The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28
IOWA STATE NEWS.


WA n. ALLEN, formerly Or Stuart. shot
himself through tho head Mt Gallon. Mich.
Nina HENRY RprNo. Of Sioux City, II tho
happy owner OF spotted pig that follows
her about the streets Ike dog
ALBERT DEnAnr, living . few miles from
Stuart, has been arrested and taken to
Creston on charge Of horse stealing
Two THOUSAND dollars Il tho sum claimed
by James Rowcn. OF Wright county, for
damages sustained BY falling through
bridge
Two RUNAWAY boys from Winrcbagc City,
Mimi, stopped At Council Bluffs had ,slao
and copy Of Pcck's .Bhd Boy in their
possession
THE Boone City Council has granted right
Of way through the streets for,a stroet-car
railway company The roads to be In op
Grafton In sixty dayA
JEFFERSON Ia excited over diagonal rail-
road tapping tho Webster City coal fields
and on to the northeast The citizens are
disposed to take hold OF the project.
DARNwErL Dnos' grist mill near Denison
was burned The fire originated with III OK
plosion In the patent buster. Tho loss,
q, GOO IL partially covered BY Insurance..
sIoux CRY has just authorized r. p Muir
ply. a lawyer there and brother of tho
Congressman, to refund siss,50o Ut old ~
per ocnt bonds ut per cent, paying him
IL per cent commission, Or ea,TG
ArAGMrR named Henry Sparks, Of Tieds
Grove, Clinton county. has been adjulged
insane and sent to the asylum Mt lndcpcn-
dencc Ho became discouraged over the
backward spring and other nnnoyanccs
AT an oratorical contest At Nevada, Story
county, recently, . Miss Patterson won
much applause by RrecitAtion Of Mad Mag.
The young lady Il now developing traces
OF insanity. Fhc had studied her part too
we'll
tho Jewell Betting Company. Of Hartford
was found dead in he'd Mt the Pacific House.
Council Bluffs Among his effects WINS
letter stating that he had taken poison to
die. No cause is given
A YorNa woman whose name was not
earned, committed suicide At tho residence
Of Richard Dobncy, near Tabor. Fremont
county She was Is years old and had but
recently arrived from England No cause
Tor the rash act lie known
THE Davenport Democrat tells OF = big raft
OF lumber on it's way down to ST. Louis from
the pincries, that struck one of the piers Of
the big bridge and in . few minutes ei,aO
worth OF lumber was lost and destroyed
That would have paid steamer for towing
1t
Mn CHARLES BREES. residing In Lyons. died
suddenly Of apoplexy, At his home He
had worked through the day. ate his sup
per IA usual and retired to bed. being taken
III without previous warning. and expiring
an hour later, having been meantime uncon-
scious
TERRIBLE runaway occurred at Princeton,
BY which ten persons were thrown down .
| ten foot cmbankment and all badly injured
Mrs Rnghousc. aged %, il not expected to
recover. and Mrs Wallace, middle-aged
lady, is in doubtful condition Tho others,
though badly bruised. will probably recover
| A Two-YEAR-oLp son OF George Fisher, at
Sioux City, had narrow escape from death
The little fellow obtained can Of potash,
whichwas on the kitchen table and took some
of 1t In his mouth 4 doctor was callod, who
took active measures for the child's relief,
and is hopeful Of saving the boys life,
A. A. READ, = travelling man, Of Sparta,
met Hickory and his Dos Moines host
OF poker-players and cleaned them out OF
sga, about all tho change there was In the
crowd Then one OF tho Des Moines gang
grabbed 500 OF Reads winnings, and
another had him arrested for gambling
AT the commencement OF Central Uniyar-
sity tho honorary degree of D. D. was con-
ferred on Rev. Samuel W. FolJambe, Of NAL
den, Mass. and Rev. Joseph G. Foster. ono
OF the editors Of the Wattamaa. Boston,
Mass The honorary degree OF LID was
conferred on Hon Buren, r. sherman, Gov
ernor Of Iowa
ms, ancc Of starvation Tho subject II the
daughter Of Rev T. G. Woodward, Of that
town. She has been gradually losing her
appetite for two years past and for the past
two months has eaten nothing only what
has been forced into her. and she ia grad
ually failing.
DAVENPORT Dispatch John Willis . relic
of the old pioneer days of this part Of Iowa
and respected and popular farmer, CON-
mittsd suicide by hanging himself In his
corn-crih He was n years OF age and came
here in 1Sa No reason for his act 10
known, as he was In comfortable circum-
stances and good health.
A ROW Of frame buildings on Fourth street
In Sioux City was burned An attempt was
made tho night before, but was discovered
Ono Of the houses was occupied BY women
and children. and the two women sat up
filled with nervous fear. About ) o'clock
they smelled the smoke and gave the alarm,
but too late to save the buildings The loss
was about sS,ooa
In the test case Of the City Of Clinton ~
the County OF Clinton, to decide which
treasury must pay expenses incurred by
local boards Of health IN the treatment Of
small pox and In other necessary lahors, the
State Supreme Court has decided in favor OF
the city, affirming Judge chascs decision in
Z
fore soon recover between el 100 and s., 90
on the small pox claims.
SIDNEY W. HOPKINS, OF New York, President
OF the Council Bluffs City Water-Works
Company, arrived at Council Bluffs to At
tend the regular annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the company, for the cleo
tien OF Directors to serve for the ensuing
year. The following Directors were elected:
Robert sewell. John b, McGeorgc, Edward
T. Sanford. John H. Co1cns and Sidney W.
Hopkins, Of New York, Sidney W. Hopkins,
Jr., OF New Haven, and Hon Geo T. Wright
of Council Bluffs.
THERE passed through Des Moines over the
| G., II. l. L r. special train OF freight that
aggregated an approximate value Of sos5,-
60 The train consisted Of twenty -one cars
each loaded with about ten tons of tea
The other car bore . freight of 25.o00
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