Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-10-13
CUSTER CHRONICLE

CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER
Lucy Ravens, hailing from Galien,
Mich, and weighing about 355 pounds,
recently became "a public charge at
h county poor house ut Laporte, Ind.
DIR. Deeters, of Union City, Ind, Of
fered to marry her, and agreed to de-
post 800 as n guaranty Of good faith.
Arrangements for the wedding were
begun, but meantime n Snowman
came along and persuaded Miss He
yens to travel and be exhibited. She
signed "a contract to do SO, and now
DIR. Deeters has sued the Snowman,
asking $4,000 damages for having
caused Miss Ravens to break her
promise.
Two hundred and ten million bar.
rels Of apples are produced annually
in the United States. OF these 3,000,-
GOO barrels are sold to England alone.
Iowa produces enough TO supply Eng
lands demand. Every winter from
5000, 900 to TO- 600, 900 barrels are held
in cold storage. New York. Iowa, Ore
gon, Washington, California, Colorado,
Missouri and Kansas are the apple
states. Yet Maine ships 5000, 900 bar
rles and the other New England states
about 100000 each. All the eastern
and middle states are vast producers.
On the grounds which have been
selected for the site Of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition, TO be held az Charleston,
there stands an old colonial home
which was the scene of lavish comfort
and open hearted hospitality in days
gone by. IL Is proposed to restore this
old home, now somewhat touched by
time, to something Of its original
state and TO collect within it's walls
valuable relics Of the past. No state
in the union perhaps contains more
of these relics han South Carolina.
Florida, according to local papers, is
becoming one Of the great tobacco
growing states, and the product has
been pronounced in some respects
equal to that of Cuba. Sumatra wrap.
per tobacco raised in Florida recently
took the prize at the Paris exposition
In competition with samples Of the
same variety produced i'm many other
states and countries. The same quail
~ Of tobacco is being raised in De-
catur. and other counties in South
ern Georgia, and its production is rap
idly becoming n lucrative industry.
I,... In, .~.. .,A. ,..4,u.n. a.saY.
n new flower recently produced at the
horticultural section Of the eXposi-
ton. The flower is called ia Gene
reuse" and is u species Of China as
ter, or Refine Marguerite, resembling
n small chrysanthemum, but shaped
like an ostrich feather. IT has Il great
variety OF color, some Of the flowers
being white, others rich purple, deli
cate mauve, old rose, pale blue and
golden yellow. 1t yields no scent, but
has become the fashionable fad of the
hour.
A home for ex-millionaires is
planned by one of their kind, and
plungers who are broken on the wheel
can find rest and quiet in Poughkeep-
sic. Richard B. Ferris, who for fifty
years has been vice president Of the
Bank of New York, closed n deal re-
Gently for the purchase Of "A historic
mansion i'm Poughkecpsic, the fund for
which was left 10y Samuel NJ. Pinglc.
The home is intended solely for men
who have made and lost fortunes.
Some COWS belonging to John Pres
ton, n farmer of Plainfeld, Conn,
broke through n fence into the or
chard and ate their fill of apples the
other night. Some process of fermen-
tation apparently was undergone by
the fruit, for in a few hours the ami
mails were all gloriously tipsy. They
Llunged and staggered about, beloved
and fought, and not for two days was
it possible TO milk them. In fact, the
cider had stopped milk secretion.
Here is a significant incident from
real life: a well dressed young fell
low marched into a New York bust
ness house one day last week and
asked for work. He was college bred,
he said, but had found it impossible
TO get anything TO do. What can yon
do?" asked the representative of the
house. "What are your qualirca-
tions?" 81 have none" returned the
youth; IL have nothing but an educa-
tion."
The taxes on the food consumed in
Paris during August last amounted
to S340,O 600 more than in August, 1899,
and the total increase i'm the amount
of these taxes since the beginning OF
the year was 81, 900, 600. The greater
demand for food thus indicated is due,
of course, to the presence in the
French capital of SO many visitors
the exposition.
Mariana Beulliure, the eminent
artist, is at work on a mon
umental vase which the city of Buenos
Ayres wishes to present to the queen
of Spain. His native city, Val
encia, recently bestowed honorary
citizenship upon him, and named one
Of it's public squares Plaza Beulliure.
The climate ut Guam is trying in
he extreme. The temperature is cool
er than in the Philippines, except
when there occurs an interruption OF
he northeast trade wind, during Aug
ist and September. Then the mon
oons sweep over the land and the
leat is almost uncomfortable.
A citizen of Lewiston, Me-, has a
watch chain made of nine peach
tones. Each of the stones is carved
IN each side in a different device, so
hat there are eighteen designs. The
tones are Joined with bars of gold,