Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-28

Ing the question Of placing their ears on run
ners.
The st. Paul winter carnival and ice palace
will be celebrated between the dates OF Jan
uary 25 and February 8. Railroad tickets
can be purchased for one fare for the round
trip.
The editor Of the Murray County Pioneer
VAS the first one to pay personal property tax
this year. He also has the honor Of paying
tax receipt No. L.
Charles Henncr2an, OF Rush City, accused
Of an outrageous assault upon Lena Erickson
whose mother her father murdered, was &C
quilted. The girl made confessions which
rendered 1t impossible to convict.
The building on the corner of Third and
Wacont streets, occupied by Beaupre, K,ogh
~ Co, wholesale grocers st 81. Paul, was de-
stroycd by fire on Tuesday afternoon. The
loss on stock and building Is estimated ut
s3s0,00O, which is fully covered by insurance
A freight train on the Omaha road ran into
a passenger train az Hawthorne Sunday morn
ing. a colored porter was scaldeC ID death
by escaping steam. The passenger train had
stopped TO clean the fire box.
Gov. McGill has reappointed Gen. II. II.
Siblcy, OF st. Paul, on the board OF regents OF
the university Of Minnesota. He also APP
pointed Gordon 4. Cole and Thomas S. Buck
ham. of Faribault, on the same board.
The reports being prepared for the G.. A. r.
posts Of Minnesota for the quarter ending
September 30, show that at thu: time there
were 1871 members Ia good standing In the
state, q gain over t,e previous quarter Of
256.
John Dunn committed suicide at Austin on
the 10th. He was unmarried and regarded rs
sober and industrious until a few weeks ago,
he commenced to drink hard. His habit was
his master and impelled him to the fatal deed.
The twenty-tirst anniversary OF st. Paul's
chamber Of was celebrated by a
grand banquet al the Ryan house in that city
on the 10th inst. 1t was a grand affair, and
to 81. Paul'o credit, be IL said, no wine was
served.
Two young bioods Of ST. Paul fought a duel
a few days ago, in which swords were the
weapons used. Each received severe wounds,
but will probably recover. Rivalry for the af-
~fections Of Il young lady VAS the origin Of the
difficulty.
A Swede living twenty miles from Princeton
Is said 10 killed his wife and seven children,
chopping their heads of with q broad axe on
saturday. a boy Of fourteen jumped from
al upstairswindow aud escaped. When
asked Iy "A npipbhor What hn bal naplnittal
the murders for he replied. 1T Is what !
have intended TO do for a long time"
A new barn owned by j. 5. Dutton and hay
his stock, together with its contents, at
F%airbalt, was totally destroyed by fire Satur
day morning. There were eleven milch cows,
three heifers and one span Of horses, together
with a large amount Of hay and grain in the
barn. Loss about $500; insured for $500 on
the barn and $500 on the stock. 1t is thought
the fire was incendiary.
The following Minnesotians were granted
patents Thursday: Montgomery Casselman
and I. +. NcGann, Minneapolis, apparatus
for heating ears with hot air; John Clayton,
Wadena, end gate; Samuel V. Kennedy, Min
neapolis, grain binding harvester; Niles VIII
son, Minneapolis, grain separator; Marshall
Parker, GAINESVILLE, and J. Z. Taper, Roth
say, water gauge; otto Z. Setter, New Tim,
sash cord fastener; Charles X. Sherburn, Min
neapolis, sewer shoe; Arthur II. Stevens, Min
ncapolis, Lighting cars by electricity; John b.
81. Louis, Minneapolis, steam feed for saw
mil carriages.
Friday afternoon about ] o'clock fire broke
out In he Minnesota house, owned BY John
Maloney, Sr., at Waseca. For p time it APP
peared Us if oDe-half the entire row would be
consumed by the flames, but the fire depart
ment aided by citizens by hard work sue
ceeded in combining the fire 10 a single build
ing, which Is a total loss. Mr.. Maloney's loss
on hotel and furniture will reach 5000; no
insurance. The stock Of goods In the store
buildings adjoining the h)tsl AL =
". b. Kelley, William Marie, Jerome Midder.
Sr., and Thomas Guilfoylc respectively. were
removed and sustained much damage thereby.
The amount cannot be ascertaincd at the
present writing. No insurance was carried
by any except Mr.. Kelly, who has g., 900 on
his grocery stock. A west wind prevailed, and
but for the large quantity Of snow on the
adjacent buildings more manage would have
resulted. The fire caught from y defective
chimney.
The church Of the Redeemcr Uuivcrsalist)
at Minneapolis was burned on Sunday morn
ing about the hour for holding service. 1t
was the finest church edilce in that city. It's
cost was $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
The church Of the Rcdeemcr Cnivcrsalist)
AT Minneapolis was destroyed by fire on Sun
day last. The firemen fought the voracious
flames fox nine hours, but the blackened walls
are all that remain. Loss, $4,000; Insurance
$4,000.
Four months, ago a daughter In the family
of Paul knudson, q farmer living about six
miles from FaitfaN. was taken sick with tpyh-
Sid fever. AZ that time the family consisted
Of eleven I'm all. Since then one after another
OF the family has been taken sick, and re-
Gently all except the father are either very
sick in bed or dead. The mother and one
child lie in the house unhuried. The neigh
bors, through fear Of contagion, refused to
20 near the house.
About a year ago Archie Brown eloped with
the fifteen year old daughter OF Captain \.
Paul, Of Duluth, leaving a wife and children.
He and the girl went TO Nova Scotia, where
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