The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-07-24
IOWA STATE NEWS.
Ero., ETC. Ero,

About four thousand n.w volumes Were
received for the State Library on the Isl
inst.
Some Monona County corn has grown
as much as four inches in twenty-fonr
hours.
Brother Bamaby, Of the Monastery Of
New Mclleray, in Dubuque County, is dead.
He was member of the Order Of La
Trappe, and was 90 yearG Cd. He was one
of the founders Of the institution IN which
be lived and died.
-Four farmers from a neighbo.ins town
appeared in Council Dlnffs with search war
rants issued by Justice Of tue Peace, nd
demanded bottles Of liquor. enfosci 9 i
with drawn feyolvers. They wefa 500 ar-
rested for carrying concealed weapons. md
were threatened with tar and feathers.
The authorities Of the lows Asrenla-
ural College make the following c.as~:iica-
tions OF the relative values of various fools
as milk producers: Corn, per leo roun'i-.
80 cents: oats, co cents; barley, % cent;
wheat, 60 cents wheat bran, 20 cents: I'll
meal, Sl.45; clover hay, 90 cents; timothy.
so cents; potatoes, 10 cent?.
A young man by the name Of Cal Wig
gins, who lives In the Northwestern portion
of Des Aoines, has been adjudgei Inaan"
and was taken to Mt. Pleasant II: il
about % years Of age anl singe MAJ.
The other day be climbed a large tree and
walked on. on one Of he limbs. thirty or
forty feet from the ground. but returned
without falling. He stood upright Oh h
limb and walked out and back withou,
support.
In an interview at Davenport Sta.c
Fish Commissioner Aldrch said tiiat the
law prohibiting the seining Of fish i
generally disresarfed in many places, while
in some localitiss farmers have seinad fish
by the wagon load AMI used them for fclt!l-
izing purposes Commissioners Aldrich
| fayors the holding Of meeting Of tho fish
Commissioners Of Iowa Illinois. Minnesota,
| and Wisconsin, to take some acton toward
prohibiting the seining Of fish in the
| sloughs Of the Mississippi River.
A couple Of nicely dressed young woni-
en- went into the 9o-cent store in Dei
Moines, and after looking at some riags and
other articles Of jewelry went ou. without
making purchase. gentleman sanding
on the street saw one Of them take ring
from her glove, and thinking it Il little
strange went in and asked Mr.. Clark. tho
proprietor il they hal made purchase.
lie said they had not, wh-n the geatemtn
told his stor, and Mr.. Clark immediately
proceeded to take IN inventory of his rings.
He found one was gone and started in pEr-
| suit Of the women lie found them sitting
at a table in n restaurant and going up d.
nanded his ring At first they were tarri-
bly, indignant hut when Ar. Clark started
for the police they wilted and gave il np.
| While this was going on another sore
keeper appeared on the scene aud demanded
the return Of some fine silk hose that had
mysteriously disappeared from his eounser
while they were looking OYER the stock.
They immediately produced these also. aud
it then transpirel that they had entered n
drug store and were only prevented from
taking some large bottles ot perfuElery by
the vigilance of the clerk.
A feud has been brewing for some tim.
between the porters of the Internatiea.s
Hotel and the Given House, a. Des Mo.nes,
which came to bloody ending. One of
the attaches of the International had offered
the porter S. il he wou d whip tn ono
from the Given and recently he eame lnsis-
ing into the Office all covered with gore but
boasting with great unctien tha. he ha1 dsne
for his man. The crowd had hardly gath
cred to congratulate him when porte. Ne.
appeared on the scene likewise. drabhlca in
blood and with huge towel tied about his
head. In his hand he bore huge carving
knife, and in a loud tone Of voice he asked
for his opponent, expressing fixed deer
mination to carve him soma. The crowd
scattered, and while one was f,antieal.y
calling for the police. the others were lusy
seeking more congenial quarters. Tie
police appeared and took the blooa.hir ts
pair in charge, when to save imprisonment
! it became necessary to explain. Tha two
had their eyes ON the s. and 80 getting to-
gether had literally daubed each o;hsr W.T.,
a piece of raw liver. and had then gon,
through the performance rs above stated.
The crowd of aiders and abettors are still
busy nursing their nerves, and the man who
backed the International man is mourning
his lost wealth.