Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-17

Tin City Lodge No. IS, X. fP., will
give o grand ball at the opera hous'
Friday evening, Dec. 23rd. Don't mis-
it.
"Black Hills Best" That Buckwhea
-four, and Log Cabin Maple Syrup is
combination fit for a King,-all a
Bailey's.
Black Hills Camp No. 1870, M. w. A.
of Custer will celebrate their sixth an
niversary with a social at their hal
next Thursday evening, December 22nd
Only members of the Camp and thei
families will be admitted.
Don't fail to take in the Christina
ball at the opera house Friday night
December 23rd, The Hill City orche
stra, the best In the Hills, has be en- Sc
cured for this occasion.
Attention is called to the change il
the advertisement Of Fitch & Will
which appears elsewhere in this issue
They have a large stock Of mems anc
boys clothing which they are %offerinI
at greatly reduced prices.
y The Sunday schools of the variou
churches Of Custer are arranging TO
interesting entertainments TO take place
at their churches on Christmas. SAINTS
Claus is expected to pay his annua
visit, and of course will have a gift TO
everybody present.
Frank Barker, proprietor Of the Over
land hotel at Spearfish, died in that cit,
last Sunday Of hemorrhage of the lung
after an illness of only two days. HI
was a member Of the Society of Blacl
Hills Pioneers, having settled in th'
Hills during the year 1875.
In sluggish liver, Herbine, by it
beneficial action upon the hillary tracts
renders the bile more fluid, and bring
the liver a sound healthy condition
thereby banishing the sense of drowsi
ness, lethargy, and the general ofapath,
which arise from disorders Of the liver
Price 81 cts. A. j. Jones & Co.
Mr.. Henry Pilger departed Tuesda.
morning for Spearfsh There he viii
be joined by Messrs. T.. f. Hall and A
w. Drew, and together they will de
part for the range on Antelope river
about l25 miles north of Rapid, where
Mr.. P. will deliver the cattle recently
sold to them. He expecss to be absen
about two weeks.
Col. J. M. Daniels has moved to the
city from his Custer county ranch. HI
is planning IN making a trip through
the east and proposes to give some lee
lures on Forty-fye Years Upon the
Plains" Jim has had lots of expert
ence upon the western borders and
ought to be able to tell many thrilling
incidents Hot Springs Star.
George Boland, a former resident o
Buffalo Gap, and we'll known by oul
local readers, passed through Custer or
the Monday morning passenger, bounc
for his home in Spearfish. Mr.. b. lef
last spring for British Columbia
and the Klondike in search Of n new
location. We are not informed as tC
whether he will remain in the Hills oil
move further west.
One Of our subscribers the other day
asked us if we would take some Woo
subscription. Yes, and meat and
-four, and apples and peaches and cows
and pigs and race horses and calves and
chickens and pipes, cigars and tobacco
and old clothes, and any old darnet
thing you've got. Sometimes we may
be induced to take cash when the REM
Is due, or electric light bill due, or gro
GERS bill due, or-when its offered
Black Hills Press.
Spearfsh has adopted a curfew ordi'
nance and one paper over there dom
know how it will work. Try it once
Set q man on the police force tina,
means business. The curfew ordinance
sn't for the children, but for the par
snts who are to careless. and too lazy to
ret their children under their roof In
proper season. The Record couldn't
lee much good in a curfew ordinance
Until it was tried in Sturgis, but now its
Ill right.-Record.
The working gang of the Black Hills
company which has been
engaged for several weeks past between
Rapid City and Custer repairing the
inc and putting in a new metallic wire,
cached this city early in the week
they are now at work between here
md Hot Springs replacing the old poles
nd putting on the new wires. This
Few equipment will be a great improve
nent, and will no doubt he appreciated
~ the patrons of the exchange.
A private car attached to the B. q M.
passenger Tuesday morning passed
through Custer having on board A. b,
general freight agent for the
Burlington at Omaha; his two sons,
Allen and Warren, and his brother.
frank Smith of Kansas City; George
sudio, general agent for Kinks soap,
nd William Glass, travelling represen-
for the Lee Clarks Anderson
company, both of Omaha.