Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-30

AN6o Va "ao w. -
.preveat his trousers from tearing in
the chain. Bare feet on rubber ped
ais, a big, yellow balloon shirt bullying
out like the spinnaker on a racing
yacht, and a flying pfgtafI under a
small tin can OF n cap topped by a
button. He was a wealthy merchant,
we were told, and looked as il wheel
ing agreed with him in spite of his
clothes"
This is probably the only record OF
a man being buried In the same grave
with his three wives. Following is the
inscription on the one stone which
marks their resting place: sacred to
the memory of Margaret Armstrong,
wife of William Armstrong, of Bal
sover Moor, who departed this life
August 2, 1888, aged 80 years. Also
William Armstrong, who died Deem
Der 10, 1862, aged Ga years. Also Ann,
second wife of the above, who died
February 21, 1888, aged 20 years. Also
Charlotte, third wife of the above,
who died June 4, 1864, aged ~ years"
There is n man in Washington who
does n fiourishing and profitable bust
ness In collecting the cartoons of
statesmen as they appear in the illus
trations in the daily and weekly news
papers of the country. When he gets
together an extensive collection of the
caricatures Of any particular states
man he invites the victim thereof TO
view them and he usually finds an
eager customer at once. IL makes no
difference whether the fortes or the
foibles of the subject are illustrated
In thel pictures-they go Mt good
prices just the same.
Preparations are being made in
New York for the removal from Roose-
welt hospital Of Walter T.. Duryea,
who broke his neck last summer
while driving in Oyster Bay, TO n
health resort on Long Island. Harry
II. Duryea, n cousin OF the injured
man, said the other day that Walters
condition since the operation, in
which portions Of the shattered verte-
brae in the neck were removed, has
continued to steadily improve, and it
was confidently expected by his fam
lily that he would ultimately recover.
Henry Cooprider, an 1S-year-old
Kansan recently applied to the pro-
bate judge of Harper county for n
marriage license. The judge informed
the young man hat the consent of his
father would have to be obtained be-
fore the license could be issued, where
upon the boy presented the following
note: Judge, Sir:-I turn the boy
loose. If he makes n burn he can sit
on the blister. Let him have his
papers. Yours truly. Albert Coopri-
der"
Professor A. ID. Kent, Of Jewell, Ia,
has been appointed by the sultan of
Turkey instructor in farming for the
entire Turkish Empire. Professor
Kent was recommended for the po-
sition a year ago, but on account of
the usual Oriental dilatoriness did not
not receive the appointment until a
few days ago. He is now n member
of the faculty of the Iowa agricul-
tural college.
Several cases of washing stamps"
have come to light In New York. An
employe of a big Wall street banking
firm was arrested the other day
charged with using washed" internal
revenue stamps on contracts made by
his employers. This form of crime is
n difficult one to carry out successful
ly nowadays, for the authorities are
paying particular attention to it.
The London Chronicle says that an
aged minister ia England, on hearing
that the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon had
engaged u luxurious saloon berth In u
Cunardsr for his voyage to England,
remarked. with his habitual stutter:
"One w-w-would have thought that
the au-author of In His Steps would
have w-w-walked across"
Every stranger who enters the
white house is counted by an auto
matte register. The instrument is held
in the hand of one of the watchmen
stationed at the door, and for every
visitor he pushes the button. Con-
gressmen, senator's, members of the
cabinet and newspaper men are not
counted.
What is called the Campaign edi-
ton of the Congressional Record con-
tains about 100 speeches on current
politics from both republican and
democratic standpoints. The intelli-
gent farmer is expected to sit down
during the leisure of haying and har-
NtsJ anu Icuu ~ up thO SiHS ~ Wv"
the other.
With its Characteristic courtesy and
f1rmness toward all things in the re-
public, the London Saturday Review
saws of Bret Harte's latest work, that
"style is very slipshod and the bad
taste often fragrant, but that is to be
expected from an American writer"
Wexford, Ireland, has lost one of
the most remarkable of it's citizens in
the death of Fred Hyland, an under
taker, at the age of IS. For 60 years
he was an unudertaker in Wexford
and IL is calculated that during that
time he buried over 5000 people.
A Chicago girl writes to a friend
about her hero, who is a soldier in
the Philippines. She says: II got n
letter from. He is getting along
splendid. He has been assigned TO
the guardhouse for five days. Says 1t
Is a pretty hot place; but then, you
know, he never shrank from his duty.
Ma and / are naturally proud of his
promotion"
Jessie Bartlett Davis will sing for
a week at the Masonic temple in Chi
cage for a salary of $1,000 and this
she will contribute to the fund for the
Actors home. to be built in New York.