Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03
NEBRASKA.

ty.one members.
William Parker, a one legged veteran,
broke his only leg by falling oil q wagon at
Burnett.
The new postt flee building at Nebraska
City viii be ready for occupancy In about
three weeks.
Sneak thieves made a successful raid on
the Grand Central hotel at Beatrice last Sat
urday night.
William Filbert OF S,rattcn Is minus a hand
which he fed into TIE gearing OF q cane mill
the other day.
Real estate men In S~tratton are plattino
big additions to the town la anticipation OF q
big boom in the spring.
! 1t 10 said In Fullerton that the corn huskers
who cannot keep six ears in the air contn-
uously had better keep stll.
J Sidney Is moving for a -four mill. The near
| est institution OF the kind is l55 miles away.
Definite action wi be had tbs week.
The police OF Beatrice ccllided with a gang
| OF thieves Saturday night and hustled them
into the calaboose Hurrsh for Bea,rce!
Omaha fraEtieally grasp. al the hope that
the opening OF the new Bulge will have a
beneficial effect On the union depot question
Hiram Ward, aged 60 wears, who lived WITH
his son la law Ia Fremont, aied last Tuesday
afternoon from the effects Of an oyerdcse OF
norphine.
After being engaged for nineteen years
Henry Champion, q Merrick county farmer,
aas finally married Mrs, Annie Williams, II
Mason county, Ill.
A gang of crooks Is operating at Platts-
mouth. Last Tuesday evening they drusged
VIII ), mon, a simple country lad, and r
| lleyei hlm Of SlS.
A hunter near Fremont discovered a cot
tonwood tree the other day which measured
% feet In circumference, and that Isn't much
Of a country for trees either.
Two Sheridan county youths went hunting
for ducks the other day, but brought do"n
digger game than they Intended. They shot
their horse by mistake and had TO walk home
Judge Post swooped down on a poor lonely
woman who operated a liquor joint on a high
way In Co!fsx county and diminished her
profits by 800. She had operated the GROCERY
for three years without a license.
The opera house sche ne at Nebraska City
10 truggIing with another spasm Of vitality.
An imported architect is now on the ground
investigating the best means Of transforming
the present{roost to q modern grand.
The Fremont public schools are full to over.
flowing, Notwithstanding the two new build
ings erected this year. Ghe question the
school board is trying to solve is how to dis
pose Of the surplus"
A commandery Of Knights Templar has
been established at Norfolk d~enominated Da-
maecus commandery. After the installation
ceremonies a banquet was participated in by
the knights.
Reports from Shickley are to the ell, ct thar
during the absence Of the proprit tor the ma
, ;erial Of the Herald Of that pace was seizei!
by parties claiming Il, end Ia cons, qlehce the
paper has been indefinitely suspended.
The through train on he Fremont, Elk.
horn AID Missouri Valley road ran into a
farmers wa on about ~ o'clock SATURDAY.
night, instantly bi,Iing the farmer, whose
name is shuffer, and his two sons. and NOR.
tally ~woundipg two others who were In the
wagon.
A Custer county lad started TO attend a
charivsri Thursday evening and carried a
gun. While holding both hands over the
muz2le the weapon was accidentally dis
charged, SCATTERING both hands and tearing
away the rim CT the lads hat. He viii be d
cripple for life.
This lie the way the. Fremont Tribune re-
] views the situation ''Thii rs are running
very smoothly in NebrasAs just at present.
It is several days since any corpses have been
found hanging to a railroad bridge and tince
any monstrosities have been discovered al
Nebraska City.
Dependency caused by debt led Harry Hall
Of Arapahoa to drink a half pint Of poisoned
whisk, and end his life. HIS BODY WAS found
in u haystack by Il party who were hghting a
prairie fre. Hall was an old settler of Fur
mas county and an ex-union soldier.
Invitations are out for the wedding Of o J.
Goldman, president Of the Centr'l Nebraska
Banking company, Of Broken Bow, and Miss
Hattie, daughter Of Senator Paddock OF Bea-
trire. The happy event will occur October
80, at the residence Of the brides parents.
1t IL said ,ha: thirteen miles Of paving have
been laid In Omaha this year and that The es-
Inmates alreaoy allowed foot W $685., 600, with
| The possibility that all additional expendi-
ture OF 5000 C0 VIII be made before the sea
son ends.
Some1 degenerate specimen OF humanity
entered a gun shop at Fremont the other day
while the proprietor was at inner and helped
himself to a half dt zen good revolvers. He
will probably be heard from out on the range
annihils,ing red skins.
Plum Creek fur, ishes an example Of busi
ness grit which other towns can borrow with
out paying a royalty. Last week the hrces-
si.y Of Al elevator was felt. A nesting was
called aud IN ten minutes $4,000 was Sub.
scribed 10 The enterprise.
1t Is now proposed that a return visit be
made by Omaha merchants 10 the ci..es 81
Fremont and Super or, and In that connection
the Fremont Tri0un- advises merchants OF
that city to help The MISTER along, as the
Omaha trade Is worth catering TO.
Thomas Roe, one o. the men wounded In
the terrible catastrophe Il: Hooper on
Saturday evening DIED Monday even
Ing about d o'clock, making the
fourth victim. Roe was wounded In the
hnaa and from the first Iht re wa. little or no