Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-01
MAY !, 1897.
DeadwooI will celebrate.

ItduN " WIN
Location Certificates for sale at this
Office.
The n. Y. Bankrupt store can save
you money on shoes.
Ice, Ice, Ice, clear and pure, is now on
safe at McFadden's grocery.
Rev. John c. Ahern will mold Catholic
services in Custer on Sunday, May md.
at 10 o'clock q. m.
The grand lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen will be held in
Yankton May 18th to 18th.
Next Sunday night, at the Congrega'
tinnal church, the subject will be, MAN
AMI his Devil" All are cordially in
vitcd to this service.
Mrs. j. Weir is improving her resi-
deuce with a new roof and an addition
which materially adds to its attractive
ape franc and comfor'.
Tom Harvey, the well known lawyer,
who left Sturgis a year ago for Montana,
has returned to the Hills to stay He
will probably locate in Lead.
Spring sunshine is having its effect on
Deadwood base ball cranks, and, az q
result, the question Of the organization
of a club is the talk Of the town.
The Deadwood Times notes the mar
rage at that place by Father Redmond,
on Monday last, Of John Erpelding to
Miss Rosa Stephens, both of Custer
county.
DR.. Maple removed his family early
in the week from the southeastern part
Of the city, to a more central location
on Custer Avenue, between Fourth and
Fifth streets.
Choice Ice-Leave your orders for it
ut McFadien's grocery, and they will be
filled to your satisfaction.
Seven saloons will shut down in Stur-
gis to-day on account of the inability of
their proprietors to raise the stuff re-
quired to meet the requirements Of the
new license law.
The regular devotional meeting of the
Epworth League will be held tomorrow
night at 7 O'clock, and will be led by
Miss Ola Johnesse. The special features
will be a solo by Miss Garnet Kendall,
and a paper by Miss Eta Drew. The
young people are especially invited to
be present.
There was quite a heavy fall Of snow
at Custer Tuesday night which probably
accounts for the "header" taken by the
mercury at this end of the Hills
Deadwood Pioneer.
Not nearly as heavy rs represented.
Only an inch and a half deep, and after
an hours Custer sunshine it was mist.
You must save your money. Do it by
purchasing at the n. Y. Bankrupt store.
The Della Pringle company closed a
two nights engagement at Garlock's
opera house on Saturday night. The
attendance was fair, and the perform
ances were pleasing and satisfactory.
The company left OF the Sunday even
ing train for Edgemont, from which
place they were to journey west to the
Pacific coast.
A recent issue Of Ragged Top paper
contains the following mention Of the
phenomenal luck Of Ii. Il. Swain. for.
merly of this city, o n prominent
resident of Balmoral, the pioneer city of
the Ragged Top camp: at is Grand
papa Swain now. Think oft! grand
son, a rich strike on the Little Bud, a
fine trotting horse, all in the Same
week"
The Dakota Hot Springs company
sued Il. ID. Jennings, member Of the
company, on a money demand, for rent,
and also asking for his eiectment from
his Offices in the company's buildings.
The defendant put in q counter claim of
$4,000 for services as medical director,
and upon trial before a jury was award
ed s 5000 and the retention Of bis office.
Star.
Ice. the purect and best. is now offer
ed at the most reasonable rates and in
any desired quantity, at Mcfadden's
grocery.
Two Bit is the novel name of the
youngest town in the Black Hills. 1t il
located in the gulch Of that name in the
northern Hills. The Hardin Mining
company owns valuable paint mines in
that locality, and to that enterprising
company the town owes its origin. The
color of the paint found in the mines of
the company is in harmony with that
which Is 30 popular in new mining
camps, and as q matter Of course tie
town will be painted in the popular
color. 1t is reported that there is al
ready paint enough in sight in the
mines to paint all the towns in the
Hills, with plenty to spare to meet the
demands of divers and sundry outside
that are fading for the want of a
fresh coat of red, =