Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-24

colts upon various Chicago Wholesale shoe
houses will be considered at the instance OF
the shoemakers' assemblies, which have IL
nored such action on the ground that the
compromise was illegal. Altogether the con-
vention promises to be q decidedly lively one.
CRRsroN, Iowa, July 13.-A head collision
OF u construction and a gravel train ycster-
day afternoon at Woodburn demolished The
engines and ten cars. No one was injured.
CHICAGO, July 13.-Fire this morning in
Morris livery stable, on East Thirtieth street,
urned with such rapidity that a number OF
persons who lived over the stable found all
escape cut of by the flames and were ON
PEELED to Jump from the windows 10 the pave
ment. Peter Schmidt had his right leg
| broken by the fall; Chas. Schmidt's back was
broken and he was injured internally. He
will die. Mrs. Peter Schmidt was injured in
ternally, probably fatally. JAS. Flannery's
leg is broken. An infant child was thrown
from the window, bat was caught unframed
by the iiremen. There were forty horses and
thirty-two vehicles in the barn. Thirteen
horses and all the vehicles were burned. Sey-
eral OF the horses were injured and will die.
Loss, $50, 1000.
ANOTHER FIRE.
CuIcAGo, July l3.-About 3 O'Clock this
morning fire originated In the basement Of
Mrs. Madget's boarding house or Hemitange
avenue and spread SO pi that Mr.: {. {.
Roberts and his two daughters and Mrs. Gil
bert were imprisoned in the see
a,y uya,v ,,;yJ oil yhr ,nupihln no
Of escape shut of by the flames. Mr.. Roberts
dropped his daughters and Mrs. Gilbert from
the window and then leaped out. Mrs Gil
bert had her shoulder dislocated and was
bruised and cut about the chest and hips and
her face and hands were burned. Paulina
Roberts had her arm broken and Mr.. Roberts
and the other daughter were both badly
burned. The rest of the borders escaped.
Loss $50, 900.
ST., Louis, July l4.-The Provident Savings
bank closed its doors at noon to-day by order
Of the court upon application of Carlos S.
Greeley, one Of the directors. The cause of
the failure is alleged TO be $4,000 shortage in
the account of Mr.. Altman b. Thompson, the
cashier, whose whereabouts are unknown.
He has been absent three days, which fact
brought about an investigation. It's depos-
itors are principally working people.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, July ID Father Kuemper,
pastor OF the Catholic church in Central, in
this county, started yesterday with a team to
haul a load Of lumber from Peoszta 10 be used
IN building q church. The team ran away and
threw him over an embankment. He was
frightfully, and II is feared fatally, injured.
He was unconscious several hours after being
picked up. His worst injury is a deep frac-
turcd wound al the base Of tn skull. One
Of his ears was nearly torn of, and a fearful
cash was made in his face. His condition to-
day is reported very critical.
FORT WAYNE, July 15.-Dora Johnson and
Della Mathes, aged seven and eight years,
were drowned this morning while wading in
the Maumee river, ten miles east Of the city.
Their bodies, when recovered, were found
locked in each others arms.
CmcAGo, July l5.-The plant of the Con-
sulners' Gas company was sold this msrniDg
to John I. Lester, supposed 10 represent the
Cummings, Kent and Reyburn syndicate, for
81, $50, 700.
KANSAS CITY, No, July 15.-The lifeless
body Of a man identified as Louis Hicks, a de-
tcctiye, was found on the Missouri Pacific
tracks, above Wyandotte, Kansas, last night.
II is not known whether he was murdered or
fen from the train. 1t il supposed he was in
the government secret service and came from
Fort Lcavenworth in search of fanny deserters.
PRESCOTT, Ia, July 15.-Fivc sections of
the Howe railroad bridge west of this place on
the c. b. & railway were burned, so that
trains were badly delayed
CORNING, Iowa, July l5.-Sevsnteen per
sons were poisoned at one Of the hotels here
yesterday. They were taken with violent
retching in the stomach, which soon uans-
formed the hotel into a hospital. Some ply
sicians pronounced it arsenic poison, but
others think It was something accidentally in
PRODUCED into the lard used in cooking break
fast. All have fully recovered.
DUBUQUR. Iowa, July l6.-Theodore Sam
pher, OF the firm OF Stainpher d Young,
dealers in hardware at Bellevue, was drowned
while bathing In the river last night.
Council BLUFFS, Ia, June 16.-Last night
Geo. Pickering, son OF an engineer on the
Northwestern, fell from "A train at Loveland
and was picked up insensible. He was brought
TO Council Bluffs and is lying at the Pacific
house. He cannot live.
DIS MONIES, July lG.-The Democratic
state central committe and candidates met at
the Aborn House this afternoon. Paul Cue
Itch, candidate for state auditor, was inter
J viewed. He said the denomination of Brown
would seriously affect his (Guclich's chances
Of election.
CHICAGO, July l6.-The jury which is to try
the anarchists has been completed and the
trial has commenced. State Attorney Grinncl
made the opening statement.
WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS, Niagara Falls, July 1G
George White, the Osweg0 barber, who
came here yesterday with the announced in
tention Of swimming the rapids this morning
clad in a cork suit, has up toll O'Clock failed
| TO keep his engagement.
> WOODSTOCK, ILL.,, July i6.-James Dacey
was hanged this morning for the murder OF
! Alderman Gaynor, OF Chicago, May 81, 1884
Dacey ravcd and cursed during the first part
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