Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904.

Those new buggies and wagons are
fine.
A light fall of snow visited this local
fly Tuesday.
Location certificates and mining deeds
for sale at the CHRONICLE office.
The Custer schools opened Monday
after the usual holiday vacation.
The board of county commissioners
met in regular quarterly session Tues
day.
Phil Goehring has begun his annual
ice harvest. The ice is about fourteen
inches thick.
Deadwood boasts ofa half million dol
lars expended in new buildings during
the last year.
A big line of Rogers Bros. silver ware
for Christmas trade at
Garlock's.
The leap year ball given by the young
ladies of Custer on New Years evening
was pronounced one of the most pleas
ant ever held in Custer.
Miss Anna Kimble, who has been
visiting her parents in Custer, returned
Sunday evening to resume her work at
Lathrop.Re Reeves store.-Rapid Journal.
Parties knowing themselves indebted
to me will please call and make settle
ment before January LIST, 1904.
T. V. GARLocK.
Among those who persisted in the re-
cent fire in Chicago was Fred w. Leaton
of Terry, who was attending a medical
college. He resided in Hill City with
his parents several years ago.
Gust Maxi, a miner employed at the
Anaconda mine, near Lead, was instant
~ killed on the morning of the 4th by
falling down a shaft. The deceased was
about q years old and unmarried.
Deadwood was chosen as the place Of
the next session of the South Dakota
Educational association at the meeting
last week in Aberdeen. The next ses.
sion will be held in December, 1904.
Jennie Sitter, Omaha--"I have gain
ed thirty-ive pounds in two Month
Nothing did me any good until l used
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea" A
blessing to sickly oma A. j. Jones.
Frank Bender, of Squaw creek, was in
the city Tuesday and Wednesday, on
business before the county board. He
says that cattle on the range are looking
fine, and stockmen are feeling pretty
good over the mild weather we have thus
tar enjoyed.
Among the Custer county settlers who
made final proof On their homestead en-
tries this week we're: N. S. Tubbs, Delos
Tubbs, W. V. Stark weather., Charles
Heuman, J. P. Foran, Ed. 8. Crouter,
Theodore Book and G. X. Shoemaker of
Custer, A. c. Roseberry, w. f. Sayars
and Oscar Summerill of Baskerville.
Services in the Congregational church
Sunday, January 10, morning and even
ing. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Chris
tian Endeavor services at 6:45 p. m.
Communion services at ii a. m. Evening
service at TAO. Topic, 1.-THE Unknown
Quantity" All are welcome.
Katherine w. Powell, Pastor.
The following Custer county settlers
made original homestead entries in the
Rapid City land Office during the month
of December: Charles III. Jackson,
Frank Pratt, Theodore A.. Carlson, Her.
mosa; August w. Miller, Buffalo Gap;
Christina Sjogren, Fairburn Katharine
Gundlach and William T. Cooper, of
Custer.
Ruby Odds, Ethel Smith, Norma Ilsley,
Rufus Pitcher and Lemuel Putnam, who
have been spending the holidays with
their parents and friends, returned to
Spearfsh on the belated train Sunday
night, to resume their studies in the
state normal school. They were accom-
panied by Freddie Heideprism and Carl
Kubler who entered the school for the
remainder of the term.
Another car Of Cream -four and it is
better than ever at
80" Garlock's. !