The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-07
IOWA STATE NEWS.

IOWA STATE NEWS
DpHrIEMA IL raging IN some parts Of
Wright County.
Sac CrTY II to have an opera house 50xl0C
feet and three stories high
Russo KINo, ago 70, who settled at Keosau-
lnn In 1887, died recently.
and signed notes. find when the notes arc
presented the price Ia 70 cents per foot
FARMERS in the central counties who bar
gained for lightning rods At cents foot
SARAH CuILuM Of Casey, ate tho root Of
what IL known a. tho Wild turnip, from the
effect OF which thc died.
On & N. BALLARD. who has long been
prominent In politics In Iowa, died at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, aged IS years
A PELICAN measuring eight feet eight
inches from tip to tip Of the wings, was shot
on sand-bar near Dubuque.
Iowa has the largest number OF twins Of
any State In the Union According to re-
ports 40 Iowa mothers gave birth to twins
last year.
FIVE ness-buildings and two barns on
Fourth street, Sioux city, were destroyed by
fro tho other night. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ancc about $s,Oon
ELISHA M. OSBORN, aged about 70 years,
died at Camanche, Of dropsy. Mr. Osborn
settled In Cnmanche In 1886 and was there
fore one Of the oldest residents
A ll-YEAR-oLD son Of Mr. culvertson, Of
Council Bluffs, was accidentally shot In the
hip with pistol in the hands Of small boy
who was "fooling' with the weapon.
THE business men of Ida Grove have sub
fcribcd $500 ~ 4 town fund for the en-
conragement Of public enterprise in their
midst This amount il donated by the on
tire business portion OF the community
GIRL named Lucilla Mcperk, living At
Council Bluffs, slightly bruised one Of her
legs by falling against desk at school, In
February last The bruise afterward took
the form of cancer, and the doctors ampu-
tated the limb to prevent the spread Of the
disease.
A BRAKEMAN as Bancroft, Kossuth County.
was nearly killed by the tongue OF corn
planter He was on the engine when the
train started and got off to Jump on the
hind coach The tongue stuck out the bag
gagc-car door and hit him In the small Of
his back.
Two SMALL boys, named Miller and Bates,
had a quarrel over knife and pipe trade In
Council Bluffs Miller, it Is said, euchercd
Bates, and the latter wanted his knife and
pipe back Miller refused, when Bates
struck him several Times with another knife.
inf,icting several dangerous and, perhaps.
fatal wounds Both boys are under years
Of age.
NEAR De Witt, the other night, an engineer
on Northwestern passenger tran In ap-
preaching cut saw 1t was filled with cattle.
He could not slow up In time to prevent dis
aster so he pulled the throttle wide o. en-
and went through the herd like thunder
iolt, killing ten head Of cattle and two
horses, but without do ailing his train, and
the passengers did not know until afterward
of their narrow escape
THE Peterson Patriot asserts that gold has
been found on the farm Of Sylvester Parish,
In that vicinity. 1t also SAYS: I'VE have
been informed that Alfred West has found
nuggets Of the same kind In the same ravine
on his place, and the evidences are that
there IL more Of the precious metal here
than ut rst supposed The tests given it by
DR. Chatterton have been the most thorough
and there is no question but that found il
gold.
WHEN Judge Duflie went ON the ben ch Jan
/, 1877, only one county seat town In the dis
trict-Algona-was reached by railroad Sac
City, Ida Grove, Rockwell City, Pocahontas
Center. Dakota City. Immetshurg. Esther
vile. 81 irit Lake and Spencer had never
heard the whistle OF the locomotive. Now.
each one Of the towns, except Pocah, nta~
Center, has one road. and three have two
each. Sioux Rapids was then the county
seat of BIena Vista, ard while il has lost the
Court House it has gained the railr, al
THE State Association OF Iowa Sheriffs met
at Council Bluffs recently. About seventy
sheriffs were present, many of them with
their wives Sheriff Barr, OF Mahaska
county, il President, and Sam Farrell, of
Mills county. who made himself famous by
the capture Of the noted Polk Wells in Wis
consin, is Secretary. The principal business
was to impress upon the coming Legislature
change in the fec bill for Sheriffs, the last
Legislature having cut down the fee bill
and made the office in some counties hard v
. worth holding. The citizens gave the OIL
GERS a banquet before adjourning.
! The Board of Review of the National Trot
ting Association held meeting at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. Chicago, Judge James Grant,
Of Davenport. presiding. One OF the cases
that came up and was decided was that OF
f n Wormlcy. Of Mendoza, Ill, Va r. r.
kneebe, Of Sioux City. Iowa, complaint and
application for an order The order was
that kneebs he suspended, and femain sus-
pended until he shall return the premium In
controversy to the custody OF the Treasurer
Of the association, or shall produce evidence
Of settlement with the complainant
HAMILTON Freeman. ~0ne of the watchers
1T the bedside Of the late T. G. Wilder relates
this incident: The night was sul.ry and dark,
and for the purpose of letting air into the
room a south window was rai ed 4 little
bird of brown plumage, and about the size
OF wren, soon few thr ugh the window
into the sick room and circ,ea several times
over the bed of the dying man. il was
finally caught by one Of the atte ndants II
was probably flying about in the darkness
outside, and, being attracted by the ligh,
shining through the window. flew in and
was blinded by the light"
SOLOMON PERKINS, Of Norwalk, makes the
claim Of being the first settler who crossed
tho Mississippi river at or near Burlington
and that he staked out the first CT, i'm, before
the land was surveyed. five miles west Of
what was then known as Flint Hill tnow
Bnrlingtonl, in November. 1881, nearly fit,
years ago. The following spring he out hi