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

Knox county scnt her first man to the pen
i~tentiary last week.
st. Edwarditcs insist on booming the water
works question,
ColeIidge will soon rcvel in the luxury OF a
new 81, 500 school house.
Pine trees are being planted at Springyiew
to decorate and shade the streets.
The Hebrew Ladies' Aid society has started
at Omaha with a membership OF forty.
Work will soon be commenced on the new
Congregational church at Springview.
The new bank at Ewing is expected to be
, opened about the early part Of next month.
Social matters are at a standstill at Wake
field on account OF the prevalence Of measles.
1t Is limited that gamblers are beginning TO
ply their trade with some boidness at
Lincoln.
Tee business men OF Harrington are raising
funds for the purpose Of hiring a street
sprinkler.
the teachers institute, which will be held
al Ssoti, next week, will be one Of the LARGEST
held IN years.
Auburn offers $500 to any manufacturer
who VII locate there and employ twenty or
more men.
The kearney creamery employs twenty-six
men and sixteen teams gathering milk and
pays out e. 90 a nor h to farmers.
The ladies of Milford prescr>e ed Compsrv
A OF ire alton Guard Of .ha, place wi,h a
handsome banner a few evenings a.o.
An e.Dcrt hes examined toe books OF ey-
Treasure" hatke", o, DdrGv couu Y, aud dis
cove ec s lcorta cog ,0CO
The nunc Gus III tla.ics which have been
committed a. WIhoo had he deci"cd effect OF
increasing he police force.
The poDtoon BRIDGE sc1c,ne is again being
discussed a Nebraska Ci'y, and this time
VII "a fair chance or beng carried GU.
Jesse Sawyer, the Kearnoy 'oon WHO razored
his throst for love, is mending slowly. 1t is
do''ars to pennies that the girl will marry
him.
A paper is being circulated in Norfolk for
the formation OF a base ball association, the
object being to furnish financial support 10 a
good base ball nine.
A ca2'.alist from Amsterdam, n. Y, threat
ems to build a s. 900 packing house in Beat
rice provided the city donates the site aud
assists in the erection of the building.
Jennie Evans OF David City, on Saturda,
last was taken TO the reform school. She il
an orphan and only IS years old, but seen
'e,ermired to 60 to the bad, In spite Of her
friends protest.
Thomas county is eight months old, yet The
taxable valuation OF property foots up $685.
32l. The tax lew is only * per cent. proof
sufficient that official innocence ahides there.
A little son Of w. s. Furay, of Superior. is
In Chicago trying 10 have bis throat uuhut-
toned. She child attempted 10 swallow a
whole box Of buttons and one of them lodged
In his throat and Wouldn't come out.
The ghost OF the portoon bridge is again
abroad in Nebraska City. The bonus is the
stumbling block, and there is no maddeuing
rush OF contributors to rail the prize. Ten
thousand herd dollars will anchor it four
years.
The noble reds from the Geroa Indian
school swooped down on the Colunbus base
ball club and waxcd the palefaccs in short
order. The CHAMPIONS took the scalps in
triumph 10 their wigwam. Columbus is in
consolable.
john Madison, OF Box Butte county, was
arrested at Blue Springs aud take back home
TO answer to the charge Of obtaining money
under false pretenses. It S sad that he rep
resented his ranch and stock thereon at a
much larger figure than it was worth.
Two new experts are at work on the treas
urer's books Of Merrick county, aud Gel.
Webster expects to CHOW the be is rot short
wi h the county; but /. j. generally believed
that the work of Expert Dean is correct,
which made 6 shortage @ pcariy 49,, 900.
Considerable exoitemcr. b@s been created
In Dewitt by the arrest Of c. b. Bailey. an
eT-salooukeeper, for selling rouor ;hout a
license. The law had been very well enforced
w 10 the past two weeks, when Bailey opened
a flour and feed sore with a whisky attach
ment.
A 10 year old Stark Valley miss got mad at
her cousin last Sunday and concluded that
she had lived long enough in this wicked
world. She tried to leave by the poison
route, but her fond mother gave her an
e'2etic and forced her to renew life's
struggle.
The RushyiIle water works have not yet
been accepted by the village board and will
not he until some small though important de-
,fcc;s are remedied. The supply of water is
sll tight, but SO far il has not been possible
TO get more than FIVE or six feet OF water into
the tank at one time.
Deadly poisoss in the family cupboard are
a fruitful source Of sorrow. The Mccoy fam
.ly, ia Saunders county, mourns The death OF
a child which secured and Crank the contents
Of a BEETLE OF acid. The accident is a fearful
text for a sermon on parental carelessness.
A young lady OF Ord a few nights since
noticed a burglar under her bed instead OF
following the old time method OF screaming
out she quietly unGressed and went 10 bed,
81 the sane time re aching for a pistol under
the pillow and Ia a stern voice ordering the
culprit 10 depart. lie departed.
II Is more thxn probable that lee cream
VIII not be such a favorite dish 10 Boone county
this summer since thirteen persons were poi
soncd a few days ago. The young men OF
Albion ALWAYS have tried To avoid The saloons
when OUT walking with their best girl, and
the latter can now be thankful for their