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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Is. II. +. A.

The board of control of the B. II. F.
A. met in parlors of the Deadwood
department yesterday afternoon. Pres
dent Wesley A. Stewart Of Sturgis pre-
siding. Every department belonging
to the association except Rapid City
was represented. The meeting was
called for the purpose of considering an
annual tournament. The matter was
discussed for two hours or more. A
motion to award the tournament to any
town that would guarantee 500 cash for
prizes was defeated. A motion to award
the tournament to the town that offers
the greatest amount, bids to be filed
with the secretary on or before July 10th
was carried. JAS. Frawley, F B. Corum
and w. II. Bonham we're appointed n
committee to open bids and award the
tournament. The c%oncensus Of opinion
was that all would join in this year and
give a good tournament for nominal
prizes, strengthen the association and
next year get up a tournament with big
prizes.-Pioneer Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Custer County Malloned,

The CHRONICLE is reliably informed
that a certain state official who Toes not
reside a thousand miles from Rapid
City, who, we regret to say, received a
majority of the votes cast in Custer
county for the position he holds, took
occasion to malign the county il a most
outrageous manner while travelling up
on an eastern train some time ago. Our
informant states that he denied in the
most positive manner the existence of
mineral deposits of any value whatever
in any part of the county, and said much
to the detriment of the same in various
other directions, leaving the impression
upon the minds of a large number of
persons, the car being crowded with
people, that Custer county was utterly
devoid of all attractions for home
seekers or investors, and that it would
be entirely useless for them to give the
county any attention when visiting the
Black Hills country.
That Custer county has been much
maligned by certain persons for the
purpose of promoting their W selfish
ends, cannot be truthfully gainsaid, but
that a state official should be guilty of
defaming q county of such exceptionally
promising undeveloped mineral re-
sources as Custer county is conceded to
be, in the face Of the fact that the coun-
ty aided in the matter of placing him in
the honorable official position he holds.
would seem almost incredible, and yet
we are assured that such is the fact.
Comment is unnecessary the infamous
character of such conduct suggests it.
self.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Comfort to California.

Every Thursday morning, a tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma-
ha and Lincoln via the Burlington Route.
1t is carpeted upholstered in rattan ;
has spring seats and backs and is pro-
vided with curtains, bedding, towels.
soap, etc. An experienced excursion
conductor and n uniformed Pullman
porter accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While neither as extensively finished
nor as fine to look at as a palace sleeper.
it is just as good to ride in. Second
class tickets are honoied and the price
of a birth, wide enough and big enough
for two, is only $500.
For a folder giving full particulars
call at the nearest 3. & NJ. II. p. tickle,
Office. Or, write to j. Francis, General
Pass'r Agt., Burlington Route, Omaha
Nebraska.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
CUSTER CITY, CUSTER COUNTY, s. D.,

CUSTER CITY, CUSTER COUNTY, $. D., /
April %, 1897.
To the Mining Syndicate, Limited, OF Omaha,
Nebraska, and TO whom 1t may concern:
You are hereby notified that tho Argyle
Fullcrs Earth Company, q corporation duly or
ganized under the laws of the State of South
Dakota, has. by its duly constituted and acting
officers, expended Four Hundred Dollars, in
labor and improvements upon the following
described Placer Mining Claims, the same being
the eX expenditure of One Hundred Dollars upon
each ofsaid four claims, to-wit:
Edgemont No. l, Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. ., Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. 6, Placer Mining Claim,
Edgemont No. 7, Placer Mining Claim,
20 miles southerly from Custer City, the location
certificates, fully describing said claims, being
OF record in Placer Location Records of said
Custer County, in Office of Register of Deeds,
respectively at pages 80, 81, SIS and IS, in Book Q,
in order to hold said premises under the pro.
visions OF Section 1924, (and acts amendatory
thereto of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold the
said claims for the year ending December 81,
1896. And ifwithin ninety days after this notice
by publication, you fail or refuse TO contribute
your proportion of said expenditures, as a CO.
owner, your interest in said claims win become
the property of the subscriber, the said Argyle
Fullers Earth Company, under said Section 1924,
Revised Statutes of the Emitted States.
ARGYLE FULLERS EARTH co.
By DENIS HENAULT, its President, and
A. II, SMITH, its Secretary,
First publication, April u, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26

