The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-18
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Missouri Valley Sept. 30.
focahontas county warrants arc at dis.
count, selling anywhere from Is to 90 cents on
the dollar.
contract for additional marble work on the
new state capitol, to the amount Of $19,672, has
just been let.
The Bue2a Vista creamery at Storm Lake is
going to make special exhibit at the New Or
leans exposition.
The Cedar Rapids packing-hous has cut up
10000 more hogs this year than during the
same time last year.
Charles A. Armstrong, well-to-lo Swede OF
burlington, suicided on tho 18th inst by shoot
ing himself through the head.
Rev. Father Mulholland, assistant to Rev.
Is. T. McMenomv, at Council Bluffs, died on
the Sd inst, after brief illness.
Marshall l. Bailey, mayor of Missouri VAL
ley, died Oh Wednesday Of paralysis OF the
stomach, aged thirty-eight years.
Tip Prentice, an engineer in the employ of
the Northwestern company for twenty years,
died It Anamosa few days ago.
Prof. Willie, professional athlete, has
skipped away from Dubuque, leaving numcr-
GUS con6dins creditors to mourn.
The Ottumwa Catholics have bought the
Moss property, ncxi east to the Congregational
church, for parocl,ial school for boys.
The board OF supervisors Of Story county
have appropriated 500 for the erection of new
buildings on the fair grounds at Nevada.
NJ. NJ. Knapp, for twelve years in the en-
| ploy OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
at Davenport, has removed to Cedar Rapids.
I. NJ Sinclair l. Co., OF Cedar Rapids, re-.
port number OF hogs cut this season to Septcm-
Der s, lG3, 800; corresponding season last year,
140,629.
| L. Britt, living about three miles west of
Missouri Valley, had his house, with all the
| contents, burned last Friday night. Insured
for 5000.
Charles A. Northbcrg, a Swedish carpenter
of Burlington, Respondent over long sickness.
shot and killed himself the other evening. He
leaves wife.
Mrs. Carrie A. Martin, in getting over stilc
at Rand park, KcoAuk, in May last, fell and
injured her left hip and leg. She kas sued the
city for $4,000.
The deaf mute convention at Cedar Rapids
was the largest ever held, over eighty mutcs
being present. The next convention will be at
Des Nones in 1887.
The safe in the store of John Londiea. at
Dayton, Webster county, was blown osen on
Wednesday nirhf nd ~
money and other valua5lcs.
Cough johnson, Marshalltown laachinist,
man Of dissolutc habits, tried to commit sui
eide in Charlton last Monday night by cutting
his thro2t with jackknifc
Franz! Madden, president Of the Kcokuk
Democrat company, has filed petition in the
district court asking to have the newspaper
placed in the hands of receiver
The citizens of Big Store City prepared a
coat of tar and feathers for Milbank man who
had violated the sanctity of a Big Stone City
home, but they couldn't catch him.
The Sioux City oi!-mill commenced opera
tons the middle Of this week. Considerable
flax seed has been taken in, both from car and
wagon, the wagon price being s1.OS.
James Ward, 25 yc ars olS an employee of the
paper mill at Rockford, was killed last Satur,,
day night by walking off a car platform while
the train was in motion. He WAS drunk.
Mrs. j. w. Voorhees,, of Des Moiues. WIS so
badly frightened ~ crazy man on the eth,
that she died the following day, in commissions.
She had been in poor health for some time
Rev. H. w. Jones, formerly pastor of the
Methodist church at LeAIars, will remain an
other year in England, this change of plan
being neccssitatcd by the death of his father
Thc new bridge at Corrcctionvilc cost about
$1,000. OF this, 50, 733 was for the 1'2 feet
iron span and its tubular iron piers, $500 for
the piling at approaches, and about $500 for
grading.
The railroad commissioners Of Iowa have de
c!dcd that the new law providing for the cree
ton of dcpots at the intersccting points of diff
fcrent roads does not apply where one road
crosses overhead.
Carroll special. Sept 5: The Rev. John
Crbany, who died at Brownsville, Tenn, last
Friday, was pastor of the Catholic church at
Carroll since 1880, and was well known in
eastern and northwestern Iowa.
The state convention of tbs Uniycrsslist
church Of Iowa will begin four days. session
at the church of that denomination at Storm
Lake on the 23d inst. Four new church ediliccs
will be built in the state during the year.
Miss Ida A. Buetcll, daughter of G. NJ. Buc-
foil :,l,o
young lady, died at Dubuque on the 10th. Her
brother, Rev. NJ. G. Buctell, of Milwaukee,
Wis, was present at tic time of her death.
The Ottumwa Courier learns from the farm
ers that grasshoppcrs are more numerous in
that locality than they have ever been known
to be before. Their feeding on the young
timothy is making pasturagc short in some
places.
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, in Iowa,
are to the effect that Is per cent of the corn in
the counties tributary to that road, is beyond
danger from frost. The husks are whitening
and opening.
Worllmen in cleaning out well on the
place Of Chas Haldcrman, near West Liberty
the other day, rcsurrcctcd from the mud
lady's gold ring with valuable topaz set. 1t
is supposed to have hccn dropped into the we'll
twenty-five or thirty years ago.
The Sioux City letter carriers have received
their appointments from the postnastcr-gen-
eral. An inspector is expected any day now to
designate places where boxes for the deposit of
mail are to be placed, and to make other ar
engagements needed for the delivery system.
At Davenport last week Judge II. II. Trim
bic was presented with the gavel used by him
whcl. he was chairman OF the state delegation
to the late national Democratic convention.
Col. Peter Ballingall was presented with an
elegant gold badge, which cost $3.50 in New
York, for the service rendered the Iowa De-
mocracy by that gentleman.
The state fair which closed last week was the
most successful exhibition ever given by the
society. The total receipts were over $4,000.
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