Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-14
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Iowa.

A Des Moines jewelry store was broken
into Thursday night and watches and jew
elry valued at 500 taken.
The state board of health is distributing
pamphlets throughout the state with a
view of preventing the spread of small pox-
The mayor and city council of st. Louis
are calling on Iowa cities TO favor st.
Louis as the place for holding the worlds
fair.
At a special election last Wednesday Red
Oak voted to bond the city for $4,000 for
the purpose of putting in an electric hgh'
plant.
Council Bluffs claims TO be healthy for
this time of the year, only six burial per-
mits being issued during the past W
weeks.
Michael LAWN, aged 60, of Des Moines,
was gored by a vicious cow last Wednes-
day, receiving injuries which may result
fatally.
at Clarinda for the second annual reunion
of veterans and sons of veterans to be held
October l and 2.
Fremont county's new court house, at
Sidney, is rapidly nearing completion. TIT
structure is an imposing one and will be Q
credit TO the county.
An enterprising Des Moines firm has
erected a small corn palace on the fair
grounds, which is said to be the drawing
card of the exposition.
Articles of incorporation of the Coles
burg Creamery company, of Delaware
county, with a capital of $4,000, rave been
filed with the secretary of state.
A live tarantula was found in a box OF
bananas at Newton Friday. 1t was cap
tured and placed in a box with a mouse and
q fight ensued. The mouse killed the Ia
r~antula.
Mrs. L. d. Edwards, aged so, Of Mt.
Pleasant, while crossing the railroad track
Wednesday was struck by a freight engine,
crushing her skull 80 that she died shortly
afterward.
A young man named Clarence Lazenby,
Of McVey, packed up a cartridge Thurs.
day, which failed TO explode in the gun,
which went off and carried most of his
hand with it.
Charlton people are making it warm for
the Salvation army. The other evening
they were treated to a dose of eggs, and
later the fire department got after them
with the hose.
Ole Larson, a blacksmith at Woodbine,
while attempting to shoe a horse last Sat
urday, was kicked in the face. His nose
was broken, and it is feared he will lose an
eye and possibly both.
Lee Fisk, a lad of IA summers, living in
Bloomfield township, Polk county. was
thrown from a wagon last Thursday and
received injuries from the effects of which
1t is said he will die.
WI. Williams, a shipper of Corning, has
fled complaint with the railroad commits
sioners against the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy because they charged him 81 for ice
put ina refrigerator car.
Several highwaymen attempted to hold
up a hack driver in Des Moines Wednes-
day night, and succeeded in stopping the
team, but the driver commenced firing on
them and put them to flight.
Of the forty men arrested in Keokuk last
Friday for violating the liquor law, thirty
seven appeared in the superior court Sat
urday morning and pleaded guilty and
were fined $50 and costs each.
The citizens of Cherokee county have
fled a lengthy petition with the railroad
commissioners, asking that the Illinois
Central be compelled to provide station
facilities between Marcus and Meriden.
j. E. Bennett, of Des Moines, while lean
ing over a fence looking at a horse Thurs
day afternoon, was grabbed by the jaw by
a vicious dog, which inflicted a serious
wound before his hold could be loosened.
Frank Griffith, near Milford, attempted
to rape Dora Childs, IA years old, but her
screams frightened him away. He took
refuge in a swamp near the town, where
he was afterward captured, and is now in
Jail at Estherville.
Charley Phillips stole a team of horses
and q buggy during the fremen's tourna-
ment in Council Bluffs two months ago and
has kept out Of reach of the officers until
last Friday night when he was gathered in
at Omaha. He is now tn Jail.
Butler Throssel, of Sheffield, has rrturned
from England will seventeen imported
horses, English shires and Cleveland Bays.
September 26 and "a a joint reunion OF
the veterans of the Second and Twenty
fifth Iowa infantry regiments will be held
at Washington.
Four tramps attemptes TO board . freight
train at Thayer Wednesday, when q fight
ensued between them and the train hands.
During the melee one of the tramps drew
o revolver and two Of the train men were
wounded. One tremp was knocked sense
less with a coupling pin and will probably
die.
Lawyer Billings, who is in Jail at Water
loo on the charge of killing Kingsley, at
Waverly, has turned his attention to writ
ing poetry, and has contributed a poem on
"reminiscences of the war to a local paper.
1t is believed that his trial will not be
reached before the latter part of Septem.
Der.
In Latin he is Johannes Smithus; the
italians smooth him of with Giovanal
Smith; the Spaniards render him Juan
Smithus; the Hollanders adopt him aa