The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-05
IOWA STATE NEWS.
Ero., ETC, ETC.

at work
A contract has been lot TO supply Ode
bolt with water-works.
Butler County in one week recently
paid out Sls5 for wolf scalps.
The law class Of the Iowa College has
been photographed ii group.
A movement il o. foot to organize i
reformed church society il Sioux City.
Iowa Falls la,,i ,s have put a fountain in
;he cemetery at that place, costing about
$500.
The scarlet fever has found its way
into the Home Of the Eiiendlcss nj Du.
bule.
A canning fnctory is among the pos
siblc additions to Council Bluffs business
Industries
Iowa hid li9 physicians in attendance
ut tho National Medical Convention i'll
Washington.
The conrcil Bluff, Lawn TEAMS Club
has just been fixing up its grounds, and has
rrosid a seats for 80 persons.
There are in the State 81, ,aOO old
soldiers OF these IL, O0O are members OF
| tn Gland Array of the Republic, 9,OG0 has.
| ing joined last year.
The cornerstone Of the new 81. paurs
| Episcora. Church, in Des Mo:nes has been
laid, Bishop Perry officiating The ed.tico
will cost S25,ooa.
| In Clark County, last year, +. NJ.
Curtis raised twenty acres Of potatoes, nv
erging 375 bushels TO the acre. They
brought 81 cents bGshel thus footing up
the SUM of Sa,;,25 frcm twenty acres of
land.
by peeu'iir combination Of circum-
stances Davenport has two Street Commits
sioners. and one Of them AGREES to resign il
the other will, and let the Council appoint u
third man, who eau hold the fort without
contest.
When Adam Dickey. 4 travelling man
Of Des AIoines. died recently. woman
claimin. to be his wife made her appear
ance and claimed sum of money frcm
4
remainder, about S2n.no0. as soon as il
could be pfohatcd. Near relatives resisted
the claim and Judge Given decided TINT
the alleged wife was entitled to nothing
and that h : is not deceasea's widow.
A Malvern special says: c. w. Wallis
photographer, Of Glcnwccd, shot anl
killed John C,ingclsmish at that place.
Clingefsmith. who is Wallis son-in-hw.
has been abusing Wallis for some time. aud
not long ago had thfashed him severely.
The other day he weat to Wallis office and
began threatening him again. when Wallis
drew revolver and sEo. him the ball tax
ing effect over the right eye and crossing
the base of the BRAIN passingout behind tho
left ear. Wallis give himself up TO Sheriff
Farrell and was lodged in iail. There il n,
excitement over the affair, MS the killing is
considered iusttiable.
The report of the Millcrs National As
sociation states that spring wheat acreage
in seven counties Of Iowa il abou, the same
Is year ago; in nine there is m increase Of
10 per cent: in five there is an Increase Of
90 to to 80 per cent. Winter wheat is about
the same in FIVE counties: 10 per cent. more
in one: % per cent. more i'll one, and Is To
% Eer cent. less in two. In twelve eoun-
ties the time Of sowing was about the samo
as last year: in seven from week to ten
days later, and in five earlier. The present
condition of both spring and winter wheat
is invariably reported good" There is
very little old wheat in store and little in
farmers hands
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at
Dubuque the other afternoon. Two of the
three boilers in the sash and door factory Of
Carr, Rider & Wheeler exploded with terri
BILE force The boiler house was completely
DESTROYED and the boilers thrown sideways
in rs many different directions. Tho one
that did not burst was thrown distance OF
thirty feet against the MILL 4 solid diyi-
sion wall separated the boiler house from the
MILL else the destruction and loss Of life
would have been terrible. The mill en-
ploys 900 men. The corner of dwelling
near the boiler house was torn completely
off, and seyenl women injured. The en-
gineos and two firemen We're in the boiler
house at the time, and were buried beneath
the debris. Two children. playing next to
it, were also buried
A young bachelor of Des Moines re-
ceiyed cards few days ago from cousin
who his been married a little more than
year. Inclosed in the envelope was also n
very small c,rd with the name of u young
gentleman. The young bachelor. who is H. I
any too Well posted on the significance ot
cards Of that character, supposed that some
cousin. whom he had not before heard from.
was making his married friends IA visit. Ill.
therefore sat down and acknowledged the
receipt of the cards. and inclosed very
pressing invitation to the young man Ia
come ont aud make him a visit. Recently
he received an answer to the letter from his
married cousin begging him to excuse the
gentleman whose name was ON the little
card. as he was only a very few days Old
and hardly able TO take trip alone. or re-
main away from home a great while. Tho
| Des Meincs bachelor sent word back nj once
that he would excuse the young man with
pleasure"
Just now the mounds Of the mound
builders are creating quite IA excitement in
Marion County. Mr.. {. III. Robinson. II
that county was in Des Moiues, aud hal
with him piece of clay, burned very hard
which he says was taken from what appears
to have been ain oven made by the mound
; builders. For several days +. q. fakcr.
editor of the Knoxville JoarRai. Mr.. Bart
lett. e. d. Boydstone, Edward Baker. III 4
Mr.. Robinson have been exploring the
mounds. which are said TO he very plenty
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