The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-15
IONA NEWS.

The public library at Lyons COZ
tains 1000 volumes. 3D.. -.
spinnyville has discovered q per
feet petri6ed buffalo. ~. 81. aaa.
Guthrie county has eight aspiranti
for the Republican nomination a
recorder as 4aaa agdsas
The Jail birds of Waverly hay'
adopted the ten-hour system. They
saw wood for the county.
| The Emperor William is the high
est Free Mason in Germany. Mex
comes his son, the Grown Prince.
a. The last Maquoketa Sentinel Dem
.ocratic) has tombstone at the heat
| of its North Carolina News. Nery
appropriate. .a1aa9
+ OF the % persons on board thu
tug boat which recently blew III
near MeGregor, 8 were killed o.
drowned" ,Li7ayba5gabaE ..zgrda.
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/ Fanny Kasson daughter OF one o
Jackson county's wealthy farmers
cut forty acres of hay in four day 8
last week. b" - "-''.'o,'. '.N .,
90 The Charlton Patriot offers to take
500 subscribers for one year, thu
subscription to be paid when Gran
is elected. al. MA NJ h1eg atgva}
Last Monday fire in Keokuk re-
duoed to cinders the wagon shop Of
JyiE. Kunatte! Loss, $4,000; msur
ance, $l,l00- .-..,.. D.. 80 s.. '' p
Two boys named Dick Brown and
George Matchen were drowned in
Cedar river, near Waverly, last Fri;
day afternoon. .g T.. fgus
J. F. Redman, Of Washington.
Lee Co., had two sunstrokes in one
day last week. Hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery. .. 90. r....
Bishop Lee has recently received
check for $4,000 from a wealthy
New Yorker, to aid in the erection
of the Bishops church. 81. ,..ts.,.y
Several car loads. of. silk passed
through this State rec emily en- route
for Paris. Each car load was valued
at three million dollars .31fw n-r'..s
Chas. Oppelt, of Benton county,
70 years of age, died suddenly o,
heart disease. He was in apparent
ly good health an hour before his
oeatn.2di D.as .ss..-.a sst .,a ~
The residence of Homer J. Pike
of Marshall, Louisa Co., was destroy
ed by fire last Monday. The entire
contents of the building were con
stunned. no. '~- ,'. ~ @' -.%'
DR.. Rich, of Carol, was seriously
injured last week by horse falling
upon him and crushing his ankle
1t is feared that amputation will be
necessary ,-&~' ,aE".4a.! rf..a
| And now comes John Shay, O
Tama City, less finger taken Oft by
a reaper. The number of such cas-
ualities is utterly inconsistent with
a proper exercise of care. 3. .,a
The mineral shafts of the Bumel
brothers, near Dubuque, caved il
Thursday morning while the broth
ers were below. They succeeded il
escaping without injury by an al
shaft. e.. 49,. lis.
| "A twelve year old girl of Sebas
tian Walsh, seven miles south 0
Mason City, was bitten by a rattle
snake last Monday, and it was witt
the utmost difficulty that her lif
was saved. go. ~. 9.a.'l Z" q.
The Reporter says" there are for
ty men. in Wapello who, two
weeks ago were counted safe fol
Greeley, that now declare they vii
support. Grant, and the number j
increasing! & - u. fsf "aEt.1ae, aaa
Two ladies arrived in Council Bluff
Wednesday, in charge Of Wagon
load OF hogs. The wagon was GOV
cred over with boards and secured
by d binding pole, across which tn
ladies sat astride. iglr. ~ i. f.-
A few days ago Mr.. Geo. Huston
living near Canton, Jackson Go.
was out along the river, when in 8
ledge of rocks he discovered sixty
eight yellow rattlesnakes. Some o
them had twenty rattles each. ss
We understand the s. Nipe who
was shot near Iowa Falls was full
brother (instead of half to P. @
Hicken,I and that the shooting o
that family is quite common in tina
section, regardless of the law. -
|. Alittle daughter of Mr.. Trenky
living in York township, Tama Co.
got her left arm caughtin the sickle
of the reaper, last Saturday and i
was cut off twice above the wrist
Amputation at the shoulder was
necessary. a :st-.
Mr.. Negus, of Muscatine, left hi
baby carriage on the sidewalk while
he took his offspring into photo
graphers to be pictured. Heis nov
compelled to carry his little cherut
| in his arms while some other baby
| to him unknown, rides in a vehicle
A German named Matthias Fell
Il
was run over by an engine at Musca'
tine, last Monday morning, and bad
| ly injured. He stepped off the mar