Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21

1t Is stlmated that the new Masonic build
Ing planned for Fremont will cost $4,000.
VOTES new directory at Omaha shows
1876 names, an increase IN q year Of
s,l35.
A lack Of funds will prevent any improve
ments being made In IIanecom park, Omaha,
this year.
A meeting was held at Norfolk to promote
the construction OF d railroad from Yapkton
TO Norfolk.
Bichard Turner, a single man, about fifty
years OF age, suicided with a revolver at Grand
Island on the 9th.
The number Of counterfeit silver dollars in
circulation at Nebraska City suggests that q
gang is at work there.
Gust Rapp, n Swede, thirty-Gve or forty
years old, suicided with morphine at the City
hotel In Fremont on Sunday morning.
The Inter state Collection union Saturday
gled articles OF incorporation with the secre-
tary OF state. The principal place OF bust
ness will be Lincoln, aud its capital stock
$50. 600.
The Omaha board of trade has abolished
nv i''Ei "a VI IL bpoib, ho ~ a
found that the mercantile and commercial in.
tercsts Of the city were not working In har-
mony with the bureau.
Fire wiped out the barn OF John Hart, near
Edgar, last Tuesday a~ndcrenatcd five horses,
two sets Of harness, rs bushels OF shtllcd
corn and y new umber wagon. The loss
amounts to $l,2 o..
Samuel Johnson, the street car driver
whose car killed Herbert Grant In Omaha,
waived preliminary Examination and wao held
In 5000 bonds, with VIM. A. Smith, superiE
tendent OF the llre, as surety.
The Omaha board of trade has established
q permanent bureau for tho promotion and
extension Of manufacturing interests, and all
who have the interests Of Omaha at heart are
requested to contribute s. a month.
The commissioners OF johnson county have
selected plans for a court house to ne built at
Tecumseh. The building will be G6x90, two
stories and basement, with a commodious
cupalo for the elevation OF bridal parties.
John Jacobs, q Gage county man, died
Tuesday with the imprint Of a horseshoe an
his stomach. Mr.. Jacobs was an industrious
aud popular farmer, bat he did no. know
that his horses heel was "a masked battery.
Frank Wolf wants SIS, 900 Of ID. J. Selden,
Of Omaha, for alleged false Imprisonment.
Wolf was charged with incendiari>m and was
In jail nearly three months. The Jury found
him not guilty.
The Herald says that Fremont il coming to
! fhp front In llpUaDt ahalp fhia war Thsra
are more buildings, and better ones, in pro-
cess OF erection or assured than ever before,
and there will be a greater investment in per-
manent Improvements and manufacturing en-
t~erprises than during any other season IN the
history Of the city.
About 8 o'clock Monday night an old Ger
man named Duuke, aged about 90, living
four miles west of Columbus, beat his Hife's
brains out with II club and pounded the wife
CT his son, whom he was living with, until
she was unconscious. He then fed. The
old man Is OF a very ugly quarr,lsomc dispo-
sition and had got Into a dispute with his
wife over some trivial matter. He has served
two terms in the pcnitentiary, one for murder
and one for horse stealing. he is still at
large.
Mrs. A. Douglass, Of Omaha, who was
doubtless the Oldest woman in Nebraska, died
suddenly Tuesday morning. She was in her
1924 year. The cause OF her death was old
age. The lost birthday of Mrs. Douglass
was celebrated on the An OF May last, at 20l0
California street, where she made her home
with her daughter and grandchildren. Up to
live years ago she had been able TO see sufti-
GENTLY to sew. Her memory was remarkable,
and she possessed tn faculty Of hearing al
most unimpaired. she frequently rccited
verses 10 her great grandchildren.
Johnson. the street car driver who ran over
and killed little Herbert Grant on Sunday
evening IN Omaha, Is to bI prosecuted for
manslaughter. County Attorney Simeral says
the car drivers are reckless, and he thinks If
an example Is now made OF this one the Others
will profit by Il and exercise more care In the
future.
John Robb, post trader at the Cheyenne
agency, who was quoted a week ago az say
ing he witnessed the wedding OF Chaska and
Miss Cora Fellows, Is hunting the scalp Of the
correspondent who made the report. He says
he does Tot know the Indian Chaska, that no
wedding has taken place, and that Miss
Fellows is quietly teaching an Indian school
at the agency.
A sad case OF suicide was discovered at
Grand Island Monday afternoon in tie finding
OF the almost lIfeless body Of Richard Turner,
lying near the railroad track on the west side
of the city. He had tried TO end his life by
shooting himself with a revolver. One ball
entered the forehead and one lii the breast.
He was taken 10 the hospital where medical
aid was promptly had, but either wound was
pronounced fatal. lie Is a single man, about
fifty years Old, and so reduced in circunstan-
ces h. became respondent, choosing death to
enc his euT ring.
qua Rapp, a S"ede, who has been a hoarder
Al the City Hotel at Fremont for n few weeks
past, took a dose OF morphine Sunday morn
ing for the purpose of killing himself. As
soon "a bis condition was discovered BY par
ties about The hotcl n physician was mmon
ca and autijotcs administered. During the
day il was thought he would recover, bat
Monday morning he died, after twcAty-four
hours suffering. He was a man about 30
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