Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-17
SATURDAY, JULY II, 1897.

bt1titO ANtil 81 W" IN 49,
day. We hear that he has been quite
sick but is now recovering rapidly.
On last Monday, Chris Nelson waived
examination before Justice Wells upon
q charge of grand larceny of two COWS,
the property of Hans Ghobiasen. lie
ur.ished q 500 bond.
The Hot Springs Star says that the
yaliuns restraining orders that haxe
been hanging over Wind Cave all spring
have been raised and jolly John Stabler
and hia partners hold full sway.
The subject at the Congregational
church next Sabbath morning will be
"In His Name" and in the evening the
subject will be "Our Mountain" All
are cordially invited to attend the above
services.
The government survey for the rur
pose OF making n map Of the lands to be
set apart for forest reserves will com
mence in a few DAYS. The survey in
this section will begin at Custer peak
and work south, under Chief Cunning
ton ifAcharge.
Geo. brinkhorn, Of Wind Cave, this
county. was sentenced on the 18th inst,
by Justice Maddox, at Pfingle, TO serve
"a term of thirty days in the county Jail
for pr~omiscuously using vulgar and
,l~,ana 1anp,tnrn 10 paFtuIn nortlaa
living at Wind Cave.
The Fourth Of July celebration at
Deadwood was highly commeded by all
who witnessed the entertainment.
Everything passed off pleasantly. The
attendance was large, and the Grafton of
Judge William Gardiner is said to have
been exceedingly fine.
Charles Roland, George Coats and
Jim Bender left Hill City last week for
Seattle, Washington, from which point
they will take steamer for Juneau,
Alaska. Their destination being tho
Yukon river, about 900 miles from
juneau across the range.
On the 10th of July Ed BARLEY had a
preliminary examination before Justice
Henderson on q charge of receiving and
concealing two cows belonging to one
Hans Ghobiasen. He was held under
$500 bond, which was furnished. Wood
q Porter prosecuted the case.
The grease factory it is expected will
have all the new machinery in place
and be ready to run steadily by Sept LIST.
The demand for the grease is said to be
increasing in the east, while there is a
ready market for dry earth paints Of
superior quality such as is found in this
section and tributary to Custer.
Tho Epworth League sociable given
at the NJ. Il. parsonage last Tuesday
evening we learn was a very pleasant
and enjoyable affair. We received a
reminder Of the occasion by a contribu-
ton of some of the good things from
their bountiful table. The ice cream
was very acceptable. and the other
things duly appreciated. Thanks.
~ A half mile race came off at the
Harbach track Thursday afternoon be
tween Richardson's gray horse and a
little brown mare belonging to Charles
Messenger Of Chadron. The mare won
the race easily, time. 81 seconds. One
fellow in describing the horses to our
reporter got it badly mixed up. He
said this mare was sired by Messenger
and damned by the fellows that lost their
money.
II. r. Locke, Of D~eadwood. vas a
caller at this office on Tuesday. He an.
nounces that it is his intention to sooi
be among us for the purporse Of en-
aiding our people to secure the shadow
eer the substance fades" Mr.. Locke will
establish q photograph CELERY, and will
nut in his tina, when not otherwise
engaged, in taking views Of the grand
and pleasing scenery for which the
southern Hills are so Justly noted.
Jack McAdam was arrested on the
18TH inst. upon a charge of the seduction
of Bessie Fenwick. Upon the case
being called before Justice Wells, Miss
Fenwick failed to appear and refused to
testify against the accused, and case was
accordingly dismissed. On Wednesday,
Mr.. Fenwick, the father of the girl Civ
ing his consent to marriage, the girl
being only sixteen years of age, Jacob
and Bessie we're married by County
Judge Smith. The case is somewhat
romantic, and the yielding of the irate
father ended and amicably settled the
matter.