Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-05
MINI ESOTA.
Next Saturday is Arbor day.

lOl Y " CIV l hiAtN - u nhA
and MINNEAPOLIS TO Liverpool.
Frank Ale and Mrs. T Mcdonald, charged
with setting fire to Robert McDonald's house
at st, James, were discharged last Saturday.
Little Falls will have a monster celebration
May 10 over the completion Of the river i'm
p~rovements. Gov. mccall and other state
oelcers will be present.
Assistant State Superintendent Of Schools
". W. Pendcrgast IL At home quite Ill. There
is no particular danger, but he is very sick
and is confined 10 his bed.
A party Of young people were crossing Grow
river near De'ano last Saturday, when the
boat upstt and Mary Hem and her lover,
Andrew Rebel, we're drowned.
A meeting of the citizens was called at
Granite Fails last Saturday afternoon by par
ties FROM the east who wish to put in a large
creamery at this point. II satisfactory
arrangements can be made a most complete
outfit will be put in.
Work viii commence on the city water
works Al = pestone next Monday morning.
One hundred men will he put to work al once
to rush the job to completion. \ steel stand
pipe 10 feet high aud a wind mill tower 100
feet high will be erected, aud two miles OF
pipe are to ne laid. The works complete are
to cost $4,000.
a sad case Of drowning occurred ut 8 p. m.
last Sunday, four miles above Delano, in the
south fork Of Crow river. Mary Hem, her
brother, sister and lover, Andrew Biebel, Of
New Clm, were crossing the river in a boat
and were indV eiug in sport, whrn the boat
upset. Andrew Biebel and Mary HEM wtre
drowned in the swollen river, and the Others
were saved by clinging TO the boat. A large
number Of people went to the scene OF the
disaster with graphing hooks and 'pent the
day dragging the stream, but SO far the bodies
have not been recovered.
One weekof practical outdoor life under
military discipline is worth a year OF instrnc-
ton In the armory, and there r. every reason
To believe that such training will be al preci-
ated by the Minnesota troops In the right
government, joining with the states, would
pursue a more liberal policy toward the mill
tiap during their en%campmcnts. AS II is,
there are certain expenses which II Is almost
unavoidable that individual companies must
themselves bear, and in defray lug which the
meager encampment ray is entirely made
quate. In times OF emergency the depend
ence OF both state and nation must be, as ii
has been In the past, upon the militia, and
the policy TO be pursued toward IL can hardly
therefore, err on the side Of generosity.
The Democratic committee for the Second
congressional district met last Tuesday. The
counties Of Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin,
Sibley, Lincoln, and Mobiles were represented
by members OF the committee, and Waseca,
NicOllet, and Jackson by proxies. Mankato
was decided Oh a. the place for holding the
congressional convention. The time was not
definitely fixed, but the chairman was in
structed To issue a call for the day preceding
the date Of the Democratic state convention,
so the delegates can attend on their way 10
To the state convention. The conference was
harmonious, and the reports made 10y the
members were very encouraging. There Is a
deep and growing interest among the people
Of this district in favor of tariff reform, aud
this issue viii be made the paramount one OF
the campaign.
Further information from the Banner muir
der, at Ada, stairs that the old man shot at
his wife after killing his son. The charge
missed her ri5ht thigh, tearing her dress
badly. From the testimony taken ct the cor
oper's inquest neld Tuesday, it was learned
that the old man has treated his family like
Yu-. . N, ,,,, te,.,, ,.., all H., -
eral times driven them all out Of the house
with u butcher knife. PuOlic sentiment has
changed greatly since yesterday, and there
has been some tall; Of lynching Banner At
the preliminary hearing before Justice j. b.
Ashelman today, the counsel for Banner
waived examination, and the prisoner was
committed to jail. Banner was taken to Moor
head to await his trial ut the May term Of
court.
The sensational trial Of Velie ard McKit.
trick, all ged accomplices OF Cameron In the
s5O,000 Union bank robbery, closed at Winni-
peg last Tuesday. PEBBLES, at the close OF the
cOunsel's address, said: ~ feel that the evil
dence In these cases has been of so prima
facie q nature as TO warrant me in sending
them up for trial by jury" to which Next
trick replied: 81 wis. TO assert my complete
innocence OF all guilt and knowledge In con-
nection with this matter" Velie also said
that he was absolutely innocent OF any wrong
action in the whole affair. Both men are
prominent hotelkeepers in Winnipeg. They
were released on bail. Demond, who was ar
rested hut su 'seQuently discharged, for com
plicity In the robbery, will enter action against
the bank TO recover 10000 damages.
The Fifth district congressional Democratic
committee held their meeting at Fergus Falls
last Thursday, the following members being
present: Hon. Henry Keller, Stearns county;
J w. Lilly, Polk county; ID. f. McGraih,
Clay county; !. p. Schmitz, Otter Tall
county T. T. Hudson, ~. Louis county. J
2. Schmitz, cha rinau, called the meeting TO
order an" stated the call. On motion T. L.
Hudson was elected secretary. Robert Miller
was al )inted to act in place OF George W..
Brown OF Pope county; Nathan Butler In
place Of John Martin, OF Norman county; and
j. 2. Schmitz in place of l.. A.. Bayrall, OF
Marshall county. A motion was made and
carried that the basis Of representation for
delegates to the congressional convention be
as follows: Each couaty to have one delegate