Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-28


Morris.
The clerk Of the court at Albert Lea issued
seventeen marriage licenses during the month
Of June.
A2-year-old child was trampled to death
by the horses Of II street car az ST, Paul yes
terlay.
A courthouse costing $4,000 IS TO be built
at Granite Falls, the seat Of yellow Medicine
county.
Alderman Mccoy, Of Winons, was recently
presented with q gold headed cane by the fire
department.
Louis Fisher OF Rochester was made insane
by sunstroke.
Edward Budde of st. Paul was killed by sn
Omaha freight train near Eden Prairie last
Sunday night.
w. NJ. McNealy isthe oldest inhabitant and
oldest settler OF Preston. He is 81 years old
ard settled at Preston in 1884.
Daniel Anderson, employed at the Lake
Como stock yards near ~. Paul, was drowned
In Long lake sunday while bathing.
Miss ID. Il, Young was stabbed in the side
last Saturday evening at Faribault by an un-
known man who passed her on the street.
james Pientz Of Litchfeld Was killed near
Brainerd last Saturday by the accidental dis
charge Of a rifle in the hands o. q companion.
A man who appeared TO be insane Jumped
into the Mississippi from a Manitoba train
between Minneapolis and st. Paul Sunday
night.
The doctors OF .southweS tern Minnesota net
| at Di,,aetnpa Lost NNaJp,cI "a. ma ,,-,tan.ntI.
organized, besides holding a very interesting
session.
Operations have been resumed at the hAr-
ycster works at Hastings, the plant having
been transferred 10 the new company styled
the Minnesota Harvester company Of st. Paul
park.
The Y. N. G.. a. swimming cicN of 81
Cloud has purchased the new htth house aud
swimming float at Empire park for the sea
sons Of 1855 and 1859, and VII take regular
swiIns there hereafter.
Nels Arderson was found dead on the rail
road track near Rcd Wing Monday morning
with his thr6at cut and skull fractured. The
authorities are nos vet able 10 determine
whether it is murder or suicide.
William Deich, "A single farmer, aged 80.
living in the town Of Maine, committed sui
eide Saturday by shooting himself through
the heart with "A shotgun. Dependency in
love matters is supposed 10 have been the
motive.
Rev. John Crapsey, who is In the 63s used
to minister spiritually to the scattered settle
ments IN tie Southwestern parts Of the state,
fcsxti1l 1ivj,,.r Al ? aba Toln,t+ Ns,.roU o,,,+,
at a very advanced age. He has published n
pamphlet giving an account Of his ministra
tions.
a steam shovel at work In the gravel pit on
the banks of Cottonwood lake opened "A grave
containing four human skeletons, one evil
IDENTIFY that OF a grown person and the others
the remains of children. The remains were
the massacre Of 1862.
Twenty water works men from st. Paul,
Chicago, Mimi eapolis, 81. Louis and other
places have been in st. Peter for several days
to be present at the opening Of the bids on
water works. Y. Durac * Co. Of st. Paul,
for "a, 20, were awarded the contract, being
the owestb bidder.
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Farmer that he has thoroughly tried kerosene
on seed corn TO prevent gophers, etc, from
eating it. II will do 20 good whatever, as
thy dig it up Immediately after planting, he
says. Some parties in Dakota claim To have
tried the oil with success.
William Delch, a single man living in the
town Of Maine, twenty miles from Fergus
Falls, committed suicide by shooting himself
tn, ough the heart with a shotgun last Satur-
day. Dependency over his love affairs Is
supposed to be the cause OF the deed.
While playing ball at Verdi, Murray coun-
ly, last Monday George Stevens was fatally In
jured. In attempting to slide In 10 first base
his head struck the baseman on the leg so
violently as to dislocate the spine. He Is COM
pletely paralyzed. Pete Kelly, the baseman,
was also badly hurt.
The coroner's jury In the case OF Andrew
Corcoran, who was killed by a freight train
at Heron Lake on the nth, brought In a
verdict charging the trainmen with negligence
In not notifying the deceased OF their inten-
tion to switch the car on which he was work
ing and in running the train while switching
at an unusual high rate OF speed.
James II. Wilson, a printer employedin the
Daily News at Braincrd, succeeded in getting
a number of forged checks for small amounts
cashed and jumped the town. The signature
Of Prof. A. NJ. Mckenzie was forged on the
checks, which were drawn on the First
National bank and made payable to Wilson
Andrew Corcoran was run over and killed
by a freight trsin at Heron Lake the llth.
The wheels passed over him just above the
hips, cutting his body in twain. He vas un
leading coal, and ii is supposed that he was
knocked from the car while the train was
switching. He leaves a wife ana several chill
dren.
Dougal Shears, arrested Monday ut North
Redwood, charged with assault with intent 10
commit rape, upon Lula Lehman, aged 10,
had his preliminary hearing and was bound
over in the sum Of $500 10 await the action Of
the grand jury IN November. In default
of bail he has been removed TO jail at New
Tim.
Reports from various parts Of Rock county !
indicate that the wheat crop N some lOcali-