Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
MINNESOTA.

Niuoud IHis lau.
The strike of the workmen at the Cloque
lumber mills is ended.
The huckleberry crop is very large In TIT
northern part Of the state.
Over l50,OO0 cans have so far this year beer
turned out by a factory ut Austin.
The erection OF q hospital is contempt ,ted
by the medical fraternity OF Mankato.
John Vandeveer, near Oronoco, lost 1900
worth CT farm machinery by fire Friday night.
Kitty Anderson, one Of Winona's frail but
fair sisters, attempted to commit suicide on
Thursday.
A roller mill I'm course II erection at Du-
luth will be SO by 90 feet In breadth and
length and &c feet In height.
New Tim mills are having an elevator built
at Luddon, Oak. The one being constructed
at CORTLAND is nearing completion.
A farmer recently saved his horse from
death by a snake bite, near lie Roy, by admin
istering TO him five quarts of whisky.
The Congregational society at GAINESVILLE
has purchased and paid for two lots in that
town and will erect a building next year.
Mrs. McRac, an old lady, was lost in the
woods near Swanville. She was found in q
swamp, having been there duriLg the night.
The corner stone Of the new Baptist church
laid with appropriate ceremonies last Sunday.
Rebecca Bell, Of Austin, recently procured
"A divorce from her husband. Christopher p.
Bell, on the ground of jealousy and incompat-
Utility.
The Prchibitionists Of the Second congress
sional district held a convention at Mankato
and nominated George j. Day, a banker, for
congress.
The assessed valuation Of real and personal
property in Mankato and county for 1856 is
$7,6l4, 032-ah increase OF nearly 500, 600
during the year.
The annual meeting OF the Yellow Medicine
County Bible society will be held Fridar eve
ming July %, at the Norwegian Evangelical
Lutheran church at Granite Falls.
A well-dressed young man came to James
vile Friday morning from the east, having
ridden from Winona on the top OF a sleeper.
He was nearly frozen by the long trip.
The board OF eq ~alization Of the Faribault
common council has raised the personal prop
erty assessment Of the city 1924, 743 above the
amount given in and returned by the asses
sor.
A Waseca youth namel Alfred Sweet was
accidentally shot IN tie abdomen Monday
night by a boy named Fisher. Both were
hunting. The wound is dangerous, and may
p'ove fatal.
A man by the name of Weteler was fatally
injured on Mrs. Hunters farm near Sleepy
Eye on Wednesday. He was thrown from "a
reaper, one wheel Of which passed over his
back and shoulder, crushing his spine.
While bathing in Lake Pepip Monday after
noon Miss Edith Bend and Nettie Mickey,
daughters Of Col. William D.. Bend and JOS
eph Mickey, Of ST. Paul, were drowned. Both
young ladies were about sixteen years old.
They had been spending the summer at the
lake. Both were daughter. Of prominent citi-
zens.
1t is learned from a reliable source on Mon
day that the United States secret service Off
Gals know who the Minneapolis postofice
robbers are. There were three in the job.
Hr Ea3ti was tttffd htd, allds odIh
Quinn, who did the SCI 900 job in Indianapo-
lis known as the ''orange box robbery" Jer-
ry Cook was second man in the gang.
Messrs. s. l.. Croker, DR.. G.. w. Wood and
w. c.. Wood Of Faribault, have purchased Of
Peter Misgen five and one-half acres Of land
bault's Mjnnetonka, and propose erecting
cottages for summer homes. The property
has a lake front OF 400 feet, with a gradual
slope to the water. This lake is four miles
from the city.
81. Hillaire Special, July 10: One of the
season passed over this section OF the country
yesterday afternoon. The lightning killed
four Indians and wounded ten others on the
Red lake reservation, about eight miles north
Of here. The Indians are greatly excited, and
nothing definite can be learned, but ii is
1t is also reported that a settler aud his wife,
living on the Thica river, were killed.
On Wednesday at Winona a serious acct
dent occurred. 4 large elevated tramway
ilhlipii III, holiiN " iNSb III iNbENh. ~ II WI
mona Lumber company's yard, which stood
near the river and was used for piling lum-
Der. was dislodged from its place by the heavy
weight OF lumber upon the end and pitched
toward the river, falling from a considerable
height to the ground. Fritz Schaeffcr, Joseph
Pazelka. Joseph Burstynski, Albert Wendt
and August Kzyla were more or less severely
injured.
A bold case Of highway robbery occurred at
Winona Monday night. Edward ConBors, an
engineer from Nebraska, formerly a police Of
iicer in that city, was walking homeabout II
O'Clock at night. AS he passed Mr.. Youman's
new residence on Fourth street in the Fifth
ward, two men stepped from behind a barn,
and each held a revolver to his head. Con-
nors is a large and powerful man, but he weak
ened very naturally, and the two men went
through his pockets, securing So %, There is
no clue to the robbers.
Eddie Boyne, the one-legged burglar, was
examined In the municipal court at Winona
Saturday for completely in the robbery of
Newbourg's jewelry store, and was held to the
grand jury in 81 900 bail, in default of which
he was locked up. After the robbery he fed
to Cloquet, near Duluth, and was at work
there in a shingle mill. He wrote To Walter
Mutt, his pal at Winona, a few days ago, ask.
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