The social party given by the young
ladies' of Custer to their gentlemen
friends at the Evergreen Palace of
Pleasure" Gas the elegantly decorated
hall, improyised for this special &C.
casion was appropriately styled was
probably n Of the most, if indeed it
was not the most pleasing and enjoyable
entertainment that has ever been ex-
perienced in the Pioneer city. The
bare and forbidding walls Of the hall,
which, by the deft and artistic hands of
the fair promoters of this recherche
affair, were 30 completely transformed
as to give ample warrant for the preten-
tious title conferred upon it, and the
faithful and persistent attention on the
part Of the ladies' to the comfort and
enjoyment oftheir guests was as marked
as it must have been pleasing to those
upon whom their devoted attentions
were bestowed. The means of enjoy
ment were varied and delightful, en-
bracing dancing, social games and
pleasing converse. all Of which were
ardently INDUCED and greatly enjoved.
Choice and dainty refreshments were
served, which added another pleasing
feature to an occasion which all who
were so fortunate as to be in attendance,
will fondly remember as a social event
that was replete with pleasing features,
and which they would doubtless be
highly gratiGed should 1t be duplicated
in the not distant hence. Limited space
precludes a description of the excep-
tionally elegant and attractive evening
gowns worn by the fair entertainers,
which was a notable feature of the oc-
c~asion, and in the event of there being
anything mixed in this mention, ii may
be fairly attributed to a casual smile
from the pink lady," from the effects
of which our society reporter has not
yet fully recovered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
For over Fifty Y ears

An Old and Well-Tried Remedy
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the Child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhea. Is pleasant to
the taste, Sold by Druggists in every
part of the World. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. It's value is i~ncalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, and take no other kind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
A Lead Lady Popular.

We notice in q Victor, Colo, Cripple
Creek paper that, that town is having a
hot contest over the selection of a young
lady to represent the town at the Semi
Centennial Celebration and Pioneer
Jubilee ut Salt Lake City next month (;
and that Miss Lizzie Walsh, a sister of
Mrs. Henry Monheim. and for some
time cashier for the firm Of Schmitz &
Monheim, and now living in Victor, is
in the lead as a candidate for the high
honors. The contest is carried on
through the columns of the daily paper,
and tho votes for each candidate pub
lished each day. The Victor Record
says in reference to the prize:
The Record is being flooded with
inquiries as to expenses entertainment
ETC., etc., and will always gladly answer
any pertinent inquiries in reference to
the details Of the trip
Briefly stated the young lady who
wins the record prize will be treated
like a queen for once in her life at least.
She will ride in a palace sleeping car
from Victor to Salt Lake and return.
She will be CALAMITY taken care of dur
ing the ride both ways, and in Salt Lake
she will DO entertained royalty by the
jubilee committee of the great Mormon
city. She will be banqueted and dined
and carried from place to place in car
riages by the committee, and if Victor
is enterprising enough to furnish q float
for the occasion, she will ride in the
procession upon the Victor float"
The many friends Of Miss Lizzie in
this community will anxiously await the
result, and hope for her success. And
the Tribune will say to the people of
Victor that if the people Of Lead who
know the candidate were qualified TO
vote, there would be ten thousand bal
lots placed to her credit from the Black
Hills.-Lead Tribune.
The young lady above referred to is
well and favora bly, known by a large
number of the residents of Custer,
where she has resided since her child
hood, up to a short time ago, and has
many friend, here who would be de-
lighted, if permitted to cast a ballot in
the direction indicated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26

