Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-30
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Gated Thursday evening by "A grand puoic
ball.
The school board at Benkleman is in a
lively quarrel. The school house, however,
will be built.
The citizens Of C%olerldge and Harrington
are clamoring for a good IOac connecting the
two towns.
Holdrege will vote July II on the question
Ct investing 5000 In a fire engine house with
equipments,
The city council OF Wahoo will issue saloon
licenses and the thirsty will have a legal OPP
portunity to quench their thirst.
s. b. Lowell, an old resident In the vicinity
Of Kcarney, has been sdjudged insane. he
was brooding over financial troubles
Central City desires to call the attention OF
capitalists to the fact that there Is an excel
lent opening for a wholesale grocery.
1t is surmised that the Omaha crooks have
got all they need for the present, and house
breaking is becoming less frequent.
Ell George, "A horse thief, has been captured
at Dashler, Thayer county. He had four
horses In a car billed 10 a Chicago pal.
The - months old daughter of Joseph See
ley Of Fremont was strangled TO death Friday
evening by attempting to swallow a screw.
Wisner is now assured Of having a $l2 900
school house in the near future. Bonds in
lhe amount OF 81, 800 have been voted.
The Salvation army has been marching on
In Omaha for over a year without Interrupt
ton, but 1t wasn't able ~ repulse Omaha's
standing army.
F. II. Harrier, a shoe dealer at Norfolk,
committed suicide last Friday by taking
strychnine. He had been drinking heavily
for a few days.
The board Of supervisors Of Holt county
will next week take up the question Of sub
hitting county division to y vote Of the peo-
pie.
With several smatuer base ball clubs dis
porting themselves on the diamond, and two
or three avn tennis clubs in existence, the
Fremont market for liniment ought to feel
encouraged.
Lightning lodged into a house In David
City, melted the wire cord holding the motto,
God Bless Our Home" and dashed 1t on the
noor. The occupants OF the house were
shocked.
Waterloo Is afflicted with a serenading
party. The village board will be petitioned
to suppress the rank nuisance. The News
urges heroic remedies with an elevating ten.
dency.
The Dawson County Herald, a sterling
Democratic paper, has been enlarged from al
eight column folio to a seven column quarto,
and otherwise improved.
Seventy-seyen cases appeared before the po
lice Judge at Omaha Monday. Everything
from a plain drunk to an assault with intent
to kill was there.
The proposed Evening News In Platts-
mouth was strangled by general Indifference
before its birth. General Indifference holds
a large grip on the affections OF the residents,
A fly young burglar, giving the name OF
James Garrett, was discovered asleep las,
Monday In a slaughter house near McCook
with a quantity Of stolen property on his per.
son. He was run in by the police.
A ST. Louis drummer named Clark, while
airing a scarlet woman, was caught In a storm
near Hastings and secured shelter In a re-
spectacle house on the plea that the woman
was his wife. The pair were pulled before
breakfast and hurried to jail. The nights
lark cost him t25 and trimmings.
The Holdrege Manufacturing company has
incorporated with a capital stock Of s15, 600.
The business is to manufacture wind mills,
pumps, wagons, buggies and do foundry and
jobbing work. 1t will have 100 men on the
pay roll.
Box Butte county shows up a school popu
lation of 900. The figures are coupled with
the extraordinary confession OF the Alliance
Argus that the Overwhelming majority of
our settlers are unmarried men and young
women"
The Typographical union has protested
against the proposed establishment of a
printing Office In connection with the high
school at Omaha. The reason given is that It
would overflow the printing business with
"blacksmiths."
Fred Hsefner, a saloon keeper of Dunbar,
against whom a temporary injunction was is
sued by Judge Chapman, has taken prelimi-
nary steps to bring an action for $40, 600
damages against several Dunbar prohibition
lists who instituted the action against him.
The Fourth of July will be the first ami
versary OF the birth OF Madrid and the day
will be observed in the most approved fashion.
Five hundred dollars will be useu for the pur-
pose. Senator George d. Melklejobn will de-
liver the Grafton.
The distillery at Nebraska City stops the
manufacture OF alcohol on the 18th. The
cattle now In the yards will be shipped this
week. On the LIST of July the distillery viii
shut down and remBin closed indefinitely, a
monument to the whisky trust.
Rev. and Mrs. j. f. Heaton, Of Fremont,
celebrated the ffty-second anniversary OF
their wedding last Saturday evening. They
gave a tea party that was a somewhat notable
one when the ages Of the guests are consid-
cred. There was only one young man pres
ent. The average age OF eight Others who
sat at the table was % years.
The Farmers alliance at st. Edward has
perfected its organization. The capital stock
has been placed at 81, ZOO, OF which 8, 1000 has
already been subscribed. The prime object
of the association is To build an elevator and
stock yards, and put a man in charge under
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