Omaha daily bee., 1881-07-18
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Prairie chickens are not ripe until Au-
gust Is.
Flax promises a heavy yield in Clay
county.
The army worm is creating sad havoc in
Shelby county.
Aurelia is growing in business and
buildings very fast.
in crib at Avoca.
The Muscatine board Of trade is moving
to secure q glass factory in that city.
Down in Wayne county last week they
showed cornstalks nine feet and FIVE inches
tall.
Estherville expects to get two railroads
this season, the Burlington and the Mil
waukee.
There were $50 patients in the insane
asylum at Independence on the last day of
June.
The first week in August is the time
6xed for harvest to begin in Plymouth
county.
An illicit whisky still was discovered and
seized near Livermore, in Humboldt coun-
ty, on the 18th
Immigrants seem to be scattering small
pox through the interior towns too freely
to be pleasant.
The new library building at Keokuk, the
cornerstone of which was laid on the 4th,
will cost about $4,000.
The new state capital at Des Moines
was struck by lightning the other night,
and a portion of the slate roof torn up.
One year ago, Humeston, on the Iowa
division w, st. l.. 4 r., had 200 inhabi-
tants. and it's population is now over 700.
The contract for Burlington's new opera
house, q fine structure to cost $4,000 to
sS5, 900, has been let to q Chicago builder.
There will be a reunion of the surviving
members of the old third low infantry at
Des Moines, during the state fair in Sep
TENDER.
AT Cedar Rapids, up to the 9Th, 7. M.
Sinclair & Co. had cut 103, 400 hogs this
season, as against l44, 1876 for thesame time
last year.
To some of the railroads, the Northwest.
ern especially, the late heavy rains have
proved q more serious disaster than the
snow blockades of last winter.
The flood in Des Moines ia 80 serious
that it is proposed to raise a fund for the
relief of the poor families driven from
their homes by the hioh water.
The b.. C. RS r. X. r. will soon put
on an emigrant rain between West Liber.
ty and Albert Lea, for the purpose OF catch
ing q share of the large trade now going
into northwestern Iowa.
The Muscatine cattle company | as filed
its articles with the secretary Of state. Its
capital is S400, 900, and has for its objects
!, the breeding, rearing and dealing in cattle,
sheen. swine. horses and mules.
An Interstate fair for Iowa, Missouri
and Nebraska will be held at HAMBURG
September 1924. Heavy purses are of
fered for speed, and the mile track il
claimed to be the best in the west.
, Mitchell county is out of debt and has Q
, balance of S15, 900 in the treasury, exclu,
siye of school funds. Hancock county
also has no outstanding, unpaid warrants
' bonds or other Indebtedness, and is en-,
tirely out of debt.
James A. Cavanaugh, of Adel, met with
q singular accident the other day. He was
riding in the cars and fell asleep with hi.
foot on the window sill, American fashion
AS he slept he gradually extended the les
further out of the window until it struck {
bridge and was broken off.
All throughout northwestern Iowa the
crops of small grain are doing well. The
yield of winter wheat and barley, which
are now being harvested, is excellent
Corn appears q little backward. but
couple of weeks of fine weather will bring
It up to a good standard.
Is The rise of the Iowa river at Iowa City
on Wednesday caused general consterna
ton among the inhabitants and no small
amount of damspe along the banks. TIL,
fields on both sides were inundated, build
ings and houses injured, and in some case
, carried off, and portions of the dam at Coz
" awhile washed away. And this was tn
experience of all towns along the river.