Custer chronicle. [volume], October 09, 1880, Image 2

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CUSTER CHRONICLE.
PUBLISHKD EVERY SATURDAY,
—»Y—
CLARK Sc KUBLER.
A. D. CLASS. JOS. Kl’BLfcK.
TEKJtt— ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
ONSYIAB $4.00
Six Months 2.50
Tkxsi Month* 1.2 d
Single coplo*, 10 cent*
SATURDAY,
There i« considerable complaint among
the cattle men of i ustcr county, who
have their stock on ranches near the
location of our fanners, in regard to
the herd law of Dakota. The law com
pells stock men to herd their cattle and
consequently the farmer goe9 without a
fence around hU farm.
This law was passed when the country
lying to the south and east of Yankton
was all of Dakota that was settled, and
which has very little timber, and at
that time that portion of the territory
was poor and the settler not able to buy
anything in the way of fencing, but if
intended to be applied to a country
whose herds comprise from 1,000 to
100,000 head of cuttle, and w here every
thing needed to fence cultivated land is
within the reach of all, and that with
but little exertion, it is a miserable
failure.
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For the south eastern portion of the
territory and the great wheat region of
the Red River of the north, the law
wan and is now probably a good one and
a benefit to that country, but it is certain
ly a detriment to the Black Hills and
Cluster county in particular. The coun
try to the east, west and south of us is
acknowledged by all stock men to be
the best lor stock on this side of the
Rockies, and this county, outside of its
mines, will contain more solid wealth
in the cattle interests ‘than any other
from the British Possessions on the
north tathe Gulf on the south, and will
be the making of Custer City and coun
ty, provided this law’ is done away with.
We w’ould not advocate this if we
thought it would in any way injure the
homesteader and those cultivating the
land in this portion of the territory, but
there are very few farmers in this coun
try but what have the necessary material
with which to build fences ulreadv grow
ing on their farms,and could with a very
•mall outlay secure the ground cultiva
ted from the cattle, and thus allow stock
men to let their cattle run. This can
easily be adjusted to the satisfaction of
all by our legislature, either by exempt
ing this portion of the country or else
give the Black Hiils counties the right
to make their own laws in this respect.
That the hfiKt
French creek to the Four Mile ranch,
are destined in the very near future to
be one of the greater gold producing
belts in the Black Hills, there can be no
reasonable doubt. That the Fencbscott,
David City Lightning, Boss, bureka, Old i
Charles and others equally as promising ‘
can be made to pay handsomely no sune
miner cun doubt. Take the David City
Lightning for instance, where the* veiu is
exposed in three dilferent places by j
•hafts frotn thirty to seventy feet deep
and samples from S2O to S3O per ton,'
and is from live to eight feet wide. One '
hundred tons of ore can be taken out of
this mine per day, and can be crushed
with forty (800 pound) stamps at an
expense of $2,50 pci ton. One: hundred
tons of this ore will give a net protit of
sl, 7.30 per day, or $*15,000 per month. |
This can lie done with some brain 3 and
a capital not to exceed $1<K),000, yet,
some of our northern cousins who are
bonanza kings will not buy any mine
that is not a mountain of ore, that w ill
require & capital of at least one-half
million dollars to make it pay govern
ment bond interest. These veins that
the above mentioned mines are opened
upon have improved both in quantity
and quality as depth is attained. The
vein iu the seventy-loot shaft on the
Lightning, at a depth of twenty feet was
two feet wide and sampled $lO per ton.
Fifty l'eet lower iu the bottom of the
shaft it sampled $22 per ton and is six
feet wide and perfectly free milling*
One of the editors of the Gunnison
News has recently been visiting the
mining camps iu that vicinity. At one
camp a committee of the citizens w ailed
U|K>u him and extended the civilities of
the camp by ottering to show him the
workings of the vigilance committee by
hanging the perpetrators of a late mur
der by moon light.
The republicans, oecordmg to the
proceedings of the county central
committee, have given the legislative
ticket, as put up by the late convention,
the shake, and the democrats will have !
a clean walk-away. if they put up good j
men at their convention to-day.
The Indians at Fine Kidge, through
their head chiefs, are petitioning the
government to give them a new agent
and one that wou’t steal. Four Lo!
Don’t you know that an Indian agent
that ie honeet is as scarce as a good In
dian. Heap dam scarcer.
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The United States grand jury at Tren
ton, N. J., indicted Chas. H. Voorhees, 1
member of feongr&ss, fbr embezzling
moneys of the Hackensack bank.
