Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
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Burlington has sent 1857. 60 to the Rhine
food sufferers.
Des Moines has put %, 900 tons Of ice for
next summer
John Quincy Adams is president of the
Spencer board of trade.
A boom has been put in place to protect
the Clinton bridge from floating ice.
The total amount distributed to the
Grinnell tornado sufferers wal sos, C54 Is.
The town au shorities of Waterloo are
about to commence the erection of water
works.
An sggrieved young lady in Clark
county sues her too intimate friend for
$1,000.
Ottumwa is promised letter Carriers on
May ], il the streets are numbered by that
date.
Seymour's barrel and butter tub factory
OF Ottumws did $3.50, 600 worth of business
last year.
Large invoices of plate glass for thu new
capitol building are being received at Des
Moines.
The Des Moines and Osceola railroad
will soon erect a substantial depot in the
first named city.
Linn county now has seventeen newspa-
pers, the last n having been established
recently at Walker.
Dennis Brown proposes to build a steam
Touring mill at Ida Grove if the citizens
will put up a 81, 900 bonus.
Uskaloosa has voted d 2 per cent tax in
aid of the Toledo, Oskaloosa & Western
railway by a majority of 600.
Dubuque has the largest number of
school children between 5 and 81 years of
age. The figures showing S,50l. Emmett
has the least with 767.
A recent decision of the supreme court
declares the county cannot be liable for the
witness fees of defendants in criminal
cases.
The proposition Of voting 500, 600 bonds
for school house purposes will come up at
the next election in Creston.
Keokuk's fine public library was thrown
open to the public for the first time on last
Saturday.
The search for coal at LaMsrs has
proved successful. A 3.foot vein Of good
coal at 100 feet and 9 5.foot vein at SOC
feet below the surface were discovered.
The butter and cheese convention which
was held last week ct Msrshslltown, wai
we'll attended and proved . success.
Dubuque has q bonded debt of $500, 900,
. floating debt of 800. 900, and spends
$4,000 more than her income every year,
This Is certainly a good record.
A disease known as Texas itch has made
its appearance among the horses and muleI
in the vicinity of Reinbeck.
The city government Of Atlantic durin,
the year ending February 16, spent $11,
725 .6s, while the income was but 81, 737. rs
There are 100 lodges of the Knights o
Pythias in Iowa. These have o member
ship of 5000, of which 1000 were addec
during the past year.
The Candidates for the various city of
fees in Creston are numerous, and tn
prospects are that there will be a YER,
lively campaign this spring.
There was a serious shooting ARRAY il
the Commercial hotel in Creston last week
Alice Kelly became an objectionabl
boarder on account Of her loose procliyi
ties, and she was requested to move. Sh
fired q pistol at the landlord and did cor
siderable damage. The woman was al
rested.
A local musician, being convinced Q
home talent existing in Creston, has issue
a card requesting all singers to call O
him AMI arrange for the production {
Pinsfore in that city at an early day.
A state warrant has been issued by tb
state auditor for 81, 700, to defray the Q,
penses of putting the electric light in n
state prison at Anamosa.
The railroads south and west of Dt
Moines are preparing for trouble when th