Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-07

Sal Don Prosecutions are having a temporary
lull at Muscat Inc during the holidays.
Sixty nine soldiers have been admitted 10
the Soldiers nome at Marshalltown
Burlington has an iron rollrg mill com.
p.eted with a paid up capital OF s70, 0o0.
Msj. Henry o. Conner is delivering his lee
ture on Gen. Logan In the eastern part OF III
state.
The residence Of Christian Baer, pear Cedar
Rapids was destroyed by ire last Sunday. Loss
81, 900.
Tire sale Of excursion tickets on the Rock
Island at Des Mcines on Monday amounted
u over "a 900.
Walter Downs, OF Davenport. has been ad
judged insane and sent to the asylum at
Mount Pleasant.
Thomas Davis shot and mortally wounded
Daniel James at Z on Sunday. Whisky was
at the bottom OF it.
The safe In the postcfice at Alton was
blown open last Saturday night. 1t contained
nothing Of value.
An artesisn well at Ottumwa reached a
depth Of h0OO feet. Plenty of water, but no
Indications of gas.
c. Lumlum Was severely crushed between
two cars in the yards of the Wabash road at
de. Moines on Monday.
The A. O. H., OF Sheldon, will celebrate on
the 18th Of March next. Father Lennehan
will deliver the address.
T. FL. Brooks, y Council Bluff boy, VAS the
winner Of a prize fight near Kansas City last
week. He is 500 richer.
The Central Iowa, under It's new manage
ment, will leave It's If ices, machine shols and
round-house at Marshalltown.
Rev. Dr.. Haigb, OF Chicago, will preach the
the dedicatory sermon Of the new Baptist
cnui en- at Msqueketa on January l..
The fog on the government building was
displayed at half mast at Council Bluffs last
Monday In honor Of Hon. Daniel Manning.
Hiram Scott, a II year-old boy, near Vinton,
had bis hand AID orm badly mutilated by the
accidental discharge OF a gun while hunting
rabbits.
Articles OF Incorporation of the st. luis,
Keokuk and Northwestern railroad company
have teen filed witt. the secretary OF state at
Das Moines, capital stock placed at $780,
0g0.
j. W. Augsburg, OF the firm Of Cook Il
Augsburg, Cedar Rapids, a prominent and
popular young business man, died suddenly
Thursday morning OF Inflammation OF the
ungs.
Articles Of incorporation OF the Northwest
ern Implement company were filed with the
county recorder of Orange county q few days
stree. The ompany starts out with a cap ia,
Of $4,000.
The city Of Des Moines has been sued by
Mr.. 7. NJ. Terry for s25 900 damages on &C
count Of the Ill health OF his f. mlly caused by
the dumping Of garbage by the city cartsupon
his premises.
Davenport business men will tender next
Wednesday to the commercial travellers Of the
, state q grand reception. There will he
speeches, prt c~essions and everything rqui-
site to a good time.
The city council Of Des Moines has ordered
the extension OF the water mains on the cast
side OF the city to the packing houses, with a
view to placing q hose house In that part Of
the city az soon as possible.
Davenport is going TO have ample railroad
facilities. The Chicago, Burlington and
uiucy has opened a freight { III ,e there, and
the Northwestern Is making m effort TO buy
the new Davenport and Dubuque, ten miles
Of which is completed west from the city.
George E. Mclaughlin, Of Des Moines, has
brought suit against Henry Price, a jeweler OF
that city, for defamation OF character. The
rupture arose from u recent quarrel, IA which
Price called Mclaughlin a thief and had him
arrested and taken to the calaboose.
Several loaded cartridx es left by unknown
parties In Main street OF Council Bluff, last
Friday, were exploded by passing vehicles.
Two balls crashed through the window Of a
harness shop, causing great CONSERVATION
among the occupants, but no one was In
jured.
White excavatipg q dirt bank In Council
Bluffs SATURDAY., a great body OF earth, weigh
ing a ton or more, fell, completely burying
two laborer, Daniel Kelly and Charles
Thornton. Kelly was killei and Thornton
seriously injured, his tight arm and lee being
terribly shattered.
The town OF Ireto1 was sTindled last week
by the Ringing brothers, advertising teen.
selves to give a grand show at the city han.
A large audience asseu blso, psid their al.
NILSSON, and awaited the entertain mentl
Alas! irvs stigaticn showed that the r. ngling
brothers had fed.
D.s Moines is taking steI s TO rsise $25 coo
as an X ducemont to the owners Of the cotton
fec cry at Jsnesgillr, Michigan, TO remove
their works 20 Des Moines, as they have
off red 20 make such a move for the above
consideration. A number of the citizens have
subscribed sto, k ia the f.ctory and already
between Is. 600 and 5000 have been raised on
the bonus.
The governor hiss just received a notice
from the com missioner OF TIE general land
OH &c that the claim FOR indemnity under acts
OF congress Of Mtrco 2, 1885, and March 3,
1857, on abstract l7,450, of lard selected as
sesmp IA Webster county, is held for rsjec-
| ton for the reason y at eviterce IN said cGl 9
shows lhat sad lands are rot OF the character
contemplated by the Grant OF September IS,
1850. sixty days are allowed for appeal
from such decision 10 the secretary OF the IN
J terror.