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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
The Worlds Record for Output.

Adding together the actual number OF
the different kinds Of harvesting ma
chimes made in a single day during 1898
at the works OF the Deering Harvester
Company OF Chicago gives the enormous
total of 1919, or more than two complete
machines for each working minute.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
GREAT AUSTRALIAN STORM.
awful Destruction Done by the Re'
cent Hurricane.

Victoria, b. C., May 23.-Steamer ad-
ices from Sydney say: The cutter
dystery has returned to Cookstown
rom the scene of the recent hurricane
IN the Queensland coast. She found
H%actically every vessel engaged in
,earl fishing wrecked and much other
property lost. The scenes along the
;last are horrifying beyond descrip-
ion. In one place a fishing village
with a population of $40 was swept as
Bare as if plowed. The survivors fed
inland.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

The Hunters improvement society
Of Great Britain that at
this years horse show all ycarlings
must be unlocked. Next year the rule
will be applied to yearlings and .
year-olds, the next year it will be cX-
tended to 3-year-olds, and SO on until
all horses exhibited are provided with
their natural caudal a%ppendages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

The head of the fire department in
an eastern city says that persons who
perish in a burning buildings are in
variably ~suffocated and that the death
is painless. One breath of heated air
and smoke uses Inconsistencies
and the victim has no further sensa-
ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

A novel way Of Illuminating a rail
way tunnel has been devised in Paris.
Refectors throw the light from many
electric lamps sixteen feet above the
sails to the sides of the tunnel, whero
IL is again reflected by FURNISHED tin,
a soft and agreeable light. The trains
automatically turn the current on and
off in entering and leaving the tunnel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
Hoist With His Own Petard.

Tit-Bits. Greedy grocer TO farmers
wife. who is supplying him with butter:
This pun o butter Is over LIGHT, guide
wife" =
Gudewife: Blame yerser, then; I
weighed it wi the pun O. sugar l gat
frae We yestrecn."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Rudyard Kipling has rented a farm
at Lakewood. N. j., and will go there
with his family to recnperate and com
plete some contracts with publishers.
He will remain there three or four
weeks and if it proves beneficial may
stay longer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
Not In Good Taste.

San Francisco Examiner: Mrs.
Clancy-An' as tn bride swept oop tn
aisle
Mrs. Casey-Marciful hivens! Do
yes mean to say tn bride swipt tn
aisle oop?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Something very like a real campaign
in behalf of the metric system Of
weights and measures has been start
ed In England and the London papers
are giving much space to arguments
for and against the immediate and
complex Abandonment of the unscicn-
tific and complex British standards.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Revolvers are automatically reload
ed by the use of IN Englishman's de.
vice, having a long tube divided into
longitudinal chambers, to correspond
with the chambers in the revolver, the
compartments being filled with cart
ridges, which are forced by springs
into the revolver cylinder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Fishing, like adversely and politics,
makes strange bedfellows. Grover
Cleveland and Mark Hanna are, with
a number of other well known men,
members of a tarpon fishing club
which has just been organized in Tex
ms by K. III. II. Green (son Of "TIetty"
Green). The organization owns n
$685. o club house on Mustang island,
near Rockport, Tex.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
A Patriot nj Heart,

Chicago Record: "Clementine, why
do you wear an army buckle? You
have no soldier brothers or cousins"
"Humph! You know as well as L
do that | would have married that
major if he had asked me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

A young Frenchman named Constan-
tine is now being exhibited in Paris.
He is just 5 feet tall and is well pro-
portioned, though his knees are rather
weak. The giant is but 10 years old.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Addison G. Foster, the new United
States senator from Washington, is n
self-made a Although n million
aire he began life without a dollar. IL
invested his earnings in land, and at
tributes his success to the fact that he
always bought and sold at the right
time,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Letters dropped in the p~ostofice at
Paris are delivered in Berlin in one
hour and n half and sometimes within
twenty-five minutes. The distance
between the cities is $50 miles and the
letters are SEN through pneumatic
tubes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
Past Masters.

Louisville Courier-Journal: If
Princeton wants Il professor Of pol
tiles that is a professor of politics she
will not experiment with Grover
Cleveland. but 90 straight to Dick
Croker or Matt Quay.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

All the fifty incorporators of the
Mississippi Cotton Manufacturing
company, just chartered and capital
lied at $250,00O, are negroes, and
styled the best known and most infu-
entail men of their race in the state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Glow fast you are growing, Tom
ME"
Yes. Too fast, l think. They water
me too much. Why, | have to take q
bath every morning."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

