The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
IOWA STATE ITEMS.

IOWA STATE ITEMS.
MusoAr1xE IA clnmoring for tho free maiI
delivery system.
TME Opera Housc At Fairfield has been
sold 70 tho Odd Fellows Of TINT place for
oi5,OO1
1'nE state University II short on coal, and
none Il obtninablc. The institution requires
two tons per day.
A COUPLE Of young ladies were noticed
walking up Main street, In Dubuque, the
other day, smoking cigarettes
REy JonN Topp, after serving tho Congrc-
gationalists at Tabor for thirty years as
pastor, retired from active work.
THE people In the western townships Of
Harrison county are frightened at tho
appearance Of small pox In TINT vicinity.
DuRINa lss. boone county paid for the
support Of its poor, aside from those taken
care Of Mt the poor. farm. the sum Of
%, ,4lAha
A NEWTON man, says tho Democrat, went
b tho pig pen ono morning recently to
butcher the occupant. and found II frozen
10 death
THE 0lcnwood Opinion says they are
talking OF tnnneling the snow drifts In that
vicinity. They are 70 deep now that they
cover tho fences aud trees, and teams travel
on top
Ex-MAyoR JoHN kiNa, Of Boone. fell on tho
ley walks, the other day, while going to tho
school library and injured his spine. liz
was picked np insensiblc and hs injnricsarc
supposed 10 bc fatal.
A rorNa man named Chance, living In
Hardin county, had his feet frozen 70 badly
that when his boots were taken or his toes
same on with thenA He was otherwise
badly froxeM
CorNci. NLcrrs Judge suspended sent.
ancc on four poor fellows who pleaded guilty
IL stealing coal from the railroad companies
Tho evidence showed that they had families.
were out Of work, and were suffering for tho
tuei
JAMES Cutler. one of the three centcnari-
ans Of Iowa. died recently at Frankvillc,
Allamakce county lilo was horn June 10
tssl, hence was lol years months and 10
lays old He had been Free Mason -
years
1ME Supreme Court has reversed the de-
sision In the case II Hubbard W Mason
Nty Hubbard recovered $500 damages for
INJURIES received from nm alleged defective
sidewalk The city carried It ur, and II now
IN top
TuRnK now seems to be great probability
-. hn k..{1
rom Washington through Marcngo to Dcllo
Plninc Taxes have been voted for the pnr-
pose by many Of the townships along tho
proposed line,
Mrs DIR JENNIE McCowES has heen elected
| President OF the Scott County Medical
3ociety. This Ia said to be the first instance
u Iowa where woman has been chosen for
Mo executive position Of a medical society
tho ladies are coming TO the 'front.'
A NV YoRk man IL negotiating for aooo
scrcs Of land in Lyon county, eight miles
scst of Sihlev, for tho raising of Bermuda
lax. A mill will be built, and the iiax ntil-
red on the spot Twenty steam plcws are
h be put 70 work when tho weather gets
KARIN enough for business
SEVERAL large iciclcs fell from the cone Of
he roof on the Ahcrn House, at Des Mcines
he other day, upon the window lights over
he court. and hrokc through. falling with a
rrcat crash upon the tile-floor, and very
aear a couple ot ansnspecting loangcrsupens
.ne Of the scttccss frightening them not =,
title
in WILSON, OF Belmont township, War
.en county, died suddenly ut his residenceI
ast week He had gone out by himself and
Nmaining considerable timo search wasi
made, and he was found lying dead In tho
NOW, He was quite old, and the father Of
|. N. and NJ II. Wilson, cf IndiAnolA Tho
immediate cause OF his death h not known
DunlNu hattie with snow-halls by scshe
,olfax boys, two ef them, John Ware and
lewis Warner, became cnragcd and tho
quarrel resulted in fight, In tho course Of
which young Warner stabbed the other boy
with knife, iafiicting deep and danger
,us wound In the shoulder. Neither of tho
boys Ia over II years Young Ware will got
xcll, and the parents Of both should put .
seto ON the habit Of carrying knives
Ma rickcty row Of tenement houses In
ooe Moincs lived Perry Marble victim Of
consumption, unable TO work His wife,
:rail in body, struggled 70 keep on starva-
don, hut the recent terrible weather broke
acr DOWN Tho other morning shc gavo
cirth "a child. with the mercury y degrees
below xera, and no firc in the room. 4
aeighbT happened In and removed the hahs
% 4 warm room. but Il had been chilled ia
Heath. The mother was found with the
bedclothing frozen 10 her body rromp,
, relief was given and the sufferers made
! comfortable
, Amour two miles northwest Of Ankeny
! Polk county, while Mr. Louder and his asso
ciate, Mr. Cornwcll, were feeding the live
, stock. Mrs Louder asked her brother Z
! young man. to go to the barn on an crrand
Immediately Mrs Louder seized shotgun
and shot herself in the head. causing instant
J death She had been married i've years
and NJ cause il known 70 her husband fc
the rash act, which was rremeditated, =
/ shc was engaged all day IN writing to he
! friends. as was supposed, but what she wrot.
canno, lie found The Coroner will en-
: deavor To solve the mystery.
PARTICULARS have reached US Of the dealt
of Richard Benson, Of Dubuque. His deaf
was hastencd by the operation of lithotom
: performed by DR. Roche. Of the Iowa Uni
!, yersity. assisted by DR.. +, A. Gailhert Tn
. musicians were aware of the risk they wer
{ running, and Mr.. Benson was also consciou
:, OF the danger attending the operation, bu
! there being hope for continued life he sui
!. mitted 10 il The shock to his nervous syl
tenn, however. was more than he could q
j inre. Mr.. Benson had led an evcntfnl lii
: during his hong residence Of fifty years
il Dubuque county. and by close attention
Il business had amassed fortune OF so, O.
He leaves five children lie Vas noted Il
A being a very Just and honorable man-D
N No;ass Register.
le THERn is hitch in adjusting the grants
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