Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
THE OAKOTAS.

shipped from Pierre, $. D., one day re-
,ently.
The North Dakota Sunday School as
ISOLATION held its annual session at
jamestown N. D..
North Dakota has acquired another
large colony Of Dunkards, who will set
tie in Towner county.
A postoffice has been established az
Newton, Brule county, :. d., with John
II. Wright as postmaster.
The Masonic Temple in construction
At Aberdeen. ;. d., has a corner stone
tina came direct from Jerusalem.
The following postofhces have been
raised from fourth class to presidential
Co-operstown, $l.l00; NCrrhwood. 81, 900:
Langdon, 81 200.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
store Of the Mitchell Dry Goods compa-
ny at Mitchell, :. D., and stole $500
worth OF silk goods.
Alfred Greasy. a well known citizen,
was arrested at Bismarck by Deputy
Marshal Yegen. charged with sending
obscene matter through the mails.
The general store of II. Brooks at st.
John, n. d., was broken into and the
safe blown to pieces by dynamite. The
robbers obtained sl,4o0 In cash and
wheat checks.
{. r.. Raney Of Courtney, was arrest
ed for selling intoxicating liquors con
trary TO the prohibitory law, and was
held under n TO appear at the Jan.
uary term OF the district court.
A cattle thief by the name of Baker
began To herd cattle at Grand Forks
and gathered stock all over the coun.
try as far as Sheldon, more than 100
miles. At n time he had $50 In the
herd. Ii is held that he disposed Of more
than 100 head.
Seadoc Clark, while driving the stage
from Hartford To Tapol, was attacked
by three men near Grand Meadow, 5.
ID. Clark resisted. One of the robbers
shot him. but the bullet glanced on his
watch. Clark then opened fire and onk
robber fell.
Black Hills gold mines expect 10 turn
out altogether this year $40, 900, 600 in
gold bullion. The aggregate of free
milling gold ores FOR the year is esti-
mated al $50. 900 tons. principally from
the Homestake and associate compa-
MES.
Miss Ingeborg Jore II a l4-year-old
Daughter of Mrs. Ola Tveden were over
taken by an engine while driving across
the track neal Buxton. Miss Tveden vas
almost instantly killed and Miss Jore
sustained injuries which are serious.
The horse was killed and the carriage
demolished.
John Nelson. d prosperous and prom
,.a Ga ~. 1f.~inn Eiv l,ilA@ from,
Grand Forks, is dead, being found in the
roadway. He and a warkman, both in
toxicated, were driving home from that
city. They hitched their horses TO the
fence about midway IN took a nap in
the buggy. When the workman awoke
ne found Nelson dead. Excessive drink
Ing Is supposed TO have been The cause
Range stock is not in quite as good
condition as at this time last year In
North Dakota. The price is low, there
is an abundance of good feed for the
winter; the herds We're sold close last
ear on account of good prices: stock
men are in no haste to sell now, and
shipments will be less IN the aggregate
than last year.
Dakota division, headquarters OF the
bIcdl .>CIlpStn nave Dcci IlONtu 10
Larimore from Grand Forks. The move
is made in order to be nearer the
branches which will enter at Larimore.
ih6yRA. aka ss&elal families from Grand
with favor on that account. T. +. Adj
ans Is the superintendent Of the d.
vision.
Joseph HowetZ,a farmer residing rear
Langdon narrowly escaped death div
Ing from Langdon, and the passenger
train on the Great Northern was hid
from view by a sharp cure. Just
as the horses were on the track the train
struck them. killing both animals ard
wrecking the wagon. Mr.. Howetz was
thrown some distance away, bur re-
oeived nothing more than a few slight
bruises.
Traffic on the Northern Pacific AND
other railroads in North Dakota has not
been this fall as large as a year ago,
says a jamestown dispatch. The stock
and wheat rushes are nearly over, and
what traffic there is from now out can
be handled without n additions to
the usual forces. Range stock is not in
quite al good condition as at this time
last year: the price is low, there Is an
abundance Of good feed for the winter,
the herds were sold close last year on
account of good prices, stockmen are in
no haste to sell now, and shipments
will be less in the aggregate than last
year. The wheat crop in the state is
about a third of last year.
Two burglars were captured at Graf.
ton. They were in the act OF blowing
open the safe at the Great Northern de.
pot. John Hall, the baggageman,
sleeps in the depot and the noise awoke
him. and he quietly secured assistance
The burglars were hard at work on the
safe with all kinds of blacksmith tools
when Hall and his men got back. They
Immediately threw w their hands and
made for the windows. One jumped of
the high platform and broke his leg and
was carried to the county jail on a grain
door. The other was taken 10 the city
jail. This is the third or fourth time
the same safe has been blown open
but this is the first capture made. There
was $25 In the safe.
A series of very bold grain thefts in
the vicinity Of Grand Forks has been
closed up with the capture Of the culprit
a colored man who had been carrying on
his trade very ingeniously and success.
fully.
urBfa blew open the safe I'm III
man Stewards store at Canova, S.
ID. They did not secure any money
but took a quantity Of clothing. They
are supposed to be three toughs who
have beer hanging around there for two
or three days.
A fire at Emersado destroyed several
stores and Offices including Bleecker's
general store. lrvine's drug store. poe's
Fruit store and p~ostofii:e. Tn wind be-
ing In the south the remainder of the
town was saved. The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
John Bailey a sheep herder from Bill
lings. Mont, was found dead on the
prairie near a sheep camp eight miles
south of jamestown, North Dakota.
The cause OF the death Is unknown,
fIe vas 26 years old.
John Lyman, a farmer near Neche,
N. d., committed suicide by shooting
himself. His poor crops preyed upon
him. He was In an asylum six years
ago He leaves a wife and six children.
ad was well ixed financially.
For months Sioux Falls, s. d.. has