Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-27

wing.
The tramp season has opened at Alex
andris.
The scarlet fever scare at Fergus Falls is
subsiding.
The farmers In LIE sueur county are
through seeding.
Mrs. Nicholas NcGree, an cid resident Of
AArshon, IL dead.
A new race track is being made on the fair
grounds ut Wells.
The knight: OF Pythiss 81 Duluth are to
build 4 new hall.
The clothes line thief 10 making himself OBJ
nsxious At Winena.
The Aaplston Enterprise is changed to an
eight-column folio.
There Is much sickness at Chaska, especi-
ally among children.
The schools at Willmar are closed on ac-
count OF contagious sickness.
Elk Rivers creamery building 10 under way
and q starch factory Is assured.
Faribsult's creamery will be ready for bust
ness by the middle of the month.
Chinch bugs are reported to be up and do
Ing In the vicinity Of Clark's Grove.
The 00-barre steam Touring mill at Lu-
verne has be,n burned. Loss, $2s, 600.
Three deaths and thirteen births occurred
At Hastings durisg the month Of March.
Diphtheria has caused two deaths at
Featherstone and 1t Is feared the end is not
yet.
A wagon bridge across the Red river near
Fergus Falls, has been destroyed by a prairie
fire.
Hertz's brewery at Carver has been burned.
Mcleod county farmers are prosperous as n
rule.
Martin Haley Of Wasecs, brought Town a
goose a half mile away With a Winchester
riGe.
The Fairmont News has entered upon its
Hfta year. 1t is keeping up with the process
sion.
Rain Is badly needed at Waseca. Nearly
all the wells and ~cisterns In the place are
empty.
The churches Of Winona have taken steps
to make = contribution to the FIRE sufferers Of
Dakota.
Nearly all the farmers In the vicinity Of
Lake City have completed wheat and oats
seeding.
great deal of hay and fencing has been
destroyed in the vicinity Of st. Peter by prai-
RE fires.
The prospects for a prosperous future fer
the people Of southern Minnesota were never
brighter.
A driving park and fair association has
been organized at Winona with a capital
Of 500, 0Oe.
The ministers Of Lake City have formed a
union for the purpose Of promoting general
church work, etc.
Perry Martin, of Lake City, has a copy Of
the Boston Gazette and Country Journal,
dated March II, ITO.
Four children at ST. Joseph were poisoned
by eating Wild parsnips. Three died and were
buried In one grave.
A scandinavian ladies' seminary, the first
institution of its kind in this country, is to
be erected at Red Wing.
The government has furnished three grave
stones to mark the graves Of soldiers sleeping
In the Waseca cemetery.
The Catholic Total Abstinence union Of
Minnesota will assemble In state convention
In Minneapolis June 5 and 6.
A large photograph Of Hon. Vim. Window
has lately been placed in the Winona Savings
bank, Of which he is president.
The house of A. B.. Bell, at Hastings, was
burglsrized of about $3.50 worth Of personal
property. The burglar escaped.
Prof Sweason, Of the high school at Albert
Lea, was presented with a handsome baby
! carriage by the students under his charge.
The cellar of the residence OF G. Amund-
son, of st. Peter, was Invaded by tramps,
meal.
A prairie fire damaged the fair ground
fence at Wasecs and only strenuous efforts
Of several persons saved the buildings and
sheds.
Park Lilly, OF Grenville, is credited with
having one of the oldest violins in existence.
1t 10 said to have been made before America
was discovered.
There were $50 births and 402 deaths In
Gssdhue county during the year 1888, and Of
these 100 Of the births and ~ Of the deaths
occurred at Red Wing.
Drilling has been stopped on the Moorhead
a~rtesian well, owing to the breaking Of the
rope, which dropped the tools, together with
300 feet Of rope, into the hole.
At Anoka, according to the Union, the skin
Of the musk rat is In great demand and are
worth 20 cents each, the highest rice aid
for years. Mink Are a drug In the marke
The wife of a farmer living at the town Of
Saratoga packed up everything Of value in the
house and departed with another. The hus-
band will be satisfied If he gets his property
back.
Al Pickerel Lake, Charles Miller, aged II
years, was kicked to death by the team which
he was driving while narrowing. The horses
became frightened at something and ran
away.
Charles Smith, Of Waseca, has 4 dog that
knows . tramp when he sees one, and the
tramps have found It out. He always grabs
for the seat Of their pants and generally gets
what he is reaching for.
NEXT Memorial DAY no soldiers grave in
any cemetsry In and around st. Paul will be