The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-30
IOWA STATE NEWS.

CocnE-BURRs are becoming prevalent In
all parts Of Iowa
A Al0-YEAR-o1.D lad is the operator at Breda.
and does good work
A TES-AcnE field Of oats, near Mason City.
threshed $50 bushels.
DUBUQUE county farmers had harvest
home celebration Aug. .3.
Six HUNDRED tons OF hay from 200 acres is
the claim Of Newton farmer
THERE are ne>,rly hundred naughty girls
in the State Reform schoo! at Mitchellyille
DAVENPORT Mayors must have an easy
time Fifteen Of tho ex Mayors are now
giving.
SrxcE last November nearly 12o. COO swine
have been slaughtered ut the Sioux City
pork house.
Mn. MARK DILLON, OF Council Bluffs, re-
Gently caught catfish weighing 63l1 pounds
In the Missouri river.
AMnronD fisherman mistook his bare foot
In the water for big buffalo sucker and
put spear into it
Mrs JOHN s Burns, Of Cass county. the
first white person born in Iowa, will attend
the celebration in Dubuque Sept
A SUN Of money for the defense Of ODon-
nell, the murderer Of Carey, was raised q
meeting of Irishmen held at Dcs Moines.
Mas. MCCLELLAN of Pierceville, has
floral curiosity. It Is green rose, the bloom
being just shade lighter than the leaves
THERE are about $50 saw mills in this State.
en- ploying 5000 hands Iowa ranks eighth
IN the list Of lumber manufacturing States.
Hon. J. W. THOMPSON, Mayor OF Daven-
port, and Judge Isaac @. Mitchell OF
Boone, prominent men in the annals of Iowa
are dead
EIcHr prisoners escaped from the jail at
Council Bluffs, by cutting through tho
the floor of cell Four Of them were re-
captured
] GEORGE TAYLOR, Of Keosauqua, banked his
money at the root of q big tree. until he nad
800 hid away. Some looker-on found out
the secret and stole the cash
ONE plan for purifying the atmosphere OF
Des Moines Is to turn the river into the
slough that receives the slaughter house,
distillery and glucose drainage.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company has
presented Mrs D. W. Parker. wife OF the
late Superintendent Of the Iowa division,
the sum OF $500 This was a very credit
able act on the part of the company.
A YOUNG man named John Cooney, OF
Eastport, arrived in Omaha from Bismarck
in search Of work, and the same evening No
fell among thieves and was slugged and
robbed of s17O in cash and watch.
THERE are 6, 81 miles Of telegraph line IN
this State, assessed ut &45 mile, making
the valuation $3.50, Co.. Therate Of taxation
Is IS mills, 50 that the revenue to the State
from this class of property will be -, ,S5a
CHARLES WELT, while attempting to cross
between two sections Of moving freight
train at Missouri Valley. was caught be-
tween the bumpers and crushed to death.
The deceased leaves wife and five chill
dren
THE thirteen girls In q tobacco factory at
Dubuque ar e out on strike for an increase
of wages The same day sixteen gir.s in
buggy-top factory went out on strike be-
cause fancy woman was given job In tho
shop.
THE Davenport Water Company COM
menced suit against the city Of Davenport
for 81, ,74O with interest since March l, 1879.
for alleged breach of contract In failure to
pay the amount stipulated for the rent Of
hydrants for fire purposes The case has
been preparing for long time.
THE City Marshal of Council Bluffs, who
was ordered impeached for not closing tho
the Council ordered him to let the gambling
houses run, on payment of monthly fines,
and that the Council proposed to get
enough out Of the gamblers to pay the police
salaries
THE old settlers of Polk county held their
annual picnic on the State fair grounds
There were nearly 1900 PEOPLE present
Addresses were made by Secretary OF State
J. A. Hull and F. f. Brown The weather
festivity ruled the hour.
TIE Traer Clipper says: 1t is reported
that most of the grape vines were killed
last winter. Ours, the Concord, were little
damaged They were left where they grew
into the top of some cherry trees and are
now well fruited with fine clusters Of
grapes. They are as hardy as wild vines
and ten times more productive.
The first meeting of the Breeders of and
dealers in jersey cattle Of the State of Iowa
met ut Davenport and effected an organi-
xation as follows: President J. J. Rich
ardson, Davenport; Secretary, G. J. Reed,
Fairfield; and Board OF seven Directors
A committee composed of the President,
Secretary and Treasurer, was appointed to
officially superintend all butter tests
SOCIAL life ut Dubuque is thus portray ed by
the society editor the Democrat: "A man
about SO years Of age and as thin as beam
pele and girl about Is years Of age whose
weight is at least 200 pounds. sat on the edge
of the sidewalk. kissing and hugging each
other in great shape, to the intense amuse-
ment Of . crowd Of people who had congre-
gated o short distance away. Romeo had
his arms around Juliet, and when they kissed
the noise sounded like q pile driver. But
the crowd could not suppress . yell when
| he passionately exclaimed, 'Du bist mier
treun which, interpreted, means, You are
| true to me-"
THE Traer Clipper is moved to PROFOUND q
coundrum when it asks: .Whoever heard
| Of such crops of grass hays We are tod
| that three tons to the acre is no unusual
| yield. How does this strike our agricultural
friends In some of the old rock-ribbed New
| England States where one ton is considered
/ goods When we first came to Iowa we were
called foolish for sowing few acres Of
timothy, and it was predicted our latol
would amount to nothing The light soil o.
Iowa praires would insure certain freezing
out OF clovers, SO they claimed II thess
doubling Thomases could now see the mag
| niicient fields Of clover all over Iowa then
faitn would not only be much shaken. bu,
their doubts entirely removed
THE deleg ate meeting of the Upper Mis-
sissippi Rife Association was held ut Daven