The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-31
IOWA STATE ITEMS.

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THE Emmetsburg Council have nred the
price Of saloon licenses Ut sara
Two YOUNG bloods Of Clarksville, Butler
county. engaged in prize fight one Sunday
recently
BuFrINaroN's grist mill, at Malvern, Millt
, county, was destroyed by FIRE one night re-
Gently.
THE first railroad operated In Iowa wac
from Davenport to Valcott, distance OF
twelve miles
sMAiIrrcx IL gaining ground In the State
Fairfield and Burlington are now flying the
yellow flags
Hon. GEO. W. JONES, Of Dubuque. United
States Senator from 1913 to 1856, is now Wis
itihg Jefferson Davis at his home.
ACCORDING to the Clipper, Colfax sufTere
from IN overdose Of burglars Vigorous
measures are being taken to apprehend them.
Sioux CRY l. agitated over water-workr
proposal Five miles of main, works 30 cost
$4,000 and sixty-six hydrAntr for sa.Ot
per year.
A LITTLE boy at Jefferson was placing pin
on tho Wabash track Monday. when he was
struck by car and had his skull fractured
His name Ia Armstrong, and be il not OK
rected to live.
john SHETHAR, o prominent and wealthy
citizen Of Clinton died at the Metropolitan
Hotel in New York of heart disease. lie wa
w+fdol,- Lrnwr fhronul,o,,% tho wo.t ac n a,t.,
ccssful business man, and was univcrsall,
respected He was 4G years old.
A LARGE residence owned by Fotney Bros
two miles south If Ida Grove, was struck by
lightning few nights sinc5 aid btfrned to
the ground The house was occupied by
Loss on building and household goods about
$500.
BURGLARS blew up rafe belonging to Mr.
q. N. Graham, at Sheldon, recently. 1t con-
tanned no money, so they had their labor for
their pains, md departed. They are thought
to BIO identical with the burglars who have
been operating in Emmetsburg and other
towns In tho sicirity
PIRaA, new railroad town in Harrison
county, was swept by hurricane few days
since The buildings demolished were q
unemployment house full Of machinery. a
photograph gallery. ana several buildings
moved from their foundations Several
farm houses were blown down. and David
Edwards, . farmer, was killed in his bod BY
lightning.
THE Mapleton Press says: John IL Mains,
of st Clair, discovered the remains Of .
dead horse in q branch Of his fam few
days ago. Near by was fine bride, while
hidden in a hny stack, short distance
away, saddle was brought to light The
affair is wrapped in mystery. Tho animal
was gray mare, rather fine looking, and
appeared to have been left there in hurry,
her body beng imbedded in the mud with
her head upwards
THE most remarkable phenomenon relat-
ing to Iowa storms occurred at Indept nd
ence recently, when the people ct night
were aroused by lond pelting against the
windows, which could not be accounted for
until the next morning when thousands of
birds were found dead and alive all over the
city, IL had been literal shower Of birds,
and stranger still nobody had ever seen such
birds before. In size they were a trifc
larger than snowbird and their color much
like quail It Is supposed they were drawn
into vortex way down South and rushed
through the atmosphere these thousands of
miles
AT the meeting Of the Medical Association
at Davenport the report Of the Secretary.
Dr. Iannawalt, was received and referred
Papers upon injuries Of the pcritoneum and
uterine flrods and ruptured peritoneum
were read and discussed at length. The re-
port of DR.. Hazen, of Davenport, on the Soc
ton Of opthalmology was received and re-
ferred A paper upon strabismns was read
by III. Habloy. Of Iowa City. Tho annual
add. ess Of President Scofield was recon-
mcnded to be published by the committee.
Delegates were elected to the American
Medic a. Association ct Cleveland June 5,
Tie Committee for Nomination reported the
officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ide Mt. DR.. s. Z. Robinson; First Vice Presi-
dent, II. c. Huntsman. Second Vice Pres-
dent, D. w. Crause; Secretary A. A. Deer
ing: Assistant. A. c. Silnonton: Treasurer
G. r. Skinner. Des Moines was selected as
the place Of the next annual meeting
The Secretary of State has just completed
the table OF assessed value Of railroads in
Iowa, giving the number Of miles assessed.
value per mile, and aggregate assessed
value as follows: