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


Lea.
rsrk Point, the handy suburb Of Duluth, Is
to have a street railway.
Rev. Mr.. Patch, Of Wascca, las accepted
the financial secretarysllp Of the Rediield
college.
The Luverne brick yards now turn out 5000
aiick per day and furnish employment for
uine men.
The heavy rains Of sunday night did con
siderable damage 10 The street improvements
at st. Cloud.
Philip Meyer, an employc Of the Page mill
at Fergus Falls, had his arm torn of last
Saturday by TIE machinery.
Terry Butt and james Finn were drowned
at Ely Saturday. Their canoe oyerturnlag,
both men went over the falls,
Major William II. Dixie, Of Faribault has
inst died at the advanced age OF ~ years. He
vas q prominent q !. L. man.
Ariel Ell.ilgc, Is years old, was recently
united IN marriage with Mrs. Sarah T.. sta
pies, aged g., at North st. Paul.
Pryf. Gleason las been entertaining the
j people Of Minneapolis with an exhibition OF
his methods Of equine education.
a great many visitors ere in attendance
this week at he commencement exercise Of
Tie WinoLa State Normal school.
Burglars have been ralding houses In Albert
Lea. As there are about fifty tranps in town,
is thought to have been some them.
William, son Of James Seegcr, Of Lake
City, had his hand perforated ~ a bullet
Saturday while fooling With a revolver.
A. A, Lyman Of Morris, who wcr.c TO The
Pacific coast in hopes Of recovering his health,
led last Sunday. he was buried with Ma
sonic honCrs
The projectors Of the townsite Of Holland.
northeast ofpiprstone, ofcran acre of crounc
10 the congregation that viii build the lirs
German church.
Mrs. Luther, a young wilc% Of 81. Paul
sued George c.. Campbell, an old and wealth,
lumberlnan, for breach Of promise. Sh,
wanted $40, 900, bat the jury gave her only
5000.
Joe Bonville, an Indian, near Tower, was
too attentive Saturday to the squaw of Cut
Face, who resented the insult by taking a gun
and shooting away a portion of Bcnville's
head.
Rev. +. O. Holman, of st. Paul preachet
the baccalaureate sermon before the gradu
ating class of the normal school at Mankatc
last Sunday morning.
A special election Of the city Of Luvcrno
will soon be called to vote additional bonds
to the amount Of $4,000 for the purpose OF
completing the new town hall.
Christopher Cheney, an old resident Oh
Minneapolis, who was supposed to have been
dead, has been discovered among the living.
IN he meanwhile his wife has married.
The Duluth bricklayers' and masons' union
have decided to reduce their hours of labor &c
the same number as that OF the Intcrnatioua
union. Nine hours will be the rule after
August l..
The Typographical union and the Herald
office Of Duluth are at loggcrheads, and the
evening paper is rated by union printers a.
a rat concern until existing difficulties are
removed. Too many apprentices is the cause
Of the trouble.
The Mankato grand jury fni.hed IT. work
saturday. Frank Trip and Franz '~linilgcr
we're Indicted for forgery, Frank Campbell
for horse s;eaiingand d. S, Tucker fot ceiling
liquor 70 minors.
Mors!nka, who was shot at New Ulm last
Wednesday night, died Saturday. The cor
cner's jury found that the shot was fired by
Wlnke.man, the city marshal, or Lpsch, a
patrolman, both Of whom are under arrest.
AZ the special charter election held at
Adrian, the following questions were submit
ted TO he voters, with the subjoineG results
Town hall to cost from 5000 to 5000, %:
Town hall to cost from s., 600 to $4,000, 6.
Shall the opera hall floor be on q level, o..
Shall il be an inclined floor, iA. Ronds will
be issued and work commenced soon.
DR.. Hewitt, secretary Of the Minnesota
Health association, has Just completed the
death rate tables for 1857, which shows that
II, 13l deaths occurred during the year. More
than 9 per cent Of the deaths resulted from
consumption.
An interesting suit has been going on In
justice court at Austin, the amount involved
being 20 cents. A lady is In dispute with her
dressmaker in regard to the amount due for
"oih "ht az ~ ho itiaIutd we uIcSs
until the amount charged is paid.
The court house difficulty was amicably set
tied at Mankato last Wednesday by the cOun-
commissioner giving the contractors $1,000
and allowing them to continue their work.
Work Will be resumed at once and the build
NJ FASTENED 10 completion.
In the district court at Wabasha the jury
returned a verdict OF not gaitty in the case OF
David Finiag. Mr.. Vining was indicted two
years ago FOR rspipg his granddaughter, and
this was the second trial OF the cause. The
grand jury returned indictments against P.
s. Sullivan for seduction, against John Irish
for malicious mischief and against II. Bayley
for horse stealing.
The curtain has dropped In the last act Of
the seduction case Of Elias Stokes against
Barney Necdhan, jr, which was to have
come 10 trial in the district court Tuesday.
Last Saturday NcCaham, accompanied by a
deputy sheriff ana Justice Odell, went TO the
house Of the young lads parents and the
couple were married. The groom was released
from custody and the couple will 20 to living
on & farm south of Pipestone.