Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-09-15
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The gas well NJ Albert Lea IL down about
800 feet.
The HERMAN Bulletin says a hunter there
killed eight prairie chickens nj one shot.
over forty Indians will come to Carver dur
ing the county fair.
The first wheat marketed In Morris this
season, yielded "A tribe over twenty-five bush
els TO the acre.
Elder Schram, well known as an Adventist
preacher, died al Fergus Falls last Monday Of
gastric fever.
Quite 3 number OF cattle have died In
Goodhue county from eating too much
clover.
Duluth on the 4th inst. sent out a train
load Of anthracite coal for Helena, NJ. r.,
100 miles away.
Som Of the coal boats arriving at Duluth
bring at a load enough coal TO make eight
heavy train loads.
Immense tocks Of butterflies have been
noticed In the vicinity Of Morris Of late, col
lecting on trees. They are of a reddish brown
color and OF medium size.
The Austin creamery, which has been clos
ed for u few months, has just been sold 70
parties who intend TO run 1t on a larger scale.
Coal prices were advanced last Saturday
morning Is cents a ton at Duluth-fron 81. -
to $50 for nut and stove, and from g.. 80 TO
S7.25 for egg.
Up to a week ago the st. Croiy boom had
turned out this year $50, 600, 900 feet of logo,
the largest amount ever turned out by the
boom In enc season.
An ear OF ripe corn was brought to the Of
fee Of the Carver Free Press by Fl. Miller, Of
Dahlgren. He also brought a sample OF to-
hacco. The leaves sre Of enormous size-l6
30.
over fifty residents and properts holders OF
Wlnona have signed a petition asking that
the directors of Wooilawn cemetery take ac-
ton t. p'cyent the running Of the Southwest
ern railroad through it. This cemetery is one
Of the most beautiful in the state.
John Lyons, Of saltwater, a saloonkeeper
and well known ex-alderman, has sued
for divorce from his wife. She has an
infant & months old Of whom Lyons says he
is not the father. Mrs. Lyons has been grant.
ed temporary alimony for the purpose OF de
Tending.
Elodie Duplae, a frail girl Of st. Paul, very
light complexioned, and only IA years Of age,
has eloped with ChGs. Stewart, a burly saffron
colered negro about 80 years of age. A sister
OF the girl about three years ago married
Chas. Jones, a negro white washer at Fart
bault.
The village of Mazeppa has a sensation In
the disgraceful proceedings of two young men
and three young girls, WHO had a high old
time recently drinking beer ana whisky and
rooming In q hay loft. One OF the men 10
held In 81 coo bonds, while the other got on
with a $50 fine.
Mrs. Elvira Huse, said 10 be the oldest
female resident Of Minnesota, died in Mime
apolis on the lst inst. Her residence In the
state dates from 1S4s. Her husband erected
the first frame house ever built In Mime
apolis. This is the first death In the family
In thirty-two years.
At the last meeting Of the homeopathic
doctors Of Minneapolis, DR.. J. +. Fargo read
a paper on breathing. He claimed that one
fourth Of all deaths from known causes are
from lung diseases.
st. Paul is 10 be lighted by natural gas
that IL, provided TIE MINNESOTA Natural tas,
Oil and Fuel company will furnish the gas.
An ordinance has been unanimously passed
by the city council giving the company the
right TO erect buildings for storing natural
gas, and to lay pipes for conducting gas
through the highways and byways of st. Paul.
Waterville Advance: The large acreage
OF winter wheat In this section of the country
is a big item as compared with the spring
wheat, especially on the prairies. While the
spring wheat is threshing out seven and
eight bushels Of poor quality Of wheat, the
winter wheat is yielding from twenty to
thirty five bushels per acre Of good quality.
Hemming Hanson, a IA rmer living near AL
den, was thrown from his wagon between nj.
horses, while stacking, a few days days ago,
and the team running away, one Of his
shoulder blades was broken In three pieces,
his lungs were injured, and he is not likely
TO survive the accident.
Rev. VIM. Roberts has been dismissed from
the pastOrate OF the Westminster church,
West 81. Paul, by the 81. Paul Presbytery for
gross indiscretions He was eyoherated on
the specific charges preferred against him,
and it was found that the church was indebted
to him $3.50. The rumors that had caused all
the trouble had been traced, the report said,
TO one young woman, and her course was
severely censured.