Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-23
IOWA BOILED OWN

A new bank has been opened at
Des Moines.
Wolves are committing depreda-
tons in Plymouth county.
The Onawa city Jail, just COM
pleted, cost 81, 000.1 IA.
Rich discoveries are being made
in the lead mines near Dubuque.
Clinton county built z, 14O feet Of
new bridges during the year 1875.
ioung & Cookery are about to
lay out another addition to LeMars
The homeopathic of Iowa have a
state convention at Iowa City Oh
March 7.
Eighteen cars of 81; in andniLe of
sock were shipped from Clarinda
last week.
For the month Of December the
pay roll for work IN the new capitol
building at De Moines was SI5,-
77S.lS. The demands were paid oD
the 4th inst.
Charles Wenack and Thomas
Crawford fell through an air mole in
the Mi sissippi river, nesr Musca-
tine, Gu the 18th, and were drowned
The bodies were not recovered.
Mr.. Tilton, the postmaster T.
MontsZuma, was one of the killed
in the horrible railroad accident at
Ashtabula. He was returning home
from Ohio, where he had been t
take possession Of an inheritance.
A county life insurance company
has been organized in Delaware
county, of which H. j.. Ram, Of the
Manchester Press. is president. 1t
is on the mutual plan, with assess
ments OF members in cases OF death.
q. s Wilson, of Greenfield,
while out cunning Thursday, me;
with q serious accident. He was
taxing the gun out of the sleigh,
when ii went off, the charge passing
entirely through his right arm, just
above the elbow.
A curious cave has been disco rer-
near Dubuque, at the Centennial
dIggings 1t is tWelve feet wide,
five feet high, and over LOG feet
long, and filed with black ochre,
which resumes its original red color
when exposed 10 the light,
Evidence conclusive has been OH
tanned that John Parker, who WI
found burned 10 death IN his HI
near Winterset, was murdered and
, robbed, aud the hut fired to hide
| the offense. -Four mel have been
/ arrested. Parker was known tC
| have had a considerable sum Of
money and other valuables, whict
are missing.
The following list of patents, ISSUED
to iowa inventors for the week end
l ing January 16, all dated january
H. Subsra, pattern charts, Lyon:
City; j. Emo, rail joint, Council
Bluffs; F. Karr, washing machine
Winterset; q. Marks, leather punch
Ackley ; w. Kretsinger, cradle
snath bands, Fort Madison ; D
Palmer, tsllow cup, Fort Madison
II Schmeiser, sulky plow, Burling
on.
The Chicago, Clinton and West
ern Railroad has been completes
from the crossing OF the Burlington
Cedar Rapids and Northern railroa,
into Iowa City, a distance of min
miles This work has been crowd
ed right along during the winter
and all that was undertaken ha
been successfully accomplished. Elk
cspts two miles of road built int
Davenport, this is the only comps
ny which has built any railroad Il
Iowa in 1875.
The police authorities of Daven
port have been notified of the arres
at Charlottesville, Ind, of q ma,
named Michael Clancy, who, eIgh
wears ago, murdered a man nam
James Holden, IN Davenport. Clar
cy was arrested, but escaped frol
jail. He was recaptured, but agai
made his escape. Two years aftel
wards he killed a steamboat eng
neer in New Orleans, and in til
spring of 1888 he killed a man s
Cairo. He will be brought to D.
venpOrt.