Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-12
northwestern NEWS.
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The Dies Moines police made 10 arrests In
May.
Clarinds, by . recent vote, has decided to
erect water works.
Law and order meetings ara Of frequent oc.
currence Ia Clinton.
The fruit crop of Mills county will be much
lighter than Was anticipated.
A disease resembling cholera is taking of
the hogs In the vicinity Of hardwood, Lyon
county
Alittis daughter Of A. G. Mehlin, of Du-
buque, q 9 finger cut of while playing with
q awn mower on Tuesday.
Davenpor: ia overrun with footpads, anu 1,
Ia dangerous for q maj TO be- ON the streets
after 10 O'Clock In the evening.
There are lS5, 600 farms in Iowa, and thei,
average size Is Lao acres. The average value
Of cleared land per acre is sS738
At Cresco, Monday morning, a ny-wheel in
q mill bursted, and one Of the fragments fatal.
ly injured Grant Barker, q son Of z &. Barker
Of that place.
A Boone lady followed her daughter, who,
she thought, Was promenading the streets in
obi s~ctionable company, and boxed her ears
and sen. her home.
Kate Wclch, the giri who threw vitrfol In
the face of Frank Wood, the engineer, at Du,
buque. last fall, has been indicted by tn.
graud jury for mayhem.
August Werner, q Germsn cabinetmaker al
Imogene, after devoting twenty years. study
To the subject, has peril cted q fJ ing machine,
which he feels confident will work q revolution
In the present methods of navigation.
Monday morning, while q passenger trair
was nearing Goose Lake. Clinton county,
run over three Germans, killing two and tpiur
ing the third. They had been TO a dance, be.
came drunk and went To sleep on the track.
A number o capitalists propose to con.
struct q bridge, TO cost about $3.50. COO, owe
the river from Council Bluffs to Omaha, ant
run q line of cable cars across 1t. II will ais,
be constructed To accommodate foot passen
zern.
Minnie BeAll Is IL years old and lives II
Marshall township, Taylor county. Her Wis
ion is inverted so that she sees everythin,
upsiuo uuWu, 5ue Tehue ITUm rlRnt 10 1911 AM
writos in the same way with the characters in
verified.
Several Davenport ladies keep three barrel
Of ice water at prominent places ON the street
Of the city for public use. Last year the ox
pense Was SIS SIS. which sum was contribute,
by the congregations Of several of tn,
churches.
Cedar Rapids is to vote on the question O
issuing sl0O, 900 of twenty year bonds for tn,
construction Of sewers. June z. The plaI
proposes . tax Of fifty cents per linesl foot, Il
be assessed to the property adjoining wher,
the sewers may be laid, the balance to be patio
from the general fund.
A man at Council Bluffs tried to kill a mad
dog the other day. he aimad a crushing blow
at the beasts head, but thu cl.b caught In q
tree and fell with but gentle force ON the dog't
back. causing him to cough up a bone which
was about two sizes too large for him and hat
occasioned his strange action.
A deaf and dumb couple at FoDtaneIle arr
the parents Of a child which is four weeks ole
and which weighs but two pounds. Ii meas
ures twelve inches long, nine inches arounc
the head, over which an ordinary-si teacuI
will tit. IL is well proportional, healthy, ant
gives prospect of living 10 maturity.