Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-09
MINNESOTA.

FROM present lDulcatlcnS tne minneapolis
exposition will 20 out in a blaze of glory.
The corner stone OF a new $4,000 Congre-
g~ational church was laid at st. Paul Sunday
last.
Rev. j. A. Hampton, Of Rochester, has lett
for Manchester Park, where he will reside In
the future.
A Knights Of Labor lodge with a large
membership will be formed at st. Cloud in a
few days.
A farm dwelling belonging to the Field
Bros, located near Osseo, was wrecked by
lightning during the storm on Saturday.
The normal school at 81. Cloud begins work
with l67 pupils In the normal department, a
decided increase over prior years.
Edwin Booth begins his engagement at the
Grand opera house, st. Paul, Monday appear
ing in "Richelieu."
Peter Goetcn, Of st. Cloud, aged sixteen,
who was accidentally shot last Sunday while
hunting, has since died.
The state treasury has supplemented the
gate receipts Of the Southern Minnesota Fair
association by a check for 81, 900.
Tuesday was the second day devoted to ladies
at the Minneapolis exposition. About 10000
people visited the exposition on that day.
The electric light force at the exposition
Saturday night presented Engineer j. A.
Seaman with a handsome gold watch charm.
Signal service weather flags were hoisted at
st. Cloud for the first time Monday. The
normal school has been made a local station.
~ Eray e. 70, hn,t md sb,. lonIa.,
Anoka, made an assignment Saturday to p.
X. l.. Hardenburg, OF st. Paul. Assets, about
$1,000; liabilities, 81, 1000.
Fritz B%uckentin, a druggist OF Morris, was
accidentally shot by a companion Monday
while hunting, making amputation of the left
foot necessary.
A brass band tournament takes place at
Red Wing early next week. Bands from all
over the state will take part in the contest for
prizes.
Thomas Ewing, an employe of the dam at
st. Cloud, fell into the river Sunday and was
almost drawn under by the strong under tow.
He was rescued with difficulty.
Peter G.. Landerer, Of Melville, near Bird
Island, is charged by his sister Hannah with
the paternity Of her child. He has dlsap-
peared. A warrant for his arrest is out.
Mr.. Milligan Of Wabasha, has received a
check from the government for s45 in. pay
ment Of a horse stolen from the doctor while
in the military service twenty-one years ago.
May Cole, "A fallen woman of Duluth, at
tempted to end her life Monday by shooting
herself through the abdomen. She is still
alive, but the wound will prove fatal.
The Water-works company at Rochester,
have purchased the block north Of c. c. Will
sons, on College hill, and have commenced
excavations for the foundation OF their stand
p pc.
The Oldest saw mill in Duluth, owned by X.
s. Munger and Owen Fargussen, and opera
ted by Taylor " Sons, caught fire Monday
night and burned to the ground. Loss, about
IS, 600; insurance, $4,000.
The Jackson county commissioners found
that the Lakeieid petition lacked 1903 sigma
lures Of a sufficient number Of voters and
freeholders, and refused to submit the ques.
ton of county seat removal.
The Fairchild and Mississippi River Rail
road company has just contracted for a sufli-
cient amount Of steel rail to be delivered by
October 10, TO lay the track from Fairchild to
Osseo, a distance of fifteen miles.
Last fall ID. C.. Upham, clerk of the Willard
hotel Mt Aitkin, left the hotel, taking the keys
Of the safe. The proprietor, w. Potter, had
him arrested. Upham sued Potter for $4,000
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thrown out of court.
Mr.. I. +. Bradbury, an old resident Of An
Okla, died Wednesday of softenins Of the
brain, aged iifty-seven. The funeral services
were held Friday, conducted by the knights
OF Pythias. Deceased leaves a wife and one
son, Fred Bradbury, Of Brainerd.
The order Of ST. Benedict having secured
nearly all Of the block Of ground on which It's
hospital is located in st. Paul is largely add
ing to the building. The rear OF the building
is being raised to two stories, and two large
LIS are being added, giving twenty rooms for
private patients besides the public wards.
Sunday morning it was discovered that a
thief had entered Nick Sherman's saloon.
Minneapolis, and distracted $40 from the
money drawer. Subsequently Detective
Quinlan arrested Charles Anderson, Sher-
mans bartender, who confessed to the theft.
He will be prosecuted.
The Sioux Isdians at the DEVILS Lake res
cryation, numbering 200, went into camp at
Fort Totten, pitching their tepees near the
agency buildings. To-day a grand festival
feast will be held, and tomorrow the official
census will be taken under the direction of
Maj. j. w. Cramside, the Indian agent. A
large number OF visitors are at the fort.
Two tramps going west from Clontarf went
through the section foreman's house at Nor
ris and relieved II of 4 watch and sundry 9TH
er articles. The watch belonged to q brother
OF the section foreman, who, mounting a
horse, pursued the robbers for about three
miles and upon coming up to them demanded
his watch. A scuille ensued In which one of
the tramps fired twice at the man he had
robbed, one ball lodging In the leg and an
other wounling one OF his fingers. The
watch was recovered, however, and the
wounded man carried it off with him. It is
feared the leg will have TO be amputated.
On a government claim a few miles east OF
Brainerd, Sunday, a settler by the name OF
Davenport killed two men named Policy, ia
Their and son, In a dispute about the claim.
Davenport fled, leaving his wife at the cabin,
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