Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-05-25
NEWS OF The NORTHWEST


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AT Celfax potatoes are selling at 8 cents a
bushel.
The third reunion Of the Fortieth Iowa Will
be held at Knoxville August 20 and ~.
DR.. G.. T. Watt Of Davenport, aged 20, was
badly hurt in o runaway Friday evening.
J. T. Dolliver, Of Fort Dodge, will deliver
an Grafton In Maryland on the 4th OF July.
There are $50 men and fifty teams en-
ployed In putting down street paving IN
Clinton.
The RENAME OF an unknown man were
found in the brush Q short distance from
Charles City.
In boring for water at Superior, Dickinson
county. at q depth OF l40 feet q Jet OF natural
gas was struck.
Miss Matte Wagner, formerly OF Sac City,
was an Oklahoma boomer, and succeeded IN
securing q claim.
Frank ". Bicknell, of Humboldt, has just
taken charge of the local department OF the
LeMsrs Sentinel.
Henry Wyatt, of Hull, . widower, aged %
was married on Wednesday to q Miss Mon
tague, Of that city, aged 10.
John Swanson, Of Boone, was killed near
Jefferson Friday by falling under a gravel
train on which he was riding.
Nelson II. rsh, who was city editor OF the
Davenport Gazette five years ago, Is now city
editor OF the New York Herald.
Canterville has invested $1,000 In an arte-
| sian well $500 feet deep, but the water won't
come to the surface by 260 feet.
It now appears that Mrs. Carrie Farrell,
who was found dead near Sibley, had been
thrown from her horse and killed.
Fort Dodge claims to be growing faster
and improving more ia proportion TO her pop
ulation than any other city in Iowa.
The trustees Of the state deaf and dumb
institution have decided to build an add
| tional Industrial bulldog to cost IS 600.
Mary Cleary, q Council Bluffs girl OF Is,
attempted to commit suicide by drowning
but was taken out Of the water and resuci-
tated.
Eagle Grove proposes to celebrate the
Fourth of July In q manner that will make
the event historical In the annals OF the
town.
A meeting Of the Congregational ministers
Of the state will assemble at Creston next
week. About 500 are expected to be in AZ
tendance.
G. n. Pinkerton, principal OF the Perry
schools, has Deen appointed one Of the board
Of visitors to the United States West Point
Military academy.
The heating apparatus OF the Merriam block
In Council Bluffs, consists In part OF four
twenty-five horse power boilers and s7,OO0
feet Of steam pipe.
TheDunlap Reporter advocates the boycott
ting by the young ladies OF that city OF all
young men who gamble, drink Intoxicating
liSuors or play base ball on Sunday.
The remains of an infant recently born,
we're found In q held near Rockdale, Dubuque
| county, Friday. The baby was wrapped In a
copy of an anarchist paper published In
Chicago.
In the marriage ceremony Of Enhl Roach
and Mrs. Wilhelmina Blohn, OF Council Bluffs
two rings were used, one for the bride, the
other for the bridegroom, for the first time
In that city.
Chester Turney employs his spare time In
prison making toys and articles of utility a.
well. A number OF these have been placed
on sale 10 assist In defraying the expenses o.
the appeal TO the federal court.
Henry Kohns, of Muscatine, performed tn,
feat of swallowing tfiriy-two eggs recently
Even then his appetite was not appeased auc
he was only prevented from eating more by
! tho sunnIv az eggs oivtno cut
The report OF the treasurer OF the lows
Congreg ational Home Missionary society
shows the total receipts for the year jas
closed Of 6,003 "a, which is about $500
greater than the previous year.
A Marshalltown scientist says the reason
the bones found in the ancient mouud'
are In such q good state OF preserva
ton is that their owners escaped calomel ant
other strong medicine of a later civilization
The Zero coal mines at Charlton have beer
closed, the machinery taken out and the sup
ply store cold. The mines viii probably b'
abandoned, as the strong inflow OF waite
renders 1t too expensive to work them profit
ably.
during q severe stOrm at Sihrlhua lh'
brick block belonging to William Cutler wa
completely unroofed and about ten feet o
the upper wall crushed in, completely cover
ing thirty head Of horses. They were all ex
treated alive save one.
A suit for 100000 damages has beer
brought in the district court OF Dubuque
against the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau
railway by D. ID. Neese, agent Of the United
States Express company, for damages sus'
tanned In q collision last September.
Near Brooklyn a large barn was struck by
lightning on the 30th, instantly killing Peter
Scarf and seriously ~injuring bis son Norman.
The barn and gfsin was a total loss, about
81, ZOO. Mr.. Scarf was about 70 years old and
was a well to do farmer, highly respected.
The clothing on the dead man was torn in
shreds, yet the body received no injuries ex-
cept the swelling Of the veins.
Des Moines has an actual demonstration Of
the ''pigs In clover'' puzzle. Norman Lichty
has placed a miniature clover field Ia the
window Of his drug store, with woven wire
fences and pen arranged in the puzzle, but
instead OF marbles he has three cute little
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