The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-14
IOWA STATE NEWS.
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ABOUT 300 students are In attendance at
tho Agricultural College At Ames-ths larg-
eat number on record
Wi1nrS the past twelve months aa5 mothers
In the State have given birth to twins, three
to triplets, ana one mother produced four 1t
time.
| A HARLAN dentist has invented and pat
cntcd plngger for ramming down the fll-
ing In teeth Tho machine works with .
trcadle.
ONE Alonzo Ballard visiting Mason City
from Marlborough, Pm, died Ut tho Mor-
chants Hotel from the effect OF an overdose
Of opium.
| JONI TElrEs died 1t Dyersville on the 2sth,
leaving fortune ei20oO or $4,000 to .
brother who hns been nm inmate or the poor
house for some time
| A SAND sirhcn ~ used at Dubuque to force
eand from the river to the low lots near the
bank that IRE to be filled up 1t carries
one. third sand to two-thirds water
| WESTON MCLrRE, a gentleman about 40,
and well-connccted, while hunting near
Reeder's Mills. Harrison county, accidentally
shot himself, receiving fatal injuries
A cMMlr1ER Of ladies decorated the
Methodist Church at Gardiner Among the
notices they put on the wall was this etfcte
text: vt Is not good for man to be alone I"
Ar Boone lives Mira spence, G In the
same house are laughter "a, grand
daughter 40 great granddaughter q, and
great great granddaughter 2, or Ave genera
tons In one house
SrniKiNa miners ut Des Moines, offended
Mt the action IL Scott Davis tcolored), in not
joining the strike, blew up his dwelling with
powder early one morning recently, injur-
Ing all the inmates, none fatally.
1nK city OF Dubuque. having refused to
purchase the fair grounds for use rs public
park, several citizens are discussing the
project of making the purchase as private
speculation, The price is sla, 300.
A rLAsrERER nj Independence got drunk
and was fined 90 and costs Instead Of
paying the fine out Of his own funds he
made the saloon keepers pay it by threaten
ing to inform on them If they didn't.
FAIRFIELD has hcen selected rs the place
Tor holding the annual encampment of the
First brigade, Iowa militia The date Ii the
second week in August The Second,
Third and Fifth regiments, 400 men, will
participate.
TiE Board of Aldermen in certain river
town IN the State was discussing the estab-
tishment OF pest house for their town, and
4 member Of the board earnestly proposed,
In the goodness OF his heart, to locate 1t on
the uninhabitcd Illinois shore.
Ar Anita, In Cass county, lives MrS Mary
Ann Jordan, who Is lo7 years old She Is In
good health, but very ohildlke. She IL a
native OF Kentucky, and came to Wisconsin
over sixty years ago, when her husband
owned ferry near where Dunlcith now L.
A MAN, name not given, working In .
brick yard at sergcants Bluffs, near Sioux
city, was killed by a dirt car which became
unlocked from the rope which held 1t, and
descended with great velocity, crushing
him against machine and crushing his
head
I A NUMBER OF Council Bluffs young ladies,
by way Of reminding the young gentlemen
oil that city that they had been rather remiss
tcrtsinmcnts, secured reserved seats for the
thca,er few niehts since and attended in =
| body, without "masher" among them.
| ADrBUorE dispatch says Ed Williams,
notorious thief and penitcntiary bird, il In
Jail i'll this city, charged with breaking open
1 the residence Of Daniel Hcntlcmann at Sher-
relrs Mount and taking from there sSls9
Most Of the money has been traced to his
possession The money was deposited In St
/ Paul banks"
! Jufics LArrf, proprietor of restaurant
~ Sioux City, Of good habits and doing =
good business, disappeared some days ago
and has not been heard from since. He l. n
single man, and IL supposed to have had be-
tween ssVn and $500 in his possession No
cause 10 known why he should run away and
/ leave finely paying business
Con. H. H. BENSON, Commander In Chief OF
the Eastern Iowa Veteran Association, an
nounces that the annual reunion Of said
association will take place at Davenport on
j the 10Th, 10th and 2lst days OF September
4 N
citation was held at Davenport May -, to
make necessary provisions
/ of the ninety nine counties in Iowa there
Il not one that is not traverscd by railway
or railways The number OF miles In each
ranges from 66l in Adams to 1880 In Clin-
ton, and the total number in the State Is
q. ~ and u fraction The aggregate assessed
value Of the railways is IS, So, ;sa7o
Josrpn norkrSs, Of Nevada was arrested
In Boone by the City Marshal for stealing =
horse from farmer living some three miles
west Of Cambridge. named johnson. He
was brnagh, 10 Nevada, and = preliminary
examination was held before Squire Nelson,
resulting in binding him over in 81, oo bonds
until the next term Of the District Court
1is Birmingham Enterprise tells a story
OF prolific chickens that is hard to beat 1t
says; "une farmer living east Of town has
the fines, lot of hens in the State. lie has
six. and the fore part of this week brought
IL one Of our merchants ten dozen and two
eggs, and declared that those eix hens laid
that number Of eggs In one week, an
average of nearly three eggs to each hen per
day.
AnraynY I'll loaded stock ward train running
oNard Sioux Usty was run into by freight
train near Hospers, on the Chicago Milwau-
kec and ST Paul road, killing more than 100
heal Of cattle The accident was the fault
OF a swi,chman who left = switch open, and
and the freight train smashed into the roar
end OF the stock train with terrific force.
The engine and fireman jumped from their
engine when they saw the crash was un-
ayoidable, and escaped uniniured Nobody
was in the caboose.
JEROME BENNETT was assisting in moving a
house at Clinton, and was underneath the
building arranging the blocking. when the
structure gave way His fellow-workmen
at once went to his assistance, but 80
securely was he pinned, the cruel timbers
weighted by the house crushing upon his
breast, that aid could not be given in time,
and in few moments his cries became