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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
GARRINGTON GUILTY.
This Time the Sioux Falls Murderer
Gets N Life Sentence

Sioux Falls, Jan. 1.-THE jury In
the Darlington murder case, after be-
ing out since ago yesterday afternoon,
this morning brought in n verdict fin
ing the punishment of Darlington at
life imprisonment. In the first tria.
the death penalty was imposed.
The ease has been on trial since tho
Sd instant and has been watched witt
much interest. There has been a large
number Of people in attendance every
day Of the trial.
The attempt of the defense TO throw
suspicion on William West was n dis
NAL failure, and the opinion Of those
who followed the trial from start tc
finish is that this attempt has weak
cned their case. The prosecution met
this issue with n complete rebustaj
that West was never ncar the Caring
ton shanty on the night of the murder
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

In London an adjutant in the Saliva
ton army has achieved the remark
able feat OF singing ffty-nine hymns
in fifty-nine minutes. The occasion
on which this record was made was
called a singing battle" He began
with ~ will Follow Jesus" and hymn
after hymn followed swiftly. When
he reached the Doxology, after singing
eight extra hymns, he was two and a
quarter minutes ahead of the stlpu-
lated time. When he finished he shout
ed, "Bless the Lord, I've broken tho
record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
New Sioux Falls Paper.

Sioux Falls, Jan. 1.-THE CONNER.
cial News will on Saturday of this
week make its first appearance here in
the journalistic field. +. j. ManniX, n
well known resident of Sioux Falls, is
the originator of the new publication
and will conduct IL.
The Commercial News, which will
appear monthly, will be purely a bust
ness mans paper. Information OF
special interest to the manufactures,
the wholesaler, the retailer and tho
commercial traveller of the two Da
kotas, southwest Minnesota and north
western Iowa will appear in its col
umnS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, Jan. 13.-The senate commit
tee on state affairs reported favorably
the bill to locate the state militia en-
campment at Huron. The appropri-
alton committee recommended that oil
portraits of Ex-Governor Mellette and
Sheldon be purchased for 800.
Senator Bottum introduced a joint
resolution calling upon representatives
in congress to support liberal appro-
priations for the maintenance of the
state militia; also praying the secre-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
GENERAL WOOD TESTlFlES.
Praises the Quality of the BeefF ur-
nished His Troops.

Washington, Jan. 15.-General Leon
ard Wood, military governor of Santi-
ago de Cuba, was a witness before the
war Investigating committee today.
His testimony bore on the general
condition of the island. He opened
with the statement that never in the
history of any country had there been
so successful a campaign with so small
a loss of life. he praised the quality
of beef furnished, and also said that.
except for some cans which were
tainted and consequently thrown
away, the beef was of good quality.
and he had used it both in the war and
i'm his own family.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

The smallest soldier in France is
Louis Bernadot, of Luret, who is only
two feet four inches in height. He is
A. dwarf, with a slight mustache. When
ne presented himself to draw his mum
Der out of the description r it was
discovered that his head did not reach
The top Of the table on which the urn
was placed, SO n gendarme held him
up by the collar to enable him to put
mis- hand in the urn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
vii, Build Elevator.

Sioux Falls, Jan. ia meeting will
be held ut CastlewoOd, Hamilton coun-
ty, today for the purpose of conclud-
ing arrangements for the construction
of a farmers elevator Cf from 10000 to
$4,000 bushels capacity. TO the sue
cess of farmers elevators at other
towns in that section Of the state is
due to the determination 10 construct
thp new elevator,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

The proprietor of the large metal
works ut Berndorf, Austria, has had
n special theater constructed for his
workmen by the architects, llelmer
and Fellmer. 1t is to be formally
opened in a few weeks in the presence
of the emperor, and thereafter n the
ntrical company from Baden will give
n performance twice n week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

A new apparatus for catching fish
Is a pair of spring jaws, attached to
the end of n pole, which is slowly
dropped down over the fish until with
an striking distance, when n spring
tripper in the hand causes the jaws
to shut, holding the fish firmly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

The death of Nancy j. Barger at
Bellefontaine, Pa, is announced mt the
nge of 100. Mrs. Barger is said to
have been n free user Of tobacco and
stimulants all through her life. Her
death was due TO an accident. OF
course, the moral in this is that there
is no telling how long she would have
lived II she had only taken care of
herself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Terah Hooley had the biggest of all
his schemes partially developed when
the Spanish war broke out. He was at
tempting the organization OF a syndi-
cate for the purpose of buying Cuba.
He proposed to capitalize his concern
for ECO, 000, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
COMES FROM MANILA.
Transport Senator Arrives at Frisco
--Eight Sick Soldiers Aboard.

