Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-19
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hISS auUd IthkEDuTD, VI the Lake L ARK lb-
neer, is the Minnesota humorist.
A farmers institute for Norman county
will be held IN the village Of Ada "a, % and
26.
The Winnebago city council offers a leward
OF S75 for the detection of any illegal liquor
selling.
1t is proposed TO make Lake George, near
st. Cloud, into IA carp pond and Introduce
German carp.
Leroy township, Mower county, voted 3d.
900 for the Winona and Southwestern by a
vote Of - TO 40.
A midget In 81. Paul, whoi is much less than
Mrs. Tom Thumb, married Il full grown man
Il few days since.
The Standard Oil company is about to 10
cate a s.Co0-barrel tank at Rochester for dis
tributing points ior that region.
A state teachers institute Will be held at
LcSueur the week commencing May IA. The
attendance promiees TO be large.
The Mas mic lodge at Iitcnteld last
Wednesday night entertained a number OF
neighboring lodges with a big banquet.
W. T. Bailey, the prominent Duluth lu Der
man indicted for perjury last January, was
honorably acquitted last Friday without trial.
A fleet OF Goa! carriers with a capacity of
about 20, 600 tons Of coal was chartered this
week from Lake Erie ports TO Duluth at 60
cents.
John Ryan is said to be the slurgcr's name
I who was knocked out in three rounds by one
Bonner of Duluth. and not the original
Paddy.
A joint stock company is being organized
by Minneapolis parties to open up and operate
the jasper stone Q~uarries at the Luverne
mounds.
There are now eight patients in the city
hospital at saltwater. Only one case is seri-
Gus, and Vinegar hill sheeplip' is the cause
of his woe.
a school-hopse At KGsson was demolished
by lightning during the storm last week.
school had just been dismissed, consequently
no lives were lost.
The revival services being conducted at the
opera house at Winona by Mai. White and
Peter Bilham are ~arousing a great deal Of in
terest, and numerous converts have already
been oOt.ined.
Labor troubles prevail near Tower. There
is a strike In progress including miners and
railroad men. The farmers near Fergus Falls
believe the outlook for a good crop to be ex-
ctllent.
The prisoners IN the county Jail at st. Cloud
had on Wednesday cut a large hole through
six inches Of plank hehind a wasletand, and
but for the watchfulncss Of the turnkey
would have escaped in u a few hours.
Twcnty-siX men employed in cxcavating a
a canal for the electric light company's new
building at It. Cloud struck for an increase
Of - cents a day. They were discharged and
their places filled with new hands at old
prices.
The freInen Of Winona held their annual
parade last Monday. About 900 of them
turned out. After marching each company
was photographed, then they proceeded to
Philharmonic hall, where a banquet was given
them by the ladies Of Winona.
Several Of the newspapers have much ado
over the unexplained disappearance of James
j. Smith, well known in Minneapolis and st.
4 w "a . AOlhiVliN i~tiSt luSItNlO III lut
former city, and later general agent Of the
law and order league In the latter city. He
was also brought into prominence through
his earnest and persistent advocacy Of tenn
perancc. He appeared several times as a
comedian in lrish'dr9nas. He was a promi-
Dent and ~hard-working member OF Crusad-
ers' Temperance society, and was much adj
,,i,.l L. - - - n rt
McGorlick. Several months ago the law and
order league suspended, and since that time
smith has been out Of employment. He was
last seen in Minneapolis a week ago Tuesday.
Some Of his intimate friends are 10th to be-
lieve that he has any purpose Of defrauding
any Of those whom he borrowed money of.
He is supposed 10 have borrowed about 800
altogether. Those who know Smith best say
he worried over his debts, and that when the
truth is known it will he found that he simply
did not have the nerve TO face his creditors.
1t Is said that several weeks ago Smith went
to Green Isle, Mimi, where his father-in-law,
a moncyed farmer, resides, intending to Dor
row enough money TO straighten bis debts,
but that he weakened when .e arrived at his
father in-law's and did not ask him for assist
ance. Smiths family is in Minneapolis, but
nov nothing of his whereabouts.
OF things to steal the average citizen would
dynamite the last that would tempt
him. And vet William Katola, Of Tower, has
been charged with grand larceny In the sec
Ond degree, the accusation in detail alleging
the taking Of dynamite to the value OF $40.
Real estate IN Todd county is looking No.
and improved farms are advancing in price
and a good demand for wild lands.
A. i. johnson * Co., through Ethan Allen,
have just purchased all of the Dawson and
lands in this county, about . 200 acres,
for e ,25i50. The lands are to be placed on
The market and sold this season, il possible.
Both the Mississip pi and Rum rivers are
rising at Anoka, but there is hardly
more than a good driving pitch in either riv-
er. The prospect OF higher water on the Rum
river Is good, as there was quite a body of
In the woods previous to the rains OF
week. and the snow Of Sunday will aid
considerably to the volume OF water. The
lrivers report good progress. All the last
logs will be in the Anoka boom by