Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-04
NEBRASKA.

Plattsmouth's new depot has teen smoth-
cred In a drift.
The hotels OF Broken Bow are taxed to their
utmost capacity
There are 327 involuntary boarders in the
state penitentiary.
Union Pacific engineers are browsing in the
neighborhood Of Fairmont.
he business men Of Aurora have organized
a grain BUYERS association.
The Ashland Herald, W. 0. Todd, editor, is
the latest Nebraska paper.
The corn crop In Webster county will aver
age thirty bushels - the acre.
Bishop Gordon has been appointed receiver
Of public money at Redwood Falls.
The b. & NJ. company has invested over $5,-
900 in right Of way through Schuyler.
York has raised s29, 900 of the $4,000 nee
essary to secure the Methodist university.
MIR. and Mrs. John Joyce celebrated their
silver wedding at Dakota City last Monday.
Judge VIM. McCleur, Red Wing, hae issued
an order vacating the tow plat Of Florence.
A round house and railroad shops will be
added to the industries of Holdrege next
spring.
The Ashland cutoff does not cut of Ash
land, and no apprehension need be felt on
that score.
The winter bridge of the st. Paul and
Omaha road over the Missouri at Sioux City
was finished Sunday.
The corner stone Of st. James Episcopal
church in Fremont was laid last week with
Masonic ceremonies.
The B.. Il VI. bridge builders at Nebraska
City dropped a hammer into tie river last
week. II weighed half a ton.
The 81. Paul and Duluth earned S34, 9l5
during the third week of November, maHing
the total since January /, $l,353,5 s7.
Last weeks storm was SO dry when IL
reached West Point that 1t absorbed all the
water in the Elkhorr river at that point.
The Ennis roller mills, Hastings, started up
again Wednesday, there being now q sufi-
cient quantity Of water in the Fermillion.
The river near Red Wing was frozen over
Tuesday night, and there has been no com
munication with the Wisconsin shore since.
The gambling rooms lave been ordered
closed at Winona on complaint Of a travelling
man who lost thirty-fve dollars and kicked.
A decree OF divorce was granted To Mary
Clark from Henry Clark, Of Hastings, in the
district court, upon the ground Of III treat
ment.
The Racquet club, a social organization,
composed of about twenty-five Of our young
people, was organized at Req Wing Monday
evening.
The Oregon Horse and Land company Of
Fremont sold sixty horses to the Omaha Street
Railway company last week and 1872 to other
parties.
The Burlington Il Northern at Winnna
broke ground Wednesday for It's winter pile
bridge, some three or four blocks below the
ferry.
"The Oldest inha.itsnt' Of Grand Island
stakes hfs record for unvarnisted ~veracity that
last weeks storm was the worst In fourteen
years
The fve-year,old son ~. II. Ellingsworth,
OF Anderson township, Phelps county, tumblcd
into n barrel Of water and was drowned on
tue ~.
Culbcrts1n will continue the county seat OF
Hitchcock county fer some time to come. The
election last week confirmed this fact b- y
majorits of t22.
Tommy Wright, a track walker near Hns.
tings, was boosted into a snow drift by a loce.
motive during the storm Wednesday, ard es-
capped with a slsght scalp wound.
AT the last r2eeting OF the city council, OF
Mankato, the committee on ways aad means
was authorized to borrow $500 to tmy the
running expenses Of the city.
The Blue Earth County Sunday School
conventions met Monday evening at Mankato
and was In session throughout Tuesday. Mr..
George II. Brewster was elected president and
Mrs. J. B Coy secretary for the ensuing wear.
District court, Red Wing-in the case of
O.. Whitman VS.. Swan Anderson q verdict
was returned IN favor OF the plaintiff. The
case Of Miller VS.. the Minnesota Central Rail
cases have yet been tried.
Tuesday night the saloon Of r.. 4. Krenger.
Saltwater, was burglarixed Of so in cash.
The burglar entered 10y taking out a pane of
glass. About 81 Of the money was in
nickels and dimes and the remainder in sill
yer dollars and paper money.
Litchfeld Independent: A Young man
named William Collins was hunting about
lnke Jenny, near ColIinwood, which was par
daily frozen over. He was seen TO go out on
tn thin ice, and Ia a moment disappeared
from view. Search was made for the body
bls without suCppsG
sn the district court. Stiilwator, on Wed
nesday, the jury in the case OF Sarah T..
kerr VS.. The Accident Insurance company Of
America was charged in the morning by Judge
Crosby, and shortly before G O'Clock In the
evening a verdict for the defendant WAS re.
turned.
A delegation Of Rochester Free Masons.
comprising Messrs. A. r.. Stebtire, j. M.
Rowley, W. d. Smith and H.. NJ. Richardson,
j. L. Getman OF kasson and II. G. Parrott
of 81. Charles. visited Winona to attend the
special work Of the Winona Masons Tuesday
FaSmont News: Mr.. W. j. Conner. a
farmer residing near Sherburn, was drowned
In HE well. Mr.. Conner was watering his
stock and the cattle crowded around the well
SO closely that Mr.. Conner was thrown into
L head first. The well was about eighteen
eet deep, with seven feet OF water in it.
Lena Olsen, who has been in the employ