Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-28
DAKOTA.

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and n blockadcd theatrical company has re-
lievcd the monotony by giving nightly enter
tainmcnts.
Material for another Western Union line
from Sioux City 10 Sioux Falls is already on
the ground. The limo will be built early in
the spring.
Supt. Greene, Of the Missouri division Of
the Northern Pacific railroad, has been pre-
scented with a gold watch by the employees Of
the division.
The insurance companies are canceling all
policies on saloon buildings and stock through
out the territory where local option carried at
the recent election.
Ansel, the mail carrier between Highmore
and Bcrkemer's wac found badly frozen about
fifteen miles north OF liighmore by Ebencezer
Schofr. He is out Of danger.
1t was an Aberdeen genius who conceived
the idea Of keeping his well under lock and
key, and renting the privilege of obtaining
water. Price 80 cents per month.
Gov. Church received Wednesday the plans
and specifications from the new beard Of the
Yankton asylum, George 7. Brown, of Sioux
City, architect. 1t IS likely they will be APP
proved without delay.
Many Of the families, well-to-do and other
wise, IN Watert0En and vicinity have base
burner stoves for heating purposes and use
gasoline stoves for cooking. Now the crisis
has been reached, for they have a gasoline
famine, making It inconvcnienta and expensive,
especially for the poorer classes.
Aberdeen liquor dealers have paid over
$500 in fines for liquor shipped to other towns
via express companies {. O.. d.. This law
will be a surprise to many dealers, and timely
warning should be taken. The ground taken
Is that the sale takes place where the money
is paid, the express companies simply acting
as agents.
The caboose on freight train No. 81 on the
Northern Pacific road, caught fire while the
train was In motion near Grafton. The
flames were assisted by a terrific blizzard,
which was at the time blowing, and before
the train could be got under control they had
reached such a Roadway that the caboose was
burned to the tracks, together with the way
bills and train outfit.
{. A. Rensonhauscr's residence, nenr Clare
mont, In Brown county, was robbed while part
Of the family was away OF Sl,lS0 in gold.
Rensonhauscr, a large farmer, runs two steam
thrashcrs, and was making collections tomect
his last payment on them. A young man who
has been employed in one of the thrashing
crews is suspected and is missing. His mother
was arrested and her house searched but
nothing was found.
Thomas Connolly. who left New Rockford
with the mail for Tiffany and Bremen on the
10th and for whom the prairies were searched
in vain for several days, returned home Sun
day and was nearly frozen beyond recognition
and greatly exhausted from want Of food. He
became lost in Tuesdays blizzard, and drove
all day and night and all day Wednesday
without seeing a habitation, and was given up
for lost and frozen 10 death.
The case made against X. X. Adler, a liquor
dealer OF Fargo, for selling a barrel of whisky
to test the right to sell 10y wholesale under
the local option law, calne up Saturday before
Judge Mcconnell on a writ Of habeas corpus.
The district attorney moved that the case be
dismissed as involving only a technical viola
ton OF the law, and the court granted the
motion. The district attorney is a strong
supporter Of the law, and his action Is regard
ed AS showing lack Of confidence in the posi-
ton he has taken that 10 liquors can be sold
for shipment or wholesale.
NoIl N,Eno,n,. uoe.b,t ,,l l-;lIol -. ~
A. Hilcrman, a saloonkeepcr at Churches
Ferry Saturday night about 6 O'Clock. The
original cause Of the trouble was that Hitler
man had prevented McKeague from cheating
at cards In a game Sunday night. McKeague
had been trying to start a row all day and
finally tried to pull the bar over, drawing Il
revolver at the same time, with the evident
intention OF shooting Hillcrman. Hillerman,
who was behind the bar, picked up a shotgun
and fired first, blowing the entire top OF Ne
Keague's head of, and scattering his brains
all over the room. He then walked across
the street and gave himself up to a justice Of
the peace. McKcague was a notorious dcs-
pcrado, and feared by all who came IN con
tact with him. He came to Dakota three
years ago fresh from a penitentiar in Canada,
where be served a term for attempted rape.
He was the principal In a celebrated murder
trial in Chicago five years ago, In which he
was charged with the murder Of George VIII
son and wife, an aged couple who lived at
Wincsaxn, a suburk OF Chicago. His family
spent n great deal Of money in his defonse In
the trial, procuring the best counsel obtain
able, and the result was a disagreement of
the jury. He leaves a wife, 10 whom he was
married last August. Hillerman Is of a quiet,
peaceable disposition, and never known to
encourage trouble.
The sensational suit Of the past week at
Fargo came to u most sensational ending Sat
urday by the suicide Of Ezra Dewitt, OF
Scranton, Pa, who was one Of the defendants.
Friday no left the court house Mt ! o'clock,
Immediately left the city, ran across the prai-
rie for four miles and stopped at the Itanna-
her farm, completely exhausted and nearly
frozen. Mrs. Hannaher SAYS be- was insane,
but she finally agreed to give him n room for
the night. He walked the floor all night.
Next morning he asked where the barn was.
went out and tied a harness strap around his
neck, and passing 1t over the top of the parti-
tion into the next stall tied IL into the halter
ring and sat down. Death resulted In stran-