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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
Our Gold Region.

Visitors to Deadwood are surprised at
the crowded and busy appearance of its
streets. The result is the natural con-
sequence of the intense excitement over
new discoveries in the Ragged Top gold
region. Some of the tales told border
on the fabulous. but those old miners
who are seldom deceived, say that the
world does not hold at the present time
more promising country than the
Black Hills. And it would seem that
there are many others outside of the
upper Hills towns who haye the same
confidence, as strangers are pouring in
from all over, and the indications are
that the coming summer viii witness
the busiest times eyer seen in the Black
Hills.-Black Hills Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
Ragged Top.

The Ragged Top Townsite Company
has applied for articles of incorporation,
which will be issued by the secretary of
state in due course Of business. The in
corporators are Gen. Green B. Raum,
Hy Ellington, Seth Bullock and James
Geddes, who are also owners of the
Alaska group of claims, consisting of
seven locations, which with the Bangu
clio Nos. and . lodes adjoining, con-
stitute the townslte. A plot of ground
containing ninety acres Of level table
land that makes an ideal towrsite. The
company will construct large reservoir
on Ragged Top mountain which will be
supplied with pure spring water from
Calamity canyon and conveyed to the
town IN pipes OF ample size to furnish
any amount required. The elevation OF
the reservoir will be such as to secure a
heavy pressure and force to afford pro
lection from fire. Engineer Frank Peck
and assistants are now on the ground
surveying and plating it into lots and
blocks. Several lots have already been
sold and five buildings contracted for
The first one to be completed will be
Gen. Raum's, lumber for which was de-
livered Yesterday. The general desires
to inform his friends that the latch
string will always hang out and that he
will be pleased to have them call. The
Office Of the company will be in thit
building, where any and all information
can be obtained. A newspaper plan
has been ordered for the new town o
Ragged Top, and the material is now or
the way here from the east. The enter
prise is one of Gen. Raum's, and the
Times wishes it uccess.-Deadwooc
Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
AY,

boiling water for them to drink the
red hot grindstone to grind their nose,
and red hot rings to wear on their toes
and If they mention they don't like fire,
III sew up their mouth with red hot
wire; and then, dear sir, you'll see
them squirm while roll them over to
cool and turn" With these last words,
the editor woke and thought it all a
practical joke. But still at times so real
did it seem that he cannot believe it was
all dream. and often he thinks with a
chuckle and grin of the fate of those
who save their tin and never pay the
printer"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
FITCH g WILLIS,
Hura. prou,nx. posfttvs
sold By Jones 81 Co.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

Governor Lee is Inclined to reticence
in regard to his Official appointments,
but that does not prevent well settled
conclusions on the part of the masses as
to who are in the lead in the race for
Official plums to be dispensed by him,
and the following willing and waiting
expectants are said to be most liable to
be chosen: For the Governors private
secretary, I. II. Ayers, editor Plain
Talk, Vermillion. For bank examiner,
II. w. Sawyer, cashier Hand Co. bank
Miller. For oil inspector, L. G. Camp
bell, life insurance agent, Yankton. For
warden Of the state pententiary there
are numerous candidates, and it is un-
certain as to who will be selec ed
Among the most prominent aspirants
are Cyrus Waits, friend of Pettigrew
]. A. Bowler. a free silver democrat
Roy Williams, a new convert from the
republican party, and ex-Sheriff Sund.
back, who is also bosom friend ol
Pettigrew. For secretary of the railroad
commission. r. E. Dowdell, L. NJ. Esta
brook and II. s. Volkmar are proni.
nently mentioned. For commissio onel
of irrigation. Stacy Cochran, editor Of
the Brookings Individual is most liable
to be named.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

Cuban news continues to be as varie-
gated and uncertain as ever, but it is
considered fairly assured that the war
is still going on, and it is quite generally
believed that it will be continued for
some time to come, Notwithstanding
Weyler's reported threats to annihlate
the Cubans within the next few days.
He contemplates surrounding them
with his entire force, but will probably
not succeed in this while the Cubans
remain alive, as he is known to haye
failed to surround Maceo until after he
was dead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

