Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-09
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NhltIioO has utNh cNiSSbtQ do luC pldCt LO
the next meeting Of the Iowa sheriffe' CONVEX
ton, to be held in July.
The city council OF McGregor has placed
license OF $3.50 on transient merchants bring
ing good into that city to sell.
Thir!y-nine years ago the State OF Iowa wal
admitted into the Union, the act Of Congress,
taking effect Dec. q, 1916.
A vein Of copperas has been found on tn.
Whether II exists in paying quantities has nc
yet been fully decided.
Henry county has not had a saloon oper
within It's borders since the prohib!tory Law
went into effect. verybsdy down there ..ha'
gets a drink does so on the sly.
A. B. Keith, editor OF the Bulletin, has re
Gently been appointed postmaster at Denison
TO succeed Hon. J. Fred Myers, Of the Review
whose commission has expired.
George Schultz, aged so, was run over and
killed by d Rock Island train near Council
Bluffs on Christmas day. His right leg was
crushed, neck and both arms broken.
Mason Hanna, Of Humboldt, raised les
bushels OF corn to the acre on his farm this
season, on ground that had been constantly
cropped for the past nineteen years.
The next meeting OF the State Agriculture
society viii occur at Des Moines on January
IL, when the election OF officers and other very
important business will come before the di
rectors.
The suit Of Lee county against David Black.
burn, ex-treasurer, has been settled by the
payment Of $1,000 by the sureties Of his bond
The amount Of the defalcation was about
10000.
A 3-year-old child OF Robert Vogt, Of Potta
wattainie county, fell headlong into a kettle
OF boiling lard, and met an lniost instantane.
GUS and horrible death, the fash being literally
roasted.
The house o! Charles Lewis, OF Moorhead,
Harrison county, was burned one morning
last week, together with nearly all its con-
tents, and the same afternoon Lewis horse
fell on him and broke his leg.
A vein OF coal six feet in thickness YVES
discovered near Collins, Story county, last
week, at a depth OF 140 feet. Prospecting has
been done to an extent that warrants the con.
clusion that the vein has an area at least four
miles square.
Matthias Bros soap works at Davenport
burned on the 3lst. Loss, $1,000 to Sl2, 900
covered by insurance TO the extent OF 80. 600.
The loss TO building, $1,000; machinery,
5000, and other property about $4,000. The
cause is unknown.
In Davenport VIM. p. Oehlman, aged SO, g
butcher by trade, committed suicide by hang.
ing with a halter strap in his barn while the
family were away. He first severed an artery
In his left wrist, but, that having failed to pro.
duce the desired effect, took the strap route.
He was crszed by drink
John n. Barker, OF the Soldiers home, al
Dayton, Ohio, late Of the Third iowa battery
was found dead at q saloon In the western
part OF that city on the 9th. When he came
to the city he had about 900 In his possession.
But so cents was found on his person. The
neighborhood Is full of low dives, and It Is
supposed that he was first robbed and then
dosed with poisoned whisky.
Two brothers named Matthew and Walter
Evans, sons OF James Evans, one OF the oldest
and most respected citizens OF Spirit Lake,
were drowned Sunday In West Okaboji lake.
They were going 10 visit a brother-in-law on
the west side, and skated into a large seam.
Both were Young men, the younger being Is
years OF age. att, the elder, leaves a wife
and FIVE small children. Both bodies were re.
cove.
The indication E now are that Governor Lar
rabee's Inauguration Will be an occasion OF
considerable display. The Governors Greys
a new N litary company at Dubuque, have az.
noun d their intention Of taking part In the
para and the overnor's Guards OF Des
Moines, and other military organizations will
probably partici ate. The Legislature will
convene on Mon az, January II, and the In
sugurst!on I'll p!otsbl take place on thC
Thursday following.
The remains ofa man were found en- the
railroad track about half a mile west of ColfaS
In a horribly mutilated condition, a train hav
ing run over the man and literally cut him ir
twain. Little is known Of the victim, excep'
that his name Is supposed to be Hart, and hi
Is said to have come here from Avoca. TIL,
last seen Of him alive was about midnight, a
the depot, IN an intoxicated condition, and |
is supposed be wandered up the track ant
was killed by No. 81 freight train the mex
morning.
Tn thirteenth annual meeting Of the State
Teachers association convened IN Des Moline,
on the 4. There was a large attendance O
prominent educators of the state, as the asso
citation includes colleges we'll as publ,
schools. The first public exercises occurred
in the evening IN Plymouth Congregations
church. Hon. Fred Lehman, of Des Moines
delivered an address Of welcome, which wa.
responded to by Prof. H. X. Eison. OF low
college, Grinneli. This was followed by tn,
presidents address by Rev. DR.. King, presi
dent OF Cornell college, Mount Vernon.
The next Legislature will he conspicuou.
for the absence OF farmers. The following are
the professions represented.
\. Senate. House
FARMERS. n
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Merchants.