The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-04-12
IOWA STATE NEWS.

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the date Of the first settlement In Iowa
Two Iowa men are receiving $4,000
apiece month from their gold mine now
ATLANTIC has eleven saloons whicn pay
into the city treasury si,4oo per annum
tonTY persons, mostly old soldiers left
Dubuque for Dakota, where they go to take
up claims.
UR. 4. GooDrErIow, q sharper at Missouri
Valley, gave his check to verdant and re-
ceived $40 In cash.
MASON CITY man has become Superin-
tendent OF tho Pueblo lCoL) schools at sal
ary Of l,soO per annum.
SpmITuAIIsTs are making an effort to raise
81. 800 to buy sixteen acres OF land near chn-
ton for camping ground purposes
SENATOR ALLISON has reached his homo In
Dubuque, doubtless glad Of an opportunity
to rest after SO hard winters work
Bv the City Assessors returns, Davenport
claims gain Of 900 inhabitants and the
building of nearly 5000 houses in the past
year.
Gro. W. GInDoS Government Inspector Of
steamer at Dubuque, and received serious
wounds
III il reported that ex-Congressman Far.
well, Of the Second district, will 90 to New
Mexico in a few days to engage in the cattlo
business.
FARMERS OF English township, Lucas
county. have horses with Texas itch and
don't know what to do to keep 1t from
spreading
A SUPPOSED incendiary fire, near Vernon.
Van Buren county, consumed over S..un
worth Of property, on which there was only
| $500 insurance.
MuToS ELLIOTT of Minerva. recently lost
eleven head Of cattle from being poisoned
with white lead with which a leak III their
watering trough had been mended.
/ TIE house of Mr. Bruce, near Fifeld Sta
tion Marion county, was destroyed by tire,
and one child was burned to death and IN
other so seriously that it cannot recover
| WHILE duck-hunting, near Hamburg, q few
days age young man named Rutter hast
| ~ pulled his gun the wrong way, when the
hammer caught, the cap exploded and Rut-
/ ter's head was blown to fragments
LAST season Hon H. q. Wheeler, OF Sac
county, raised II 800 bushels Of timothy
seed, 5000 bushels of which he sold at s2
per bushel and the remainder at Sl.15 per
busheI, realizing ~, ,575 from that one crop
| alone
IN blasting rock at Dubuque, the work.
men put in too heavy charge of powder,
and the result was the scattering Of large
rock all over the neighborhood and tho
nearly frightening to death Of several citt-
zens.
THE Dunlap Reporter says an unknown
cattle disease has made its appearance In
that vicinity, and is making sad ravages
Thirteen head have already died from the
herd Of one man, Taylor Dunham The
nature Of the disease is not given.
DAVID NORRIS was arrested at Dubuque for
violation of the revenue laws He had
been buying whisky of firm at Davenport
and selling it without Government license.
He had disposed Of several shipments In this
manner when his operations were cut short
by the arrest.
AN oddity in the way Of a painful accident
is told by the Atlantic Gripper: Mrs Tat
low, while attempting to lead calf into tho
stable, got the rope around one Of her tin
gers, when the calf gave sudden jump,
breaking her finger OF at the second joint
!, slick and clean and the part broken off could
not be found
A SHOCKING calamity occurred near Monroe
, the other morning. The house Of NJ A veen-
stra took fire and was consumed. A SON,
,, aged II years, became 80 stupefied with
smoke and blinded by the flames that it was
impossible get him out, and he perishcd in
the burning building. The other members
| Of the family escaped unharmed The house
and contents were total loss
THE Atlantic Telegraph says: .There are In
Iowa at the present time ls5 breweries, rep
: resenting In the aggregate about $4,000
: worth Of brewing property OF this number
! eighty breweries are represented In the state
association These eighty represent S4,oto,-
ooo worth of property. There are annually
!. manufactured at these eighty breweries
; over $50. 900 barrels OF beer which are wortt
nearly 81, 100000
JOHN WHITE, an express driver Of Council
& Bluffs, was found dead near Big lake, in that
/ county. with a terrible gunshot wound hi.
q right breast, the ball passing through heavy
/, wooden coat, a vest and two woolen under
shirts The whole affair IS mysterious ant
it is thought to be a murder, rs White wa
seen in company with three men In ths
!. neighborhood where he was found. Whei
! he left home to go hunting he went alone
4 He is thought to know more about certain
/ cea fnr al ~ A.
i and there is strong suspicion that he wa
y killed to keep him from telling
: ExGov. LOWE has notified the Commis
= sioner OF the General Land Office that he vii
y file with the United States Supreme Court
- petition for u mandamus to compel th
a Commissioner to state an account betwee
i the United States and the State Of Iowa un
IN der the ) per cent clause of the act Q
,o March :, 1915, which provides for admitting
!. the State into the Union The State claim
10 per cent of the net proceeds Of publ
/ lands disposed Of by military warrant loci
e, tions upon an estimated basis of Sl.2o pc
ld acre that being the face value of the wal
or rants. Ii is understood the second scctio
III OF the act OF March J, 1857, is mainly relic
5. on by the State rs authority for the right I
ld claim an account The Attorney Gener'
ry has been requested to defend the Commi
Ill sioner.
~ CLEARLY the apprehensions regarding I'll
Iowa apple crop this year are hy no meai
~ - groundless. Reports from all parts Of u
~ State are to the effect that large numbers
-, the trees have been killed by the hard vii
-, ter. T. H. Calkins Of Burlington, one
,,h the veteran fruit growers OF Southern low
- writes Of the damage TO orchards in that r
-. glon: 1T il believed that three fourths of Il
i'll trees twenty years planted are injured
~ such an extent by last winters cold as
M render their future usefulness extreme
tha doubtful. while many trees are already dea'
tha The damage 10 old trees IL much great