Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-13
IOWA..
Little Sioux has a bank.

Muscatine has three Chautauqus circles.
A tape worm museum has been started at
Davenport.
At Dubuque 46, 700 tons Of Ice will be cut
this season.
The assessed valuation OF Sac county is
s3,422, 432.
A Unionville man bought 3so rabbits in one
day recently.
Adair county contemplates erecting a $40.
QUO court house.
Davenport was lighted by electricity for the
first lint on Monday.
Cedar Rapids has already stored 100, 900 tons
OF ice for future use.
The court house at Glenwood is to be re-
modelled and repaired.
Council Bluffs will have q grand c~oastine
festival one day next week.
Council Bluffs is talking OF adopting the
electric fire alarm system.
Hog cholera is extensively prevalent in the
neighborhood OF Mongons.
Large quantities OF bogus butter are sold In
the market by Chicago dealers.
The Burlington postoffice handled 6,012, O3C
pieces OF mail matter during 1885.
Frank Hoskins, formerly Of Sioux Rapids, is
to start a newspaper at Doland, Oak.
j. l.. Albert has retired from the Marcus
News, and Is succeeded by W.. V. Tuily.
The Presbyterians Of Burlington are pre-
pairing to erect a 5000 0 church next summer.
w. 7. Coles livery stable burned at Council
Bluffs. Loss, $1,000. Four iremen were fa-
tally burned.
d. B. knight, a large mill owner at Boone,
and vice-president Of the Iowa Millers' asso-
citation, Is dead.
William Anderson, a colored man at Keo-
kuK, has sued his mother.in-law for 7O2 weeks
board at 81 per week.
The Iowa railway station agents have formed
a state organization, and will mold a meeting
at Des Moines next May.
In an affray with q miner at Eddyville, Fri
day night, the editor Of the Record at that
place was fatally stabbed.
At Marcus parties owning dogs Who refuse
or neglect to pay their dog tax are arrested and
fined for keeping a nuisance.
The Chadron Democrat reports that gangs
are at work building railroad bridges between
Buffalo Gap and Rapid City.
At a spelling match at Sibley "~avoirdupois''
bothered a number Of tn spoilers, and ''coli-
seum"d owned the entire party.
Victor LeGrand, a wealthy farmer Of Con
cord township, has disappeared, and is sup
posed to have been frozen to death.
The legislators at Des Moines eat oleomar.
garine, while they discuss measm es' teuding
to restrict the sale OF that compound.
The total assessed valuation Of Wspello
county ia 50, 1855, 1872. The Ottumwa property
owners will pay a tax levy Of 2S1H mills.
Charles City has more than doubled In pop
ulation in the last three years, and its build
ing improvements last year amounted to $l40,
NO.
A Black Hawk county farmer has a cali
with eight legs, two heads and two tails. The
latter appendages are in the middle Of the
back.
Frank Woods, the victim of the vitriol case
at Dubuque, is steadily recovering. His face
is not badly marked and his eyesight is un
injured.
BY the fall Of a limb, Henry Kesterson, OF
Belvldere, Monona county, who was chopping
In the timber, Rad HE tongue split open about
an inch.
A young man at Emmetsburg was held UP
and robbed Of 800 Ia money, a watch and q
note for $50. The robbers were recognized
ard arrested.
a letter mailed in Silesia for a citizen OF
Madicoen, Java, found its way to the Chicago
postofiice, having been mIssent IL, 600 miles to
Madison, Iowa.
Judge Hedges, at Vlnton, decides that the
power to purchase charts or books for the use
OF a school Is vested In the electors at ell
annual meeting only.
John Lindra was loading logs at Maquokets
yesterday, when one fell upon him, breaking
his neck. He died instantly. He was % years
Of age and unmarried.
The Legislature passed a concurrent resolu-
ton asking Congress to tax the sale OF butter
inc and oleomargarine, in order that they
might not compete with the manufacturers OF
the genuine product.
Charles Choate, an engineer on the Central
railway was killed at Manley Junction Tues.
day. His engine was taking water, when
train on the Cedar Rapids and Northern
dashed into 1t killing him instantly.
A bill introduced two years ago providing
that no term Of the Supreme Court shall be
held except at Des Moines will again be
brought before the Legislature. The Dubuque
Bar association will take steps 10 prevent the
passage OF The bill.
At a meeting OF the Hyde Clark post, G.. A.
r., Of Dubuque, a resolution was adopted ask
ing the Legislature to establish for three nun.
dred or more ~ex-soldiers who are now In
county poor. houses in lowe q soldiers home.
II was also voted to contribute Is cents for
each member Of the post to a fun for a Grant
monument.
Tn general Legislative committee of the
Iowa Johbers' association, In session at Des
Moines yesterday, recommended the passage
OF a bill that the landlords have first lien on
stock for one months rent, and any rent &C.
cruing on unexpired lease should stand as
other creditors. Also for an act to prevent the
fraudulent trapafer ~ marchapd;sa hv acsi0o.