Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-05-30
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

There is one postmaster in Ohio who
does not fear the inspector. Recently
an old maid informed the postmaster
general that there was smoking in the
postofice at -, O. She went straight
10 headquarters. The Postmaster Cen
eral notified Inspector-in-Charge Sal
mon to investigate. n he did. He
found that the postofice was in a gro
Gerry store. The postmaster was the
storekeeper, and in reply to the detective
said: yes, l smoke and my son
smokes. And let me tell you something.
Smoking is a necessity with me and the
p~ostoffice Is not, SO the sooner you take
our office away the better I'll like it,
This office paid about S. a year and 10
body else would take il, so the postmas-
ter was informed that he might smoke
all he wanted to so long as he did not
blow IT In peoples faces.
Comparatively few persons have ever
heard of Loeb Lynn Heights. 1t is a
village in Garrett county, Maryland. 1t
might be celebrated for the exceeding
picturesqueness Of its location and the
wonderful beauty of It's surroundings.
but II is most likely to be talked OF
among men because It is the abiding
place OF election Judges who have SOL
EMMY declared that women are not
persons" The charter of Loeb Lynn
Heights provides that all persons over
81 years of age and who have resided in
the town during a period of not less than
six months shall have the right to vote
at town elections. This election judges
decided-without any semblance of re-
spect for the opinions OF every known
layfcnQra nhar-Fhat only a man ia a ner-
son.
Extreme pars,mony IN small matters
was allied with Baron Hirsch's munif-
cence. On the occasion of a great fire al
Tokay, in Hungary, he sent his secre-
tary to Vienna with sc, 900 forms (nore
than $29, 0OM toward the fund for reliev
ing the distress caused by the fire, but
he begged the secretary not TO take a
f1acre at the railway station, but from
a stand near by. thus saving s cents.
The baron could not bear being over
charged for anything. He was so indig-
nant at having to pay 2 forms for a pair
OF candles at a hotel that he actually
took candles with him.
The mileage Of congressman runs all
the way" said a clerk at the capitol,
from SO to 81, 100. The law requires
that the mileage shall be calculated by
the nearest route of travel. a Maryland
representative gets the lowest sums
which includes his coming and going,
while an Oregon member gets the larger
sum. The California congressman get
on an average $3.50 each for mileage. The
mileage is, OF course, a good deal more
than is usually paid, and It helps out in
some cases In paying other expenses
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1t now looks as If the state Of Wash
sngton would eventually rival Califor-
MIA as a gold producer. 1t has been COM
paratively a very short time since it
was learned that gold in any paying
quantities could be found in Washing
ton, and, in fact, the fabulous pockets
that have been discovered in other new
fields appear to be wholly wanting, but
for good medium grade ore there Is no
field equal to that of northeast Wash
ington. There Is now q good deal of ex-
element but stamp mills and smelters
are going up in unprecedented numbers.
Secretary Herbert's decision that II
was against public policy to permit rep
resentatives of the newspaper press 10
witness the armor test which took place
at Indian Head proving grounds was
based upon the fact that while our gov
eminent has hitherto permitted the re. |
suits Of such tests to be freely published {
foreign governments have kept their s
experiments to themselves. The secre. a
thinks that If the reciprocity prin- II
ciple be worth anything it ought to ap. b
ply to matters of this character. o
~
during the Cuban war. a Gu.
ban general. Pablo Olivia. arriving al
the outskirts of a town In which was a
Spanish garrison, found a telephone
and. ringing up the Spanish command
er. called on him to surrender within
the hour. under penalty of having the
town burned, At the end of the hour
he called up the fort again, n found
the garrison ready to surrender. upon
which he entered the town without fir.
ing a shot.
Mrs. !. V. Bloomfield Of Deerheld,
Mich, observed that her young child
was restless and called a physician. An
examination led him to believe the lit.
tie one was suffering from some aff1ic-
ton of the blood, and he advised poul-
ticing the thigh. In a few days a full
sized needle was removed from the
thigh the theory Of the doctor being
that the child had at some time sat
down upon It and that 1t had worked
upward and out.
A curious incident showing how poly
glot Is the population Of San Francisco
took place In a court there the other day.
Suit was brought by q. Fl. T. Wettirok
to endeavor to recover certain moneys
of Eureka lodge of Hermann Sons.
Inasmuch as the judge, the attorneys,
the plaintiff, the defendant, the witness
&C o-l AVIAN tho clark nf the court smoke |
German. II was decided to conduct the
case in that language.
A German inventor has hit upon a
method Of putting stone soles on boots
and shoes. He mixes a waterproof glue
with a suitable quantity Of clean quartz
sand and spreads II over the leather sole
used as a foundation. These quartz
soles are said to be very flexible and
practically indestructible and to give
the foot a firm hold, even on the most
slippery surfaces.
An old widower of Hamilton, On
tario, who has just been married says
the match was arranged In heaven
This is a pleasant sort OF belief, n il
is hoped that the old man will keep or
thinking so.
Vermont VIII have one STATE cereno-
NAL to look after this summer, and that
will be the dedication OF the monumen
TO the emo of Thomas Chittenden,
first governor of Vermont. 1t Is said
that 1t will take place during the au.
nual encampment OF the Vermont ma
tional guard.
Lolita, the actress. is at present living
in absolute retirement In northern New
Jersey. Despite the fact that she Is In
her 5Oth year, she does not look a day
over 40, and is just as cheerful and mer
ry as ever.
The catch of seals by the schooner
J. Eppinger of San Francisco aptly illus
trates the important point In the seal.
ing dispute between Great Britain and