The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-01
IOWA STATE ITEMS.


The Iowa City glucose works have shut
down
Missouri VALLEYS saloon licenses have
Icrn fixed at s6ou year.
Is Boone the cost of q saloon license has
been put at 800 per annum.
THf movement is on foot to establish
large Touring mill In Burlington
burorE's school population il lo,5al.
which i forty three less than in 1880
The new Methodist church in Ottumwa
i said to be the most imposing edifice in the
city
Two FISH weighing sixteen ounces each
Ottumwa
The schools are closed in Finchburg, But.
Ter county, on account Of the smallpox
epidemic.
The Dubuque dry bone boom Is on the
wane Agents claim that the zinc contains
too much stone.
EW JACKSON, City Marshal Of Counci
Bluffs, had his pockets picked while attend
Ing in the police court
JUICE McTiESRY has granted temporary
injunction restraining the city of Des Moine~
from borrowing any more money.
JoE CoBuRN, Of Waterloo. sues that city for
e25, 900 for false imprisonment He refused
topay his dog tax and was sent to Jail
WILL H. HERMAN, of Okalona States and Le
Mars Sentinel notoriety. Is now editing
paper in Sioux City, called the Lo,co Index.
Mrs WILLIAM MARLER, OF New Redding.
Ringgold county. drank quantity of con-
centrated lye, some days since, intending to
commit suicide.
CHARLTON is getting to be truly moral
town No business in the police court for
couple Of weeks--not even solitary drunk
to vary the monotony.
Tnr Catholic cemetery in lie Mars was
somewhat damaged by the last storm \
rcmporar, building was blown over and two
handsome monuments valued at 500 each,
were broken
A DuruQug paper says there has not been
d time for years when deaths were so fire.
uuent in that locality as this winter, caused
the rapid changes of temperature.
4 FIRE at Harlan, shelby county, destroyed
the elevator belonging to Murray 4 Co. Mr..
Pratt. ore Of the publishers Of the Herald,
was severely injured while assisting the
firemen, but it is hoped his wounds may not
Prove fatal
JAMES McC.AgY, father of Judge George
". McCrary, of the United States Circuit
Court. resides in Washington township, Van
Buren, county, and. although 81 years Of age,
the Keosauqna Rpubiiean says he enjoys
reading the papers - much as he ever did
The town Of Fairfield is q notable example
Of success in the line Of a library association
They have now library Of 900 or s,NN
volumes, cabinets costing many thousands
of dollars, and they now have In contempla-
tion the erection of building for permanent
occupancy. which will cost over $lO,oO0
HENRY ALBRIGHT born in Hanover, Ger
many, i'm lsai, died recently ut Iowa City.
where he had lived for forty years The
local papers speak of him ~ an estimable
old man, leaving .an inheritance for his
children which il more valuable than all tho
earthly treasure he could have accumulated
the record Of an honorable life
A SURVEY of the part of East Sioux City
covered by the Hood two years ago shows
that the water left foot of new soil over
an area OF several blocks The water only
covered that part Of the town for few
days. and ii so much height could he added
in that time. it would not take long to build
up the bar fronting the city If the bar were
protected
THE Iowa Driving Park Association has ar
ranged a programme for their spring meet
ings, us follows: Dubuque-June ), q, :;
Cedar Rapids-June II, 13, Il, Is; Marshall
town-June Is, ~. 81, -; Oskaloosa-June
ii, -. - -. Mason City-Julv !, I. y, !.
Each place Of meeting is to donate - 80
toward the purses, which are to be the same
in each place forming the circuit
The Clinton Herald says: If Iowa's rep
resentatiyes in Congress are not models Of
goodness. pietv wisdom and purity, their
names will not be to blame. There's Moses
Meceld, Jeremiah Murphy, James Wilson,
Marscna Cults, John Kasson. Adoniram
Holmes and Isaac Struble. The black sheep
in this holy flock are Lyman Weller, William
Hepburn and William Pusey. In the Senate
there is James, surnamed McDill, just about
retiring, but his successor is also James. sur
named Wilson. At the November election
in this district the Scriptural name jeremiah
prevailed over the non Scriptural name
Sewell. but in the Fourth district the nan-
scriptural name Lyman tor some inscruta-
BILE reason prevailed over the Scriptural
name Thomas. In the Ninth district tho
honors were eyen-the non n-Scriptnral name
William prevailing over the ditto Albert.
\ SHOOTING affray which cost Roll Strahl
his life occurred at Extra. Audubon county.
The Atlantic Telegraph gives this account:
As near rs we can gain the facts they are
as follows: Roll and a man by the name of
John Eagan were in town in the afternoon,
und report has it that Roll was somewhat
intoxicated, and about s o'clock he and
Eagan got out their team and were prepar
ing to 20 home. When ready to start, Ro
said to Eagan: sHere, you take these line,
and drive, and seated himself in the rear ol
the sleigh, with double -barreled shotgun
in his hand and as soon as the team started
from the livery stable he raised his gun ant
discharged it ut the crowd on the street, hut
did not hit any one, The team was theI
started down the west side of the square
and the firing became pretty general kol
WAS the only one that received IA wound, an,
he was struck In the right temple just abov,
the eve" Strahl died the next morning.
Ex-Goy STEPHEN HEMpsTEAD, second Gov
ernar of Iowa and tho first lawyer who set
tied in this State, died suddenly. at his resi-
dence in Dubuque, Of heart disease. Gov
Hampstead was native OF Connecticut, an,
was ~ years Of age. He participated in tn
Black Hawk war. and in lSH located in Htl
buaue, being the first lawyer who com
menced the practice Of his profession III tia
city and In the State, which was then IN
braced IN the Territory OF Wisconsin. IL
took an active part in publi' affairs M