Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-02
NEBRASKA

All the dwelling houses ia Arl!rg ton are
now occupied and there Is still Il call for
more.
The Cedar County Republican Is In favor Of
buying a county poor farm While the land Is
cheap.
The Trinity church at Norfolk has again
secured a rector In the person OF Rev. James
Jamison.
A serious case of poisoning from ,ating
canned tomatoes occurred last week At
Hastings.
Neigh is moving toward forming a ball
club this year, and it is e~Ypectsd they Will do
good work the coming season.
Judge John II, Snider, the patriarch OF
Oskda'e, died Monday, the l4th inst. He had
lived four score and one years.
The citizens Of Superior now demand that
the b.. Il NJ. keep its fingers out Of certain
suits now pending in the courts.
Chambers Is prevailing to ONE extent near
Republican City. Farmers are becoming very
watchful In this part OF the state.
Tails City wants the outside world to dis
tinctly understand that she intends to cele-
bratC the ~Iatiou's birthday in a fitting man
nef..
Wymore celebrated her twenty-frst birth
day vest day. Governor Thaycr and staff
and other prominent ucn Of the state were
there.
Cyote catchers are doing great work In
! Otoe county. Fifteen scalp locks were pre-
scented TO the county clerk To be cashed Mon
day.
Disastrous cases Of mistaken identity are
becoming so frequent IN Omaha that a tllnid
man finds himself continually wishing thathe
was somebody else.
McCOok If all excitement over the location
Of the machine shops which they now say is a
settled fact. Everybody there has gone into
the real estate business.
The son OF Senator Sprick, of Fremont,
who recently accidentally shot himsels, came
near dying from the effects Of car0olic acid
administered 10y mistake.
In the foot race at South Sioux City OH Sat
urday Maloney, the Jackson racer, won the
10O-yard dash over Gray, the South City run
ner, on a l54 second record.
A set of sneak thieves dad the town of Wa
hoo Monday night. Watches, clothin. and
money were taksn from several houses. No
clew to the scoundrels has been discovered.
The oldest Indian village In Dakota county
Of which there is any record, was located by
the Omahas near the present site of Homer.
They burned it In 1900 TO get rid Of the small
pox.
James Arthur, a farmer from Pleasant Val
| ley township, Dodge county, was arraigned
| by Sheriff Mallon yesterday before the com
mission Of insanity and pronounced a
lunatic.
Capt. A. j. Mahony, of Fremont, has just
received from the government the sum of
SOS. 80 for clothing destroyed by fire at Fort
Mcpherson, Neb., in ISIS. Inasmuch as the
captain had neither asked nor expected the
remuneration II WAS ali agreeable and timely
surprise.
The first annual meeting. OF the High
School alumni of Tecumseh will be held ut
the high school building Saturday evening,
May 20. 1858, to which all are cordially ir-
vited.
former named Mason, living five miles
west Of York, was bitten in February last
and late Saturday evening hydrophobia devel-
oped. Death will be the only relief for the
unfortunate man.
Mayor Sawyers, of Lincoln, has announced
his intention Of making a persistent and Wig
orous war against the houses Of ill-repute in
the city, and has organized the police force
for the purpose.
rrlD,,ae U;ltn, who l;,oa a., nooIuroo1
Crawford county, is the father OF a fourteen
pound boy. 1t arrived last Monday and as an
evidence OF the proIuctiyeness Of Nebraska
soil caps the climax.
Measles and whooping cough are doing
sad work in several towns in southeastern
Nebraska. A number of deaths are reported
In northcrn Nemahs and Southern Otoe from
other diseases.
From a census report shown us by Super
ntendent Price, we learn that the total mum
Der Of children of school age In Dundy
county, is 1902. OF this number 547 ale
males and 4S5 femals.
a large number of the railroad boys who
have made Chadron their home for the past
year or two, have gone out TO the front, and
will probably spend the summer etwee
Glenrock and Fort Casper.
The canning company at Niobrara has con
tracted for 1900 bushels OF tomatoes. Fit
proves a success they will throw the waves
wide open and prepare for canning on q
larger scale another year.
A young lady OF Hooper is said to be thirst
ing after knowledge In the matter Of kissing.
She desires 10 know the shape of a kiss and
how it tastes. Shades OF bliss. Where are
the young men Of the town?
Aurora is starting out for a big boom. At
a called meeting If the citizens all were in
favor of a proposition to vote $4,000 in bonds
for watcr-works and standpipe. 1t is also
settled 80 have electric lights.
Gen. l.. W. Colby is in Washington. His
business down that way is 10 60 into Pennsyl-
vania and get tile Arabian stallion, "Linden
Tree" which he recently purchased Of L. $.
Grant, ir. Il Is stated thai It viii cost 500
to hip the horse 20 Lincoln.
The city council Of Lincoln, at its meeting
Monday night, was visited by q delegation Of
w. c.. 4. L., who were present for the pur-
pose Of urging the passage OF an ordinance
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