Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-30
NEWS OF the NORTHWEST


The bonus stock of $500 00 for the Ottumwa
opera house is all subscribed.
Charles Paulsen OF Prescott, fell from a
wagon Saturday and was run over and d'ea
In four hours.
Creston organized a military company Sat
urdsy night, with Judge Wilson OF the gu
perior court, as captain.
The Dubuque Art associations eAhibitnext
May will be the most elaborate and notable IN
the history Of that organization.
The Herald says that unless more Interest
is taken In the board Of trade at Dubuque 1t
will o become a thing OF the past.
The petty thieves are still working In Pa
nora, and II they catch them 1t VIII create
quite q sensation among the old folks.
The Sac Sun says: If our town council
would fix the license for street fakirs at about
$50 per day they would strike 1t about right
Alexander Levi, the first foreigner natural
tied in Iowa, and the first Mason initiated In
Dubuque, reached his S0th year last Wednes-
day.
The remains of DR.. Welch will arrive at
| Ames on Wednesday and lie In state one day
aSd the funeral will occur Thursday after
noon.
The Telegraph announces that the Ou-
buQue drum corps, which d:sbapded some
time ago., VIII probably be reorganized this
spring.
The grain elevator of Finch & Haywood, at
Davenport, was totally destroyed by fire last
Wednesday evening. Loss, 10000; ineur-
ance, $1,000.
The farmers OF Douglas and Creek town
ships, Webster county, are considerably
alarmed over the appearance Of the hoof dis-
ease among their cattle.
A gang OF Omaha toughs went to Council
Bluffs Saturday and got into a fight with a
mau named Connors and nearly killed him.
-Four OF them were arrested and are now In
jail.
The Northwest Davenport Furniture fac
tory, operated by Jens Hansen, burned Sun
day night. Being outside OF the fire limits
| the destruction was complete. The loss Is
$40, 600; insurance two-thlrds. The origin IL
unknown.
II, as reported in the Washington dis
patches, Adj.-Gen. Alexander resigns to &c
to Washington, the veterans Of the eastern
part OF the state will urge the appoint
ment of Col. Park w. McNanus of Davenport
or the place.
Laban j. Childs Of Council Bluffs, aged
a. fell from a ladder While trimming trees
Saturday afternoon, causing a conclusion O
| the brain from which he died Sunday even
ing. He was an old and respected citizen o
Pottawattamie county.
The remains of John Beerman were foun(
In the railway yards at Clinton Tuesda,
morning badly mutilsted, an engine havinl
passed over the tody. There are suspicion
that the man had been murdered and hi
body placed on the track.
g. z. Vandcrburg Of Ottumwa had a scuffi
with his wife yesterday morning and thre'
her down, whereupou a step-son name'
Brown, aged Is, shot Vanderburg in the lef
shoulder with 4 IA caliber bull dog. Tn
wound will not prove fatal.
The ice is out OF the river at Clinton an,
steamers are preparing for business. The pc
titlons In circulation for the election TO vot
on a tax for a wagon bridge across the Mi;
sissippi have been go generally signed as t
ineure an election and probably the vote Of
, tax.
Twenty years ago last Wednesday Fatbe
Ryan, vicar general and chancellor OF the die
cese Of Dubuque, was ordained a priest. Tn
priests of his diocese assembled az his resi
derce last Wednesday and presented hir
with a purse which, according to reports, cor
tanned $1,000.
The sheriff and his deputies raided a hol
in the wall and gambling joint at Marshall
town Saturday night, and seized a quantit
Of whisky and beer at the former and a con
plete outfit Of gambling devices ut the latter
twenty-five men, many Of them well know
citizens, were found in the gambling join
but none were arrested.
The Democratic factions at Dubuque hay
united on the basis Of the amalgamation
the city committees. This settles the fgf
originating in the fusion Of Republicans an
Democrats last spring to guard against th
possibility Of the knights OF Labor putting
ticket In the field. The Jackson Democrat
CluD Nhb tucu o}5au4@tu Nd u plolCot aEaiu'
fusion.
George Hollingsworth, q switchman In Ii
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy yards
Burlington, was seriously, perhaps fatal,
hurt In the discharge of his duty Satarda
evening. When In the act OF coupling tw
cars he was caught between them, as he wa
standing between them with a shoulder I
each, and was crushed In the region Of tn
chest. His case is very serious.
NJ. G. Mcclellan, one Of the early settle,
aud most highly esteemed citizens Of sheldo,
died suddenly OF heart disease on Frids,
According to his custom, he walked down
the postofice after breakfast, and hou
again, and was taken Town almost inmcd
ately, living bat q few minutes. He was
man Of sterling qualities, and his death
I universally regretted. Els funeral occurre
Sunday and WAS largely attended.
Several OF the employees Of the electric MI
tor company at Council Bluffs are victims
an insurance agent who bas been workin
among them to good advantage the past fe
weeks. He has been i~nsurfng them again
; accident from electric current. The polici'
have Just begun to arrive, aud 1t seems tn,