lough water 10 keep it full.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Fremont Creamery com
pany i'm Fremont township, Moody
county, :. d., with a capital stock OF
1000; James A. Rowell, chairman:
John II. Ryan, secretary. And for the
Ragged Top Gold Mining company at
Deadwood. s. D., with a capital stock
Of 81. $50, 600; ~incorporators, Donald A.
Mcpherson, r. n. Ogden and William
l.. Mclaughlin of Deadwood, John Gray
IF Terraville and John Blatchford OF
Terry.
Thomas :. Gender. who shot and
killed r. j. Illingsworth in a restau-
rant at Devils Lake, n. D., a short time
ago. is a free man. At his preliminary
rerse. Conue was nefu. however. ana
bail fixed at $751; 900. Mr.. Gender re-
maine in Jail, although his friends vol
unteered TO furnish the bail. The case
was taken before the grand jury, but no
indictment was found.
Seventy-five Fort Totten Indians. re-
turning from a visit to their friends al
Standing Rock, were caught in L big
storm at the Hawks Nest, near Car
ington. over forty of their ponies died
from hunger and a portion of their sup
plies had TO be abandoned until Agent
Ralph Hall sent relief teams and
Sleighs 70 their assistance. Until the
teams reached them the Indians
camped i'm the snow in their thin sum-.
Sner teepees.
BY the purchase Of more land the
Carpenter irrigated farm. near Puk-
wanna, now contains a total of eight
quarter sections, which adjoin each 9TH
er. This farm is owned by a wealthy
resident of Chicago, who proposes next
season to show exactly what can be
done in the way of extnsive irrigation
in South Dakota.
A carload Of mineral paint from the
Black Hills will be ground VI and dis!
tributed over the country in small
quantities for the purpose of giving /!
a practical test. 1t is estimated tina,
there are 1000, 900 tons in the deposit in
Two Bit gulch, lying in a vein five feet
thick.
Governor Sheldon has appointed on
the board Of dental examiners at Pierre,
s. d., T. +. Straight or DeSmet, for five
years from March 10, 1897, and w. o..
Robinson Of Parker, for the unexpired
term Of w. Fl. Brown, removed from the
state, whose term expires March 16,
1897.
The business 1t the United States
and Office at Aberdeen for the month OF
November consisted Of fourteen nome.
stead entries, 2,240 acres; nineteen final
homestead proofs, 1882. SO acres: TWEEN
!y-five final timber culture proofs, 3,S1f
acres. Cash receipts for the month
t414 so.
Hay which found few buyers at S:
a ton at Miller before winter set in
now sells for 81.
Charles c.. Canaan, a prominent farmer
at Chamberlain, q. D., committed sui.
eide by both hanging and shooting him.
self. He was a single mtn and came
from Calliope, Ia, where he home
steaded.
There are 400 cases Of measles among
the Indians and half breeds on the res
srvation near Rolla, N. d.. The disease
has spread thence into the town and is
now affecting the white children In
large numbers.
DIR. Pyle, a pioneer settler and builder
Of Miller. s. d., died at the age of az
years.
The Indian bureau has let the con
iTdcI LOT sinhlHS a siA-lHcn dTleSiaf
well at Lower Brule agency. S. d. Wa.
ter from the well will be used for fire
protection and domestic purposes.
Jasper l.. Eppard of Groton, convict
ed In the circuit court at Aberdeen, s.
D., Of disposing Of mortgaged property.
has been sentenced to ten months I'm the
penitentiary.
Wolves are quite numerous again In
Hand county, but they do not attack
stock as they can feed upon an occa-
sional frozen carcass on the prairies.
Fred Sturtevant, an old resident at \
Tyndall, S. d., was accidentally pois.
oned by taking horse medicine.
Ensign Bergman OF Sioux Falls has
decided to open a campaign against sin
In WATERFOWL. Watertown has not yet
enjoyed the luxury OF a Salvation army.
but the Sioux Falls Leader says they
will soon know all about Ii.
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