The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-29
IOWA STATE NEWS.

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IOWA STATE NEWS.
TIE new court-honsc st Ida Grove was oc-
cuped last week.
rHE butter production Of Iowa is worth
81, OO0, 900 4 month.
Gov. snERMAs IL ovcrburdcncd with ap~
plcations for pardon.
DEs MONIES has paid all interest Oh its debt
up to Jnly next.
OVER 10000 bushels Of fax were Inarketei
siblcy the other day.
A NEW hall has just been dedicated at Ciin-
ton by the Turner society.
Iowa leads all the other States AZ hog
raiser, having 6,1o',445 head.
TIE Davenport Council has declared that
the saloons must close on Sunday.
THE bankers in Des Moincs will hereafter
do business according to central time.
THE French Conversation club is what .
number OF Des Moines ladies take pride IN.
The Nevada entertainment course was in
auguratei by DR.. Thomas of Chicaso, on the
18TH.
SENATOR ALLISON and Congressman Herr
derson have rented their Dubuque residences
furnished.
The question OF introducing music as . res
ular study in the public schools is besng dis
cussed in Dubuque.
| A GUEST at one Of the Muscatine hotels
was chloroformed and lost sl3. Tho robbers
entered over the transom.
| MANY Of the new business buildings
erected in Des Moines this year have one
large store window with the door to one side
| instead of in the center.
AT a fashionable wedding at Dubuque.
some scoundrel sneaked into the room where
the gentlemen left their coats and hats, and
mutilated them beyond repair.
Iowa has match factory located at Clin-
ton. They are building a large addition to
their works and putting In machinery to
double their present capacity.
AT Dubuque the cost Of electric light for
business houses is 800 per light per year.
Next year the company will be prepared TO
furnish the light for dwellings. and the Man-
ager thinks it will be furnished at the rate Of
$3.50 and 81 each light per month.
ADAvENPoRT girl met Chicago drummer.
the meeting grew to love and, despite the
watchfnl care of her parents. the foolish
maid elopcd and has not been heard from.
The parents are wild for fear the drummer
does not intend to marry their daughter.
A RAID was made on the Pattcrsonvilo
saloons, in response to an information sworn
out by citizen. The liquor was conflscatcd
and placed in care OF the constable and
the two saloon-kecpers-Rarncy Mandcrs-
cheid and Henry Schutz-were placed under
arrest.
A YOUNG man employed in a mercantile e.
tablishment in Dubuque picked up package
directed to one of the local banks, which.
from its appearance, was thought TO contain
money. The next morning he asked the
bank people If they had lost any thing. and
created considerable excitement by prcduc-
ing the missing package. II contained ssO-
600 I'm negotiable papers. The young mum
was thanked for his honesty.
Mrs. L. S. HITCHCOCK la arrived in Des
Moines from Kansas City in search of Ter
husband, Mr. L. s., who of late has been
editor and manager Of the Modern .Argo. a
Kansas City society publication. Mrs. Hitch
cocks accompanied by two children. The
supposition is that Mr.. Hitchcock, who Is owl
IDENTIFY man of pecularities, has jumped his
family. The lady thinks very likely he may
make his way to NebrasLa or Dakota TO write
up the country.
JULIA ROBINSON. years old living on the
line of the watash railroad. near Malvern,
thirty miles south of Coun il DluIs, started
to cross the high trcsrlc bridge over creek.
A train approached. The engineer did not
see her in time to slack up, nor Ia the little
one time to retrace her steps, and she lay
!. down between the rails. When TIE engineer
saw her in that position he waved his hand as
a signal for her to keep quiet, and this she
did until four ears had passed Then, think
ing all danger over. she go, up, and was
knocked OF the bridge into the creek and
quite badly hurt.
Two IIL-MANSERED chaps hired a team of
one Robert Porter, a Davenport lvcryman,
. to take three weeks trip in the country.
But at the expiration of that time no team or
men could lie heard of. Seven months
passed by and after much advertising for the
men and rig, Mr.. Porter received note
saying his horses were at Rock Island lie
immediately went over to that city and
found, not his handsome team of seven
months previous, but worn out. gaunt
looking team of nags and the buggy was
more of a skeleton. The rascals could not be
found nor is il known where they had flown
] to.
, nESCH-wARRANTS were served ON the firm
| of McCosh 4 Donahuc. one of the oldest and
largest coal-dealing houses in Davenport.
j, The cause Is found In two bills returned by
: the grand jury each indictment
charging the defendants with not giving full
weight in coal deliveries, and the Arm declare
: that the prosecution is an infamous persecu-
: tion coupled with a blackmailing scheme.
The indictments were based on the testimony
of clerks, who stated before the grand jury
that they were instructed to give short
weight OF coal. and that this was done on
orders from the overscer of the Poor. The
firm has hitherto enjoyed an excellent repu
tation for uprightness. Bonds wcrc fAr.
nished on each indictment.
ONE of the earliest settlers of DUBUQUE,
. William Carter, expired after long illness.
: by his death Dubuque loses one of its best
/ and most active citizens, and man of ire
. prcachablc character Mr.. Carter was born
: in Jessamne county, Ky. April 5, 1916, and
. at the age of 20 years emgrated NORTH reach.
> ing Gslena In the spring Of lsa:. He rc.
maincd there till the following autumn, and
!, when the tide of emigration began to turn to
. Dubuque, Joined it, and arrived here in Sep