San Francisco, Jan. 15.-There are
eight sick soldiers on the transport
Senator, which has just arrived.
Among them are: Sergeant Shou,
Fourth United States cavalry, and Col
onel G. T. Whipple, of the ordnance
department, United States army.
Among the passengers on the Senator
is Captain Frank Warren, who is home
under orders and said to be the bearer
of important dispatches to Washing
ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

When n Lewiston, Me-, motorman
found his trolley car stalled two miles
from the city, as a result of n fuse
burning out, and no copper to repair
the damage, he borrowed n hairpin
from enc of the female passengers and
by it's use got his carload of fifty pas
sengers to their destination. And so,
says the New York Times, another OF
the manifold uses of the hairpin was
reyealed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Mugwump is a corruption of the Al
gonquin word "Mugquomp," meaning
chief, leader or captain. Governor
Waller, of Connecticut, is believed to
have used it first in n political speech
in 1884, but the New York Sun imme-
diately gave il wide circulation by app
plying ID TO disaifcctcd republicans
who refused TO support Blaine for
president, each thinking himself bet
ter than his party and above thence
chief, leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Noah Brooks says rne originator of
the now famous Punch Brothers,
Punch With Care" WAS the late Isaac
ii. Bromley, of the New York Trib-
une. The "skit' first appeared in
Scribner's during 1876. Mark Twain
afterward wrote a story about the
terrible effect which the verse had
upon him, and most of his readers have
supposed the verse also was his work.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

The resources of China are only just
becoming known. A United States
consul says that oranges TO the value
Of something more than $4,000 are eN-
ported annually through the port ut
Foochow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

= The tower foundations for the new
East river bridge, on the Brooklyn side
of the river, have reached n depth OF
108 feet below high water and bedrock
has finally been struck at this depth.
With the exception of the st. Louis
bridge, where some of the caissons
reached a depth Of 100 feet 8 l-2 inches,
this is the greatest depth to which a
caisson has ever been sunk by tho
pneumatic process in America.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Lord Kingsale enjoys the unique
reputation of being the only profess
sional tea faster in the peeragc. When
he succeeded to the title, on the death
of his father, he essayed for a time tho
life of "a country gentleman in the
family farm house" C"Stoketon")
in Cornwall, but the dreariness Of his
surroundings drove him back To the
more c%ongenial atmosphere of Lime
street i'm the city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

On election day in New York, Billie.
the enlisted goat, rated as IN able sea.
a on the United States cruiser
Brooklyn, deliberately ate up n lith-
ograph of Judge Nan Wyck, AVID all
the lists OF democratic candidates
posted in the gun room for the guild
ance of sailors who were to vote on
shore. The crew were all at sea for
a while, but the eating Of the posters
was regarded as prophetic, and true to
their m%ascot's selection, the sailors
went on shore and voted for Roosevelt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
Preparing for u. Il. G. Convention

Preparing for u. T.. &. Convention
Sioux Falls, Jan. IA meeting has
been called by the local branch of the
United Commercial Travellers of Amer
lea to appoint committees and make
preliminary arrangements for the an
nual convention of the organization
which will be held in this city next
May. Last years convention was held
at Wincna, MINI.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Sir William Temple: When all is
done human life is, at the greatest
nnd best, but like n froward child
that must be played with and hui
mored a little to keep it quiet, till it
falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

