Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-19

month.
Safe robbers attempted to yet In their work
at Ulysses.
York has a so, 600 court house-one Of the
finest IN the state.
{. &. Jones has been installed as register Of
the land office st Neigh.
Fremont electric lights failed 10 light, and
the town is now in darkness.
The wet weather is holding the farmers
back a title from their work.
The Grand Army posts Of Omaha are ar
ranging 10 observe Memorial day.
The Sheridan county seat trouble Is finally
determined in favor Of Nashville.
TIE Crete nursery has ninety men employed
setting out trees on timber claims.
The editor Of the Paxton Pilot and his fam
lily finished planting 1900 trees on Arbor
day.
Ebert w. Kinney, Of Whitewater, Wis, has
purchased an interest in the Fremont mill for
$4,000.
Moore's store at Wellville, which contained
the postoflice, burned last Thursday night.
Loss $1,000.
Miss Jessie McLand has been appointed a
notary public at David City, tb> 1rst section
in the state.
Prosser Is the name Of a ncw town ON the
Missouri Pacific road on the west sidc Of
Adams county.
The state druggists convention meets in
Lincoln May ) at 3 y. IN. Elaborate prepare
tons have been made TO entertain those from
abroad.
"The Is. ~ NJ. fast train from the east came
in this morning nearly two houIs late with Il
dead engine in tow m~errily murmurs the
Gazette-Journal.
The suicide Of General BEEN al Stanton is
attracting "A good deal Of attention, owing 70
prominence og the deceased. The mystery of
the shooting cannot be made clear.
The new daily newspaper project Cor Hast
ings is declared in some quarters TO be not
exactly dead but quietly sleeping and taking
warns IT again into life.
Abien Patterson, living near Dunbar, who
nearly lost his life recently by the explosion
Of Il shotgun, has recovered from the effects
OF the wound. Quite { bad scar Is left on
the side OF his face, but otherwise he is all
right.
A report is current to the effect that the b.
* NJ. will Immediately build a branch TO Val
entine from the division OF the road ia the
Loup country, in order to be near the Sioux
reservation, 80 that it may be first on the
ground.
The citizens and business men of Alliance
are highly elated with the dispatch with
which the department attended to their petit
ton praying for a change in the mail route.
The promise'of Il daily mail, May 10, is most
encouraging.
The city council Of the town has appointed
a committee of three persons to examine into
the plans and workings Of the different water
works Of the cities Of Ne5ra ska aud to re-
port in favor OF the most feasible one for SUI
perior.
The coroBer's jury Investigating the Orleans
wreck found the Burlington and Missouri
company guilty OF criminal negligence and
failure to exercise proper care aud caution in
crossing the bridge. The bridge has been
condemned.
'~'' s''~r'f ~ We - taA4 ~ '1AE
old, was last Wednesday found guilty Of rob
berry by a jury in district court at Tekamah.
He was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment at hard labor in the states prison by
Judge Wakely.
Jim Morton, a famous crook and safe burg
lar, well known to the police Of Omaha, was
arrested in st. Paul last week for Il bank rob
havt Il, Inf,.;a IF h., t. n~. ~. -
the present charge he will be taken 20 Omaha
for past o~tfenses.
Cherry comfy claims TO be the banner
county for stock growing al the following will
testify: Two cows, one belonging to A. ID.
Cole and the other TO Mr.. Tremmil, gave birth
birth to triplets the other day. All doing
nicely.
On November 90, 1879, John Talon, other
wise known az Cheyenne Jack, died, leaving
&, 100 in cash and some real estate In the city
Of Plattsmouth to his two sisters, Mary Ann
and Catherine, and TO his brother Michael, if
they can be found. The relatives have been
found and the estate satisfactorily divided.
The suit for damages Of Wherman VS.. the
b. ~ NJ. railroad company was compromised
at Superior by the company paying The de-
PENDANT 500, the latter paying the costs, 1t
will be remembered that this was a case In
which James Wehrmau's arm was broke on a
train colliding with a car standing on a side
track through the carelessnese Of some Of the
company's employees.
A fatal accident occurred at Stromsburg
morning. As the ) and ! year old boys
of John Fillman were playing with a gun that
was loaded with powder and 4 long wooden
stick, the youngest was peering into the barrel
the gun exploded, driving the stick,
entered the eye, clear through his
After three trials the m0ther managed
to dcaw the stick out, but the little fellow only
gasped twice and expired.
The NiObrara people take the losing Of their !
land Office very much to heart. List to this
choice morscl from the p&per of that town:
Senator Homestead IL expected home this
evening; he has done good ana faithful work |
Niobrara during his stay In Washington,
and will give our people the proper names Of
hypoCriical, trcacherous, Jcsuitical, political
n,ountebanks who imposed upon and deceived
The president in the land office. deal"