Commenting upon question Of gra, g
importance to the state, the Sioux Falls
Argur-Leader, in a recent issue, submits
the following Next year the people
or South Dakota will be called upon TO
decide question which is of as much
Importance as the one determined in
the contest just ended. In the judicial
elections the populists will make an
effort to secure control of the courts. If
the people Of South Dakota permit this,
the states reputation will suffer wound
which will be "as deep as a well and as
wide as q church door," There is a
prejudice among investors everywhere
against populist judges. Whethey they
are justified in it or hot investors feel
that property rights are insecure when
the law is to be interpreted by populst
judges. And it is absolutely impossible
to persuade any body to invest in state
which has such judges. The Argur-
Leader does not argue that populIst
judges are not to be trusted 1t calls
attention to the fact that everywhere
among investors this belief prevails,
and South Dakota Is not big enough to
overcome this prejudice. If populist
judges are put upon the bench in South
Dakota the people of this state will
suffer by it, and suffer long and severely.
The reputation of Kansas has suffered
more by reason of populist judges being
on the bench than from any other
political infliction. 1t is q matter OF
common report in investing circles in
the east that the popuist judges OF
Kansas refuse to foreclose mortgages
from outside creditors and persistently
pigeon hole and delay and defeat all
such actions. 1t is this more than any.
thing else which has been responsible
for the bad name which Kansas has in
the east. The fact that the judges in
Nebraska do not belong to the populist
party has done something to spare that
| state from the blight of populism.
When the South Dakota voters come to
pass upon this question the Argus
Leader sincerely hopes that the repu-
tation Of the state will be handled more
tenderly than it was in the recent con
test"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

w. j. Bryan's new book, "The First
Battle" will soon be given to the public,
when the curious world will be per-
mitted to bask in the rhapsodic recitals
Of the defeated hero whose effete efforts
upon the rostrom may be said to have
been more wordy than wise, more loud
than logical and more evanescent than
enduring. 1t would not be surprising
if, in this instance, the first battle"
should prove to be the last.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
-
McKlnley,a Cabinet-

The most reliable guessers in the
country have figured the composition of
Mckinley's cabinet as follows:
Secretary of state, John Sherman of
Ohio.
Secretary of the treasury, Nelson
Dirgley of Maine.
Secretary of war. Ex-Governor w. r.
Merriam of Minnesota.
Secretary of the navy, Cornelius n.
Bliss Of New York.
Attorney general. Nathan Goffof West
Virginia.
Postmaster general, Henry C.. Payne
of Wisconsin.
Secretary of agriculture, Judge Way
mire of California
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

A Rapid City special to the Omaha
Bee says: Work will be commenced
on the Dakota, Wyoming & Missouri
Riyer railroad during February and
pushed as rapidly as possible and COM
pleted to Mystic. This road runs
through the rich timber, iron and gold
districts of the southern part of the
Black Hills. The road will turn over
to the Elkhorn at Rapid Ci.y and to the
e. & NJ. at Mystic 500 tons Of freight for
Omaha, Sioux City and Denver every
twenty-four hours. This business is
now in sight. The money to complete
it has been secured by William T. Coad,
in Chicago"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

L. II. Bailey, private secretary to
Congressman Pickler, arrived from
Washington this morning, says Huron
special of the 25th ult Mr.. Pickler will
spend few days at his home in Faulk-
ton, then 60 to Pierre to look after his
political interests. 1t is understood
that he will receive the caucus nomina-
ton by the republicans for United
States senator. and what is said by those
who ought to know, Major Pickler will
also receive support from a number OF
democrats who cannot affiliate with the
populsts. There is indications that
Mr.. Pickler will be prominent person
age in the senatorial contest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

The Yankton daily Times has passed
out of existence. says Yankton dis
patch, Fred Buchanan, its publisher,
will go to Deadwood to consolidate his
interests with, and manage the Inde-
pendent, while Freeman Knowles rep
resents the state in congress. 1t goes
without saying that Mr.. Buchanan will
become a populist. The Times has had
an exciting career during its three
months existence, but the opportunity
offered the publisher for broader field
was too tempting to be resisted. This
town is well supplied with newspapers
and can well afford to lose one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