England rewards her great captains
royalty. General Sir Herbert Kitchen
err is to be given n grant of Sl25,0O0 anc
will be made a viscount as n prelimin'
airy to ~elevating him TO the peerage
when he will later take the title oil
Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. Toe
bad he hasn't IA more picturesque name
TO go with his honors. But as the di
vine William once APPLY remarked,
~What's in a name?'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

tary of wal to return the South Da.
kota troops from Manila by way of the
SueZ canal.
Edgerton introduced a memorial to
congress to ihcreas1 the powers of the
interstate commerce commission in ac-
cordance with the republican state
platform.
The senate passed it's first bill appro-
priating money for Legislative ex-
penses, per diem, etc.
The committee reports on the bill to
change the state board of equalization
created d furry. Bottum moved that
the report, which favored the change,
be referred. Hansen moved to lay Bot
tum's motion on the table. Roll call
showed a tie vote, and the motion to
lay on the table was lost. The motion
to recommend was lost, 81 to 20, and
the report was adopted, &c to Is.
Important bills introduced were: BY
Bottum, appropriating $6,125 for de-
ficlency in military expenses; by Bene-
dict, to reduce sheriffs' fees for sum
moning jurors; by Cooper, making it
the duty of sheriffs to collect delin-
quent personal property tax; by
Smith, of Sanborn, to regulate practice
of dentistry; by Phillips, for a bounty
on the destruction of wolves.
House.
In the house yesterday afternoon
the clerk read the invitation of Mayor
B. ii. Lien, of Sioux Falls, to the legis-
lators TO attend the national butter
mems convention in that city on the
cath inst.
A petition from the citizens of
Brown county praying that certain
state fair warrants awarded exhibitors
and others be paid was also read.
The speaker appointed a committee
on private corporations, viz: Glass,
Devine, Wilson Of Marshall, Herbal,
Davis, Nelson, Peterson of Lawrence.
Wade and Pussy were added 10 the
committee on judiciary; Thayer, Will
dermuth, cortland and Smith of Gus
ter, in place Of Cindell, on mines and
mining.
The ways and means committee re-
ported ~favorably a bill TO provide pay
ment TO the state treasurer of all mon
eys, c~moluments, ETC., paid TO any Of
ficer of the state other than his salary.
The judiciary committee returned
with amendments TO the bill changing
terms of court in the fifth circuit.
The committee on insurance report
ed adversely to the governors recon-
mendation relating TO state insurance,
holding it not advisable to make any
material change at this time.
House joint resolution No. ] and sub
stitutc therefor, proposed by Mr.. Will
marth, relating &c manner Of submit
ting constitutional amendments and
alleged to be a capital play on the part
Of both Pierre and Huron, was in
definitely postponed. Mr.. Wilmarth
stated that the newspaper correspond
ents had misrepresented his position.
Rules were suspended and senate bill
appropriating money for per diem and
mileage of members and employees was
read first and second time and re-
ferred.
Bills Introduced-By Glass, provid-
ing state bountics on wolves; by
Pussy, by request, increasing salary of
railroad board to $1,000 per annum;
by Warren, appropriating eight-tenths
of a mill on every dollar Of taxable
property, assessed annually, for main
flamenco of state educational institu.
tons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, Jan. 1l.-Contrary 10 eXpec-
iation, Senator Smith, of Sanborn
county, introduced n resolution for
the investigation Of the state treas
urer, and of the conduct of the gov
crno in supprcssing the examiners
report in the Dowell matter. The res.
olution named Senator's Gunderson,
Bouck and Bottum as the investigation
committee, gave them judicial powers
and appropriated $4,000 for expenses.
Stewart moved that the resolution be
referred to the judiciary committee,
and the motion prevailed by 25 to 4.
The judiciary committee will not re-
port 1t precipitately.
A resolution was introduced for Il
memorial to congress praying for the
passage of senate file No. 3340, to eX-
tend the powers of United States cir
suit courts to punish crimes on Indian
reservations.
Other resolutions for memorials to
congress were introduced, praying for
the passage of II postal savings bank
law, and asking for an appropriation
for sinking experimental artesian
wells in Custer and Fall River counties.
A Joint resolution was presented by
Senator Santsen for a constitutional
amendment providing that elections
shall be had in counties to vote on the
question of eXempting cemetery and
public property from tax.
Bills were introduced as follows:
For a state board Of embalmers, and
10 license embalmers; to amend the
law governing organization of county
mutual insurance companies; to eX-
tend and increase the amount of prop
erty exempt from taxation; to estab-
lish a state normal school at Water
town and appropriate 10000 acres of
public land for the support Of the
same, being the same land asked for
the school at Aberdeen.
The House.
Shortly after the converting of the
house yesterday afternoon, Represen-
tative Glass, of Codington, rose TO Il
question of personal privilege, and
read from the Sioux Falls Argus-Lead-
er of January Z an article which he
considered did him an injustice. 1t
referred to his attendance upon the
republican caucus as an unlimited
guest, and stated that he had been
sighted in the selection of committees.
Mr.. Glass styled the editor of the Ar
gus-Leader an infamous and mali
cious' liar" He renewed the n
Of the nominations in Codington coun-
ty, and said that he and all other can
didates had been nominated by petit
ton. He said he was nominated as II
republican, and the electors of the
county had Endorsed his position.
j. II. Sogn resigned his position as
second assistant clerk, and f.. A.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21
YALE PRESIDENCY.
VIM. l.. Wilson Said to Have Been
Decided On.

