Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-05-11
NEBRASKA.

DutiCI CO0uty boo otS V~o,oOV ~ bchNo "
. new court house.
South Beatrice will enjoy the luxury Of
street cars In sixty days.
The Omaha dog catcher will
business on the 10th Of May.
Ice cream socisbles are ripening, but the
cucumber is several cramps behind.
Kearney's city hall bonds sold for %H.
They draw 8 per cent. and are due In twenty
| years.
Wolf scalps are worth 81 OF Otoe county's
| coin, and hunters are pelting the treasurer At
a lively rate.
1t Is expected that the Christian university
| building at Lincoln will be completed by the
18th Of June.
Mad dog scares are blooming In various sec
sole, vigorously applied, will Danish the fright
In short order.
North Platte wants a base ball club. Ap-
plications should be accompanied with pho
tographs In uniform.
Nebraska City already feels the great bene-
fits arising from her park system. The trees
make splendid hitching posts.
PlattsDouth is moving for electric street
railways. The venerable capital Of Csss
county is dit playing enterprise
and push this year.
The water works company Of York has
rescued It's plant from the auction block, and
Adams ale again lows unchecked by me-
chanics' liens. York Is a pioneer among por-
hibition towns, and water must be had at any
price
The Nebraska City grand jury toyed with
the case Of a burglar for four days, and sue
ceeded In returning an indictment several
hours after the crook had nowu.
The father OF Minnie and Matte Andrews
has returned to Omaha, having failed to per
suade the girls TO leave the society OF the
Cinnamon, with whom they ran away.
Robert Hackett, Of Omaha, attempted sui
eide the other day by cutting the arteries of
his right arm. The explanation Is that he
had been smoking too many cigarettes.
The st. Paul postohice has been decorated
with q handsome and artistic Ed Chinn.
Samples can be had ut all hours. The post
master is determined to please his patrons.
Horace B. Chase, superintendent OF the
Indian school at Genoa, has been arrested on
q charge OF defrauding the government. The
trouble, 1t is said, Is traceable to a poker
table.
A quartette Of young and beardless scaven.
gers have been hauled into court In Frenon,
for printing and circulating an obscene poem
They were placed under bono and bound owe,
to the district court.
The Omaha Bee says that all the talk abou,
the city buying the gas and water works 4
wssteful breath. The city Is limited In III
authority TO issue bonds above 10 per cent
OF It's assessed valuation.
The Rev. Sam Small will lead . triumphal
procession "From the {Bar-room to the Pul
pitt In Lincoln next month. 1t is presumed
that Sam has arranged TO secure a supply OF
inspiration at the starting point.
A simple decree Of divorce In Nebrasks
City deprived a Bishop Of rank, o~moluments
and staff at one sitting of the court. 1t was
a great relief 10 the wife of DR.. Hoyt G.
Bishop, She took her maiden name.
+ Columbus cries out against the nude In
dramatic art. A begy of raw and wrinkled
Amszons disported on the stage there re
Gently and actually checked the Journal nan.
{ They must have been frightfully tough.
-Four sons Of Joseph Dryok, living In Mo
brara vallev, twelve miles from Niohrara, were
buried In a sandpitlast Saturday. One escaped
! and summoned aid, but before it arrived oae
Of the three left uuder the sand had sufTo-
Gated.
{ Portsmouth viii dig up the Ratchet on the
30th and apostrophize the virtues OF the
cherry tree chopper. After the ceremonies II
, Is proposed to present the Ratchet to a promi
nent Burlington official, accompanied by q
sketch OF the long promised depot.
The financial hackers OF the Fremont can.
. ming factory proposes to clip the wings Of A
Bird, Of P~lattsmouth. They have decided to
tleman descends from HIS lofty perch and full,
fills his contract. Five hundred dollars in
hand is worth several birds In the bush.
Norfolk ~rejoices over the certainty Of a
new railroad. Thirty thousand dollars IL
bonds have been voted to the builders, and
surveyors have already been turned loose on
the road to Yankton. The construction OF
this lire Is likely TO force the Omaha and st.
Paul company to cover the gap between
Harrington and Yankton this season.
Mrs. A. Zelner, q Michigan woman, tracked
her faithless spouse to the wilds OF Platte
county last week, and found him cavorting
with the affections Of q tickle female. The
scene which followed can be pictured by the
Imagination. The Interesting fact is cheer
fully chronicled that Zeluer was yanked by
the back hair and toted home at railroad
speed. The game was not worth the effort.
The bowls Of returning Oklahoma pilgrims
are rising above the hum OF busy life in
various sections Of the state. They bring
with them a wholesome regard for Nebraska
soil and climate, and disgust for the red
crusted land Of the boomers. Experience
costs money. The amount ssuandered in the
wild rush to Indian territory would secur
farms in Nebraska superior in every res2C,t
A public meeting was held In .,
Dodge county, to discuss the question ii
Sunday observance-particularly the cues