State Of South Dakota, County of Custer, IS, In
the Circuit Court OF the Seventh Judicial Cir
william R. Hoy, Plaintiff
Charles .haybach and sherin's Sale.
Hattie Harbach,
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of an
execution to me directed and delivered, and
now in my hands for service, issued out OF the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South
Dakota, within and for Custer County, upon a
Judgment duly rendered in said court, In favor
Of William K. Hoy, PlalntIt, ana against Charles
directing me to sell certain property Of the said
defendants upon which the said plaintiff has a
mortgage lien, tO-wit:
about one half mile east of Custer City, ). d.,
and adjacent 10 the Smith Placer Mining Claim,
and designated by the Surveyor General as Lot
No. go as the Harbach Placer Mining Claim,
and embracing a portion of the unsurveyed
public domain, in the Custer Mining district,
Custer County, South Dakota, as shown by the
the book of Miscellaneous Records in the Office
of the Register of Deeds I'm said count and
state: said tract or parcel OF land contains Sixty.
five acres, more or less.
July, 1897, at the hour OF one O'Clock In the
afternoon OF the said day, at the front door OF
the Court House In Custer City and County,
and interest which the said defendants had 10
the above described property on the fith day OF
October, 1898, the date OF Mortgage Lien, to
satisfy the said Judgment, and costs, amounting
TO thesum Of Nine Hundred and Fifty-iye
Dollars and Ninety Cents (S955. 90), and the ac'
crulng costs of execution and sale, together
with interest from the 18th day Of May, 1887, al
the rate OF twelve per cent per annum, at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash
Dated at Custer City, South Dakota, this 18th
day Of May, A. ID. 1897.
FRANK WALSH,
Sheriff Of Custer County, SO. Oak.
WooD e. PORTER,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
First publication, May 22, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Harvey Peak Rumors.

There is some talk that the Harvey
Peak tin company viii redeem the pro-
perty bought under tax title, and we
are Informed, that the treasurer even
made out redemption certificates on Mr..
Temples demand, but that so far no re-
demptiou has been made by him.
There is another that the diff
culties between the stockholders will
be settled out of court and that a rsoI
ganization of the company will be effect.
ed in the near future. Work is then to
be resumed under q pratical miner on
the gold prospecting lodges of the COM
pany's properties.-News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
NOTICE..

Whereas, Arne Arneson and Annie Arneson,
his wife, did on the Sth day of April, 1889, mort
gage to the Western Dakota Loan and Trust
Company, to secure n certain note given by said
Arne Arneson, the Southeast Quarter of Section
Nineteen Q9), Township Six () South, of Range
Six () East of Black Hills Meridian, containing
160 acres, In Custer County, then Territory OF
Dakota, now State OF South Dakota; which
mortgage was duly recorded in the Office Of the
Register Of Deeds of said Custer County, in Book
3 OF Mortgages, on page 200, and which mort
gage was thereafter duly assigned TO Elizabeth
j. Scott, as Will appear by assignment OF record.
And whereas default exists and there is now
due on said note and mortgage the sum Of
S257. 06, besides the sum OF $500 for taxes neces-
sarily paid, and the further sum OF $40 attorneys
fees, allowed by law.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that
the said mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale
OF the above described premises on the 9TH day
of July, 1897, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at the
front door of the Court House, AT Custer City, in
the County Of Custer, State of South Dakota, TO
satisfy the amount due, including all fees and
costs OF sale.
Dated, May nth, 1897.
FRANK WALSH,
Sheriff OF Custer County, SO. Oak.
EDWIN VAN CIsE,
Attorney for Assignee.
First publication, May %, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Officers Elected.

The following officers of the Black
Hills Sunday School Association were
elected for the ensuing year:
Presidential. w. Homers, Rapid
City.
Secretary-L. W. Stilwell, Deadwood.
Assistant secretary--Mrs. P. E. Sparks,
Sturgis.
Mrs. S. A. Lathrop, Rapid
City.
The next annual meeting will be held
in Rapid City next June and the pro-
gram committee consists Of Mrs. James
HALEY. Mrs. j. r. Brennan and +. G..
Johnson.
All the Sunday school superinten-
dents Of the Hills are vice-presidsnts of
the association.
H. w. Somers was elected delegate to
the state convention to be held in De
Smet next may.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
personal Mention.

