Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-19

ooodhue county has nearly $4,000 in hel
reasury.
There are numerous cases OF typhoid fever
in Wheeling, Rice county.
Neville, the Winona murderer, was sen.
fenced to the penitenuary for life. He is %
years old.
The foundation and basement of the farm
college at Wilder hss been completed at a cost
Of $4,000.
The Wisconsin and Minnesota G. A. r. posts
VIII hold an interstate reunion at Lake City
during the second week in jane.
Burglars entered Wright's hardware store at
Austin Friday night and secured $3.50 in mon
ey and s2.COO In drafts from the safe.
Mrs. Emma F. Pullen, of Atwater, from
worry over the death Of her husband and the
loss OF about $1,000, became insane and was
sent 70 the insane asylum.
A brakeman on the Winona and st. Peter
road, named Cutlln, fell from hts train ut Ira
verse siding In the morning, and was decapi.
tated and his body horribly mangled.
Bernard Wintcrfelt recently sold 100 acres
OF improved timber land In Tyrone township,
lie Sueur county, for . 500 This is a trihe
over s5i per acre, and is the largest price ever
paid for farm land In the county.
Elk Governor Pnlsbary, of the commission 10
selects site for the new peuiteutiary, states
that an expert has made an examination OF
several quar- les touching qualities of stone,
etc., but that the cOmmis sion will not reach q
decision before spring.
The Touring mill AZ Park Rapids was swept
away one day last week by the breaking OF the
dam. The mill was located al the outlet Of
Long lake, and SO rapidly did the ru ,hing
waters wash Sway the bank that In a teen min
utes the mill, which was a new three-story
structure, was rushing down the stream. The
loss will reach $4,000.
The dam at Milaca has been completed, and
cost 100000. The company expect to cut TO-
10000 OF pine and SOC, 900 Of oak this winter.
A village will be organized In a few weeks.
The Mile Laos company own over sixty mil
lions Of pine, and It Is their intention to manu-.
facture every bit of it. A sash and door facto-
ry will be built next year.
st. Paul Globe, 9: President Stickney, of
the Minnesota & Northwestern road, has
made arrangements with MAJ vim & Cammack,
OF the Rochester creamery, TO 20 into the milk
and dairy business along the Minnesota e.
Northwestern road. Mr.. Sticknev will at once
commence the erection OF suitable buildings
on tho West side for doing business at a cost
Of from $4,000 to $50, 90. The buildings
will be &C upied by April /, wnen a new in
dustry will be inaugurated In st. Paul, doing
a business OF about $4,000 per anuum. To
accommodate the business the Minnesota &
Northwestern will get cars for that purpose
and run special milk trains.
A st. Paul daily Gays a prize fight to the fin
ish with hard gloves for SIS a side and gate re-
celpts took place on the banks OF Clear lake
last Sunday between William Ryan of Cottage
Grove and Patsy O'Maly OF Eiso St. Paul, and
resulted In the defeat Of the latter. X w.
Edmondson OF Woodbury. acted as second for
Ryan, while L. +. Mcclure, also of Wo )dbury,
did like service for O'Maly. VIM. Kenehan Of
Waseca acted as referee. The fight lasted for
seven rounds, O'Maly being unable to respond
when time was al ID for the eighth. Both
men were badly bruised, and the fight was a
gu, stion OF O'Maly'a wind against Ryan's
blows. The former weighed $50 pounds, is 5
feet 8 inches high. white the latter weighed 145
pounds aud Is s feet "a inches.
In answer TO a question by e.. NJ. Nelson,
county attorney OF McL.eoi county, the sttor-
hey general rendered "A opinion to the effect
that "A county auditor who draws his warrant
on the county treasurer for the full amount
allowed by law for clerk hire, with his certid-
cate Of services attached thereto as prescribed
in section l43, title 4, chapter s, General Stat
utes, when ia fact only y part of the same is
retained by the clerk for bis services and the
balance Kept BY the auditor, is | able, both
criminally and ctvily. The amount which be
Is authorized to receive Tor his services is lin
tied by law and do not include any SUN he
Is empowered 10 u-e for clerk hire. This al
lowance is restricted 20 actual services rem
dered and Is TO be paid TO the clerk. He all 0
rendered an opin!on hat a j dlcr cannot name
a substitute. The sheriff Is author d TO sp
point q jiiler or turnkey subj ,ct to the sp.
prevail OF the judge, who fixes his compensa-
ton. s. Y. Merrill called attention 10 sectio !
70, chapter IL, General Statutes Oh Is 8, witch
as amended by the law Il 1885, provides that
the tax judgment shall be entered on
the 2lst day OF each year, which in 1886
occurs on Sunday. The attorney general re
plies that II Is not absolutely necessary that it
be entered on that day, rs the statute is only
directory AS regulating the admlnist ration Of
the business. 1t would be good ente red On
the 22d, as the rights of the taxpayer would
not be affected.
The annual convention OF the county super
intendents OF school will open in the capitol ia
st. Paul, Monday evening, Dec. %, aud con.
over tho next day. Prof. Kiehle viii dc
liver the opening address.
The grading Of county schools will b. dis
cussed BY Il. w. Richards OF Faribault COUNTY,
j.. w Wright OF Meeker and Edwin Rogers of
Earth.
John Brady OF Fillmore county will present
a paper on '.ExamInation Of Teachera." AID
II. Sanders CT Douglas, and A.. F. Eng
strom OF Goodhue will discuss the paper.
"rhe Visitat!ons of Sche DIS, " will be opeued
by G.. w. Levens Of Freeborn, followed hg A..
NJ. Sperry Of Dodge, and G.. ID. Bel en OF