The Parkston. Is. d. Advance very
aptly and appropriately says: THE
gold output for the Black Hills for 1896
amounts to over s6,OOO,OOO, an increase
of over one million over last year. Very
little Of this vast amount of money is
left in this part Of the state, but nearly
all goes to other states, where the sup.
plies for that country are secured A
roilroad is needed, and needed badly, to
connect this part of the state with the
Hills in order that the people may reap
some of the benefits Of this vast amount
of money"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

AS an antidote for jingoisn, the
pamphlet recently issued to the Spanish
army officers by the Spanish govern
ment. giving description of the various
war ships, fortresses, batteries and other
obstacles they would have to contend
with in the event Of a war with Uncle
Sam, should, and doubtless will prove
very effective. When they realize the
magnitude of such a war contract, their
ardor will quickly CONCEAL and settle
deep in the bulb of blighted hope.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

A report was current few days ago
that Spain had made proposition look
ing to the settlement Of the Cuban re-
yolution through the efforts of Uncle
Sam as mediator. Spain now denies the
soft impeachment, but does not declare
positively that such course will not be
pursued at some period in the not re-
mote hence. 1t would be a wise step
for Spain at this critical juncture in her
checSered history, and might be the
means of preventing the disappearance
of her natal name from the map of the
world
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
A Sound Liver Makes a W ell Man.

Are you Bilious. Constipated or
troubled with Jaundice, Sick Headachs,
Bad Taste in Mouth, Foul Breath, Coated
Tongue. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot
Dry Skin, Pain in Back and between the
Shoulders, Chills and Fever, &c. If you
haye any ofthese symptoms, your Liver
is out of order, and your blood is slowly
being poisoned, because your Liver does
not act promptly. Herbine will cure
any disorder of the Liver, Stomach or
Bowels. 1t has no equal as Liver
Medicine. Price IS cents. Free trial
bottle at A. j. Jones & Cos drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

Under the provisions of law recent
ly enacted in Arizona, mining claims
cannot be relocated to avoid the perfor-
nance of the annual assessment work.
A similar law in South Dakota would be
the means of opening to location vast
areas Of mineral land that has been tied
up for years by relocators, and greatly
stimulate mining development In every
district of the Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

An astronomer says that the corn
stalks on the planet Mars are $50 feet
high and Ben Murdock says that when
a Marsian milkmaid 80 feet high goes
out to pail the COW, she slings buck ct
on her arm as big as a railway tank
and when the COW rs feet high don't
hist, she slams Is foot Trilby into her
tripe. She sits on a three-legged stool
that weighs 400 pounds, and when the
hired man comes up behind her to give
her smack on the cheek he does il
with mouth as big as horse collar
Uinta Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
Relieved of Terrible Pains.

r. E. Morse, Travelling Salesman, Gal
weston, Texas, says: Billiards. Snow
Liniment cured me of rheumatism of
three months standing after use of two
bottles. ]. S. Doan, Danville, Ills, says
have used Ballard's Snow Liniment
for years and would not be without it,
j. r Crouch, Rio, Ills, says Billiards.
Snow Liniment cured terrible pains in
back of Head and Neck when nothing
else would. Every bottle guaranteed
Price so cent?, Sold at A. j. Jones &
Coz drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02

South Dakota is getting along pretty
well. The government reports say she
raised one-fiftieth Of the corn of the
United States, and more bushels than
her neighboring sisters, Minnesota
Wisconsin and Michigan in the east.
Not so bad for six year old girl .-Da-
kota Farmer
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-02
Now write it 1897.

The CHRONICLE wishes Its readers a
most happy and prosperous new year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
THE new TARIFF.
The Dingley Law Compared
With the Wilson Act.
ALL THE SCHEDULES COMPLETE.

