Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1897.
See Don c, Hall. the Hypnotist.

+. w. Blair, a former resident Of this
place, is now runnino a blacksmith shop
at Balmoral, in the Ragged Top camp
The business Of the Deadwood post
Office has increased to an extent that
warrants its being placed upon the free
delivery list at the close Of the present
fiscal year, June 80.
II. b. Swain. late of this place, is now
connected with w. +. Sharpe in a gem
eral brokerage business at Balmoral
aid Is also engaged in a number OF pro-
n,isii , mining enterprises in that pros
l,rot!S gold camp
Eiomestake stock reached the forty
dollar mark on the New York market
last week. The value of the property,
based upon this figure, would be five
million dollars, but it is unnecessary to
state that it would require n much larger
sum to buy it.
The ladies Of Mayo will give n Pound
Social at the Big Mill, on Saturday even.
lllh, al. ~, lOl lIlV 'iNlb "a wv We
W. Butterfeld. A liberal patronage is
earnestly solicited, and contributions of
pounds in any number from one to five
hundred, will be gratefully received.
C. w. Hungerford. who has been in
delicate health for The past few weeks,
departed for Deadwood the latter part
Of last week, where, for an indefinite
period he will rest and %recuperate.
During his absence Walter Garfield, of
keystone, will have charge of his bar.
Der shop in this place.
A mixed stock Of merchandise, con
sisting Of dry goods. clothing, hats, caps,
millinery, etc, was opened up in the
Ward building, two doors west of the
Kleemann House, on Monday. 1t is
said to be a bankrupt stock bought in
Chicago. The store is in charge of q.
A. Lancaster of Hot Springs.
p. u. Darby has changed his residence
from Custer Avenue to Fifth street.
He is now mt home in the residence
formerly occupied by ii. +. Hickman,
who has discontinued house keeping
pending the return of Mrs. H., who is
at present visiting with relates and
friends at Newcastle and Cam bria,
Wyoming.
J. s. Peltz returned on Sunday from
Ragged Top where he was sojourning
for several days, bringing with him u
number of samples of ores carrying from
$l60 to 1877 gold to the ton, which he has
been exhibiting to our local prospectors,
all of whom claim they have rock locat-
cd in the limestone range, west of this
place, which looks just like it.
The reports Of the rich gold finds in
the Black Hills have caused a number
of ambitious young men in Sioux City
to get q bad attack of the BLACK Hills
fever" A number have said they in
tended to GO to the Hills and try their
luck. Sioux City men who have been
to the Hills recently say there is n rush
of miners and prospectors to the places
where gold has recently been discover
ed.-Sioux City Journal.
The Lead Call says: The measles are
running riot in Deadwood and instead
ofthe epidemic abating it is increasing,
several new cases being reported daily.
Spearfish also reports in the neighbor-
hood of fifty cases of measles out there.
Lead had Il little siege of it for a couple
OF months and at one time there were
upwards of 800 cases in the city, 1t has
about died out here, only to come to life
in other Hills towns.
w. +. Wells, q well known former
resident Of this place. now located at
Balu,oral, where he is engaged in the
barber business, is laid up with a sore
hand, says the Balmoral Advertiser,
caused by getting q piece % hair in the
joint of a finger, from which blood
poisoning set in. Qnite a number
thought he was dying from the effects,
but DR.. Jay Smith was called in and at
tended to it and pronounced him out of
danger.
The Bald Mountain News says: "The
excitement at Ragged T%op'continues to
grow and people are wild over the pros
poets. All you can hear is Ragged
Top" and everybody either wants
ground. or to engage in business. High
grade ore is being found everywhere.
and the country has lever been touched
in a prospective way. The ore that
outcrops on the surface is all that has
been looked for and several men have
made nice, little fortunes. and OF all the
investments made, every enc, who has
had the nerve to speculate. has made
good money. Developments will un-
doubtedly demonstrate the Ragged Top
district to be the richest in the world"