Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-06

NuNnt'Oi IA bbci WSt u hpihs
Cornelius Van ~fnwager died at Hastings
Saturday at the age OF SO OF paralysis.
There are now $50 bills IN the hands OF the
committees of the house which have not been
reported back.
10 the district court at Bralnerd Saturday
Fred Rutland, charged with horse stealing,
was acquitted.
Wabasha has given a bonus Of 81 900 to the
proprietor Of the boat yard In order to retain
the enterprise at that place.
A Minneapolis police officer has sued his
wife for a divorce on the ground that she has
used him cruelty. Poor fellow.
The publisher OF the saltwater Democrat
announces that hereafter his paper will be
strictly Independent In all things.
The Shattuck military school Mt Faribault
will put up another new hall to cost $50, 600,
and will also erect a hospital to cos, $25, 900.
A man was captured Sunday at Faribault
that answers the description Of Tsscott, but
he proved 10 be a crook named Field who was
wanted at Winona.
A committee Of st. Paul aldermen visited
Chicago and investigated the underground
electric light system with a view to putting
In the system In ST. Paul.
DIphtherIa has developed at Reads Land
ing to such an extent that the public schools
have been closed, and a quarantine placed
over the houses where the disease exists.
The West Duluth Dock company viii at
once proceed with the work CT constructing a
mammoth dock. The structure will be 355x
5000 feet, and will have a vessel slip running
through IT $50 feet wide, with a nayigable
depth Of eighteen feet of water.
The stallion owners Of Blue Earth county
VIII hold a meeting next Saturday to form a
Mutual Stallion Insurance company. While
1t now costs about 500 a head every year to
insure their horses, they expect by the new
arrangement TO be able to insure them for
$40.
Three or four citizens who ought to have
been wiser were taken In for SIS by a couple
Of travelling confidence men, Saturday, who
showed them the soap and watch trick.
One OF the victims subsequently made COM
plant TO the authorities, and recovered his
money.
T. G. Jewett, ex-sheriff OF Litchfeld, 'has'an-
nounced his intention Of capturing Tascott If
It costs him his life and fortune. He Is an
old Indian fighter, having led the United
States troops in the battles with the Sioux,
and although An Old man &c t-,ends aver that
he will make a better showing than the Chi
cago 'sleuths' have made SO far.
Telegraph Operator Mayoorick, Of Bingham
Lake, was arrested by Postmaster Stedman,
OF Window Sunday, on a charge Of opening
letters belonging to Miss Richmond, whom
the young man intended TO marry some time
ago and procured a license for the purpose,
but the engagement appears to have been
broken off. Mavoorick was evidently In pur-
suit OF information OF some character. He
admitted the ~offense.
Natural gas has been discovered In the vi
| cinity Of Aitkin and a natural gas and oil
company is about TO be formed, with a CAPT
tai stock OF 81 ,C00,000. A large amount Of
land has been secured, and 1t is expected that
| work will commence as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be perfected. About IF
teen months ago Rev. A. Striemer went there
from Ohio and began q study Of the geology
of the country. He came from a country
where there was natural gas, and is thor
oughly familiar with the subject. About elk
months ago he discovered gas at the point re-
ferred to, and stuce that time the parties in
terested have been quietly picking up all the
land In that vicinity that could be obtained.
The incorporation means business, and will
do its utmost to develop this enterprise.
Robert Manford, who has been agent for
the Northern Pacific Elevator company, at
Perhsm, for the past two years was arrested
last week for stealing $500 worth Of wheat.
When the case was called the defendant
failed to appear. He is supposed TO have
joined the great majority in Canada.
Several Of the farmers whose lands adioin
the town site Of Delano have been consider
ably worked up over a report that their lands
were taken into the corporate limits OF the
village. One Of their number visited the
capitol last Saturday to ascertain II proceed
ings could not be stopped, but found that the
bill had been hurried through and the govern
or;s signature affixed.
Sunday evening when Anton Hun, David
Claric and George Barryman were passing
through the woods about four miles from
Mankato, near the poor farm, they were hor-
riied to see the body OF a man suspended
from q limb Of a tree by a rope. TIE body
proved TO be that Of Simon Olson, a wood
chopper, who was about 20 years old, and
Leaves three sons. lie was addicted TO strong
drink, and every cent he earned he bought
whisky with. The body bore evidence OF
having been hanging to the tree for q number
OF days.
Information is wanted Of Al old soldier
named Joseph Smith. He lived with bis fam
lily a. Elbow Lake, and went TO Fergus Falls
on business, having q large sum Of money
with him. About 10 o'clock on the evening
OF his disappearance, Mr.. Smith was seen on
the streets with a stranger going toward the
station to take the train homeward. All trace
OF him since that time has been lost, and it Is
believed he has been murdered. His pension
has accumulated in the agents hands, not
having been called for. His family and
friends are naturally gre atty distressed.
Owing TO the past rather open winter, 1t
was thought that not more than half an sv-
crage winters work would be the result Of
the labcrs in the Rum river pIper,es and