The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-01-01
IOWA ITEMS.


November, take their seats on tn,
bench, to hold Office during fou
years and the Office Of Covnt,
Judge will be discontinued.
Henry Clay Dean is employed il
the case Of Mrs. Patterson, at In
dianola. Iowa, by the republican
women. The case will be tried al
the next term Of court in Potta.
wattamie county, who're it has beer
taken.
A Faycttc county couple started
off to town to get married next day.
Arriving at hotel they found but
one vacant bed. Things being thu:
a minister was summoned, and one
bed was made to be enough. ,,.
| The poor of Dubuque arc to have
the benefit Of 4 grand concert. o.as
The Methodist church at Water.
loo was broken into the other night
by persons unknown, and its organ
destroyed. +" .,
Gov. Merrill has appointed A. s.
Kissell, Of Davenport. to the office
Of State Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, to fill tho vacancy oc.
casioned by the death of Prof. D
F. Wells. There were only twenty.
four aspirants for the nomination.
On Christmas morning fire in
Dubuque destroyed $4,000 worth
of property. " 80
A huge darkcy, Of Dcs Moines,
married a bouncing white girl at
Des Moines. the other day. The
radical father Of the proud bride
bounced around and had the happy
pair put in Jail. ~
A metz Catholic church is being
erected at Missouri Valley.
The trade of Davenport, this year
in agric altural implements, includ-
ing homo manufacture, was 1852,
$50. .... .......... ......
The DEBORAH Republican, says !;
Stafford, the murderer of Mincrt, is
not in the .Waukon Jail, as the
Pocket City Times said. His cs-
cape was bona idc. . .
The Dubuque Herald. says; G.
I. Granger, of Allamakec county,
has been appointed district attorney
for the tenth judicial district, vice
Hatch, resigned.
The Dubuque bar gave q CON-
plimcntry benefit to Hon. John
H. O'Ncill, one evening this week.
Mr.. O'Ncill goes to St. Louis Mo. i,
to engage in the practice Of his pro-
fession in that state. ..-
j. NJ Coulter. Of Cedar Rapids
was elected from a freight train on
the Northwestern railroad because
he had no ticket. Tho conductor
acted in obedience to a rule Of the
the company, forbidding freight con-
ductors to carry passengers unpro-
vided with tickets. Mr.. Coulter
sued in Cedar county and established
the fact that this rulo had not been
strictly enforced in all cases, and the
jury found verdict Of damage for
the plaintiff, in the sum Of $3.50.
The Hamburg Freischutz, the
leading paper Of Northern Germany,
in l:::z number draws the following
beautiful picture Of Iowa, and advi-
ses the cmigrants-to stay away from
us: 1.-THE state Of Iowa possesses,
according to all accounts, a re
markAblc fruitfulness, and the
industrious farmer can soon prosper
there. If gain and riches
were the only objects of our abor we
would say . Go to Iowa But
the pleasures Of life arc considered
crime there, under the Maine law;
the citizens arc placed under guard
ianship, and not allowed the freedom
even within their own walls to touch
glasses to the health of the loved
ones in the old country. It will be
better to shun the state with rich
soil, and stay in Wisconsin or Hi
nois.
Senator Wilson has intro luccd Z
bill to increase the number ofjudg-
ns or tho Bench of the Sunrcme