Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-13

IOWA ITEMS.

weeks,
Marshslltown is building q $40. 900
school house.
During the last three days OF February
the Polk county treasurer took In SIS, 600.
Iowa City has S34, 900 invested In school
buildings, Des Moines $500, 600.
During February Scott county's poor
cost the taxpayers &1,5S6. Sc.
M~arshalltown polled 1924 votes at the
city election, les than In 1879.
Davenport has raised saloon licenses
from $50 to $500 per annum
Davenport paid out s37, 755, for street
work from March LIST, 1882, to the same
date this year.
The municipal debt Of Davenport il
S2s7,675, which the papers Of the town
think is small.
The license ticket throughout WAS elect.
ed in Storm Lake.
The mayor of Lyons was elected Nv a
bare majority of one.
From thirty TO forty carloads Of lumber
leave Davenport daily at the present
time.
Union, Hardin county, has a new bank
backed by q capital of $685. 600. The old
bank in the town failed o short time since.
The voters of Griswold declared them.
selves In favor of a tax for the Toledo,
Oskaloosa and Western railroad by u vote
of 210 to 113.
The recently burned district at Wash.
ington has all been cleared up, and re-
luildipg will m Immediately.
The town Of Weldon, Decatur county,
was visited by a s6. 800 FIRE on the morning
of the 7st inst.
The license party carried the entire
ticket at Washington. This result was a
change If things which had prevailed for
ten years.
A Cass county farmer recently offered to
sell his property on the TO lowing terms
$4,000 down, $50, 900 at death, and $780,.
600 when. he ome back twenty year. after
death.
The Ninth Iowa Infantry closed It's re.
union at Independence an the 8 :h. 1t was
q success and q veteran association war
formed.
The gross receipts Of the Grand Army
fair at Tiptcn were 1926.
The JEFF srson creamery, which recently
shut down from q lack Of cream, will
shortly resume.
The live question in Carroll is whethe,
the saloons shall pay $500, or the Ole
license Of $500 or annum.
Miss Emma Child, INC. q Jefferson
school girl Is now principal in q Chicago
school at asalary of s1,5OO per year.
Jefferson saloons pay 500 license and
those of Storm Lake $500. There are
only two at tt e latter place with O popula
tion OF nearly 1000.
One of ksokuk's frail listers tried to q
into the beyond-the strychnine route
She was pumped out and will not try Il
again.
A Denison man has secured the contrac,
for building a large Catholic church al
Centre Grove, Clinton county.
A Fairview young man was recently sen,
to the insane asylum. He loved a girl
who refused him, and his mind, Away
weak. entirely deserted him in conse
qusnce.
Denison has contracted with q Mime
apolis firm to furnish the to wn with watel
works. They will not be very elaborott
but will answer the purposes of the town
The attempt to raise the fret mortgage
on the Dubuque fair grounds has failed
1t Is now proposed to buy the grounds fol
a city park.
The last bonds Of Carroll county hay,
been paid, and the only county debt nov
is in the way Of warrants. anu these viii
be taken up next tax.payiug time.
The Polk county clerk received Sc, O88
81 in fees last year. OF this all but 81, 900
turned over to the county, emit for run
ming expenses Of. the office.
Dedham, Carroll county, is moying tc
ward Incorporation.
Vinton wants Q hall where public meet
ings can he held.
The poles are being set for the electric
light wires at Cedar Rapids.
The state lodge OF the Legion of Honor
q mutual insurance organization, met II
Iowa City on the 9Th inst.
Coey l. Co.'S packing house at Keokul
shut down for the season on the Sd inst.
after killing 40, 900 hogs.
The military department of the stat,
university is to have q supply of the lstes
improved arms. Government will furnisl
them.
There is $S5, 900 available government
appropriation for the postofice and fedora
court building at Des Moines. The build
ing is to be completed this season.
A party of Dubuque fishermen were ar
rested by the Crawford county, Wiscon
sin, sheriff for netting fsh in the Missis
sippi too near the Badger state shore.
A house in Des Moines built in 1850
said to be the first frame house built in tn,
city, is to be moved Oft to another site. It.
owner offers to give It to the city.
Ottumwa has a bucket shop in success
full operation. One citizen made $40 or
q corn deal and several hundred mourn be
AUS of the pork market f~uctuating tn,
wrong way.
Lsthrcp's gold mine near Ottumwa IL il
successful operation. There are $50 ton
of ore on the dump, and the crushers ant
amalgamators work successfully.
Twenty.one Dubuqus doctors petition
the city council not to allow the registry
of births to be published. In the debat1
on this petition Alderman Doerfer salt
that he thought the books Of the city wer,
for public use. He was aware that /
might be the OF ject Of physicians anc
Others to shield the heightened" of troubl,
which comes to them, but they have n,
care for the poor, unfortunate girls VIII,
might get in trouble. The matter was re
ferred to the committee Of the whole.
Real Estate r%ransfers.