personal Mention.
A. X. Reynolds was at the Vienna on
Saturday from Rapid City.
s. b. Hopkins of Hill City, came in
Monday on a business mission.
j. r. Geddes of Deadwood made Gus.
ter a business call on Saturday.
II. II. Young was q visitor in this
place on Tuesday from Hill City,
4William Dawson of Hermosa broke
bread at the Vienna on Saturday.
w. C. lyle was among the Monday
transients in the city from Denver.
W. Fl. Tody was among the Wednes-
day visitors in the city from st. Louis.
w. Benninghausen was a guest at the
KIesmann on Saturday from st. Louis.
z. Vicksrs, of Kansas City, was a
transient visitor in the city on Thurs
day.
A. L. Boring was quartered at the
Kleemann on Saturday from Grand
Island.
W. T.. Hitchcock was amongthe bust
ness callers in the city on Monday from
Omaha.
S. ?. Mccain was added to the list of
transients at the Vienna on Saturday
from Terry.
T. J. Cunningham, the Lincoln tray
eler, was doing business in the city on
Wednesday.
w. S. Mari and son were noted
among the Thursday arrivals in the city
from Omaha.
j. A. Elliott was among the guests re.
gistered at the Kleemann on Monday
from Chicago.
II. NJ. Adams, a prominent SPOKANE
prospector, was doing business in the
city on Saturday.
G. NJ. Cleyeland. the Hot Springs at
torney, vas looking after legal business
in this place OH Wednesday.
John Westphaling. c. Barbour and G
N. Hypse and wife were guests register
ed at the Kleemann on Wednesday
from Omaha.
]. +. and c. W. Pitcher departed early
in the week for Keystone for q few
days s%ojourn among the mines Of that
promising district.
Geo. 8. Powell, r. F. Bacon and F..
Cuthbertson were noted among the
transient business callers in the city on
Tuesday from Omaha.
Miss Lillian Schmidt returned on
Wednesday from q very pleasant weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Snowden
Dixon, at Cedar Ranch" located about
"a miles west of this place.
Ed. L. Grantham, the court steno-
grapher, returned on wednesday after
q months absence in various Hills
points and Omaha, looking after the
duties of his official position.
G. G. Smith, the genial bank cashier
of Hot Springs, and ii. &. Pike, also a
resident Of the hot water city, came in
Sunday on their bicycles Ell route to
Sylvan lake for q brief outing in that
cool and shady retreat.
J. NJ. Woods, of Rapid City. came in
Saturday, accompanied by lessee CARL,
of Newport, Nsw York, on u business
mission connected with the Custer
County bank, in which reliable and
responsible institution they are both
prominent stockholders.
Mrs, w. F. Hanley, and the baby,
who were visiting with relatives In
Rapid City for a few weeks, returned
the latter part Of last week, accompanied
by Mrs. Margaret Robinson, mother OF
Mrs. H., Mr.. iIanley bringing them
oyer by private conveyance. Mrs.
Robinson will visit with her daughter
until The latter part of the month when
she will depart for San Francisco, Cali
~fornia, the residence of one of her sons,
with whom she will reside indefinitely.
Mr.. and Mrs. ~llanley will accompany
her upon her journey as far as Denver.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Notice of Bids.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,

UFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
CUSTER City, =. d. I
Notice is hereby given, that sealed
bids will be received at this office from
date until ~ o'clock Nj. July 9th, 1897.
for furnishing for the use of the county,
100 cords of lS.inch wood. Said wood
to be cut from green timber and to be
delivered on or before October Is, 1897.
All payments therefor to be made in
warrants drawn on the county general
fund. The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Dated June 10th, 1897.
S. l.. CApLE, Co. Auditor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26

