Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-07
MINNESOTA

There have been go applications Tor license
under high license In st. Paul up to date.
The Northwestern elevator, al Ado, Mime
sofa, was burned Thursday afternoon. Loes
about SIS coo.
st. Paul has an inventor who claims to have
successfully solved the problem OF heating
cars with steam.
The Austin cheese factory turned out over
10000 pounds OF cheese this season and paid
= dividend Of Z pr cent. on stock.
Plans have been drawn for the erection OF
an eight-story 80 by 175 feet refrigerator for
p. d. Armour & Co.. at Duluth.
The Grand Army posts Of st. Paul and Min.
neapolis combined In giving the veterans a
sumptuous entertainment Christmas.
Duluth and Minneapolis are complaining OF
a falling of In the arrivals Of grain. They
attribute 1t to the unfavorSble state OF the
weather.
Michael He!nen, q rromiDeLt German and
old settler, Of Hastings, died from hemorr.
hage Of the lungs at II 80 q. IA. Sunday, aged
forty-onc years.
The Mobiles Sewing Machine company, Of
Erie, Pa, is negotiating with the Mankato
board Of trade with a view OF moving is
plant TO that place.
DR.. II. w. Judd, OF Duluth, accidentally
pricked his finger recently while making a
post mortem examination. Blood poisoning
set in and he Will die.
The Milwaukee road refuses to obey the
order OF the railway commission In regard to
carrying milk, and the controversy goes 70 the
courts for settlement.
Red Wing manufacturing establishments
give employ ment to 1000 men, who earned
during the year s44S 700. The value of manu-.
features was 81 $4,000.
The Mortified passenger train on the NIL
waukee road was derailed Monday night. Pc
ter Pnelan and John Truax were seriously in
Ired. No Others were hurt.
Rev. Samuel G. Smith, pastor of the First
M. E.. church at st. Paul, has withdrawn from
the Methodist denomination because he can
not subscribe to the creed of that church.
The Iowa railway commissioners are kept
busy. They were at Msson City yests rday
figuring into the cause of a recent railroad
collision at that place; they are probably at
Boone today for a similar purpose.
Thirty-ave new factories OF various kinds
have been established in 81. Paul and suburbs
the past year, representing a capital Of over
IS, 000, 900. The entire manufacturing proser-
~ for the year is valued at nearly S36, 0C0, 900.
A man by the name Of James Rafter WAS
found dead In his bed at South Minneapolis
on the 23l inst. After his remove to the
morgue q gold watch WAS found under his
pillow, and under the mattressa cloth purse
containing In certificates OF deposit and cash
s2},Ot0.N he was a cooper by trade and wei
advanced i~ysyvears.
News has been received at Albert Lee that
the hfeless body otO. G. Diohle, formerly a
citizen OF that city '.or several years, was
found in the ColumbiA river at Portland,
Ore, on the 22d. He was aNgtctim of intem-
perance. His wife being unatfs.s to live with
him, had separated from him, andfe . thought
he committed suicide. He used 70 1--WE u.
Preston, fillmore county, and when resfG.pg
here was part OF the time deputy register or.
deeds, and for a term master OF the Mseonic
lodge. At the time Of his death be was EN-.
ployei in the law and land Office of Jones g.
Merrich, Of Portland, formerly Of Austin.
Tuesdsy evening at Pennington, a collision
occurred between the st. Louis train on the
Iowa and MiDnesota division ard the Hast
ings and Dakota passenger coming east, while
the latter was taking coal on the main track.
Both engines were more or less damaged.
Conductor Dell Cook Of The Hastings aud Da-
kota, r, lived a cash on the head and other
IL lr.es by being thrown onto q scat. The
mail agent, 6. c. scd,impf, received sight
bruises and a pre:ty thorough shaking up.
The engineer Of the st. Louis limited claimed,
It Is said, that the smoke prevented his sec
Ing the headlight.
81. Paul Globe, &c: Yesterday was a sad
Christmas for the family OF William X. Lam
phear, residing at 1925 Tenta street north.
hour, after bidding his family goodbye, and
that was the last seen Of him alive by his
family. About 10 O'Clock he was walking
along by the postotilce, on Fourth street, and,
shile conversing with a friend, put his hands
TO his heart, exclaimed ~ am dyingl' and
fell dead on the side walk. Medical aid wss
at once called, but the physician fourd that
lie was extinct. The body was taken TO
ConnolIy's morguc, where Deputy Coroner
Towers and Dr.. Kilvington made an examina.
ton, and found that Mr.. Lanphear died OF
heart disease. Later on the body was removed
to Warmers morgue, where 1t was prepared
for burial.
The { I'll GERS of the United States land cfice
at Benson are making strenuous efforts TO
dispose OF to the proper owners the immense
grist Of govern IN mt patents which have been
lying In the Office for many years, and which
belong to parties residing Ia Hennepin,
Wright, Konvi'le, Carver, Mcleod, Chippewa,
Meeker, Ksndiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Lac Qui
Parle, Big Stone and Swift counties. These
patents have been accumulatlng for years,
and are really q nuisance In the office, as
they occupy more room than the entire rec
ords beside. Undoubtedly the owners of the
land covered by these patents would be
pleased to obtain them, but do not know the
proper place TO apply. The officers signify
their willingness TO furnish them upon spp.i-
cation, with any advice or information re-
qulred to obtain their patents.
a very peculiar ease came up before Judge
Start in the district court ~ WinJna Wtdnes.