The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27
IOWA STATE NEWS.

J. II. GRAVES. OF Dubuque, has paid $4,000
Telephone company
DrBrQrE. although il claims to he the
wcathest city in the State, IL still agitating
the question. .'Shall Dubuque have the State
fair for lss4r'
THI Lyons Paper Mill, according TO tho
agreement Of the Association OF Paper Man
utacturcrs, will make no more wrapping pa-
per until Feb. next, the time TO which oil
mills In the association are closed.
HoN. TIMOTHY DAY. one Of the first to bring
thoroughbred stock to Iowa, and one Of thu
first directors Of the Iowa state Agricultural
society, and who took the first premium Al
tho first stat fair. on short-horns. died At
Winchester recently. Ha was aged II years.
is New York bishop Perry learned that tho
slo.ooo beIucathci to Griswold college. and
tie 100000 for n girls school for the dioces"
Of Iowa, by Miss Sarah Burr, will probably be
ready for delivery to the proper authorities
about the lst of March next.
DENIS MtABE. Of Dubuque. recently re-
criscd s,.500, the amount of n Judgment
against the Illinois Central company for in
iuries sustained hy him some years ago. The
first thing he did was TO draw q check in
favor Of Il grocery firm for 5000, which
amount he owed the house for groceries
furnished his family during two or three
years past. The Arm had generously riskcd
the debt on the mans honesty and jury
decision in his favor.
4 AsH.RPHR in Van Buren, county purchased
sixteen fine horses of various parties and
gave them checks on bank of st. Louis. To
make sure that the checks were all right they
telcgraphcd the bank. The answer came
that the man had 5000 to his credit in the
bank. That was entirely satisfactory, the
checks were accepted and the horseman
went away. When the checks reached the
bank the $1,000 had bccn withdrawn, and all
the farmers hal TO show for their horses were
bits of worthless paper.
MAJ, CRAM. OF Dubuque. believes that
the skeletons of twcnty-three men recently
discovered IN the neighborhood of the head
ot Moose river, Dickey county. u. T., are the
skeletons df Il scouting party who we're sent
out from the sixth Iowa cavalry TO recon
H1it'f III the liiu.aH country. ana WHO NEVER
returned to the regiment. The regiment 0p-
Grated against the Indians in ls63. The Ma
jor was a member OF the regiment, and from
the locality where the remains were discoy-
| cred b. is fully convinced that they are the
bones of tho missing scouts, who were I'm.
doubtedly slaughtered by Indians.
| AT Spencer. en- day last week, Mr.. Dean.
who lives near the river, saw Clarence Me-
| Indy anl Eddi. Fowler, two boys about l.
| years Of age, skating on the ice. Suddenly
| Clarence indy broke through, and in try
| lug Ia help him OUT the Fowler boy also fell
| In. Mr.. Dean Immediately ran to do what he
could for them. in the meantime shouting for
| nelp. He succeeded, by living down on the
| ,ee. i'm getting hold of the boys. and was
| working toward the shore with them when
| Mrs. Fowler came running down the hank.
| and. with n mothers love nppermost in her
| heart. went ou on the Ice t. try aud save her
| child. Hut she broke through. ana in the
| confusion OF trying to save all three Mr..
| Dean lost his hold on the boys, who sunk 10
| rise no more. He succeeded in getting Mre.
| Fowler out. hut that was all he could do.
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