Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-05

The total cost OF street Improvements this
year at Duluth was s7l5, O91.2 6.
W. L. Croker, an old resident OF Faribault,
died last Sunday aged - years.
A proposition for an electric light franchise
is before the city council at Owatonna.
A patent on a harvesting machine device
has been granted to c.. f. Search OF WI
mona.
The Steele County Democrat, published
weekly at Owa.onna by ID. j. O'Connell, is
just ou'.
The Winona Bar association will form a
stock corporation with the object Of obtaining
a law library.
Winona business men are forming a stock
company for the purpose Of erecting a 800,
600 hotel.
The Faribault Electric Light and Power
company, with a capital Of $50, 600, has been
incorporated.
The ID year old son OF DR.. McKinstry, Of
Zumbrota, died last Thursday from tie effects
of swallowing a screw.
An effort is being made at Owatonna to or
ganize an agricultural society for the purpose
OF holding county fairs.
Chief Of Police Merchant at Albert Lea has
commenced a suit against Aid. Knotvold,
claiming g., 900 damages for SANDER.
The auditors financial statement for 1883
shows that the expenditures OF Goodhue
county this year were only $44, 600, against
SIS 600 last year.
The society event Of the season at Chat
field was the wedding Of Ralph Crawford and
Miss Ella Bowdish, which occurred last
Wednesday evening.
Vim. J. Brown of Tower died last Tuesday
from injuries received Il in the Minnesota mine.
He was married on Thursday OF last week
and buried on Thursday OF this week.
The case of Forsyth VS.. Postmaster Judd
at Moorhead was tried Monday and defend
ant discharged, there being no ground for
prosecution.
1t is claimed that q business failure is
something that has not been known In Fair
bault for upwards Of two years.
Red Wing people will not witness any
dramatic entertainments this winter. The
opera house manager says that the house will
remain closed unless the council grants a free
license, and 1t has refused to DO so.
lllo tOuHlJ AlcuiCdA dSsoCldllOH
held its regular quarterly meeting in Preston
last Tuesday. The time was devoted to dis
~cussion of matters Of general interest. The
next meeting will be held in Spring Valley on
the third Tuesday in next March.
The body which was discovered last SUN
day by hunters on the poor farm in Dubuque
township, Dubuque county, has been ideuti-
fed as that Of Henry Neckals, who disap-
Z peared from his homc in Dubuque a year ago
: 1t is thought that he died from heart disease
Petitions are being circulated Throughout,
Otter Tail county and extensively signed ask
ing for an increase In the bounty on wolf
/, scalps from g. to $40. The petitions will be
presented to the legislature this winter.
James Stewart, the fireman of a switch
t engine In the Anoka yards, was killed at Elk
River Monday evening in an attempt to Jump
2 on a moving engine. He slipped and fell
under the wheels and was cut in two.
A man representing himself as a brother OF
DR.. Stamm Of 81. Paul, was arrested sunday
al Jordan for trying TO obtain money under
false pretences, and for larceny, having stolen
an overeoat from the cloak room of the NJ. T..
church during service.
The grand jury OF Stearns county IN its re-
, port filed last Thursday recommends that a
new county jail be built with all modern i'm
p~rovements; that a large addition be made
to the present court house and that a work
house be provided In which county prisoners
can be kept employed.
A. {. Owen, aged 20 years, an old and high
ly respected citizGn OF Mason City, is out with
a challenge to any man of 20 in the United
States to run him a forty or eighty rod race
and at the end Of tie race jump and strike his
his heels together three times. He will wager
from $500 to $40, 600 on the result.
j. Finch, a farmer, who lives al Muskoda,
was elected from a Northern Pacific passen-
ger train while en- route to Moorhead because
he lacked 3 cents OF paying his fare with the
rebate charges. Finch alleges that he a. piled
at the station for a ticket but was unable to
get one. He has employed an attorney and
will prosecute the road for damages.
The Marshalltown Times Republican says:
"At their recent session the soldiers home
commissioners settled the question OF cost in
insane cases IN a way that is eminently just
oHh IA NC saliclaClOiy W MdIeuhlIC county
by providing for the expense OF keeping ex-
inmates at the asylum out OF the maintenance
fund. Instead, therefore, Of this county
standing all the expense OF transportation
and maintenance, 1t will fall upon the whole
state, as It should"
When the men employed on Fish's railroad
contract near Red Wing left camp Saturday
the cook, George L. Stafford, remained in
charge. On their return at night they found
Stafford In a sitting position outside OF the
camp bereft Of life, he having died during
the day from excessive drinking. He was
about 35 years OF age and a jeweler by trade.
1t Is believed he lived at Hamline. The cor
oner made an investigation, but decided that
no inquest was necessary. He found two
watches, $50 In money and a trunk belonging
to the deceased.
Mrs. Jacob Zeins committed suicide at an
early hour Monday morning at her home in
Duluth. In company with her husband she
attended an entertainment given by the Con-
cordia society the evening before. and while
there becams jealous Of his attention to an
other woman. Upon reaching home she went