An appropriation of $4,000 for the
expectation of German girls to the
German colonies with the object Of
preventing the evils caused by the un-
ion OF white c%olonists with black wo-
men, was recently proposed in the
reichstag. Mr.. Bebel, the social dem
ocrat, however, managed to make the
plan of an 'oficial marriage bureau"
so ridiculous that the government
withdrew the proposal from this
years budget.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Just fifty years ago this spring the
country was wild over the discovery Of
gold in California and companies of
men were forming over the whole
United States to start for the new FL
Dorado. Some went by Cape Horn,
some by Panama, but most went over
land. These i'm after days were the
forty-niners. Marshall discovered
gold at Suffers Mill in 1913, but it
was not generally believed until Polk
confirmed il in his annual message.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

The last Of seven escaped Siberian
convicts who were found at sea in a
small boa and taken to San Francisco
a couple of years ago, has recently been
disposed OF by the state authorities,
who sent him to prison for twenty years
for burglary. One of his fellows was
some time ago hanged for murder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
The SYmptOms.

Harper's Bazaar: The Standing One
What is it, Doc? \ foursome?
The Sitting One-Well, from the
way | feel il must have been a tire
some,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

81 really think that the bike was
the cause Of MacNab marrying Miss
S~mithers."
That's odd"
Not at all. You see. they were
thrown so much in each others So
ciety."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
Making Light of the Matter.

Detroit Journal: Your true reform
er would jump into the fray and pro-
pose municipal gas ownership and 81
cent rates with no meters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

In 1894 Costa Rica exported 1876, $50
punches Of bananas, a first rate bunch
being shipped 1t a cost of about %
cents. A single acre of this incredibly
rich soil may yield 200 excellent
punches. One Costa Rica banana plan
S7tLH-. rovcgS 2.47l acres,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

Trs. winsIow's ooTnrSo SrHTY for children
~crthing, softens the gums, reduces
a.lsys pain, cures WlRd cole. 2G q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27

W~ANrED.-Case OF bad health that R'IP'A'N'Swin
lOt benefit. Send 5 cents to kipans Chemical CO.
York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-27
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Fig SYRUP
20. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, n knowledge of that fact will
assist II in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given TO millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laXatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseatc. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
san FRANCISCO. Gal.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Il YORK. N.Y,l
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
SUNDAY ExcUEsION TRAIN.

With the advent of the warm months there will be many people who, having their Sundays on their hands, will want to take a run to the summit of White Pass and back, merely for the pleasure and recreation of the trip. At present the rail- road has no Sunday train available for that purpose which, in the minds of many, Is a mistake. Aside from the picturesque features of the trip up and down a picnic ground could be readily established on the summit in order to give eXcutsioniSts a double attraction. so that with a regular Sunday train and an excursion rate low enough to bring it within the reach of all, could be made profitable to the company and at the same time afford our citizens an op- portunitv for healthy outing.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
A TALL STORY.

It's rather awkward when a man Begins afrcah Co grow After he has attained the ago Of twenty-four or 90. Yet this is what George Pilkin did, AS you shall shortly know. Whom Pilkin's age was twenty-four, His height was Ave foot thrsa. A neat and dapper little man AS you could wish to sec He never wanted to be tali And lAnk and lsan-not hei Now, Mr. Pilkin thought himself The luckiest of men Upon that most suspicious and Delightful morning when He got engaged to Miss Mc0uh. Who stood just four foot ten. Next day, alasi ho caught a chill That kept him long In bed, And when he rose he found that ho Was taller by e head, Which caused him very great snrprtse Chagrin and even dread. kut that was not tho worst of it. Ho kept on growing fast, And ere poor George was well again, The six foot mark he'd pilssed. He grumblcd at this sudden spurt, And hoped it wouldn't last. He went to call on Miss Meoun. said she, with naughty stare. T really beg your pardon, but Who did you say you weret ku.NhaN NatFnRm And won't you take chair awhAt lovely weather. isn't itf Thon Pilkin gave a cry Of wild surprise and outraged love And sharpest agony. "rm 9eorge." he moanod. "Oh. no." said she, George isn't six feet high. aI shouldn't think of marrying A man so very tall 10 would be too ridiculousl You seo, I'm extra small, and George was just pleasant height To dance with at ball. We'd better draw a kindly veil Before this painful scene. Poor Pilkin. houted and denied By her he called My queenl' she would have nothing more to say To one 90 lank and lean. On suicidal thoughts intent, He went and made his will But could not screw his courage up To pistol. knife or pin, And went Co Africa instead. 
 Judy
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
Horses, SIeds, Harness for safe.

