Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-07-08
Our N ew E,nsis.

| SSoiSOiy WCch Pooococ hoW WAbuous
the quiet of our village being all torn
up, and our people put In fever of ex-
element over the report of some new
find of fabulous richness. These new
strikes are not confined to any particu-
lar section or district. They come from
the east and the west, and from the
north and the south. Now, it is very
unpretty in our prospectors to disrupt
our affairs in that abrupt manner and
we don't propose to stand it much long
er. We propose, if this thing don't stop
pretty soon, to put in vigorous protest
agaiost these fellows with pick and
shovel going around and making dis
coyeries against the peace and dignity
of the common wealth. Our people are
not rich, but hitherto they hays been
very comfortable. This is proven by
the fact that they retire early and get
up late, all the same like rich people.
1t is an outrage on the community that
they should be disturbed by wagon
load of prospectors going ont to take
extensions at o'clock in the morning.
This is an innovation which is not to be
put up with, and we demand in the
name of our people to whom "peace is
dear and sleep is sweet" that this thing
must cease. All this transpiring too
just when we had acquired such an en-
viable reputation as an asylum for peo-
pie who loved above all things quiet
and rest.
First Robbins comes up from Pringle
and announces that his partner and him.
self have discovered vast veins phono-
lite from which he obtains $500 per
ton in gold Investigation proves this
to be true, which was little disquieting,
and he should have met the punish
ment he deserved as disturber of the
peace. However as this was his first
offense for long time, and as it was
considered not likely to occur again, the
offense was condoned.
Next came Leon Bertschy from the
Penobscot district proclaiming eureka,
eureka, and every man on the street is
converted into an animated interrogation
point and the cry out, where? Where?
Why out at the Drummer mine. Of
course, free gold, sylvanite, and tellu-
rides till you can't rest, which, on inves-
tigation proving to be true, Mr.. Leon
was set down as another disturber Of
the peace. Nothing has been done with
him as yet. We think his case was
taken under advisement, and deci-
sion will be rendered soon, that is some
time next spring.
Then came the Carr boys with their
horses on the stretch, and the old gent
a little behind, and all they could say
was Lightning, Lightning, Lightning
creek. Well, what's the matter on
Lightning creek? Why, we've struck it,
chats whats the matter, gold in the
quartz like hazel nuts. This was no
idle tale either, and it created SO much
excitement that our people could not
consume it all, and it overfowed and
stirred up the people over in Hill City,
Keystone, Deadwood, and Denver par
ties came up to see how big lie we
could tell without wink in either eye,
and were surprised to find the story
true. every word of it. Nice gentlemen
ly fellows those Carr boys, didn't think
they would 60 and stir up such rue
ton as that. Don't know what will be
done with them, perhaps we had better
take their case under advisement also.
Then came George Millhouse and his
partners, Robert Lewis and Mat DAILY,
who struck it just outside the city
limits. They knew our people were
getting exasperated and wouldn't bear
being disturbed much more, and so
they came to town and wispered it to
a few quietly, but before the day was
oyer there was such a din of ringing
mortars, and the swishing of pans and
rock, the noise was horrible.
The extent of their misdemeanor was
$1,000 free gold in the pan, and $ll5 by
assay to the ton. Nice quiet fellows,
didn't think they would DO it. but you
can't tell what a man will do this high
up the creek where the atmosphere is
80 thin.