The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-08
Iowa Items,

DICKINSON county Muif-scalps are worth 81.
A c,lNrn< woman nsrs lsn grains OF NOR
pine every week.
Miss JENNIE Dt'I1nN, Of Davenport. has
been conccrt.touring with the great Rcmcnyi.
nnd been very successful.
TnE scmi-ccn,cnnial celebration OF Meth
odlsm IN Dubuque wa san elaborate affair. The
week from Nov. l 10 10 was given up To rclig-
ions exercises.
CaRRE,r,a>siIlE boasts that 70 Mother
Hubbard dress has hccn seen inside the city
limits. and the rar,r gives description for
the benefit Or corrc,ionv!lle readers.
ArAr-risu weighing l0i pounds was capt
nrca with a trout limo AMI paiY-hook on the
Missouri. eight miles from Snan. II meas
nrcd eleven inches across the head. and was
four feet ntne inches long.
w. 4. KLINE. the victim Of the Clyde shoot
Inc aifray. Il dead. From the first no hope
has heen entertained Of his recovery. Dur
Ing the night before his death, hc remained
unconscious anl dicd without making amy
revelation concerning thu causes III his own
death, OF the mystery surrounding tho stuhhs
murder, with which, II is alleged he was con.
neetci.
A DECREE was ii,el in the United states
Circuit court Of Slas. .on.s3 against George
l., George L., Sarah g.. Noami L., and Kitty
Davenport. AMI the First National Savings
and the Davenport National banks OF the
latscr-named city aud thirty-four others,
based on mortgages givca by the TWO Georges
for the loan of Saa.no0. The death of the
elder George Davenport anl division Of the
property has got into tanslc and all kinds of
eases have come out of IL. The costs of the
suit will amount IL ahou, sl,oao.
Is the ease of Nonrsc administrator Of the
estate OF RiordanN ys. the ncs Moincs North
western railway. tried In tho Polk County
| Circuit court, the Jury returned a verdict
of Sa,aoa Tor the plaintiff. This case grow
ou, of an accident which occurred ON that
liae af road, during the progress Of cons,r,,c-
! ,soa. hy which construction train was
thrown from the track and some people
Killed and several injured. Riorlan's heirs
sued for Sls.aHa charging the railroad COM
rany with gross negligence. The original
company which was then operating the lin,,
was chiefly hes Moincs capitalists, though
the road has since been leased by the
/ Wabash.
Miss MARY MCGOWAN, late of the Nebraska
| State Institute for Deaf Mu,es. whose original
| work in restoring supposed deaf mutes To
| hearing aud sreech, has attracted such uni.
versal attention. is a graduate of the Stat.
nnse ersty of class -, and will I've rcmem-
hered ~ II successful and popular primary
| teacher in this State. For the past five years
she has been engaged in teaching in deaf
mute schools, developing remarkable apti.
taic Cor that kind Of work, ana was instru.
mental In bringing to n successful issue the
series II experiments carrsed on last year In
tho Nebraska Institute for ,h. Deaf and
Dumb. which has rendered that schoo
famous.
\ TRAGEDY Of n horrible character occurrcj
about a mile beyond Thompson's mill. Chas
ncsans, n farmer who owned a nue farm ii
the above vicinity, came 10 Dubuque with 4
load of Hour. lie had somc difiiculty with I
couple of persons a. John Helms saloon thai
evening and received, il Is said. a few har,
blows ON the head. liz made no effort to ro
turn home till the next evening. 1t IL sal,
! that one OF the Thompsons accompanied hin
as far AS the mill, and there cot out al IN.
! wagon. rcsanx pursued his way, aud whc,
near his own house his team ran away. III,
] wagon was discovered upon the side of tn,
hill between some trees and the body VA.
found some distance away In a slough Their,
were marks on the ground indicating thar i
had been dragged. aud creating the imprcs
| sion thar the deceased mus, In some way hay.
hal The lines fastened about him. His hand
were clcnchea and covered with mud and Iii,
skin had been completely shorn from hi.
heels and here and there upon the stone,
could he detected traces Of blood. His shir
was gathered about his neck, his coat an,
vest had been torn completely or. aud every
thing about him gave evidence that he ha,
experience most terrible fate. He wa
about q. years old and leaves n wife and si,
children, the eldest being 10 years of age.
/ MR REEVES. who lives two and half mile.
. east Of Mitchcllyillc, accompanied by hi
! wife. came ta town one day recently, An.
, shortly after they left, his daughter Eel.
/ | and sail---Jcsse-Who is about l. years q
age started tn school When short dis
, tancr from the house on the railroad, the,
{ met a tramp coming from the direction O
! coifax. who passed on toward the house
1 Watching him they saw him raise II Mntio,
on the south side OF the house and crawl in
j Master lefse immediately retraccd hi
I foat.teps. and entering the house found TIL
j tramp husis engaged ransackng the bura,
: drawers Jesse asked him what he wa
i doing and received for reply that it Wa
1 .ncne OF his id business" which was al
> | the attention that was paid TO him. jess
l very eoolis walked through tn. room anl II
: stairs where he secured "A douhlc-harre.e
!. shotgun, which was heavily loaded. He the
! descended the stairs, opened the door, an
i | paking the mt,zzle of the gun within two fet
, Of the seounirefs head, gave him just on
= minute To get out OF the house or I'll bio,
l | your head off," The trump got out of tn
: house and into the read and had about fort,
> FIVE seconds to spare. The last seen OF hin
: | ho was coming up the railroad toward Mtci
: eilyille with his coat tail standing straight ou
: in the hrcexes and didn know -he-was
d loaded look about his eyes Jesse has got IN
!. material for good scidier IN his make mp
j Naeislleille Ihdfx.