Morgantown, W. Va, Jan. ia Lex.
ington friend has written Professor
Berkeley that William l.. Wilson, former
ly president of the West Virginia univer-
sity, later q member of ongress and a
member of the cabinet under Cleveland.
afterward president of Washington and
Lee universities at Lexington, has been
chosen president Of Yale college, to sue
coed, President Dwight, who has resigned
to take effect at the end Of the year. Mr..
Wilson will accept. The salary is to be
$25. 900 a year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Hughes: Mere bashfulness without
merit is awkward, and merit without
nodesty insolent. But modest merit
has q double claim to acceptance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

Wearne, of Day county, and c. NJ.
Dwyer, of Hand county, were nomi-
mated to fill the vacancy. Wearne was
elected by a party vote, and Sogn was
subsequently appointed OH the indors-
ing force.
The house then went into commit
tee of the whole to consider Senator
Cooks resolution relative to territorial
expansion and the peace treaty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

The board of supervisors of Webster
county has approved the petition Of
the liquor men for mulct license.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
Administrative Notice.

Administratrix Notice.
Estate OF Clinton j., Lawrence, late oi C0lley
township, Sullivan county, deceased.
Letters OF Administration upon the above nam
ed estate having been granted To the undersigned
all persons having claims against the same will
present them for payment, duly authenticated;
all those indebted thereto will please make inn
mediate payment to
MARY NJ. LAWRENCE, AdmrN.
Lopez Pa, March y, 1899
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
Trial List, May Term, 1900.

Return day, Monday May - 1899 nj , y. III.
Mitchell, Young Il Co. vs. A. J. Hackley No,
1O4 Sept. Term 1895, Scire Facias, Plea, Payment,
payment with cause &c, Hill, Inghams.
2 James McFarlane, VS. w. C. Mason. No. 80
Feby. Term 1897. Defendants Appeal. Plea.
'Non Assumpsit. payment, payment with leave to
set off. HILL Inghams.
:, Eugenia D. Weiner laportc township
School District No.49 May term 1897. Elcctment
Plea, not guilty.
Sept. Term 1897. Defendants Appeal. Plea Non
Assump~it Payment. payment with leave &C.
Hill, lnghams.
F. N. Lewis, vs. J. W. Ballard No. 3 Dec.
Term 1897. Defendants Appenl. Plea Non
Assumpsit Payment, payment with leave &C.
Mullen, Walsh.
VIM. Mny to the OF Horace May W Julia
NJ. Palmntier. No. l. Sept. term 1Sas. Defendants
appeal.
term 1885, Deft appeal
s John L. Fnan to the use OF Charles F.Fiuan,
peal.
Ralph Magargel (use) VS. The Township Of
Laporte No. 1O7, Sept. term 1898. Deft. appeal.
10 The Dushorc Water Co. vs. The Boro OF Du
shore No J. December term, 1895. Assumpsit.
II Eliza j. Robinson VS. J. p 4 7. II. Shoemaker;
No. - Dec. term 1898 Fegned issue.
l. George W Robinson VS. j. y. L. r. II. Shoe
maker: No. "a, Dec term 1898, Feigned issue.
Is Thos. E Kennedy VS. Laporte TMp,Pnor Dis.
No 81, Dee term 1895. Deft. appeal.
WN. J. LAWRENCE, Proth.
Prothy's. Office Laporte. Pa, Apr Z 1899
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
CoURT PROCLAMATION,

