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

"A very odd wedding occurred q rev
days ago at the residence of the Rev.
Mary r. whitney in Boston. The groom
was the Rev. Carl G.. Horst, the pastor
Of the Second Unitarian church Of
Athol, Mass. The bride was Miss Emily
Aitken Of Boston, and the officiating
minister was the Rev. Martha c. Ait
ken, mother of the bride, Cases where
the father marries his daughter are not
i~nfrequent, but this is, perhaps, the only
instance on record where a mother has
married her daughter.
When Sir Henry Irving was at Louis
vile, KY. recently he declined to APP
pear at the matinee which was an
nounced because the advance sale of
seats was not considered sufficiently
large. At night the capacity OF the
theater was put to the test. but the
matinee seats were not in demand, and
those who purchased seats had their
money returned. This Is probably the
only incident of the kind in the history
OF Mr.. Irving's career as an actor-man-
ager.
A letter mailed at West Point, Ind,
is now in the Lafayette postofice ad-
dressed thus: What though the snow
be lleH dS I'LL mountain, " nat bIiouSh
the sleet and rain in torrents pour, s 20
much that earth would seeem like one
vast fountain. No matter. With this
letter swiftly soar to Mr.. Garibaldl d.
McGinnis. whom m whispers dwells
on Burwell place. AS D. implies. his
middle name Is Dennis; this pointer
use his whereabouts to trace"
Talking of parliamentary success, OBJ
serves the Buffalo Commercial, there is
a story that Mr.. Disraeli once said of
Sir william Harcourt: "He has the
three essential qualifications for sue
cess in politics-a fine person. a loud
voice, and no principles" This saying
was repeated to Sir William Harcourt,
who observed that. leaving out the first
two qualifications. 1t might almost be
applied to Dizzy" himself.
Women who yearn to discover the Sc
cret OF eternal youth must go IN the
stage. Sadie Martinot Is now playing
parts with Aubrey Boucicault which she
acted years ago with his father.
Names labor commissioned has been
gathering statistics on the cost OF liv-
ing In the state. He figures that the
average daily cost Of living Is 81 cents
a day for each individual In the average
family. The cost Of living to single msn
boarding, Is 46 cents. These figures
cover rent. food fuel and light.
David Wright who died recently
at Benton. H.. was a member of the
heavy brigade which made the first
charge at Balaklava. and was an eye
witness of the famous charge of the
Light brigade.
In Japan the flowers of the chrysan-
themums constitute a popular dish.
During the months Of November and
December punches of them washed and
carefully displayed may be seen in the
stores Of all the dealers In vegetables.
Almost all the varieties are edible,
etrictly speaking. but those to which
preference In usually given rave deep
yellow flower heads.
A peculiar accident happened recently
to a pretty stenographer Of Alliance,
,. A celluloid comb In her hair explod-
ed while she was sitting before a CRATE
fire: her hair was nearly oil burned of
n her scalp severely blistered.
49,
IL any paper outside of Boston had
said mot a single United States sena.
tor Is a resident OF the thirteen largest
cities Of the United States" the matter
might be passed an an ordinary illustra-
ton of English as she Is wrote" But
the Globe owes to Boston an explana-
tion Of the divisibility of a United Statea
senator.
Russia already ranks sixth among
the wine producing countries OF the
world. and will probably 20 surpass
Germany In this respect. In the prov
,ince Of Bessarabia alone there are u.s.
900 acres under vines. or nearly half
the arabic ianda