GotatodO is troubled by the festive, 1
grasshop and stump speakers. I
f I
Silver Cliff, Colorado, has a population
of 6,000.
Republican managers are seriously
k’srmcd over the situation in Ohio.
A pair of den fist’s forceps which were
lost in the mouth of a Chicago girl early
last spring, were recovered the other
day when she had her mouth open to
swallow a pear.
A good story is told of Hen l.efevre,
who is running for congress in Ohio,
lie was making a speech the other day
in defense of himself against charges
made by a local paper, and he said: “I
scorn such imputations. 1 shall not
notice them. I have been cull* da gam
bler, a drunken loafer, and a debauchcr
of women; but, thank heaven, no man
has ever dared to breathe a suspicion
against ray moral character.
The following is McCormick’s speech
at Sioux Falls:
Gentlemen; — 1 thank you for the hon
ors “referred” upon me. I assure you
this is entirely unexpected. (A long
gaze at a crack in the floor ensued.)
You w ill tind me a better worker than I
am a speaker. I assure you, gentlemen,
l will use all honorable means to secure
my election. Gentlemen, 1 thank you
again for the honors you have “referred”
upon me and I guess I will sit down.
Railroad News.
From the Sioux City Journal S»-pt. 30
The new town plat of Hubbard calls
for seventy-five acres of tmvn *iie.
Three carloads of men, teams and
tools leave the Milwaukee depot this
morning to assist Pat Cary with the
Milwaukee line south of Niobrara.
The transfer tracks are being put in
shape and cars can he cposmml in a day
or two if necessary. There is now iron
enough crossed to keep the track
layers busy for a couple of weeks.
Nystroni has returned to the city,
having finished his grading contract on
the Norfolk line. He reports the other
contractors will all be through this week
excepting the one having the big cut
near Norfolk.
The good weather i* being improved
by the track-layers of the Omaha line,
and it is expected the gangs from the
two ends will meet sometime week after
next. Surfacers are wanted and H,60
per day is offered by the company.
P. Rush has the contract for building
the foundation of the four-stall round
house at Covington and began work on
the same yesterday. The j»»b will oc
cupy about a week, and w ith the foun
dations of other railroad buildings to
be build at Covington by Mr. Rush
w ill use up 90,<>00 brick.
ihe ieitturclv movements of thaSituix
ed by Gen. Merrill’s Niobrara campaign
and the statement is made on good au
thority that this road will be extended
forty-three miles further this season
and rest at O’Neil City. The present
terminus of the road is at Neligh, but
grading is being dona beyond, and it is
now the plan to push tlie track through
to O’Neil. The track-layers will about
finish ironing the other branch to
Creighton this week and will then he
sent down to lay the iron mi Ihe new
forty-three miles. By this move the
companv hope t<> discourage any exten
sion of the Milwaukee road toward the
head of the Elk horn.
A gentleman down from Niobrara says
that the Milwaukee company only ex
pect to build enough road this fall to oc
cupy the valley of the Verdigris, ami so
force the .Sioux City and I‘acilic to come
iu by the Buzilu creek when they come,
rs they must next season. The.contract
let, it seems, docs not begin at Niobrara
but more than a mile west of the town,
near where the Niobrara river empties
into the Missouri. The Milwaukee
stock yards are at this point, and here
also is the present landing of the trans
fere boat. The land at this place is
higher and dryer than at the present
Niobrara, and it looks as if among the
other jobs undertaken bv the company
was the moving of the town.
mJmjkmrn S"CJSE3f
(Succtraor a> J. C. hickover)
ASSAY OFFICE.
Custer City, D. T.
W ;»1 promptly attend to all matters in
his line.
Special attention given to
3111 Ai r I
Immediate Attention given to
outside orders.
iC-tTK* 52.00 for Gold and Silver
assay; $i.25 for single assay for either
Gold or Silver.
Lodgings!
Having fitted up the large* and pioneer
HOTEL BUILDING
adjoining Booth’s store, I am prepared
to give
Clean Beds and First-Class
Acvommodu lions
at reasonable prices.
FRANK T. ALLABOUGH.
-T77"-A-ieiD’S
Restaurant!
Opposite Drug Store, Custer Ave.
Meals at all Hours.
Transient Guest< promptly supplied with the
best meals the uiaikvt aiiords. In connection I
have a large
II A Tv E It Y .
Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes Always
on Hand. W. WARD.
First National Bank
OF DKADWOOD I). T.
Paid up Capital - - SIOO,OOO
Surplus - - $ 11,000
mart tors ;
R. C. LAKE, President.
O. J. SALISBURY. Vico President.
M. C. Til PH, Cashier.
E. C. BENT.
L. R. GRAVES,
Transact a General Bank
ing Business.
