The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-18
IOWA STATE NEWS.
THERE are 500 crenmcries In the SIn.e.

/ DANENPohT 70 suueriHk IrOn the ulphnefiu.
| THE Dcs Moincs police are clan,oring for
their back pay.
| w. Il. HAskINs, the wcll-known capitalist
Of Davenport, isdcad.
| WALL lake boasts Of never having had a
business failure.
THE Des Moines sketch Club In one Of the
provisions for the winter
NINETY out Of the ninety nine counties Of
the state have telephone system
THg meat from animals killed by the cars
Is not allowed to be sold In Council Bluffs.
| MANSON says she will ship 100 cars of to-
matocs this fall, II there is a good market.
/ CALtIopE business men have united In se-
curing forty acres adjoining the town for
fair grounds.
THREE priests and three monks have ar.
rived In Dubuque from Ireland. to spend the
remainder OF their lives ut Vernon.
/ FRED COLLINS, mechanic Of Dubuque,
was fatally injured by falling from Il house
on which he wis repairing the cutters.
| TIE colored miners at the Cleveland mines
are reported as very much dissatitied and
some have started back to old Virginia
THE largest land saic ever made In Calhoun
county WINS contaminated the other day,
when Bacon sold his farm Of 5a5 acres for
$4,000.
The Baptist State convention will be held
| In Sioux City the last week In October. One
hundred and nifty delegates arc expected to
attend.
Sioux CRY has had her soil analysed be-
| fore putting In the pipes for the water
| works. Experts say metal pipes will not
| corrode in It
PARTY Of Dubuque boys claim to have
| seen a snake in the woods near the city,
| fifteen feet long, and Of yellowish brown
| color.
PETER wEmLE. who was injured In the sham
battle at Davenport reunion, Is rapidly re-
him forever.
BURGLARS entered the residence OF C. J.
Handbloom, ut Des Moincs. and while one
| kept that gentleman silent by means of
| cooked revolver another picked up $500 In
| money and gold watch.
MR. THOMAS CRAWFORD, OF Cascade, died,
aged 81 years. lie was prominent business
man, Postmaster of the town, and identified
| with many of its interests. He had lived In
Cascade twenty-nine years. He leaves wife,
| but no children.
Ex-C0NGREssNAN N. G. DEERlNG and w. L.
Eaton, OF Usage, and Capt. J. e. Standing, or
| Cornth, represent an Iowa syndicate which
has bought $4,000 acres of coal lands on the
line of the Northern Pacific, sixty miles north
| west OF Bismarck.
SAYS the Emmetsburg Reporter: Alto
gethcr there have been shipped from this
point during this season over 3,OO0 head OF
| steers, ut an average price of S33 each, or
about SlOO,OO0 placed In the pockets OF Palo
| Alto county farmers.
county, while riding horseback, was thrown,
the horse becoming suddenly frightened. His
foot was caught In one stirrup and no was
dragged Ave or six rods, while the horse
kicked the life out OF the body.
CONDUCTOR on the Central, living In
Oskaloosa, was sent to Coppock to get away
from whisky. He was only 10 years old,
and fine fellow, barring this infrmity. He
had . keg shipped to him, 1t IL said, and
died Of delirium tremens It was terrible
scene
An unruly cow caught the 3-ycar-old son
OF II. w. Rule, OF Ida Grove, recently, and
threw him distance of twenty-five feet.
Fortunately the horns OF the animal did not
pierce the flesh, but rs II was the boy was
considerably bruised, and 1t will take some
time to recover from his wounds.
Samuel Mccormick. one of Cass county's
| wealthiest aud best farmer-citixens. of Ne
sana township, by falling or \ hay-stack on
the prongs OF \ hayfork, which entered his
face, one prong extending upward into his
head. DIR. Rood reports the wound fatal.
| A DAKOTA paper says: james Rogan, a
bachelor, formerly from Clinton county.
supposed TO have left some $4,000 or $4,000
which. by the terms OF his viii. madc tho
night before he died. he bequcaths II to the
| Sisters OF Charity at Clinton.
CARL Y. LAcHNuND, Lyons most talent ID
musician, who has been soiourning In Europe
for the past few years, has received an ap-
pointment ms instructor under the celebrate
German pianist, Scherwenka, In the Conser-
vatory OF Music at Berlin The Professor 10
now counted one Of the most promising
musicians in the country.
Mr. LOUIS RAEpIER. for some years past
the able business man in the fora andLnr-
eaabayy Gazette. left to enter the Franciscan
College At Quincy. Ill, to ut himself for the
the priesthood He il . young man Of fine
natural abilities, and has always been noted
for his strong religious and moral princt-
pleG
DRED6E boat which In operating along
the East Dubuque shore, has recently
brought to light several boxes Of dyestuff,
which, OF course IL useless. that has been
lying it the river for the last twenty years
steam capetan, pump and the chimneys
OF the little steamer Dolphin. which was
wrecked several years ago, were also
dug up
DUBIOUS has boys fraternity which
ought to be promotive of great good. The
members are divided into four classes. The
first class demands only pledge against In
toxicating drink, the second adds tobacco,
the third profanity and the fourth or star
class anything In the shape Of vice or crime.
The oath OF the star-class il \ cast-iron one,
and a. binding a u Mason's.
GEORGE +. WILLIAMS, OF tho Ida Pioneer,
was presented with u gold watch and chain
by forty-seven OF his friends, who contrib
uted to Its purchase. The assault recently
made by one DIR. Collect upon Mr.. williams
and the pluck the editor showed In refusing
TO be frightened by such ruiiiansm have re-
suited In = public sentiment strongly favor
able to the paper and its publisher.
WILLIAM HEARNE, fresh from the sould
sod. 10 printer In Calmar, and took his
first lesson In snipe hunting few days ago.
He held the bag for two hours and then
thought he would go home. but becoming
inat In, tina v,oadn ha WAS Ahliuad N ,syr>,,