Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21
MlNNESOTA

The ice In the Missouri at Bismarck was
solid last sunday.
Chamberlain has the prclnonitory symp-
toms Of a boom.
The wife of Rev. John III. 1abcock. Epis-
copal rector at Mitchell, died last sunaay.
Blunt offers a bonus Of grounds and 81. O00
IN cash for the establishment OF a creame
there.
An extensive pal lind is reported at W-es-
sirg,on. The vein is Only go feet below the
surface.
Dwight johnson, Of Aberdeen, had his left
leg taken oE by II Milwaukee engine Monday
morgirg.
Students II the Dakota university will at
up a steamboat aud make n summer trip to
New Orleans.
The Dakota Farme,s' alliance has ordered
twenty carl ads OF bindin. twine TO be
shipped 70 Aberdeen.
The Cannon Falls Creamery company has
hlch arucles Of incorporation with the score
t"ry OF state. Capital stock, b 600.
The grand lodge OF the Knights Of Labor
began its inird biennial session H. the ODD
Fellows hall AT st. Pau! Tuesday morning.
Louis Hospes, president Of the First Ma
tional banx OF Saltwater, died Of pneumonia
at his residence In that city AZ 3 o'c!ocl. Mon
day morning.
Rev. Luke p. Walker, an educated Indian
obtained naturalization papers recently.
These were not necessary but the good Indian
wanted to take the oath Of allegiance to the
United States.
A number Of Charles Mix county parties
were before the United States grand jury AT
Yankton last week charged with appropriate
ing timber from government lands in the Mis-
souri bottoms.
"Wednesday, April %. is designated Arbor
day for that portion of Dakota lying south OF
'lc 18th standing parallel of latitude, ard
Tuesday, May 8, for that portion Of Dakota
lying north of that parallel.
Washington Springs True Republican, @:
An accidental shooting is reported TO Us from
the south part Of Viola township, whereby
Ben Reynolds was seriously wounded in the
abdomen by a revolver ball. 1t appears that
two brothers, Perry and Ben, were s~hootlng at
a mark. when the former, supposing the pis-
tol empty, carelessly snapped it ut his brother
with the above result.
Yankton Press and Dakotiau, 10: There is
an inclination on the part Of some of the city
authorities TO Increase the liquor license fee
from 1900 ger year to $500 per year. The lat
ter figure Is the minimum allowed under the
general statute, but Yankton can go much
lower because 1t operates under a special char
ter. Undo this charter the maximum license
fee is $500 and 10 this limit the council can
90 at any time.
Fire broke OUT at > o'clock Wednesday
morning in q restaurant on Kemp avenue, In
Watertown, and consumed a fine wooden
building and damaged store fronts on the
! opposite side Of the street. The loss is | $4,000
with Slf 900 Insurance. Improperly is with
in the fire limits and the most valuable bust
ness los in the city. Five brick blocks win
take the place Of the fire traps. The tiremen
did heroic work and prevented ;hc fire from
spreading.
Adolph Flintzer, a well known and respect
ed citizen ana skillful mechanic Of Albert
Lea, became insane Friday evening and was
so violent that he was arrested and conined
Ia jail. He took his furniture out OF his
house, his gold watch, 500 in proIulssory
notes and other property. and putting them
in u pit, burned them all up. His wife died
recently ana his grief o,er it Is supposed to
be the cause OF his trouble.
The Minnesota river Is now rampant, hav-
irIrE ,ryior rv,r f1. La,Iyg .nl l., a; ~
bottom lands east Of -. Peter, everything for
miles being submerged. No serious damage
has been zone thus far, owing to the long
bridge leading TO the Omaha depot. This
was carried away during the night and all
communication is now cut of except by water.
The stock has been moved out. and the only
other damage Is 70 hay located in the mead
oWs between st. Peter and Ottawa. The river
is nearly over the Omaha tracks and Il within
a couple Of feet of the high water mark
reached in 1881. The ice ha, moved out en-
tirely and is reported gorgeda few miles own
the river.
The risc in the river at lie Sueur Monday In
twelve hours was fix feet, the most rapid rise
ever known. During the twelve hours from
evening until this morning, there was a ri.e
Of two feet and for twelve hours ending st ,
o'clock Monday evening there was a rise OF
only ten inches, 20 that the river now Is
nearly stationary. The lowlauds from tluF
to hluil, II distance Of nearly a Miic, ac com
pletely submerged ana the water il nov q foot
deep IN the Cor grove Live Stock coinpaay's
barn, which abuts the railroad track. There