Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-14
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j.. A. Gilmore, OF Eagle lake, has received
81 100 back pension.
The new workhouse At Minneapolis was
opened on Monday.
Paul Langley was nearly killed In a beer
melee at Montrose.
A large number Of laboring men are doing
nothing n st. Paul.
Tramps are holding up citizens Of Brecken-
ridge and robbing them.
Mrs. jerome Howard will be a candidate for
superintendent OF the Wilkin county public
schools.
The Platte river log drive has been cut In
Rice lake.
William Eddy was caught on a belt at the
Moorhead oil mill and SO badly injured that
he will die.
Capt. X. T. Lewis will assume the manage
ment of the journal of Commerce Publishing
company at Duluth.
Clause Schleuter committed suicide at Wi
iona on Wednesday. He left n note stating
that he was discouraged.
Watertown has purchased the fire engine
and truck from the local company, so as to
make it village property.
Abe Hall, ex-deputy warden Of the state
prison, died Wednesday at Saltwater, aged 81
years. He leaves an invalid wife and two
children.
The Redwood Falls Coal and Kaolin COM
pany has been organized with a capital Of
$4,000. The cofnpany's mine is about Il mile
from town.
Daniel Brayton, of Mankat0, who died at
Milwaukee, Wis, a week ago, was one of the
captors OF the Younger brothers near Ma
della in 1876.
The Hay Creek Valley road near Red Wing
is to be thoroughly improved, 81 1000 having
been appropriated fof that purpose by Red
Wing and Featherstone.
One hundred men on the Duluth d Mantle.
ba have struck for 81. The present wages are
$l.15. Four OF the leaders were arrested. If
not settled soon more trouble is expected.
1t has been decided to hold q flremen's tour
nament at Red Wing on the 27th, 2sth and
Goth OF September. Volunteer fremen in all
parts e. the state will be invited TO attend.
The dam at Fair Haven broke, and a large
portion of it was swept away. The accident
was caused by the settling Of the new portion
of the structure. The mill will not run for
some time.
Al Dodge Center on Saturday the Seven
Day Adventists held . cam meeting. In the
evening ,ome sneak thief entered a tent and
carried of several suits Of clothes and a
watch
TIE two-year-old son OF William Ryland,
near Pipestone, Wen To sleep in the wheat
field. His father drove along with a reaper,
with the result that the child was perhaps ia
tally injured.
Mrs. Dtenkhaln, a widow living south of
Lewistoo, mas seven hundred acres Of grain.
She runs four self binders with five horses at
tached to each, and a full crew of shockers,
and bosses the whole outfit herself.
Two children Of August Borne, who lives in
Fergus Falls, amused themselves by throwing
the wires Of a parasol at each other. A four
months'-old baby lying in a cradle was struck
by a wire, which penetrated fully an inch into
its head. The child will probably die.
Frank Boyne, employed in Trays sawmill
at Duluth, was Wednesday morning standing
in front of an edger smoking, when a piece of
board u~uaccountably caught on the saw and
flew against him. 1t hit the unfortunate man
just below the stomach and almost cut him in
two, literally disembowling him. He will die.
He is about IL years Of age and unmarried.
John Baker, Of ST, Paul, an expert account
ant, went to work on bhe books Of the Mower
County bank at Austin on Monday. A few
OF the deposits date back to the time when j.
c. Easton was connected with the bank, and
all certificates signed by 'Smith, Wilkins d
signec Crane is turning the assets into cash
as fast as possible.
Suspicious characters were lurking about
Claremont, a village six miles from Dodge
Center. James Edmons, the marshal called
a posse to watch them. On Sunday night
the officers caught them attempting 10 effect
an entrance into a store. They opened fire on
the marshal and his men, who returned the
fire, and ran into a elnmp OF trees. Ed
mons followed them and in the darkness was
mistaken by one Of the posse for a burglar,
and shot, the ball taking effect near the
heart,
The total number Of acres Of land in Steele
county subject to taxation as returned by the
assessors is 267 ,5l2, and its value az equaliZed
by the board is S3,477, 79s. The assessment
10y the county commissioners for the ensuing
year is $4,000 for county purposes, So 1000 for
the support OF the poor and s. $500 for roads
and bridges. At the session of the board of
whether under the existing tax law the un-
profits Of national banks are subject
To taxation. The undivided profits of the two
banks amount TO about $50, 600, and they
exemption from taxation on the
ground that there is no provision of law
it to be taxed. The board decided
To assess II, but 1t ia understood the matter
win be carried into the courts; and as the
point has never been decided in this state, 1t
is attracting much attention.
j.. p. Smith is the publisher Of a Minneapo
lis anti-dead- beat paper, and on several occa
sions has printed the names OF Albert Lea cit
liens IA members OF that fraternity. Recently
he visited Albert Lea, and a demand was
Immediately made upon him for the merchants
who furnished him with the information which
he had published. He refused 10 accede to the