- Detailed and Exact Statement of the New
Rates of Duty. Showing Wherein They
Differ From the Old Tarin-Many Inn
portant Changes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

A4t oehor ucAA5. ..s......
Al alcoholic perfumery and toll
ct preparations containing al
cohol, and alcoholic COM
pounds not provided for. ......
Alkalis, alkaloids, distilled, es-
sential, expressed and rem
dered oils and combinations
of them, and chemical com
pounds not otherwise provid-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Medicinal preparations contain
ing alcohol or In the prepare
ton of which alcohol is used. 55c lb 500
In no case to pay less than 25pc
Medicinal preparations not con-
tanning alcohol, and alcohol
not used In preparation. 2Spc 25pc
Calomel and other mercurial
preparations. .................. @pc s5pc
'siers, healing or curative.... apo 25pc
iot ornanented or decorated. Hpc 8Opc
.riicles wholly or in part of
mineral substances, not deco
Grated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8Spc cope
II decorated ...................... &pc 0pc
Rockingham earthenware, not
decorated ....................... 4Opc 30pc
Gas retorts. .......................S3ea each 20pc
Lava tips. ....,..................lOc 30pc
gross g.
l5pc
Cartons for electric lighting . .a0o par 20 D @
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

vsrmilion red and other colors
containing quicksilver. $3.50.
Not containing quicksilver.
White lead and other pigment
containing lead. ..............
whiting and paris white, dry.
Ground In oil OF putty .......
zinc oxide Of, or pigment, con-
tanning zinc, but not lead,
dry ..................
Ground in oil. ...................
eulphidc Of, or white sulphide
OF zinc. ...................
Chloride and sulphate of....,....
AL paints and pigments, lakes,
erayons, smslts, frostings or
crude, dry or mixed, ground
with water, oil or other solu.
tions not provided for; artists
paints In tubes, pans or cakes.
Venetian red.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Basic Stag, ground or unground. 81 ton DOC
Iron in pigs, iron Kentledge,
Spiegeleisen, ferro manganese,
ferro silicon, wrought and cast
scrap iron and scrap steel..... "a "a
Bar iron, square iron, rolled or
hammered, comprising fats,
not less than inch wide nor
less than 81 In thickness. round
iron, not less than 7-18 In dia-
meter. ............ ....o-IVc Id olVc
Round iron, In coils or rods, less
than ZIG Of an inch in dia-
meter, and bars or shapes Of
rolled or hammered iron, not
specially provided for. ........ 8-10c 6l0o
Provided that all iron in slabs,
blooms, loops or other forms
less finished than iron In bars
and more advanced than pig
iron, except castings, shall be
subject to a duty of. ........... 5-1Oc Clos
Provided, further, that all iron
bars blooms, billets or sizes
or shapes Of any kind In the
manufacture of which char
coal Is used as fuel shall be
subject to a duty of....,.,.....$12 ton 81
Beams, Orders, ioists, angles,
channels, car truck channels,
tees, columns and posts or
parts or sections Of columns
and posts, deck and bulb
beams and building forms,
together with all other struc-
tural shapes of iron or steel,
whether plain or punched or
fitted for use. BLOC lib 6l0c
Boiler or other plate iron or
steel. except crucible plate
steel. and saw plates, hereinaf-
ter provided for, not thinner
than No. 10 wire gauge, shear
ed or unsheared, and skelp
iron or steel, sheared or rolled
In grooves, valued at 10 per
ib or less. Observation-Disclosures. BLOC b-lOo
Valued above lc and not above
&c ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6lOc olOo
Valued above % and not above
&c Id. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lc u p Q
Valued at over %c................. 25pc Is
Iron or steel anchors or parts
thereon Observation-Disclosures. no 10 l1xc
Forgings Of iron and steel, Of
whatever shape or stage of
manufacture: .............:... @pO Spc
Ball bearings Of iron or STEEL. 6pc -
Hoop. band or scroll iron or
steel, valued at Be per pound
or less inches or less in
width, and less than "a of
inch thick, and not thinner
than No. 10 wire gauge. 5-l0c 30 p o
Thinner than No. ~ wire gauge
and not thinner than No. 20
wire gauge. .,...........,...." eiOc cope
Thinner than No. 20 wire
gauge. s.s...s..s.......... o-lVc wPo
Provided that barrel hoops Of
iron or steel and hoop or band
iron, splaycd or punched, shall
pay more duty than that inn
posed on the hoop or band
from which they are made. . 1-10c -
Steel bands or strips, untemper-
ed, suitable for band saws. -. .. &c ID @ -
cope
II tempered. ...................... &c %
u
Hoop iron or STEEL wholly or NJ.
partly manufactured into
hoops, painted or not with or
without fastenings for baline. 5l0cl ID
Railway bars made Of iron or
steel, and railway bars made
In part Of steel, T rails and
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-10-21
Resolutions of Respect.

