The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.

TIE ct anddIe, and gas-ax tures at the new
state cnpitol are TO cost $4,000.
TuE wi,jtr cap fraternity dedicated a hs1
1t Charlton the other evening.
THE Patriot predicts q population for
Peters III OF hu less than 1000 In Ave years.
THE Mex ican veterans Of Iowa will hold q
reunion I'm Des Moines Jan. >. which IL known
as Jackson. day.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT AKERs IS at work
on large map Of Iowa. marking the loca-
ton Of every school-housc In the State.
CENTEnvirLE has bought new steam fire
engine and fire he'll. which will mako ifs nre
department first class. The last Of the two
was 50. 30.
7. Il. IsGHAM. lately Mayor Of Wilton, who
Eas alternated between drunkenness and
temperance lcc,uring committed suicide with
chloral.
n C. RIpExorn editor Of the Page foanfD
Democrat. has sued the town Of Clarinda Tor
$4,000 damages caused by his full last winter,
in which his ank was broken.
TWENTY masked young ladies competed for
a silk dress at tn. roller slating-rink at Des
Moincs, and Miss Dell wndps who received
100 votes, was awarded the prize.
THE Iowa Supreme court has decided that
the location Of necessary cut-houscs within
twelve feet Of the premises on an afjoinsns
lot ID a nuisance and must be aba'ei.
REV. II. L. STEELE, late pastor Of the Ran-
tist church in Marengo. says in published
card that unworthy m mhers "are the per-
sons who have destroyed the Baptist chui o.
in Marcnso.'
IL the competitive examination for cadet
ship at the West Point Military academy from
the Seventh Iowa District. there we're four
teen candidates. Ed NJ. supce, Oh Des
Moiues was successful.
JOHN CoBEnr deserted from tie regular
army In Dako.a In 1876. lie came to Des
Moines recently. and the police got wind OF
the fact that he was dcscrtcr. arrested him
and notified the military authorities.
A YOUNG German girl named Mary Is.
Dirks. Of Davenport, employed rs donics-
tic. on being charged with petty larceny,
went into a barn and hanged herself. She
was discovered and cut down only in time to
resuscitate her
THE great revival at the Methodist church
at Dubuque is meeting with marvellous re-
suits. Sunday evening thirty-six renisents
were received into tho church. The Second
Presbyterian church IL also experiencing =
similar revival.
AFFORD WAppEII.. of Ida comfy, while
driving along the road the ether day. accom-
panied Ivy his nephew. James, was stricken
dead hy henrt disease. His nephew caught
him as he fell. bu, not word dill he utter
except whoa He was Il years of age.
and had resided in Ida county for four yens.
IT il reported that Iowa doys cost sa.0oo.0Oo
annEAly, counting what they eat and the
sheep they kill anl prevent from being ra' 'Ied.
II this statement is true il would be well to
sweep out some of the canine tribe and usa
this money for the cause of education. The
whole amount paid for educating the children
Of the State IL $4,000 0o0.-Dubulns Telegraph.
Til. artesan well sunk by W. w. Wood
worth. of the Julian House. Dubuque. has
developed wonderful supply of water. The
well has been sunk a distance of $50 feet, and
the flow Is at the rate of 400 gallons per miu-
ute, which can he increased To 800 gallons.
enough To supply two cities of that size. This
10 the third artesian well now in operation IN
Dubuque. ard is 10y far the hest.
A sALooSKEErER ut Blssey discovered the
dead body of man in his saloon. He report
cd TO the ofiCera and an inquest was he'd
the verdict being that the man came to his
death by heart disease. but curiosity led to a
ost-mortem examination, when 1t was de-
clared the man had been dubbed to death.
1t is supposed he was killed IN the saloon and
his body dragged to the cellar, but 80 far no
clew to the murderer has been found.
The Iowa State Free Trade league held
their annual meeting at DeS Moines last week.
and elect.d tie following officers Tor the en-
suing year: q. Mosher, President: Charles
T.. RUSSELL Vice President: Henry J. Philpot,
Secretary: L. ". Gooic. Treasurer. The Ex-
ecutiye committee chosen comprises the off-
GERS and in addition thereto the following
gentlemen: Es-Gov. Gecr. W. W. Wilmer,
W. Il. Smith. j. r. Weed, aud II. NJ. Harris.
A TELEGRAM from Spencer says: Our
license Mayor and officers are quietly allow
ing the saloon-kcepers to. defy the laws made
last spring To keep them within bounds.
Some Of the restrictions were that they should
not have any chairs. benches or stools I'm
their saloons or screens or blinds to their
windows or any back door. or were not to
allow miners i'm their rooms. ETC.. aud some OF
them are being violated daily. showing the
7 utter fal.acy Of the license system"
/ TnE wife of weli-to-do farmer of Charter
Oak died short time ago leaving an infant
child. The child was very fretful. The
houskeeper one night exclaimed: IF there
is a God l wish He'd let this cailds mother
come back and soothe IT," 4 few moments
4 later the door swung upon its hinges without
i apparent cause. and sIecter rcosnLc
as the dead mother. In her burial clothes.
gliled into The room, knelt over her child
with her hands ciasped as If In prayer. and
then as sileutls left tie room, apparently
] passing through the closed door The sp.eter
has appeared nj short intervals since. The
/ father ha> stucc married AZ ain, and the siiri.
/ form is yisftte 70 the bride while the hus
land c1nnot he persuaded tu uncover his
herd ard Look upon ihe dead mother Of b.
child.
u Iowa's Coal Mines.
Hos. PAnkE 4. WILSON. State Mine Inspect
tor, furnishes the following showing OF the
al products Of Iowa In tons hy counties for
the years ISL, -. and Isl.
ISL. lss.. 1881.
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