Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-08
IoWAssTATE NEWS. ]

farmer and dealer in the county, and until now
a man of nnimpeachable character, has aud
denly disappeared, swisdling ths banks OF
vinton, IndependencssWa terioo and La Porte
and other creditors out OF some $4,000. He
sold his farm, which N hsds pssviOusly @oseF
gagged, and got everything into money and
sloped for parts unknown. - sf,'.ss s.
Bremer County.a is,srsss "A sasxaxs ses
Jayncsville Is excited over the sel0pemenf
of a worthless young fellow named Bruce and
a young girl OF fifteen years, daughter Of
one Of the most industrious and respected
citizens Of the county, Henry p, Gould. ~
Oass County. asrssIg 4fssse ~ II. @slys
Six families are living In an old church at
Anita, waiting for the building season to
open. ~ a {fxssG .4y.TfYwFfg III
Clinton County. :JAIa rob 81
The Delmar Methodists are having ~ exi
tensive revival. IA sa1 hi ,'s9l, m e ID
A little deaf boy had his leg broken by q
kick from a horse, at Clinton, ST. PaRicks
Day ,grggsifr A0 aAseia Nj 1850
Deacon Roys Jones, alighly-respected citi-
zen of Clinton, fell fromA ladder . few days
ago and received injuries resulting III his
death. taHagats sgtif sgsss w .fa =
Anew nights ago the houseof y9hn costiou,
who lives about FIVE rniles east Of Delmar,
was entered by burglars BY forcing open the
door with heavy post. There were three OF
the villains along, two Of whom attacked Mr..
c., who was in bed, and the other. his wife.
Costlou grappled with lis ASSISTANTS and forced
them out Of the house, when be was shot BY
one of them, the ban lodging n. his thigh,
and he tainted, was taken into the. house,
tied hand and foot and gagged. After, a
while the gag was removed and he was
forced to .divulge, the whereabonts Of his
money and valuables, with d revolver pointed
at him, and threat 70 blow 1iis brains out II
he did not comply III the meantime the
other villain had succeeded IN robbing Mrs.
Costlou OF the rings on her fingers and a
small gold crncifx, Mr.. G. was also required
to give the names. Of other parties in the
neighborhood who might have money or valu-
ables. After having secured the property the
would be murderors and robbers went TO the
stable and took three valuable horses and
went away with them, After proceeding as
far as Charlotte, some three miles, they aban-
doned the horses, and, breaking the lock on
a hana.car on, the Midland Railroad, stole the
car and started In the direction OF the river,
the car being found near Lyons. tadi ,e3.ss
Dallas County. a W} SgBiY7ei ~,
William Clayton, Jr was found decd some
r. /. Il 2. Railroad, the other day. II seems
he was out on, a hunt, having with him
double barreled shotgun. He was found by
Mrs. Saule, whose attention was attracted
Toward him by the report OF gun When
found he was lying on his back about thirty
feet from his gun. His clothes were COM
SpieteIy burned off; his arms and body were
sji1so badly burned. 1t appears he was shot
Mliile loading his gun, the contents taking
effect In the left breast, ranging upward some
two inches, breaking his ribs and entering
the left lung, and perhaps reached the heart.
Delaware County. ilfua maas
Just after III. Utley had finished cleaning a
revolver at Manchester, the other day. he laid
IL down on table, during which operation
he managed TO discharge II, sending o ball
across the street into the left side of q man
named Tartar, baker, who happened to be
In range of the charge. sst3 s Gg
According to an up-river paper, lumber
dealers in Dubuque have received instruc-
tions "to Withdraw from market the Chippe-
wa lumber, heretofore held at $12 per M. An
advance Of 81 has been placed upon the ma
terial and prices are firm at $14' o. t9 80
A Dubuque mail-carricr found a helpless,
smiling infant on his route the other morn
ing, and his tender heart warmed to 1t and he
took 1t home and adopted IT, - N',h ~
Dubuque has organized one party for the
Black Hills, and is now organizing another. /
Fayette County. t.tts agu, 30 .
At West Union, recently, while in at Of
temporary insanity, Samuel Harvey commit
ted suicide. i, ,1sisasp,..s
The Anamosa Eureka gives some Interesting
cheese statistics Of the county. 1t has five
factories, and the total number Of pounds of
milk received is 2.7S7, 730; pounds OF cheese
manufactured, $50, 056. Suppose the cheese
average SO pounds each, and some OF the fac
tories produce heavier, 1t would make 1881
cheese, or over IA tons. Dhi 'iuap5.s
J. A. Derbins, recently in the hardware
business at Monticello, was arrested at Nc
Gregor few days ago upon the charge OF
forgery. Until within a short period Ne had
maintained o good character as . business
man. -ttxf "$IH F4s 0ah
Lee County, npiv.i la ssSs1z49s
John Williamson, a. farmer living near
Dover, and his two grandchildren, named
Frank and Maggie Maxwell, were drowned in
Sugar Creek, about twenty miles from lKeo-