Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-01
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The grand lodge of Masons meets
at Des Moines June 2.
The prairie chicken crop promises
to be an unusually large one.
The Monona County Stock Thief
Detective association has been formed.
Des Moines has declared her elu-
cose works a nuisance and has sup
presses them.
The Fowler creamery In Black
Hawk county is receiving 10000
pounds of milk daily.
Hampton is to have a $40, 900 hotel,
with steam h a., hot and cold water,
and all modern fixtures.
Work on the packing house to be
sta ted in Sheldon will begin within
Thirty days, says The Mail.
Three heards of cattle in Sioux
county contain HOO head, nearly all
owned by resident farmers.
Fifty hands are employed in the
Davenport glucose works, and 1900
bushels of corn are consumed daily.
1t is estimated that there are no
less than IL, 900 head of cattle herd
ing in Cerro Gordo county this sum-
mer.
j. B. Rose, of De Witt, is pushing
his creamery forward to completion,
with all the force he can obtain.
Dslmar will soon have one creamery
at least.
A herd of 1900 cattle has been
driven from Black Hawk county into
Hancock county for summer pastur-
age.
Cedar Rapids parties have engaged
transportation for 500 people from
that place to Clear Lake, to attend
the state temperance convention in
July.
Davidson brothers have orders to
break this season in the vicinity Of
Jacksonville 5000 acres. and TO build
good substantial houses and barns
upon each quarter section.
The Seventh Day Adventists will
hold their annual camp meeting and
conference for the state in Des
Moinea, commencing June 3rd and
continue until the Sih.
The board of trustees of the soldiers
orphans home az Davenport have
just awarded a contract for building
eight cottages and a school honse for
the home at a cost Of SIS, $50.
Heavy and destructive rains oc-
iii the northern portion of the
State on the 23rd inst. The Volga
road had bridges and track washed
away and trains delayed.
A severe tornado passed through
Calhoun and Sac counties on the 23d
lust, causing great destruction of
farm property. A large number of
bu ldings were entirely demolished,
and several persons were seriously in
jured.
LeMrrs Liberal. 26: 1.-THE repre-.
Of an Irish colony was in
town last week looking for some lands.
This colony will come from Belfast,
Ireland, and want to purchase 30, 600
of good land. The st. Paul and
Sioux City railroad company intend
to supply their wants"
At Dubuque the other night, a brave
servant girl tackled a burglar, and as
the fellow laid his hand on the win
dow sill leap out, she struck at him
with a Ratchet and cut one of his fin
gers off slick and clean. She has it
preserved in alcohol as a trophy.
Two brothers, VIM. and Alfonzo
Decker, living nea Anita, were ar.
rested last week by the sheriff of Cass
county. on the charge of counterfeiting
Uncle Sans coin. In their house we're
found a set of dies ard metal for the
manufacture Of spurious coin, and al
so a number of pieces of counterfeit
coin.
The crop reports from Iowa are On
the whole favorable. In eastern Iowa
there have been good rains and the
small grain is reported as looking well
and promises a good crop. In some
parts in the western portion of the
state crops have been suffering for
rain. However, reports from different
points say there viii bs a half or me-
third of a crop.
The baby giant of Iowa lives at
Western. The dimensions of its feet
are as follows: Measure of ipstep,
OF inches; across the toe, 9 inches;
the heel, liz inches; ankle, III inches.
The baby's waist measures sc inches;
chest, "a inches; thigh, % inches.
His height is 3 feet z inches, and his
weight SO pounds. The father says
the boy is a good feeder; sometimes
drinks three cups of coffee and three
cups of milk at one meal.