To the commander and mem
bers of Washington Camp No.
239, U. C. V:
We, your committee appointed
to draft resolutions on the death
of Comrade A. J. Robertson, who
departed this life September 8th,
1897, would respectfully submit
the following:
Whereas, it has pleased God,
in his divine wisdom, to remove
from among US our worthy Com
rade A. J. Robertson; therefore,
we bow in humble submission to
the man dates of the Supreme
Ruler, trusting in his benevol-
ence and omniscience; that what
he does is for the good of his
creatures; and,
Whereas, this community has
lost valued and esteemed citi-
zen, the church an upright mem
Der, and Washington Camp a
worthy comrade. Therefore, be
it
Resoloed, that in the death of
our Comrade, A. J. Robertson,
this Camp has lost a faithful and
worthy brother, whose example
of charity and brotherly love is
worthy of imitation. Assiduous
in his efforts to make home
happy, industrious and frugal in
his habits, he realized in the
comforts of his home the enjoy
ments of happiness, which life
given to duty is sure to bring.
AS a husband, he was affec-
Tomato and devoted, as a man
and citizen, respected and true.
We are reminded by his death
that we are walking in the val
ley and shadow of death, and are
taught that important les that
'In the midst of life is death"
Resolved, that this Camp ten
DER to the oereaYed family its
deep and profound sympathy,
with our brotherly regard, and
that copy of these resolutions
be furnished the family of our
deceased Comrade, and that
copies be furnished the city
press, with the request to publish.
Respectfully submitted,
B. ELDRIDGE,
J. G. RANKIN,
J. D. ROGERS,
Committee.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-10-21
GONE TO FORT WORTH.
Col. John D. Rogers Couldn't Stop or
His Own Farm.

Col. John D. Rogers Couldn't Stop or
His Own Farm.
The Fort Worth correspondent
of the Dallas News sends the
following about a gentleman well
known in Brennan: Colonel
John D. Rogers, the well-known
cotton merchant of Galveston, is
here waiting for the yellow fever
scare to blow over. The colonel
tells of peculiar experience in
quarantine operations which be-
fell him Saturday. He left Gal
weston on the Santa Fe special
Friday night, which brought out
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
general officials and their office
force and dropping off near
Brennan proceeded by private
conveyance to his plantation at
Allenfarm. Now, Allenfarm is
made up chiefly of railroad
station, postoffice and store and
the white population is repre-
sented by very few units. Col.
Rogers works a large force of
convicts on his large farm and a
score or so of guards are re-
quired to look after them. When
he reached his farm after hard
travelling he proceeded to seek a
much-needed rest and was soon
enjoying a refreshing snooze
from which he was quickly
aroused with the announcement
that his presence had spread
terror through the small burg
and he was requested to leave.
The colonel did not take kindly
to the situation and rather re-
sented being ordered from his
own premises, but he reflected
that to refuse. would probably
leave him with nearly 200 un-
guarded convicts on hand and
he decided to surrender and
come to Fort Worth. But he
was not even permitted to board
the train at its regular stopping
place, the few townspeople de-
clining to entertain him even for
so short a time and the train was
stopped in the middle of his own
field and he joined the Galveston
colony here last night