The finest lot of pack and work animals, harness, Sleds. pack saddles, and all equip. ment complete for business, ever offered ln this market Enquiie of Perry Hlnkle, hotel. 5-l-Gm
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice Is hereby given by the under signed administrator of the estate of Sam uel Gould, deceased, to the creditors and all persons having claims against said de- ceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within six months after the pub lieation of this rotee, at the office of Price & Stevens, the same being the place for the tranSacton of the business of the said estate in the City of Skagway, District of Alaska.
 Dated this 7Is, day of April, A. D. 1899.
 C. 5. MOODY,
 Administrator. Date of first publication April 2I, 1890. Heaters of all kinds at Winnings. Brownelps store-Miner's tools. Cook stoves at cost. H. A. Bauer. croekery and glassware at Greens. French tissue paper. Kelly & Go. I6-3t ClOride of lime. 2se per To, H. A. Bauer. Clover seed for sale by Lilly Bros. s-3-rm Popular price pants. claysOn's, Fourth and State.
 See the bio. and white ware at Aliens Broadway.
 Hotel runner with wagon wanted. Ap- ply this office. s-I6-Iw All wool dress suits msaium price, at Clayson & Co.
 Hlaeksmlths' supplies. Clmberlin coal, ,..,Allen's, Hardware.
 llllV E-- s,, losds of hay;.ve just shipped hve .h. og cabln and Bes1A provisions 10 the Ss s purchased. Canadian '--Nere they can
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
STRANGE,
nu, No, to be Wondered A..

The people of Skagwav pass all other grocery stores to go to the wholesale gro- cery of Gordon X Co.,, on Broadway at the foot of Holly, just to save money and get fresh goods. Call and be convinced.
 Quitting a speciality, 5'3-Im
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
Wood For sale.

Persons wanting good dry wood can have it delivered on short notice bv leav- Ing orders at this office or at Scow Djax, foo, of State street.
 RANDELL X SNYDER.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-19
AImiess Euorts.

"l believe. said Trusser that Blowit aims to tell the truth
 "You may be right retorted Joke ley but. if so. he is certainly the worst marksman ever saw-or heard Judy
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
The Lancaster Graded School

THE ANNUAL SESSION OF tho
l. Lancaster Graded School will be-
gin on Monday, Sept Is, 1899, at S:4
m. The Superintendent will be at
the school house on the 10th, and 10th
from 1912 m, to enroll new pupils
and transact other school business.
Teachers are requested to meet on the
18th. Sept. at a m.
Pupils must come repaired for regu,
lar work on the first day.
Reasonable tuition fees will be
charged pupils who reside beyond the
limits Of the School District All pu-
pills will be required to pay monthly
incidental fee.
Boys ana girls from a distance de.
string TO attend this school can eadily
secure cheap rates of board here in
private families.
For further information address
b. F. MILLER,
Chr'm Board Trustees.
CHAs II CoNNOKs.
Sec and Treas.
Lancaster, ) G., Aug II, '99.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
c o u \ T Y OF LANCASTER,
In the Court Of Probate.

In the Court Of Probate.
BY Chas. d. Jones. Judge Of Probate.
WHEREAS, John & Mobley has
made suit to me, TO grant him Lette g
of Administration on the estate Of and
effects OF Susan Duncan, deceased.
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Susan Dun
can, deceased. that they be and ap-
pear before me, in the Court Of Pro
bate, TO be held at Lancaster, G.. II
on September 18Th next, after pub
iication thereof at ii o'clock in the
forenoon. to show cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should no. be granted.
Given under my Hand and Seal this
4th day of september, Ammo Domini.
1899
r. 81 CHAS. ID JONES,
Probate Judge.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
TiCkIed

The Rosemary Knitting Mills,
at Barnwell, are now turning out
about 1000 pairs of half hose
weekly and behind their orders,
too.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
A CARD THINKS FROM
SQUIRE ASSEY

1 take this method of expressing
my most grateful thanks to the
many good people of Chesterfield
and Lancaster counties and of
North Carolina who so kindly
assisted in the recent search for
my daughter-who had disappear
ed from home.
w Il MASSEY.
Dudley, S G.
Monroe and Chesterfield papers
are requested to copy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
InexhaustibIe Supply Of Granite

DR.. L. j. Strait has left at our
Office a specimen of granite from
his Cedar Creek quarry which
was blasted out thirty feet below
the surface of the earth. The
Doctor has foI tune in granite if
the contemplated railroad from
Chester via the Catawba water
power to Camden is ever built as
it will necessarily have to go
through his granite fields. He
says his supply of granite is in
exhaustible.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20

A LII PERSONS INDEBTED TO
"A the esta e of Green Culp, decea sed
will come forward at once and make
sett'ement 10 the undersigned Per-
sons having claims against said estate
will present them, duly verified to the
undersigned.
w POTTS, Executor.
Aug 22, lS99-lm.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20

