Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-28
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rather altitudinous for the university base
ball club -22 10 II.
On the 23d the corner stone Of Grant me-
mortal hall will be laid at Omaha with Ma
sonic ceremonies.
A young man was recently married In Lin
coin after attempting to have the knot tied
Ia -four cities without avail.
The Tribune says that the building record
In Fremont this YER will discount that OF any
other year by n large majority.
Mrs. Saxon is delivering lectures In favor
OF down-trodden women, aad demands that
they be given their rights.
Fremont Offers an interest in the golden
streets Of the hereafter for a few slices OF
ordinary pavement for present uses.
The citizens of the filth paving district of
Lincoln, in public meeting Ia e decided on
cedar blocks In preference to brick.
DR.. T. G.. Fuller, one Of the Oldest ply
sicians Of Lincoln, came TO his death the other
day as q result of his horse running away.
At Blair the other night a l5-year-old
daughter Of 4 man named Post gave birth to
a child. The father is a boy II sears old liv-
ing close by.
The officers OF Fort Omaha tendered a con-
gratulatory reception 10 Gen. Crook last Mon
day evening upon his elevation to lhe rank Of
major general.
ID. b. Ways stable at Syracuse, with two
horses and a COW, was recently burned. The
fire is supposed to have been set by children
at play.
Frank Wolf, IN his case agaiLs David j.
Sheldon. at Omaha, was awarded 81, 900 dam
ages. He complained because he was arrest
ed for Il fire bug.
Real estate IL ON aboom at Superior. With
the Northwestern and Santa Fee people 80
near at hand the people feel confident and
money Is invested freely.
The residence of |. w. Chapel, seven miles
south Of Lincoln, was burned Sunday night
wi h all it's contents, the members Of he fam
fly barely escaping with their lives.
The Omahas. at Omaha on Saturday, de-
feated the st. Pauls Case ha'D on a score of
q to 5. The Sunday game was q to in favor
OF Omaha. 1t was too hot dow there for the
ice palace.
Mr. John Johnson, one Of the head employ
es OF Paxton, Gallagher q Co., wholesale
groccrs OF Omaha, was arrested and locked
In the county jail last Sunday, on advices re-
ceived from Ottumwa, Iowa, charging him
with grand larceny.
Mrs. Briney, of Alexandria, Thaycr county,
who was supposed to have been bitten by 4
mad dog, attrr going to several places and
trying the virtues OF a mad stone discovered
that the dog had only scratched her face in
stead % biting her.
Ex-senator Charles II Van Wyck delivered
an address 10 a large audience last Wednes-
day night at Burneil, that made thedry bones
OF Crane and other traitors rattle. Nonopol-
les and trusts received a severe dcuunciati0n.
He left there for Taylor on THURSDAY after
noon, where he spoke that night.
The little three-year-ol which fell into a
seventy-eiget foot well at Mel gh last Satur-
day, and remained until Monday morning
without food or water until it could be aug
out, is now out of danger, and will be running
around in a few days more.
There was a fatal fire i'm Wheeler county,
thirty five miles southwest OF Neigh last
Thursday. The residence Of ID. w. Caswell
was burned, and the oldes child, a boy seven
years old, burned to death, and two young
children were burned 50 badly that they are
not expo ted to live.
The coroners jury at North Platte decided
that Giles Smith came to his death by his own
hand, and Peter Gafncy arrested on suspicion
Of doing The shooting, was released. The
fact that seems chiefly to interest the good
people q North Platte is thar Smith is for
sure dead.
The little child Of A. O. Swift, OF Nebraska
City, was pronounced dead by the physicians
a few nights ago The mo her, almost fran
tic with grief, wept over its form Tor hours
and was kissing It's lips. when its eyes opened
and it threw its arms about her neck. The
mother f. almost as delirious with JOY as she
was frantic with sorrow.
The city council Of Columbus has passed an
ordinance leyying an occupation tax Of $3.50
on saloons, so on drug stores with liquor
permits, SO on drug stores without permits,
and taxing other occupations small amounts
The money raised will be used in street light
ing, sprinkling ar general improvements.
The annual m, : Z Of the Fremont fire de-
partmGnt at Fremont was held Wednesday
night. The election Of officers resulted in The
reelection Of Gerhard Dierks "a chief; Frank
IIanlon. assistant chief; g.. l.. LOOMS, pres
ident; W. b Marshall, secretary. TIL chiefs
annual report showed that during the past
year there have been ten fires In the city, the
loss Sl2, $50, aud the insurance 81 $50.
4 peculiar case came up before the land
cillcc at McCook the other day, by which one
Gotlitb Weyeneth viii have 10 make W
proofs ON the same quarter Of land, one AT
the NcCook office and the other at the Oher-
lin land office. His laud laws partly In Ne
brasAa aud the remainder in Kansas. Th!.
ia the lrst instance ~ this Kind that has come
ny before the local land cnlcc In Nebraska.
Re! Cloud boasts 81 the q~pietlde which
ciarartcriGts that pa e, and the nth rio OF
the town IL thus sought for by the " Cook
Democrat. which murm -rs: "Qlite likely,
sweet neirh5or. Grave yards nave been from
q time whereof II memory Of man runneth
rot 10 the coltrary, the q%uiefcst spots on
eaith. Poets and orators make use Of the
tomb In SMILES depicting quletuie, and when
they desire To make it u little more binding