Buys and sells Gold Dust, Coin. Gov
ernment Vouchers, Bullion and ex
change.
Drafts on the principal cities of Eu
rope for Hide.
interest paid on time deposit*.
M. C. Til CM. Cashier.
Palmer & Summers
Billiard Hall
—AND
CIjUB ROO^IfS.
A Fine < ’arom
And a
POOL TABLE
Of the Most Approved Pattern C an be
Found Here.
Olir Ttsv << rv• lr*> l l uon U>r> r*,
Kentucky Whiskies.
Imported and Domestic Brandies,
Hines and Cordials*
Key Went and Domestic Cigar* of the
Beet Brands.
Our Room will always be found a
quiet and orderly place, and die
patronage o ail is solicited.
C l H*r»n* Avoiuu;,
Castor City.
PALMER & SI MMERS.
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
HORSE SHOEING,
WAGON IRONING,
General Blacksmith Work
Done in a Manner to Warrant Satisfac-
T«tapering Miner*' Tools * Specialty.
Shop on Custer Avenue, - Custer City
A>n
tioo.
TIIOS. TA/tn.
Custer City
mjm; t.
Best and Cheapest ilaikct in (lie•
Hills. 1
Having I’nsurpassed Facilities, ve art*!
Prepared t«> Supply all Parties,
Kither at Wholesale* «»r
Ketail. all kinds of
Fresh or Salted Meats.
BKFF,
POHK,
MFTTON,
V FAL,
SA ( SAOK.
GAME I\D POI'LTY,
A OtfOl 21 bl< v N. 10( <*..
Always Kept on Hand.
Burroughs & Coleman Custer City.
BANK SALOON,
P. McHugh, Prop.
A l ine Stock of
Whiskies, Brandies, U ines, (ordials
—And —
CIG-AES
Kent in Stock.
The Host
Milwaukee and St. Louis
Bottled Lager Beer
Kept constantly on hand
f'atrmm will find the BANK n nest or-lvrly
|»l*ii*v. where the thixiy will be .supplied with
»*»>’ thiiiK tliut they desire.
Cnster Avenue, Custer City.
LIVERY,
Feed and Sale Stable.
GOOD SADDLE HOUSES
For Rent, at Reasonable Prices.
Transient Custom Solicited.
Warm Stable
Ami tlie tte*t of Care Guaranteed.
J I< )It«KS
Eought and Sold.
Stable Situated between Custer Avenue
ami (’rook street, Ouster City.
FELIX MICHAUD, Prop
A Good
S. M. BOOTH. s * &HA*iKLANI\
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BOOTH & SHANKLAHD,
GKE&O CEBXtXES
Olo'b'h 1-a.g:,
ZEE ardware, f
BOOTS & SHOES.
General Merchandise
All kinds of Supplies for both Farmer and Miner.
POWDF.R AND FISH.
r r«**i, (‘oileo, Suj*}ir, Idour.
!
• - \ ltd ali varieties of-*
I
Staple and Fancy Groceries
I
Kept Con*lntitlv ua linr*d.
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Special \tt»*ntion given to Killing Orders from Surrounding k-ainpfl.
g/ftf* Hoods delivered U> All Points within n radio* of T#»u Milo* from
I uster
FRKI-: of charok.
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Caster Avenue, Caster City;
BOOTH & SHANKLAND.
Stapleton & Smith,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
&SOCEEIES,
AND
PIK)VISIO>S,
Flour,
(•ruin,
AND
Ground Feed.
FRESH
RANCH BUTTER
AND
Vegetables.
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Eastern and California canned
Goods
Prices as LOW as
Tlx© LOWEST.
Also AGENTS For
1 timber
CUSTER AVENUE D. T.
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ED. T. HEALEY.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CUSTER CITY, D. T.
Will practice in nil theeourta of Dakvita. Min- 1
ing claim* a npecialty.
II A. Ai.bien. Chas. SiltJkK.
Albien, Sager & Co.
OKKKH THEIR STOCK OK
Groceries,
Provisions,
Dry Goods,
Tobaccos,
Queensware,
I foot s and Nlioow i
of superior (4uality,
For Less Honey 2
Than any house in the citv. Call and
•ee them, for they mean what they aay.
Cor. Custer Avenue and Seventh St,
Counter* City, I>. T.,
TOE "WOEE:
Of ill DMtrlption*
KxrruUd at CHROXICLJS Gfire wuii
SHtfnru nn<i limpmtrh
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