Mr. Aaron Radcliffe, the public
cotton weigher at Denmark, S G.,
dropped dead at 10 O'Clock last
Friday while in the act of weigh.
iug bale of cotton.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20

remembered that the engineer saw
two men out to one side of the
track near the trestle that night
with their hats drawn down over
their faces and with their backs
turned to the train as it passed.
FURR CONFEsSEs.
Yesterday morning Bob Furr,
the white man charged with Thany
Clinton with the robbery of
Messrs. Hagins and Shaver, made
a full confession of his connection
with the affair. He said that
Thany and Wash Clinton commit
ted the battery on Messrs. Hagins
and Shaver while be (Fu-r) rified
their pockets. He also described
how he and Thany ran down the
branch and came back to town but
he could not tell what became of
Wash. Sheriff Clyburu went
out and captured Wash who was
found to have a handkerchief of
Mr.. Shaver's in his pocket. The
negroes strenuously deny any
knowledge of the affair but their
countenances betray guilt when
Furr faces them with his confess
sion. Aside from the confession
there is circumstantial evidence
sufficient connected with the recog>
milton of the parties by Messrs.
Hagins and Shaver to convict
them. They will be apt to spend
the remainder of their days in the
State prison.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20

Aho SFadeu' ScnOOi' opened
Monday with the largest number
of pupils yet enrolled at the open
ing of the session. About fifteen
of the new pupils are from beyond
the school district limits.
Miss Lily Thorn, the accom-.
plished young lady who presided
over Heath, Springs & Co.'S mill
linerv department last season, is
expected to arrive today. She
will he with the same firm this
season.
Will Reeves, Columbus Trues-
del, Ed Truesdell and Jas. Clark.
four of the negroes committed to
Jail for completely in the camp
meeting row, have been admitted
to bail in the sum of $500 each
for their appearance at the next
term of court to answer to the
charge.
We have received Il copy of the
Fair Bluff On c. Times, w F
Swaringen, Jr., editor. 1t is a
hustling paper, democratic to the
core, and promises to be a town
builder. 1t has a liberal adver-
tlslng patronage from the live,
business men of the town.
Jack Mobley and Charley
Crawford, the two darkies ar1est>
eel on o warrant Of the church Of
ficials at the camp ground for dis
turblng a religious meeting, were
to stand trial before Magistrate
King Monday. Jack was dis
charged on paying costs.
Presiding Elder Campbell, will
preach here, in the Methodist
church, Friday night of this week,
and also Sunday night following.
He will hold his 4th quarterly
conference just after the regular
services Sunday night. He will
hold quarterly conference at
Zion church On Saturday, the %.
He will also preach at Zion Sum
day morning-this will be MIR
Campbell's last official visit to
Lancaster, as this year completes
his four years service as presid-
ing elder Of this district. His
sermon, therefore, next Sunday
will be his last in Lancaster. A
large congregation will doubtless
assemble to hear him.
DR.. w II Wakefield of Char
lotte, n T., will be in Lancaster
at Cunningham Hotel on Friday,
Oct 9th, for this one day only.
His practice is limited to the Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
An Escaped Convict Captured

An Escaped Convict Captured
Jim Seegers, colored, who WAS
convicted in Lancaster county in
1892 of manslsughter for the
killing of Frank Hilton, col. and
sentenced to ten years in the peni-
tentiary, and who made his escape
from the State farm the 10th of
July q year ago, was captured in
Darlington county last Friday
night by Messrs S B Roberts and
Seaborn Sims of the Longsville
section of this county. He was
taken to Columbia Saturday by
Mr. Roberts and delivered to the
penitentiary authorities. Seegers
had been living IN Darlington
county for more than q year and
was going under the name of
Jack Hinson. Messrs Roberts
and Sims will divide the reward.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
NO TICE 0FD! SCH ARGE.

NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN
~ that on the 29tb day OF August,
1899, the undersigned as executor of
the will OF John II Mackey. deceased
will make application unto Chas n
Jones, Judge OF Pl obate in and for the
county Of Lancaster and State ofSoutb
Carolina, for final discharge IA such
executor IF MACXEY,
Executor.
July %. 1899. 3Od.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

Widest patronage and fullest equip
ment in its history. Faculty 3S:
Students 495; 3 A academic Courses:
3 Elective Courses; 3 Professional
Scho hoOls, in Law, in Medicine and in
Pharmacy. New buildings, water
works, splendid libraries, laboratories,
etc
Advanced classes open to women.
Tuition $50 year; board SIS a month.
Ample opportunity for self-help.
SchOIarshships and loans for the needy.
Free tuition for teachers.
Sumner school for teachers. "a in
structors, l47 students. Total enrollr
ment 644
For illustrated handbook and cata>
logue, address,
PRESIDENT, ALDERMAN,
Chapel Hill, N. c.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-20
REGISTRATION NOTICE,

THE WILL TAKE notice
l. that the Registration Books will
be open. at the court house. for the
registration Of parties entitled 10 reg.
lister under the Constitution, on the
lst Monday in each month, until 90
days preceding the next general cleo
ton ..r
gS~ w. g A PORTER.
Chairman Board Registration L G
Lancaster, sc
Dec 8 1899.