Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-24
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The Austin terra Gotta works have com
menced operations.
The new Bohemian Catholic church at WI
mona was dedicated last Sunday.
VIM. Poucher, an old resident of Mt. Pleas
ant, died last Friday, aged 20 years.
Joseph Busch, all old resident OF Grey
Cloud, died last Thursday at the age OF 1913
years.
A new saw mill with a capacity Of 100,000
feet OF lumber daily is to be erected at once
at Little Fails.
The infant daughter of Chris Blochlinger
OF Ellsworth fell into a pail Of water one day
last week and was drowned.
Tramps confined in the police station at
Winona had a discussion a few evenings ago
Oh the comparative happiness Of rich and
poor men.
Ole Olesen, an old resident Of Winona, lost
both hands by the premature discharge OF a
cannon which be was loading during the Re-
publican ratification last Saturday evening.
Two disreputable characters at Plato were
persuaded to leave town last Monday night
through the agency Of molasses, feathers and
rotten eggs vigorously applied 10y indignant
citizens.
The West Duluth brick works have closed
down for the season. During the winter the
-apacity OF the works will be doubled and a
complete system Of steam will be put In re-
buiring 5000 feet Of pipe.
A chicken thief at Weeping Water robbed
a han rnnot and Loaf hts .rzll match h., tIn
poultry chamber. The owner of the fowls
found 1t next morning and pocketed 1t with
great complacency, Notwithstanding one Of
his pet pullets was missing.
Warren GIL Of Rel Wing was instantly
killed last Tuesday afternoon while riding on
a carload OF ties attached to the switch en-
CINE. The car left the track, snd he jumped
to save himself, when the ties fell on him,
crushing his head and chest completely.
Grading on the twenty-five miles Of the
Duluth road between Red Wing and Zumbrota
is no" nearly completed. Tracklayipg will
commence Monday and will be completed in
a very short time. 1t is expected to have
trains running ty December 1.
W. +. Howard, a prosperous young farmer
living near Mazeppa, has left for parts I'M
knowh, leaving his creditors In the lurch for
over $4,000. 1t Is estimated that he carried
away about "a, 900 which lie borrowed. He
leaves a wife and three children, and his wife
claims that he has gone to meet a pretty
cousin with whom he IS greatly infatuated.
The monthly report Of the Minnesota
weather service for the month Of October has
just been issued by Observer John Healey.
October, like the preceding month, was char
acterized by a deficiency in rainfall and q
slight deficiency in temperature. The month
WAS about 3 degrees cooler than Is usual for
October, and there was little more than half
the average rainfall No violent storms oc
CURED during the month. The first light
snow Of the season took place on the 10th
this was eight days later than the date OF the
first suow last year. In the southeastern
counties, on the 9th, snow fell In sufficient
quantity to fully cover the ground. The
mean temperature Of &c degrees is about 3
degrees below the normal for Minnesota. The
departure from the normal was greatest in
the northern part of the state, and least in
the southern. The highest temperature oc.
cured on the 9TH. The extremes of tempera-
ture were IS degrees at st. Vincent and Med
ford on the 7th, and IS degrees at Pokegains
Falls dam on the 9th, giving a range Of IS
usual. The mean atmospheric pressure for
the month was 29.975 inches. The prevail
ing direction OF the wind was northwest.