The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
IOWA STATE NEWS.

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THE city OF Dubuque last yoar paid So,
6ss57 for gas.
THE penalty OF per cent. on unpaid taxes
Is now In force.
A HoBBY-HoRsE mandatory 10 to be
started in Dubuque.
A 0ENTLEMAN's driving club is being or
ganizcd at Des Moincs.
COUNCIL BLUErs Is making crossings and
curbings out or heavy lumber.
DIES MONIES has black man by the name
| Of Red who is whtewasher.
Two national banks have been established
at Dubuque since the Let OF January.
AN elevator having storage capacity OF
$1,000 bushels is to be erected Mt Algona.
THE streets are SO muddy in Dcs Moines
that groccrs use hand-carts for the delivery
| of goods.
Iowa pays higher farm wages than any
| other agricultural Statc-an average OF $3.50
a month.
THE Dos Moines Leader says that rents for
residence PROPERTY arc higher there than in
Chicago
SEVERAL saloon keepers at Dubuque have
| been notified by the landlords to vacate their
| premises.
IT Is expected that wheat sowing on sod
ground will soon begin in the western coun.
| ties Of Iowa.
A GOOD share OF the butter sold In the Du-
buque market is pronounced by experts to
be vile stun.
DIS MONIES streetcar drivers now smoke
| cigars. This probably indicates an improves
| mcnt of business.
THE hard-coal famine has struck Algona,
but at this season not much suffering is oc-
| casioned thereby.
THE Register says the experiment in fats in
Dcs Moines is proving very popular and that
more are demanded.
IT Is reported that Scott County farmer
has succeeded in making a good quality Of
| cider out OF pumpkins.
woRkMES at the Capitol arc finishing the
| natural wood trimmings in varnish, and are
| making splendid job of it.
THE valuation Of railroad property In the
| State will show an increase over the last
valuation Of about sl,15o.0OO.
Ar Des Moines Bishops Foss and Hurst
dedicated Wesley Methodist Church, which
| cost 81, 900 and will seat loo persons.
AT last accounts seyenty-fvc Sir Knights
had enrolled for the Knights Of Pythias ex-
cursion from Dcs Moines to New Orleans.
THE 1rrawadi Canoe Club, of Davenport,
have secured about $500 toward building their
proposed boat house near the Government
bridge.
SPARES from the engine-room fred Knast-
man Peterson's Furniture Factory, at Da-
venport. The loss is $1,000, fully covered by
insurance.
THE working force on the Council BlufYs
water works has been cut down, which does
not suit the eager citizens, who want to see
| the work rushed.
The Des Moines fire department hcnceforth
will not be allowed TO drive its teams over
the bridge faster than walk, even In re-
| Spouse to fire alarms.
Il. r. SHANKLAND, . wellknown farmer OF
Iowa, has taken for bis fifth wife daughter
of ex-Gov. Hampstead, and gone to house.
keeping in Dubuque.
The furniture factory of Knostman Pc
terson, at Davenport, was damaged to the ex-
tent OF $4,000 by fire. Insurance, sl0, 200.
The fire originated in the boiler room.
TIE Iowa Supreme Court has decided that
city is not guilty Of Negligence by reason
of raising its cutters, even II damage is done
to PERSONS property by so doing.
THE Iowa fire insurance companies last
year wrote SO, l5s, 628 risks, received 81, 6O5,
.0O.2s in premiums, incurred Si59, ll7.sl OF
losses, paid $44e, .5l.07 of losses, and tho
average por cent. OF losses incurred to pre-
miums received was $3.50.
THE early morning train from Chicago on
tho Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad cncoun-
tered an immense bowlder that had rolled
down on the track in the Rock Cut, few
miles below Des Moines. One cylinder of the
locomotive was broken. No person was
injured. A push-cngine brought the train
to that city, after a track had been built
around the rock, which is being blasted for
removal.
Gov. SHERMAN has appointed the Hon.
James w. McDlll to be State Railway
Commissioner; DIR. E. II. Hutchins, OF Ees
MoiRes, Commissioner of the State Labor Blu.
reau; Prof. w. NJ. Stalker, of Ames State
Veterinarian; b. W. Blanchard. of Dubuque,
State Oil Inspector; J. NJ. Hull, OF lake
Mills, mcmber Of the State Board OF Health;
and r. w. Crawford, member OF the State
Board of Pharmacy.
SOME time ago the members of Crockcr's
Iowa Brigade, which achieved an enviable
reputation In the war of the rebellion, Or
dered of New York manufacturer q silver
badge to he worn by its members. The badges
have been received. The design Ia an oak
leave, upon which is engraved the name of
the brigade, tho regiments composing it, and
the date OF Its organization, as follows;
''Crocker's Iowa Brigade, 18th, l3th, 18th, and
10th; April q, 1862"
COUNCIL BLUFFS Herald: Pete Kuyken-
dale, OF Rescue Fire Company, claims to
have the most intelligent dog In the city.
When the dog enters the engine-house 1t puts
Its nose on the floor aud whines until the
could be wished. Pete always places the
muzzle in a basket up stairs. and when about
to leave the house the dog will go to the door
ut tho foot of the stairs and bark until the
door Ia opened. The came instruction Is al
ways given: "Mabel. get tho basket" The
dog runs up stairs and coon returns with the
basket, and as soon rs the muzzle Is on is
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