Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-23

Sunday.
new Swedish paper will soon be estat-
lish"d In Duluth.
The interstate G. a. X. encampment opened
under favorable auspices at Wa6asha Tuesday
Minnesota druggists were IN convention AT
Stillwater Tuesday transactipg business CON
nectcd with the annual meeting Of their or
gauization.
Nankato Is at present enjoying a building
boom. a new hotel is under process OF cree.
ton and the Young Mems Investment COM
pany will work soon on Il new
four story building.
A horse attached to a delivery wagon driven
by Geo. Booth ran away at Winona Tuesday.
Tie young man was thrown ont and struck
heavily ON his head, but no bones were broken
aud he aill recover.
4 heavy hailstcrm visited the vicinity Of
Manka,o Tuesday evening, accompanied by
sever, wind and a waterspout which broke
three times in the vicinity Of New Tim. Con
siderable damage Was done.
The attempt TO manufacture twinc out Of
the sta Ks Of sunlowcfs and a great valley Of
weeds IS believed 20 be a success. prclara.
tons are bcinG walc 10 erect TIE necessary
works in Minneapolis, and it j. claimed that
the cost OF The twine viii be- greatly below
present figures.
There is so much swindlng in lightning
rods that it ie ipaavisablc to Lave anything
70 do wlth tn. men who travel to sell and
put them up or repair new onces. unless YOU
have assurance that they are responsible ana
Will nor ETIiltia won b,l. ,r4..r1, ,t,4.
and PIT up are q yrota elton. Otherwise they
may be worse than none, in fac; q source of
danger.
Al the close Of the ommencenca exercises
Of the Red Wing high school the board Of cd
u@ca,ion presented Miss Eta Dos vac copy Of
WchStcr's nab!idgcd Dictionary for the re-
maikAftc record Of having been neither ali
sent nor tarGy during eleven years pa, Of
school life. Miss Grace Harlow was presented
a set Of poems for having a similar record for
four years.
The average yield Of wheat in Minnesota
last year was llG bushels per acre, and in
Dakota lab. Some pieces in Dakota exceeded
forty bushels. In some parts Of the old world
careful cultivation produces muQt larger
averages, 1t Is stated that in Rournania the
average was twenty-eight bushels last year.
No doubt The same cultivation would produce
as large averages il this country.
The Southern Minnesota Fair association
proposes to have Il welding during its next
fair to be held September 3 to :. II sol!cits
applications from candidates for matrimonial
happiness % be made TO the secretary, G. Van
Camper. Rochester, Mimi. The first bona
tide application will be the one accepted, tue
names Of he contracting parties to be kept
secret until tic hoyr Of the wedding.
Mr.. Boutwell, of Kasota invited several Of
bis friends and their families TO an cut rtaln-
ment AZ his house, at which they ate some
cheese purchased in the ,illagr. in one hour
several mta were taken sick, vomiting VIC
lcDtly, several children having such spasms
that their lives were IN danger. Dr.. Collins
cf 81. Peter was summoned and did all he
could 70 relieve their suhcrings. Niuctccn
persons were sick at one time from eating
the cheese, but al have passed the line Of
danger.
The Third District Sunday school, assoclG-
ton Of Minnesota closed an interesting scs-
sion at Pipestonc Tuesday night. II was
their second annual convention. The follow
ing officers were elected for The ensuing year:
President, j. j. Redding. Window; secretary,
D.. c. Holmes, Worthington; treasurer, j. j.
Bergen, Mountain Lake. At the close Of the
convention 4 Pipestone County Sunday School
association was organized and the following
officers elected: President, q. l.. Morgan:
secretary, {. NJ. Carr; treasurer, A. Hitch
cox; financial secretary, A. Ewert.
Nellie King, the female detective who
wears pants and whose exploits have mad her
notorious, was before a Minneapolis court
Tuesday charged with wearing male attire.
She appeared in a natty suit, including a air
well fitting unmeutionaUles, and looked some
thing like Tommy Warren, the feather weight
pugilist, when she stepped forward |jauntily
to plead guilty. 1t was explained to the court
that she had been arrested by a mounted
p%atrollman when she was riding a horse in
Northeast Minneapolis, and she was let of
with a fine Of SO and a rcprimand. Then size
donned feminine attire and left. Henry Bal
ley, the young Euglishman who was knocked
down and robbed Sunday night, was present
in the court room ana thinks that Nellie was
the young man ca who held him ny.
Henry Bailey was assaulted ana robbed
while en- route 10 MS boarding house in North.
east Minneapolis late Monday night. Bailey
was about 10 board "A street ear on Bridge
Square when, upon discovering that the car ,
crowded, he concluded TO walk. A young
fellow, apparently not more than 20 years Of
followed Baiiey's example, and the two '
of together. Bailey's companion said
he lived in New Boston. The two walked and
talked pleasantly until they reached Quincy .
street and qwenty-ffth avenue northeast. :
Before Bailey realized that anything was
wrong his companion quickly drew his revol- :
yer and dealt him a terrible blow on the right
Bailey fell 10 the ground, but in an !,
instant recovered himself. The two had a .
struggle, in the course Of which the highway :,
man fired at his victim several times. The
shots missed their mark, however, and the
robber struck Bailey a second blow on the
head. This rendered him insensible and he ;,
in that state for some time. When !.
ne recovered consciousness his money. .