Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-02
NEBRASKA.

dedicated February 20.
There are now thirteen inmates In the
Dodge county poor house.
Atkinson claims to have the best G. A. r.
post I'm northern Nebraska.
The Creighton guards at Omaha have risen
to the dignity OF club rooms.
Atkinson business men are taking steps ~
provide protection against fire.
The people OF Madison have voted to bond
the town for = system OF water works.
The Plum Creek Bicycle club has arranged
for a series OF races to take place this week.
The Gosper county seat war has been de-
| clared of and the offices will be removed to
Elwood.
John ". Edwards, president of the bank OF
Seward county, died at Seward last Saturday
morning.
1t is estimated that the running expenses
| OF Keith county during this year will amount
to g., 500.
The Otoe county farmers are making an
| effort to organize an anti-horse thief asso-
| citation.
1t is said that 1894, 500 will be needed to
keep the educational department OF Omaha
running for 1889.
Prof Edwards has resigned the position OF
principal OF the Benkleman schools on &C
count Of his health.
The Herald says 1t Ia q matter of common
notoriety that there are two or three houses
Of III repute In Wayne.
Mrs. George Kissell Of Fremont has sued
Ernest Schmidt Of the same place for $1,000
for defamation OF character.
Norfolk wants an opera house In order TO
have a fit place in which TO celebrate the ad-
vent OF the Pacific Short line.
The people OF Hooper are being RECALLED
with a liberal supply OF thestricals, which
have been literally patronized.
The business men Of Tekamah have petit
toned the Wells, Fargo Express company 70
establish a free delivery system.
The O'Neill roller mill Will shut down
February |, on account Of the scarcity Of
wheat and the slow sale Of -four.
A furniture factory employing ~ to 100
men will be an addition to Omaha's manu-.
featuring institutions during 1889.
The number Of wolves In Nance county Is
said to be increasing every year and there is
talk Of raising the bounty on scalps.
AN enterprisirg capitalist has declared his
intention TO establish a packing house In
Rushville next season, 90 the Sun says.
The Baptist society OF Harrington is cor
responding with pastors and expects to re-
sumo regular sers ices In a few weeks.
The Nebraska City Hospital association
has fled articles OF incorporation. The
articles are signed by forty business men.
The packing house at Kearney began oper
atoms last Wednesday and killed 25O hogs
, The capacity Of the house is 500 hogs per day
A acw town, significantly called Hartshorn
. has been laid out on the farm Of s. |. Hart
! twelve miles south Of Ponca, In Dixon county
The Grand Island Gun club has been organ
lied with fifteen charter members and ar man.
l more In prospect. The first local tournament
Will occur today.
An exciting time Is expected at the ap
: preaching city election In Ponce. The issu'
will be license or no license, and the voter
o are pretty evenly divided in their opinions.
The meat inspector at Lincoln says tha
I not a carload OF Kansas City beef has beer
i sold in that city since his last monthly report
D.. s. Rain, a travelling man from Clinton
i TO, was found dead In his room at the Crane
Pacific hotel in Grand Island last Monday
' morning.
The Republican remarks that the Omahs
, postofice bill and city hall project are march
i ing on, but the union cepot is atill an uncer
tain quantity.
The opening OF the new Presbyterian church
at Hastings will be celebrated by a lecture by
Rev. w. j. Iarsha, Of Omaha, on Leisure
: Days in I~tely,n January -.
Leroy McGregor succeeded IN obtaining
considerable money By false pretenses from
the merchants at Concord and then silently
Withdrew to more congenial climes.
The Message announces IT'S intention &c
howl until the members OF the Clearwater
Cemetery association get a move OF them.
selves and secure a site Tor a burying ground.
Inc Tribune says that a stranger in Ere
mont would be parGoned for thinking some
penitentiary door had been Inadvertently left
open II he was TO size men up by the style OF
caps they wear.
The bad boys Of York are having a hard
tihiC VI y. oDt q JucN bNNh s'hN ~ jar
breaking glass In vacant houses, and three
others who are In confinement Tor stealing
are made to work leveling the court house
yard.
John NJ, G. Curry, one OF the leading dry
goods merchants OF SCHUYLER, failed last
Wednesday and the First National bank Is
in possession Of the store under a bill OF sale;
consideration, $1,000. The liabilities are
about $4,000. The assets are nearly the
same.
Alfred Holdenberger, of Greeley Center,
forged the name Of his employer, {. IL.
Marsh, to checks for various amounts ana
succeeded in .qurez ny 800 out of the MGR
chants Of that town and fed, closely pursued
by the marshal.
The mayor OF South Omaha has ordered
everybody in that burg 10 put a number on
his hodse before January i or take he ccnse-
Q%ueuces. This move : made In orjer that
the people may enjoy the benefits OF a free
delivery system.
Grapd Island claims the distinction ofbcirg
the o.. = point IN the world where An Illus
tratcd magazine Is printed in the low German