, 1877-04-17
IOWA.
a budget of IIawkeye News.

Spee4as cerrepomd<nee or TA4 7r.eune.
DEa MONIES. Ia, April 14.-The suicide
mania continues. Seven cascs were reported
last week in this State, and about The same
number will make tho record Of The present
week.
Miss Meek, at Washington, discouraged At
continued IIl-health, overwhelmed her troubles
by lcaping into d we'll.
At Richmond, daughter Of Michael Quinn
drowned horself In well. She WAS about 20
years Of ago. No cause assigned.
William Burke, farmer IN comfortable cir
cu,nstances, drowned himself At Buffalo, Scott
County.
KBRosENB-noRHoHs.
The frequency Of kerusene-accidents 10 this
State IL conclusive evidence that the statut es
ara being violated, OF that the legal standard is
nu safcEuart.
Al few evenings since, at tho residence Of afr.
Hucfney, a. Monticello, lamp was burning Ia
ont Of tho room and closed iho door, when the
lamp suddenly exploded, and the room was Ia.
stantly ia blaze. With the aid OF blankets
ard whter conahgratton WIS ayeFted+ though
ono person was severely burned.
At Waukon, the atorc Of HerseY f Cau1uin's
game near being burned from kcroeene-lamp,
being only saved by early discovery ot tho are.
AZ Lyons, - A. T. Pterpont was turning
scattering oil and glas. II all .ilrect'ous; but,
fortunately, little damaee Was done.
At Tracr, a nan left ! Imp burning on tbs
counter Of hts shoe.store while be went to
serious fire. Tho lamp had exploded, and tho
Aafues haA got well started.
1t Is safe 10 say TINT over 100 similar accidents
have occurred in thls State tho past year. Tbs
City, few days since, thres carloads Of ull were
condemned os below the standard. Al Guthrie,
an examination was made of oil on sale at the
stotes, and but Que sample xaA fuund which was
ol legal standard some Has a8 low "a S. degrees,
worse than gun-powuer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
It las been tic prevailing sentiment In this
State that the duty Of enforcing the Prohtbltory
LIQUOR law VA deyolye,! nron peace oeers' and
The Attorney General, hnvng been requested to
give Its opinion thereon, says the taw lO.as iioa
prevent prsyase citizen trotn Cling M sntorn,a.
sion aE3ln.t parties suspected 81 violation Of
be may be prosecuted.
nonsn1nlEr CAUGHT.
Monday night, . horsc was stolen from
Josepl !lamiin. at Washington, Page County.
Oliver Young, IL yearB Of sge. WAs suspected,
atsi pursuit wa1 made lie was trascd to
Dralyv1fle, whert he abandoned thu horse aud
struck out for Missouri On foot. A dog Wa4 put
On bis track, which soon overlook hni,. and he
Was captured. Lie says lc ID Dnu Ut K1ny Of stx,
with heauauaEteE. st Nebraska City, and whose
rendezvous In Southwestern luwa IL nb0ut three
miles north Of Hamburg, FreAloMt County. lie
Is doubtless nuv1ce, but probably tells the
truth, ~ several horses stnlcn In this Vicinity re-
cently have been captured while being taken In
that direction.
rn1xD BY FIRE.
Mrs. ]. II, Thompson, near Mount Vernon, ia
passing through q 6ea OF trouble. A few years
nEo, her husbaud WIS killed. by u tornado. Less
than month aQo, her residence, with Ill It's
contents, waa burned; and, Last week, her barn
was struck BY lightning, and burned, with al
It's contents, Including horse.
CIlLp-MuJDk1 uT LAwYkn.
T. II. Rockwell, forsaking hls lawful vito 1t
Clinton, went to Sac Citvt where hc did q law
business on small scalc, lie formed IN illegal
partnership with Mira. Hooking, the result vi
Which was tae birth Of a child about toe 10th Of
March. which Rockwell ssfaugled to death as
soon a It Wps born. The fact becoming public,
he was arrested on tho 9th inst. and placed
Under bonds to appear before the 0rand jury,
and, IN default, was scnt tu jail.
4 LEGACY LOST.
The Wifo Of John Dc Koch, worthy citizen
Of Pella, received legacy Of several hundred
1uilafs from reiattvu in the fathetinnd, To
keep 1t secure from tho ravagus OF burglars and
the tickle fortunes of banks, shs wrapped It In
paper, put # under the carpet, sntl placsd one
leg Of bctistead on It. Tls uthcr day, the
honsc-cleanlnH fcvcr struck thu wife, and, while
sho was out milking tho cow. her ststcr pulled
up the carpet, gathered up the straw under II,
carried It into the yard, aud sct fire to It; and
the legkGY went up In cloud.