Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-10
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Tenement houses are in demand in Storm
Lake.
A G. A. R. fair at Monroe Melted the
post S620.
There are 90, 175 volumes in the state
library ut Des Moines.
The Ottumwa pillow factory is turning
out twenty, tive plows per day.
The proposed musical convention at
Cedar Falls has been given up.
The reunion of the first Iowa cavalry
will be held in Da fenport next September.
Anti-licen'e was successful in the towns
of Shelby: Kellogg, Osceola and Corning.
B%urlington's outgoing city council placed
the liquor licenses at $40; they were 1915.
The fire department of Creston are
highly delighted with their Babcock fire
engine,
Within the past two years forty miles of
railroad have been bull, in Palo Alto
county.
The deposits in q Marahalltown savings
hank en- one day last week amounted to
So. 700,
Keokuk wants q big distillery and one
citizen has offered to take 81, 600 worth of
stock in it.
Guthrie county exempts S97,649 worth
of land from taxation on account Of the
timber law.
The Democrats now have every alder
man in the Burlington city council with
one exception.
The nineteen police that cost Dubuque
1850 in February m .de but thirty.three ar.
rests that month.
One stock firm at Wsverly shipped acc
head of cattle last week, and have LOCO
cattle and 200 hogs yet on hand.
Linn couaty citizens have paid $24 600
in taxes this year, 80 far, and the amour,
WAS divided between 947 taxi ayers,
The people of Carson precinct, Mins
county, have voted a tax of 5 per cent on
then to build another railroad.
Several hundred people at Missouri
Valley joined the church during the re-
cent sanctiication meetings held there.
A Van Buren county man pays 50. DIGS
taxes in the comfy and So, $3.50 outside
He evidently has plenty OF collateral.
The Cass county packing company lost
it's large cooper shop by fire on the nigh,
Of the 9TH. Loss 81, 600. and no insurance.
A young Dubuque couple eloped to
Wisconsin town and were married last
week. They feared parental interference,
A Musoatine man has tho contract TO,
putting up q 1000 monument over the
remains Of the late lAmented Jessie James.
Ida county has voted tho necessary
bonds for g new court house and the work
Of building will be commenced immedia-
tely. w G's ,l~f y. r-
The Herald complains of the naughty
actions of some of the Dubuque youns
girls In flirting with strangers on the
streets.
The Scottish American land company
has expended $l00, 900 in land and inn
p%rovements in Palo Alto county inthe pas
two years.
L.. Conoyer, cashier of the Latter Day
Saints publishing house at Lsmoiu, Deca.
tur county, has lit out with 1000 of thu
saints funds.
Keokuk has a citizens association Of "a.
members, It's object is to encourage man
ufacturing enterprises and otherwise bull,
up the city.
A Minnesota hotel man has leased th
I new hetel at Spiri Lake. The house wa
] built hy the railroad company n Is mod
ern in all its details.
A Jackson county paper says that it
estimsted that 81, 800, 900 will not cove
the life insurance policies held by lodg
. members In that county.
. 1t is said that 100 miles Of the Dragons
Q road will be built southwest from DE
Moines this year GA its way TO Counc
Bluff and Ne5rask. City.
Des Moines has just put on a paid fr