Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-14

day. |
The fiiGe:n to put in the electric light plant
for Leon have Srrived and commenced opera |
tons.
The grain market in Des Moines is dull
aud the prices are declining owing to an over
supply,
A new town is being plated on the Central
between Rock Rapids and George. ITS name
is Edaa.
The Episcopslians Of Burlington are talking
Of building a rectory for the useof the pastor
ard his family.
The fair given by Sc. Ambrose Cathosc
|ehurch of Dubuque last week setted 5000 aor
pious purposes.
Another ~Artesiap well IS being sun< at
Cedar Rapids and cac or two more will qrob-
ably be put down
Everything is running INFO trusts nowadays.
Now comes the Boone County Druggists
Trust association
The bosrd Of supervisors Of Marshall county
has ordered az Zee water fountain for the
court house rotunda.
The citizens OF Battle Creek Gave made.
arrangements with the band to gs-e two ever
ing concerts each week.
Tie question Of tie propriety Of base er.l
playing on Sunday Is occupying the attenten
of the citizens of lows Falls.
The city authorities Of Council Br ifs
threaten to abate a frog pona'on one OF the
stceets Of the city pious idea
A man with aealve made az soap and war
rsnted to cureanything recently scoopel all
tse spare cash out Of lows City.
A geptlemanl from Indian ola Is looking up
the advantages offered at Jefferson forc-he 10
cstion of a boot and shoe factory.
The building committee OF the Cangrega-
tionsl church at Waterloo is figuring on seat
ing the new edifce with opera chairs.
The city council at Counci Bluffs has re-
ceived several communications from the citi-
zens fsyoring cypress blocks for pairing.
ID Is now proposed to have the Big Four ed
itorial association at Caliiope or Hswarden
instead Of Spirit Lake as talked Of at first.
Marshalltown contractors say that they
bsEe more difficulty getting werk men this
yexr than ever before and wages are high.
The Audubon ereamery. which WAS de-
stroycd by fire about two weeks aso, has been
rebuiltond is once more ready for business.
Mrs. Thomas Maher, of Badger, dropped
dead Tuesday morning while performing her
household duties. Heart disease was the
cause.
A young man at Des Noines applied for q
marriage license last Tuesday, but failed to
get il because he couldn't think OF his girls
LA
name.
The Boone county teachers institute will
open July % and continue three weeks. The
~ ssion will be held at the high school build
ing in Boone.
The Iowa industrial school at fedora Is now
crowded to its utmost capacity, there being
393 bows IN that institution at the present
time, and 1t is becoming a-serious question to
know what to do with the boys il they con
tinae 10 increase in numbeFs.
The govern r's guard have decided not to
disband. A number Of the members were
dissatisfied and discouraged because al the
poor support received from the people and
the lack and appreciation skown. But q
meeting was held to consider the matter and
a majority Of the company decided to remain.
The SAiners and niue operators at a meet
Ing in Des Moines last Thursday settled the
question OF wages for the next season in a
satisfae tory manner. On a ballot taken In
secret the miners agreed to accept the terms
offered by the operators, and Sley will sign
contracts 90 accept 10 cents n ton until May
|, 1889.
Mr.. Aldrich, of Webster City, recently con-
tributed TO the public the hmt paper ever
printed Ia Hamilton county. 1t s framed and
hung up la the court house ut WEBSTER City
In such a way that both sides can be read
through the glass 1t WAS issued by Mr.. Aid
rich In 1856.
A young man AZ Ottumwa recently became
engaged to a young lady OF that place and
proceeded TO hoard his wealth with q STEW 10
entering into married life. In the meantime
the brother Of the young man forms the sc-
quaintance OF his prospective sister-inlaw
and falls in love with her. Che reciproestes
his affection and they skip. Brother No. !
receives sympathies and brother No. 2 receives
congratulations.
A new system of police patrol Is being con
sidered at Davenport. 1t will be composed
Of twelve box telephone stations in different
parts Of the city, and the night and day pa
trolls will report from those ~stations instead
of coming into the central station 10 report
at stated hours. A patrol wagon viii De kept
az central station with driver, ready to fly 90
call by telephone. The Central Union Tele
phone company will furnish all the equip
ments excepting horse and wagon free Of
cost, charging the city $50 per year for each
patrol box.
Ed MCGEE, an employe Of the Cedar Falls
paper mill, is dying from the effects OF his
fight with a fellow feeder, Frank Bence. They
quarreled about ESQ which MCGEE owed
Bence and the fight ensued. MCGEE bit on
one OF Beuce's ears and In the melee Bence
took McGee's head In his hands and struck IL
against the sidewalk so hard a number Of
times as to render him unconscious. a crowd
OF bystanders witnessed the fight without en-
deavoring To separate them. McGee is still
unconscious and II is supposed has sustained
conclusion Of the brain from which lie cannot
recover.