Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
SATURDAY, MAY -, 1887.

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Location Certificates for sale at this
Office.
A six.inch snow fall is reported Mt
Ragged Top on Tuesday last.
A. s. Shockley has succeeded Ed
Mansell as editor Of the Belle Fourche
Times.
Belle Fourche is slowly but surely
forging to the front. She has recently
organized a base ball club.
The subject at the Baptist church on
Sunday evening next will be, "A run
away slave" Service at s o'clock. All
arc cordially invited.
The Deadwood and Lead ball clubs
crossed bats at the latter place last
Sunday. playing FIVE innings, at the end
of which the score stood 10 to 4 in favor
of The Lead club.
The fifth annual convention of the b
II. conference, Epworth League, con-.
venes in Deadwood June is, l9 ~ 10Th.
An interesting session and a large at
tendance is anticipated.
Geo. p. Bennett has been elected
Captain Of Company NJ. Of the 5. ID,
National guards, at Rapid City, to sue
coed A. j. Mosier, VINO was recently
promoted to the rank of Major.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. j. !.
Scoield, former residents Of this place,
will be panied to learn that their infant
son, Willie, died from a relapse OF
measles at Terry on Sunday last.
The Deadwood Independent says
Patrick Doyle received a broken leg
while in a schuffie." The item is q
trihe indefinite, but we suppose he must
have fallen into the tarnal thing.
P. D. McClelland is now solo proprie.
tor of the Custer Meat Market, having
bought the interest of his late partner,
WILDER Wright, a news item which was
Inadvertently omitted in our issue of
last week.
The season is at hand when numerous
added annoyances make up the sum OF
mortal misery, among which the festive
fv and spring house cleaning are de-
serving of a prominent place on the
gruesome list.
You need that Money. 1t will 90 far
Their if spent at the n Y Bankrupt Store.
Deaiwood has arrangements well un
der way already for their grand Fourth
of July celebration. A feet Of airships
and a base ball game are among the
sublime attractions that have been
provided for.
Rev. Radford pastor of the Congre.
g%ational church of this place, was in at
tendance and took part in the meeting
of the Association of Congregational
churches fthe Black Hills in Lead dur
ing the werk.
The subject at The Congregational
church next Sabbath morning will be
"The Wind and the Spirit" and in the
evening "Men Admiring Doomed
Things" All are cordially invited to
attend the above services.
The children of the primary depart
ment will give their closing programme
Friday afternoon, May 81. Children
and teacher unite in sending a INVITA-
ton to all patrons and interested friends
to be present at the exercises.
The frst meeting Of the newly elected
board of education was held on Monday
evening, and an organization perfected
M ]. Bailey was elected president and
Mrs. Pauline Olds vice president. Mrs.
ID. w. McFadden was elected clerk OF
the board.
Bishop Hare, Of the Protestant Epis-
copal church of South Dakota, will hold
services in the Baptist church of this
city on Friday evening, May 21st, at 8
o'clock. All the citizens are cordially
invited to be present and hear this
earnest man.
T. v. Garlock a merchant of this city,
who has been engaged in the mercantile
business at Balmoral in the Ragged Top
camp, for some time, has packed his
stock on hand. which will be added TO
the large stock he carries in the home
establishment.
Bleched and Unbleached Shestings
cheaper than anybody at the N. Y. Ban
krupt Store this week.
7. w. Delicate, late clerk Of the board
OF education, who recently completed
the school census Of the Custer Inde-
pendent district, reports the number Of
children Of school age residing in the
district to be Eat, an increase of 80 over
the number reported last year. 1t is
now apparent that another department,
the fifth, must soon be added to our
public schools, the present four depart
nlents being already o~vefcrowded.