Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-29

Ground was broken Thursday for the SlW,-
| 600 Catholic cathedral At Davenport.
The project Of building a polytechnic
school has been revived at Des MONIES.
The Avoca ladies' band was an admired
feature Of the Council Bluffs tournament.
Dan Edwards, of Manila, has four peach
trees full OF peaches, now one-third grown.
And now Cedar Rapids is kicking because
she didn't get the republican state conyen-
ton.
Charlton votes on the 18th inst. on tn
question Of putting in q system OF electric
lights.
Creston belle wears a yellow rose at her
belt because it matches with the filling In
her teeth.
Fifty-three persons were graduated at
the Cedar Rapids normal school Thursday
afternoon.
The auditor Of Humboldt county paid out
s4S5 TO 12l persons for gopher sealps one day
this week.
Hon. John n. Irwin, OF Keokuk, will be
temporary chairman Of the republican state
convention.
The Linn County Veteran association will
hold It's annual reunion for 1889 at Marion on
July 8 and A.
Edward Moran, a Burlington young man,
was drowned while bathing In the Mississippi
last Thursday.
John Gould WAS drowned near Moingona
Friday while in bathing. His body has not
been recovered.
The Governors Grsys, Dubuque's crack
military company, viii spend the Fourth OF
July at Cedar Rapids.
The Des Moines Graphic, a new Illustrated
weekly, made its appearance last Saturday.
B. s. Hoag Is the editor.
Fort Dodge people have come to the con
clusion that the members OF their base ball
clut are not professionals.
The Fort Dodge amateurs have invited the
Sioux City association base ball team TO yisi'
the COW town ard play ball.
Dairy Commissioner Sherman says ther'
will be 90 per cent. increase in the butte
production Of Iowa this year.
|. Keokuk Is having trouble with the Saliva
: ton army contingent quartered there an
, has forbidden any more parades.
> A Boone boy, Frank Halford, aged !
years, died Friday from the effects OF eatin
o unripe gooseberries and drinking milk.
Della Carpenter, q young lady living wes
OF Fort Dodge, left home Tuesday while ten
, ~porariiy insane, and has not since been seer
A special election has been called for Jun
I 90 to vote on the question Of a $1,000 tax I
4 tlxt,l 49, oAlA+in.al aohopt hnua. for HIM
: boldt.
J. d. Woodward, of Mooreville, Tam
D county, is In Jail on q charge OF using ii
. mails to procure money by fraud and fai'
pretenses.
So far Pella has made the largest contr
9 button sent through the state treasurer
Office TO the Johnstown sufferers, the amour
q being $3.50.
The town council Of Rock Rapids has vote
F.. E. Frizzel, of Larned, Kan, a franchise
; build and operate a system Of water works
cost $50, 200.
n The deep well at Jefferson still goes dow
The mayor has called for q new vote TO raj
IL %, 900 more to continue the we'll TO a cep'
OF $500 feet.
0 A mad dog got into d drove OF hogs at Il
= Churchill farm, near Davenport, and bit
number Of them. Now the hogs are goir
mad by the score.
A man went up In a circus balloon at Flo
Dodge the other day, came down with q par
. chute and landed within twelve feet OF
l rapidly moving passenger train.
- j. ID. Milholland, aged s5, committed su
eide at Gladbrook Friday by hanging himse
In his barn. He was an old settler, bavin
located on his farm over thirty years ago.
Rev. Fred Eason, pastor OF the First BAl
list church at Creston. was assaulted Thur
: day afternoon by a 20" brakeman name
Duffy, who accused the pastor Of causing h
r wife to leave him..
Miss Nellie Tomlinson and Miss Magg
+ Brown, Of Des Motnes, are quarreling over ii
c uncertain distribution OF a young man
v affections, leaving the ladies In doubt as
, who is entitled to the best share OF then
The case has been carried into court.
Miss Msble Brown, living one mile fro
Peterson, committed suicide b ydrowning Ia
. Wednesday night. Equally interesting istf
! fact that the act was performed In the pre-
. ence OF the girls brother, and he did NJ
: know 1t was his sister until too late to pr
D vent II.
I, There ia q great confederation among II
. members OF Buford post, G. A. X at Dayel
l por. over the receipt Of q bill OF $25 fro
Rev. VIM. McPheeters, q member OF the pos
for his services on Memorial dayin deliverin
, the GRAFTON at the national cemetery on ii
government island.
a Articles OF incorporation OF the Romull
Silver Mining company, Of Oskaloosa, wei
aled with the secretary Of state Thursda.
The business Of the company is stated TO |
: the acquiring and operating OF mining pro-
erty anyw here In the United States. II
capital stock Is slso,e00