The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
IOWA STATE NEWS
ETo., ETC, ETc.


Tmr fined some Davenport boys 90 each
for stealing grcon apples from IN orchard
Tuns Il some talk among tho citizens Of
DubUqus ol crcctlng monument 70 tho
memory Of 1alian Dubuque, whose nA,ns
tho town adopted
A WOMAN who was serving term In tho
Dcs Moinos fail was pardonod out recently
on condition that shc would got married
Iowa Is the coming State for young men
CONFIDENCE men with tho Anglo-Amerfcan
Show reapcd rich harvest at Greene A
/ largo number OF farmers wcro victimizcd
Tor sums variously estimated at from el0 TO
e2ol
The people Of Dubuque county are ar
ranging to celebrate the fiftioth anniversary
OF tho settlement of Iowa, pursuant to the
treaty communicating tho Black Hawk pur-
chase Tho dato hxcd In Sept x
WHILE Thomas Fox was assisting to lower
some tubing into Miller's coal shaft, ncax
pes Moincs, the windlass started and the
crank handle struck him In the neck, In
fiicting hurt from which he died In TOW
minutes
CHARLIE DAncus, who was pardoned by the
Governor last winter on the condition OF
sbstaining from drinking any intoxicating
liquor, broke his pledge few days ago and
consequently hts pardon was revoked and
he was again placed In jail.
A DUBUQUE grocer recently sued GUS
toner for groceries Thccustomer promptly
retaliatcd by bringing cross suit to recover
money paid tho grocer for whisky during
all the years since 1914 The last slate OF
that grocer Is worse than tho first
The Walnut Basrau says: We arc pleased
10 state that Benjamin Craig, who was accL.
dentally wounded after the capture Of tho
Polk City murdorcrs is able to be about II
was indeed serious affair for Mr.. Craig,
and no has suffered much pain from ths
effect Of shot through tho arm and hip
OSE night recently . boy named Lyons
was playing with the works OF clock = Dos
Moines lie started the wheels and then ap-
piled his tongue to the swift-revolving coga
Tie tongue was drawn between the wheels
and tho boy and his toy were taken to
jewelers. to have tho wheels taken apart
l A ArsAcsMAkER OF Dcs Moines In cndeavor-
Ing to separate two fighting bootblacks
received severe injury In the back from
stone thrown by third boy and was carried
homo on stretcher. His mother tainted
away from terror, whereuron another
woman at tho house tainted away and fell
down flight Of stairs, driving two hairptns
through her scalp. Pretty busy day for that
family.
/ A DANISH family named Nelson, living 1t
Harlan, seem to have more than their share
Of trouble. The husband and father was
killed about tive years ago. and sinco then
one son was drowned. tho oldest daughter
has been taken to tho insane asylum, and.
recently, Mra Nelson fell from wagon and
broke one shoulder and one thigh, and now
/ Il is thought another son will need to be
taken to tho asylum for tho feeble minded
lSAsMucn as tho thrcshing season il at
band the following section from the codc Of
Iowa is worthy OF careful perusal: III any
person run any threshing machine In this
State without having two-lengths Of tuu-
bling rods next the machine, together with
the knuckles or Jacks OF the tumbling rods
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Is running. no shall be deemed guilty OF .
misdemeanor and be punished by tinc OF
not less nor more than so every day or part
Of a day he shall violate this section
/ MAGGIE CowIEs, of Fairfield. married G A.
Curl The latter had represented that he
was the posscssor of few thousand dollars,
good farm. lots Of stock. and large
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went homo with him, and found that tho
farm belonged to another man, an uninvit-
lng place to livc--no money, no land, no
stock She thcreupon left the house and
walked fivc miles to her own home, remark
ing that she had come hack to stay
4 A wElI-kNowS and at one time promi
ncnt citizen Of Dubuque. astonishcd those
who attended tho d o'clock mass at tho
Cathedral, by walking up tho aisle until no
came 10 tho railing. which ho opened. and
Ascenacd tho altar steps and took or his
coat and hat Tho congregation was very
much astoundcd, and the excitement in
creased when he said: Il am Jesus Christ:
WAS transformed last night" He was
kindly assisted out Of the church by . few
reverend gentlemen and taken To the county
Jail He viii probably he sent to an asylum.
na A. RiSpiKa, Of Davenport, has met
success in cnltivating cocoons He received
Too eggs about the iirst ef May, and of this
number carried sss through the COCOON per-
Tod. securing that number Of cocoons out
cf which came s.N moths-isS females and
So males Ono of the females alone has
supplied - eggs So from all the female
moths the Doctor secured thousands OF
prospect il that he will have fresh crop Of
more than ioo. .0oe worms before the close Of
another week. lilo has more than 1900
already.
A srrr has been brought in the Circuit
Court by Hon Horace Everett. Of Council
Bluffs against the Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad Company, for $4,000
damages, for an alleged election OF plaintiff
over year ago. from u regular passenger
train of the defendant Mr. Everett board
Cd the company's train at Weston, and, not
having a ticket protfered the regular fare
10 Council Bluffs, claiming that no was un-
able to procure ticket at the depot as the
station. agent was not in or otherwise en-
gagged at the time. The conductor demand
cd the regular 10 cents extra, which Mr.,
Everett refused 10 pay. and he was put OF
the train
A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Des
Moines, Iowa, TO the New York Tribune
sass: In the northwestern part OF thii
State are thousands OF acres of wild prairie
covered with = luxurious growth OF succu
lent and nutritious grass Rich companiel
have been formed TO market this grass, and
hundreds of mowers are now shearing these
broad acres The grass. properly cured and
tightly compressed into bales weighing
from sixty TO i,o pounds, bound with wire
will he sent 10 New York and other Eastern
markets. The traffic was begun last year IN
small way n an experiment, and proved
success This season transportation com