WHEREAS, Hon. j.. NJ! DuNHAM, President
Judge Honorables John s. Line and Conrad
Kraus, Associate Judges OF the Courts OF oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans Court and Com
mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued
their precept bearing date the 10 tn day of Mar.
1899, to me directed for holding the several
courts in the Borough OF Laporte, on Monday the
22th day of May1S99, at . O'Clock p. m.
Therefore notice is hereby given to the Coroner,
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county that they be then and there in their prop
er person at . O'Clock p N. of said day. with their
rolls records inuusitons examinations and
other remem berances to those things TO which
their offices appertain to be done And TO those
who are bound by theirrecognizance TO prosecute
against prisoners who are shall be in the Jail of
the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified TO
bethen and there to prosecute against them as
will be just.
H. W. OSLER. Sheriff.
Sheriff Office, Laportc, Pa, April 10, 1897.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
Registers Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the following &C
counts have been filed in my Office, viz:
First and final account of Henry Richlin ad-
ministrator of Charles Richlin decd
second and final account of Jacob SNYDER
guardian of Dottie McIlvain.
First and partial account OF John v Dunn ad-
ministrator OF Peter Dunn deed.
First and final account OF Laura Il. Waddell
administrators OF F. B. Pomeroy decd who wa.
guardian of Franc Brockway.
Firstand final account Of C Colt administra
tor OF Elizabeth Norton deed.
Also the following widows appraisments have
been fled
Widows appraisment in the estate of ". II. Ma
gareel deceased.
Widows appraisment in the estate OF Clinton f
Lawrence deceased.
And the same will be presented TO the Orphans
Court of Sullivan county on Monday, May D.
1899, at 3 O'Clock p. m. for confirmation and
allowance.
WM. j. LAWRENCE, Register
Registers Office, Laporte Pa, April 22 1899.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
N Office.

In the Court OF Common Pleas for the County Of
sullivan.
Notice is hereby given that an application will
be made TO the said court on Monday the 22d day
provide for the incorporation and regulation OF
certain corpomtons" approved April 30 1874 and
its supplements by Thos. ], Ingham, Henry 4,
Downs Rush ]. Thomson John III, CrOpin and
A. J. Bradley for charter OF an intended eofpor
alton to be called sullivan County Bar Association
the character and object of which is TO promote
intercourse and friendship among the members
OF the sullivan County Bar, and To advance the
interest OF liberal education and for these purpo
to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, bene
fits and privileges conferred by the said Act and
its supplements.
WM p. SHOEMAKER. solicitor,
Lauor1e Pa March 2y 1899
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
"."mh Heavily In Dab.

New York. April Son Jan. II last
a Judgment for $S6.306 was entered
against James Neale Plumb, the mur-
derer of Alexander Masterton. in favor
of William Berrian and Charles e.
Hihbard as executors of the estate OF
Charles III. Contoit for the amount due
with interest on six bonds (which
Tlumb gave, several drafts and bills Of
exchange. one being dated il SlE
Francisco and another in Washington,
-. c.. from 1891 to 1896 Execution
was issued to the Sheriff but it was
returned mo property" on March 30
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
Williamsport & North Branch R.R
TIME TABLE.
In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1903.
Northward Southwark
Southwark.

pm. p IN. Y NIL o.
All trains daily except Sunday; {" ,g
stations.
Connections with the Philadelphia Reading
at Halls, for all points north and south, and the
Fall Brook and Beech Creek railroads. At
Sattsrdeld for all points on the Lehigh Valley
railroad. At Sonestown with the Eagles Mere
railroad.
r Z. EAvENsON, neral::Manager.
Hughesville, Pa.