Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-20

UOO, Inc company mas purcnaseu ground
aud commenced the erection Of u building
76xl2S feet, two stories high. The bust.
ness will be largely increased.
A Waverly statisticisn figures that 49,.
600 gallons of beer have betn absorbed in
the town within six months.
The Burlington street commissioners
promises that after the hreak.up he will
clean the streets every week.
The finest public school building In Iowa
City burned on the evening of the 18th
inst. The loss was 81, 900 and no insur.
ance.
A beer bottle thrown through the plate
glass window Of the Monroe county bank
building on the night Of the 18th inst.
caused q loss of $50.
A FIRE at Avery, Monroe county, on the
night Of the II h, destroyed the postofice
and the store and goods of ID. NJ. Watson.
There was no insurance.
A Masonic school of instruction, with
forty lodges represented by 200 members,
was held at Ottumwa on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday Of last week.
A man named Daily, living at Manning,
was convicted of selling Intoxicating
liquors on election day. He was tried for
the offense and acquitted.
w. ID. AmeAt, the owner Of O large car.
riage factory at Muscstine, recently went
into his office and found his safe blown
open and the contents amounting to over
SIS. 900 in notes and other collateral gone.
The principal street of Hampton. has
been macadami' ed at q cost of IS, 242, 80,
most of which was paid by the lot owners.
H. Deurprey, an Englishman, committed
suicide at q hotel in LIE Mars on the 18th
inst. He was wealthy and temperate, and
left no reason for the act.
Recently q Marshalltown lady fell on q
sidewalk and sprained her ankle. She has
just been paid 800 damages for the injury.
A chattel mortgage wal recorded in
Davenport on the 18th inst, against the
property Of Paige, Dixson 4 Co. Paige,
the senior member of the firm, committed
suicide to-day before the mortgage was
recorded. The mortgage Is for $50, 900,
aud is q lieu on 5, 500, 100 feet of lumber,
800, COO feet of logs, besides other property.
Building In Storm Lake has already
commenced, and q great deal Ia being done.
A canning works costing $4,000, two
brick blocks and a number of other build.
logs are going up.
Highwaymen are annoying Muscatine.
On last Monday night d. Washburn, q
resident, was held up by two men, and o
large amount of money taken from him.
The Watson canning company Of Win.
ton put up about 5000, 900 cans of corn
last year, and will add this year tomato
canning to the list. Farmers In the vicin.
ity are furnishing the material by con.
tract.
On the 18th inst, tho marshal Of Gin,
ton arrested q man named Frank Foster
who is wanted in Topeka, Kansas, for bur
glary and larceny.
A steam creamery at Vinton has q capac
ity OF 0 0 pounds q day, and employs II
the busy season about fifteen men ant
teens. In 1882 the company paid $40, 00(
for cream and labor, and made 1874, 00(
pounds Of butter.
The slorghs that have d~isfgured tn,
river front of Dubuque are being filed up
The ground made will be utilized by tn,
railroads and manufactures.
Peterson, an imbecile lately discharged
as incurable from the Independence hospi
tai for the insane, was beaten and robbed
by Dubuque roughs on the 14th inst.
A member of the Watson mining com
pany denies that the capitol grounds .
Des Moines are undermined. TIL,
mine goes under the street beside tn
grounds.
The motor for the street rnilway be
tween Cedar Rapids and Marion brok
down during the trial trip. The crow
that went out with the excursion wake
back.
Interest due on Des Moines paving an
sewer bonds is to be advanced by citizen
pending the decision of the injunction re
straining the city treasurer from payin
out money.
. A flowing magnetic we'll has been foun
In BORING near Ottumwa, and q compan,
!, Is organized to build q hotel for the pa
tients that are expected to flock to th
new Bethsada.
. The young gentlemen Of Prof. Morand
dancing academy, Keokuk, have licke
the professor and run him out of towr
There was q difference of opinion betwee
preceptor and pupila as to how the excl
cises should be conducted.
. The committee of the Waterloo cit
council, detailed to investiqat the watel
works question, report that q system {
/; w~aterworks can be constructed s~ufficier
for the present necessities of the city at I'll
! cost of from $50, 900 to $4,000.