Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-27
10 to have q new hotel.

Park Rspids.
A Knights of Labor organization has bee,
formed at Red Wing.
The Farmers alliance win meet at Mime
apolis ON the 34th inst.
Richard sigmond's house at Zumbrota wa
destroyed by Are. Loss, $1,000.
Rev. William Miller 10 conducting a serie
Of revival meetings at Luvens.
Thirty five cases Of scarlet fever were re
ported at Saltwater last month.
The Merchants bank at Lake City has beer
incorporated with . capital of $4,000.
Five persons were immersed ct the Baptis
church At Owstonns on Sunday evening.
The farmers Of Pelican Rapids will erect
grain warehouse at that place this spring.
At Red Wing the city council has fixed tn,
salary Of the health officer at 500 per year.
Preparations are being made at Bird Island
for a masked ball to take place February 90.
A good toboggan slide hae been constructed
on the north side OF College hill, at Rochester
Hon. 8. c. Holland, Of Brainerd, member OF
the Legislature, died Of heart disc ase on Tues
day.
Several ladies were severely injured on ar
Ill constructed toboggan slide at Prescott last
week.
Deer are still being killed contrary to law in
the vicinity OF Brainerd and shipped as mer-
chandise.
Investigation shows there are 1900 acres of
land 10 Grow Wing county that has never
been taxed.
Hubbard %county's finances show n surplus
Of $3,5 500 In the treasury, drawing 81 per cent
on daily balances.
A Duluth company contemplate building d
line OF railroad from that city through Pipe
stone to Sioux Falls.
Hutchinson is making vigorous efforts to
secure the next meeting o the state teachers
institute at that place.
The commissioners OF Blue Earth county
will meet to consider plans for q new court
house on the 22d CT March.
The college reading-room at Bookings con-
tains twenty-fi hundred specimens OF min
erals, shells, fossils and relics.
A. Dewey, editor OF the Graccville Trans,
cript, has been appointed clerk Of the court
succeeding Mr.. Dasser, deceased.
There is some complaint in Rochester oflow
~fevers, brought on possibly by the use Of wa
ter from wells that are nearly dry.
The store OF Knot g. Renke and the post
office at Wheeling, Rice county, were de-
stroyed by fire on Sunday night. Loss, $4,000.
The barn belonging to George Ross, OF Fer
gus Falls, together with three horses and con.
tents valued at $1,000 were burned q day or
two since.
New York parties holding tax titles in Muir
ray county refuse to allow the owners to re
deem the land and suit has been brought to
clear the title.
Minneapolis and Black River Falls capitalists
have formed a company to quarry the splendid
bed OF granite discovered one mile north of
Black River Falls.
The farmers and warehouse commissioners
met at Breckenridge and adopted resolutions
declaring the rates Of freight on grain TO Du-
luth are too high.
The delinquent tax list OF Wabasha county
for the year 1855 IS much smaller than in any
previous year, only about 700 descriptions ap-
pearipg In the list.
The citizens Of Browns Valley have formed
o company to build a railroad nine miles long,
to make connection with the MILESTONE
branch Of the Milwaukee ~ st. Paul.
Some time ago a team driven by Mrs. Nye'
berg, OF Litcbfeld, ran away, since which
time she has not been In her right mind.
Tuesday she was taken TO the 81. Petor asy-
lum.
There has been quite q scare at Brainerd
over the prevalence OF scarlet fever and the
public schools are closed In consequence,
though only three cases were reported By the
health officer.
The Red Wing cornet band, the Christ
church choir, and the drill squad OF the Eub-
bard guards will entertain the citizens OF
Cannon Falls, Friday evening, by giving q con-
cert and exhibition drill at that rlace.
John Jobes, a teamster employed at Clough
Bros. lumber camp on White Fish lake was
run over by a wagon loaded with logs ard
crushed TO death. The remsins were taken to
Brainerd, and shipped thence TO ADoka, his
home.
N. Mccarthy is fitting up the Union block
at Luverne for a hotel. The front of the block
will be changed from Freeman avenue to Main
street, and the entire second story converted
into sleeping rooms. This will be the largest
hotel In southwestern Minnesota.
Some days ago a German residing at Roches-
ter gave a party at which canned meats were
eaten for supper. Thirteen Of the twenty
eight who attended the party are severely,
some dangerously III. Miss Jennie Kemp, one
Of the young ladies who was present, Is dead.
The ladies OF the free reading rooms are TAX
ing possession OF their new quarters IN the
city hall, Rochester. The book cases and
reading tables have been removed, and the
association begins its existence In the new
place with renewed vigor and q good financial
outlook.
A largely attended meeting Of the board OF
trade was held IN Saturday at Winona to hear
the report Of the joint committee on city affairs
and transportation relative to the pontoon
bridge. ID. Sinclair, chairman Of the commit
taa n, cItv q ffaiya admitted a full and able