Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-13

600 with which to erect a new school build
ing.
An old gentleman of Cherokee on circus
dav went to the bank and borrowed 500,
which he blew In on u confidence mans little
game.
The Iowa State Amateur Rowing associa-
tion has changed the date OF the regatta at
Spirit Lake FROM July 80 and 81 to July "A
and %.
Friday night burglars entered the tailoring
establishment Of J. Eugent In Council Bluffs
sultings.
O'Brien county is Offering s25 a ton for coal
mined In that county. This is done 10 en-
courage the development OF her resources in
this line.
At the national convention Of the bureau
of labor statistics at Hartford, Conn, Des
Moines was selected as the place for meeting
next year.
A rejected lover In West Burlington sent a
red flag to the lady, asking her TO wear 1t AS
a signal, so that other fellows might not SUI
fer as he did.
New Hampton will not have water works
just yet. The question was voted on there
Friday, and the proposition to Issue the bonds
failed to carry.
The Creston postofice has now over
reached the amount Of business required for
the fiscal year ending June 30 to entitle It to
q free mail delivery.
The steam mill and -four and feed store Of
David Knee, at Dysart, were destroyed by fire
last Friday night. The loss In goods and
damage TO machinery is $1,000.
Chas. A. Gonnis, o: New Hampton, has re
ceived a personal judgment against the Chi
cago, ST. Paul and Kansas City Railroad
company for IS, coo for a crushed arm.
1t is estimated that Iowa has sent out about
400 college graduates this year. When the
aggregated brain power OF this mass geta
fairly to work, something will have 10 move.
Warden Crossley, OF the Fort Madison
penitentisry, has paid $500 into the state
treasury of surplus funds. He paid in 80,
5l3 In the same manner during the year
tlSss.
Herbert Toll, aged 10, foreman Of the
Morning News, Of Clinton, was drowned In
the Mississippi while bathing Saturday morn
a sound.
Ernest Marshall, g years old, was thrown
from a carriage at Ames last Saturday. The
little boy vas struck near the base Of the
brain, producing conyulaions. 1t Is thought
he will die.
Two painters, living In opposite houses on
the same street at Fort Madison. attempted
suicide Saturday morning, one by POISON and
the other by q rope. The one who tried poi
son will probably die.
Mrs. Thomas Adams, the woman who left
her home In Keokuk without giving her fam
lily any knowledge OF her intentions, returned
last Saturday morning. She had been work
Ing in a hotel IN Burlington.
Walter Terrell, colored, was shot at Fort
Madison last Friday by George Anderson,
also colored, and seriously injured. Terrell
IL a married man who had been paying de-
voted attention to a dusky daGsel named
Sadie Thomas. Anderson was an adnirer of
the girl and grew jealous Of his rival.
There is a scheme on foot 70 organize a
fine stock breeders company In Des Moines.
1t is proposed to have a capital stock OF at
least t250,000 and purchase several thousand
acres Of land and start an establishment on
a large scale. 1t is the intention to make
Iowa headquarters for fine stock Of every de-
scription.
The school directors dismissed two lady
teachers In Pottawattamie county for using
certain methods OF punishment. They APP
pesled 10 the county superintendent, who re-
versed the order Of the directors, who now
appeal to the state superintendent. The
matter has been taken under advlsement by
Superintendent Sabin.
A fourlegged, two-hesded pig is one Of the
singular curiosities attraction attention ut
Defiance, Shelby county, the property % H.
B. sooy. In addition to this be has the
huge tusk recently found near that place on
a farm at the depth of twenty.six feet. Since
exposed TO the air the tusk has crumbled,
although II originally measured about ten
feet.
Parties digging a well near Let's, Louisa
NouhlSy navy Ekib'h gas IA AhASS
quantities at 100 feet below the surface. The
gas came up with such force thst it forced
the water out OF the well. The gas when
ignited made s blaze nearly twenty feet high
and after twenty hours burning did not d.
minlsh the size of the blaze. II is believed
to be q rich find.
The farmers Of Hardin county held 3 mass
meeting at Eldora Saturday and passed
strong auti-nonopoly resolutions, demanding
that the candidates for the legislature
should stand by the farmers and laboring
men; that they should take no backward
steps on prohibition or railway control; de-
handing uniform school books; legal In
forms.