Vardie Horgan, the eleven year old
son Of - Horgan, residing at the Odell
section house, near Buffalo Gap, was
bitten on the ankle by a rattle snake
last week, and for q time his life was
despaired of. DR.. Blachly of Buffalo
Gap, and DR.. Hargens Of Hot Springs
were both called, and applied the most
effective remedies, but without apparent
effect. A few hours later his symptoms
were more favorable, and his recovery
was regarded as being assured. 1t is
said that at n time tho muscles of the
boys face and neck were jerking violent.
ly, and that he would try to bite any
n coming within reach.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, tos
County of Custer. 80
To John Shafer:
You are hereby notified that ! have expended
Three Hundred Dollars, in labor and improve
ments, upon the AstOr Lode Claim, situated in
Custer County, South Dakota, about a mile
northerly from Little Squaw Creek, at the
Spokane Mine Camp, and adjoining said
Spokane mine, for the years 1894, 1895 and 1896,
to-wit: One Hundred Dollars for each and
every one of said years, as will appear by an
davit filed January 18th, 1897, in the Office of the
Register OF Deeds of said Custer County, in or
der to hold said claim under the provisions of
Section 1924, Revised Statutes OF the United
States, being the amount required To hold the
same for the years ending December 3ist, 1894,
1895 and 1896, respectively. And If within nine
~ days from the service Of this notice on you,
or by its publication, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion Of such expenditure as
a cO-owner, tO-wit: The sum of $3.50 for each
Of said years, 1894, 1895 and 1896. your interest
in said claim will become the property OF the
subscriber under Section 1924, OF said Statutes.
Dated January 10th, 1897.
FRANCIS NJ. cox.
First publication, Jan. 23, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
Notice of Bids.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,

OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, |
CUSTER CITY, s. d. I
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at this Office up tc
IL o'clock NJ. July 9th, 1897, for the care
and maintainanca of the county poor
(of whom at this time there are two
persons) for a period of m year. All
payments therefor to be made in county
warrants, drawn on the general fund
thereof. The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated June 10th, 1897.
S. L. CAPLE, Co Auditor
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26

Rev. Kendall and the Custer con-
tingent, returned from Deadwood early
in the week, where they were in attend
ance'at the meeting Of the b II. Ep-
worth League. They report the most
interesting meeting in the history OF the
organization. They are enthusiastic
over the courteous treatment they re
ceived at the hands of the Deadwood
people who done everything III their
power to make the occasion pleasant
and enjoyable. Aiss Amanda Petch,
n Of the attendants from this place,
was so ~fayorably impressed with the
work Of the convention that she has
decided to attend the international con-
y~ention Of the organization in Toronto,
Canada, nexth month, and will leave
here with that purpose in view on July
18th.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
SUMMONS.

In the Circuit Court, of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit Of the State Of South Dakota, within
and for Custer County.
Gustaava Ojala, Plaintiff,
Va.
Matthew Ojala, Defendant.
The State of South Dakota sends Greeting:
the above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint OF the above named
plaintiff, which will be filed IN the Office Of the
Clerk of the above named Court at the Court
House In the City of Custer City, Custer County,
South Dakota, and 10 serve q copy OF your
answer upon the subscribers at their Office on
DeadwOod street, in the City OF DeadwoOd,
Lawrence County South Dakota, within thirty
days after the service of this umm0ns upon
you, exclusive of the day Of such service; and IL
you fail TO answer the complaint OF the plaintiff
within that time, the plaintiff will apply TO the
Court for the relief In said complaint de-
mauded.
Dated at Deadwood, Lawrence County, South
Dakota, this 18th day Of April, 1871.
FRAWLEY & LAFFEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First publication, May 8, 1881.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
San Erarcisco and Return for S54.5o.

pUH "tdUUTbVU uuu ItIUTH tut WUF'OV'
On June %, %, 20 and 30th, and July
/. 2 and 3, we will have on sale tickets,
good going on above dates and returning
up to and including August 10Th, to San
Francisco and return.
This is a splendid opportunity to visit
the Coast and return via Yellowstone
National Park. You can purchase side
trip at Livingston to Mammoth Hot
Springs and return for $500. For full
particulars call on S. +, Elliott, Agt,, or
address j. Francis, G. p. & T. Agt.,
Omaha, Nsb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26

A party consisting of Rev. McAdam
of Deadvood, Rev. Kendall of Custer,
Rev. Haywood of Holdredge, Nsb., Rev.
A. L. Baker and wife of Edgemont, Mrs.
NJ ]. Bailey and Miss Petch of Custer
and Mrs. Foutch of Keystone, and
others were in the city this forenoon
viewing the sights and becoming &C
quainted with the hub city of the Hills.
They were chaperoned by Rev. Nc
Adam, who is q capital guide, and en-
joyed their. visit very much.-Lead
Tribue, 81.