Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-28
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS
IOWA.

last MOuudy.
Maj. Byers' book Iowa in War Times" has
been published.
Seed potatoes are worth q 80 a bushcl at
Fort Dodge.
A Des Moines audience was charmed with
Charles Dickens.
There is an unusual amount OF sickness In
Odebolt this spring.
The new Lutheran church In Sioux City
will cost SIG 600.
The whale has succeeded the legislature as
AL attraction In Dcs Moines.
The artesian well at Cedar Rapids IL now
Town to n depth OF 1850 feet.
The people Of Mslcus have prospects OF a
creamery and cheese factory.
Fourteen Muscatine BARRIERS have signed an
agreement &c close on Sunday.
John Clements, Of Perry was robbed OF GIL
500 by pick pockets in Kansas CITY.
The bridge tax levy OF 1887 will net Des
Moiues county about 81 100 this year.
There are nine cases OF sickness in the hos
pital OF the industrial school at Eldora.
The artesiau well at Boone is down about
coo feet. The work is now in sandstone.
The state railroad commission es are inyes-
tigatlng the New Hampton bridge disaster.
Ogden is making arrangements to care for
and plant its public park, beginning this year.
There are only six licenses in Iowa for
'bull' butter, as Commissioners Sherman re-
ports.
The state peni;entiary lost tgenty-one more
inmates then It gained during the month OF
March.
The people Of leMars are making a strong
effort 10 secure the Sioux City and Northern
railroad.
The Cedar Rapids artisan well, at a depth
OF l,550 feet, now flows about loo GALLONS q
minute.
The Cherokee schools are again open be-
cause the measles are "letting up" on the
children.
There Is war In the college at Cedar Rapids
and a number CT the prominent students have
been expelled.
Hartley will petition the district court for
permission to take preliminary steps toward
Incorporating.
Scott county farmers are busy with their
spring sowing The barley acreage will be
much larger than usual.
A six year-old son OF George IIuthluff, Of
Fort Dodge, was severely scalded 10y turning
over a kettle of lot soup.
The Odd Fellows of Kcokuk are preparing
for a parade and celebration OF their six v
ninth anniversary on the 26th of April.
1t is said that u charm ng view of Lake
Michigan may be had from a hilltop in the
latest addition to Sioux City on the east.
Hon. j. NJ Thurston will lecture on Grant
in Council B uirs on the 27th. The lecture
Will be followed by a rousing campfire.
G.. G.. Culver, of Elaora, cor victed Of scduc-
ing his stepdaughtcr, was sentenced TO four
years at Anamosa prison at hard labor.
Fred Ward, representing the State Center
bali clud, promptly accepts the published
challenge Of the Marshall Giants.
Eagle Grove wants manufactures, cream
cries, etc, and promises hearty assistance TO
all who will put In plants of that kind.
The citizens OF Ktokuk are holding meet
ings and resolving sgainstthe recent salary
grab made by the city council at that piece.
A fifteen months old child of Henry Hans
mann swallowed a bean last week which
lodged in its windpipe and caused death.
A fair sized audience at Fort Dodge was
severely bored by the May Howard c%lAirvoy-
ance and spiritualistic show the other night.
The rumor that Gov. Lsrrabee is a candi-
famous canurd in the guise OF a campaign
document.
1t has been found necessary to erect . tres
tie landing on the Nebraska side OF the river
before a further transfer Of freight can be
made at Sioux City.
The ~artesian well In Central park, Daven-
port, IL now Town 500 feet, and the work is
still In limestone, which has been penetrated
a distance OF 900 feet.
The Council Bluffs Rowing association have
just held a meeting. and are going to make a
determined effort to secure the forthcoming
regatta there, at Lake Manawa.
Mrs. Mary Dolllyer, at the Methodist mis-
sionary meetings at Fort Dodge last week
read q paper in which she pleaded for the or
dipation Of women as ministers.
The four year old daughter OF George Heck
Of Burlington was severely bitten Saturday
! afternoon by a hunting dog. The little girl
was attempting 10 caress the animal.
The Catholics Of Des Mo mes have just COM
plcted the erection Of II handsome and costly
granite monument in memory Of Father
Brazil, who SO long laborrd among them.
The assessors books Of Il one show o45
males in that city between the ages Of twenty
one and forty five years aud $50 over forty
i've. From this the population Of the city IL
figured 1t 1l.5
At Pocahontas Center last week = gentle
man from near Plover paid a fine of so for
Illegal voting. He supposed he had been
fully raturalized and sworc in bis vote ca the
strength OF his suppositton.
The sup, rYisO-- OF Lee ana Des Moiaes
counties have appointed y G. Lowry Of Keo.
kuk, and Sir. Bvcuc, Of the DIS aoincs board,
70 consult with IA compel at engineer IN ref
crruce 20 the bcst location and cost OF con
struet,ng q bridge over skunk river.
The free lunch band Of Fort Dodse has re-
belle aud thrown up the job. we are will
ing" says the leader, "to furnish music free
Of charge 10 any public eutcrprise, bat don't
consider it our duty to pay - cents apiece for