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

49,.
Ewing wants a mill and q canning fac
tory.
West Lincoln is to have q $4,000 soap
plant.
The first number of the Creighton Courier
has appeared.
Nebraska City merchants have organized
for mutual good.
F. O. Robinson is the new editor of the
Harrington Herald.
Fsirmont and Dorchester will be connected
by telephone July 1.
A new G.. A. r. post was organized at Pal
mer Saturday night.
The state Sunday school convention is in
session ut Tecumseh.
The tabernacle of the Beatrice C~hautauqus
grounds will seat 1000 people.
Two new brick bank buildings are In course
| Of construction At North Platte.
Frank Sours, \ Blair butcher, is under ar
rest for selling diseased meat.
The Times complains that there is too
much drunkenness in Randolph.
Daring the last twelve months there have
been 10 funerals in South Omaha.
Rev. DR.. Martin has been appointed chap
lain OF the Kearney reform school.
Tents are brought into use at Randolph
because OF the scarcity OF dwelling houses.
The contract has been awarded for the
building Of the Lutheran college at Wayne.
Geo. W. Frank, Of Kearney, has bought a
half interest in the town site Of Culbertson.
The livery stable OF G. ., Norton, at
Kearney, was destroyed by fire Friday morn
ing.
fact, the $780, 900 subsidy having been Sc
cured.
The annual picnic Of the Otoe County Old
Settlers association was held at Palmyra
Friday.
The new state insane asylum at Hastings
will be ready for patients between the LIST
aud 18TH OF July.
Great preparations are being made to dedt
cate the new johnson county court house on
the Fourth Of July.
The time for the Holt county soldiers re-
union has been fixed for August 10 to 25, in
elusive, at O'Neill.
| Two new Presbyterian churches are being
built In Plattsmouth. One will cost $4,000
and the other $4,000.
The city council Of Fairfield has contracted
for q 81 900 fire engine, including hose cart
and 600 feet Of rubber hose.
The Fairfield creamery yields about 1,20t
pounds of butter daily. During the past TIVE
weeks $10,0 900 worth has been shipped.
Albright citizens are very enthusiastic FOL
the talked Of tannery, and will take $1,000 o.
stock II the company will locate there.
A company has been incorporated to built
q canal from Arcadia to Loup City, q dis
lance of fourteen miles. twill cost $780, 600
C. NJ. Goodrich dropped dead while at wori
on his farm . few miles east OF Palmer las
Friday. Heart disease Is supposed to hav'
been the cause.
Mason Sucker, at the Nebraska City pack
Ing house Saturday, fell upon his knife, cut
ting a horrible cash in his left side, barrel
t missing vital parts. His recovery is doubt
full.
g The dry goods and millinery Arm OF {
r s. Yates & Co., OF Chadron, has failed
The liabilities are $4,000 and the asset
about g, 000. Q. f. Yates has skipped til
d town.
Frank Umstead, the 10 year-old son {
I Samuel Umstead, was smothered to deaf
Saturday at Dawson by falling into an elev'
tor pit and being covered by several feet
water.
T. The Fremont city council wants bids Il
$35, 900 water works extension bonds, $500
e frontage paving bonds, $1,000 intersectic
@ bonds, $4,000 city hall and 10000 cou
house bonds,
The 12.year-oId daughter Of Thomas Bate
Ia Of Hastings, was attacked by a vicious az
ate Thursday night and severely wounde
She has been In convulsions ever since, al
may not recover.
T. A hre at Neigh Friday morning burn
q the barns OF w. z. Ref and }. d. Bonylet al
at the warehouse Of H. Herbs. Eight hors
were burned to death and $1,000 worth
I'd implements consumed.
to A new female minstrel company Is belt
to organized In Omaha. It's first performan
will be given In Council Bluffs, and shou
n. success be attained It will visit Sioux CT
sc and other western cities.
'h The little son Of Nicholas Mank, a farm
living two miles south Of West Point, "
instantly killed Saturday while leading
a horse to water. The horse kicked strikt
IL him In the back Of the head.
The following new buildings and inpro1
II ments have been decided upon for the Kes
d ney industrial school: A shop to cost 81
d 600; boiler house and stack at a cost Of 81
900, and a ga 900 steam plant.
A Sioux squaw lodged complaint against
u citizen living north OF Gordon for gtvil
Y her a 500 confederate bill in exchange for
pony. The smooth citizen '1xed things
with the dusky maiden In time TO avoid d
rest.
d Ed Moore, George Mahes an jim Rain
Is were released frem the county jail at n
brasks City Friday. The former served near
q year for petit larceny. The latter we
,e charged with chicken stealing, but 1t Is sa
q Mahes suffered for another's ofense.
to Fred Thompson, driver OF a dairy WACO
q. was stoppc. by two masked highwaymea
10 80 Thursday night, while returning hon
m two miles southwest Of Beatrice, and robb
Of 81. One OF the men held'the team while t
,e other did the job, covering Thompson with
f. revolver.