The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-15
IOWA STATE NEWS.
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MosT OF tho Iowa cities now have a chaln-
gang, and 1t is tho best tramp remedy yet do
viscd.
THERE are In the State $1,000 old soldiers.
and OF these $4,000 are members Of tho Grand
Army OF the Republic, 1900 having joined
last year.
TnE Grand Lodge OF Master Masons Of
Iowa will hold forth In Council Bluffs, Juno
3, 4 and 5.
ALL arrangements for the grand military
encampmcnt TO be held In Dubuque In Juno
have been completed.
Az admirer OF the editor or the Clinton Her
aid has laid upon his table hon syg sl, by
To-. inches In circumference.
THE Dcs Moines Leader says that II II
doubtless fact that there arc more refined
and educated colorcd PEOPLE In that city than
In any other place In the state.
A THE raft steamer st. Croix was av-
preaching the Government bridge nt Dnycn
port with tow of logs, she became unman-
agcablc, and the raft collidcd with one OF tho
piers OF the bridge and over 10000 feet Of
logs drirtcd down stream.
EuGENE NJ. ScoTT. a leading citizen, OK
Eagle Grove. committed suicide by shooting
through the head with revolver. He Was
found by his partner when he entered
their store, lying on the foor In pool OF
blood, and was still alive but Unconscious.
No cause can be assigned for his action.
FROM the Ccntreville Caisen: Conductor
Woods, OF the wabash. tells u good one on q
certain man not a tho oasand miles from this
place. The party would got on his train
without ticket, to ride to the next station,
and in payment tender so hill, which ho
could MT break. He played this game twice,
thus getting u free ride. The last time Woods
put up a job on him. He took SO bill ard
got 1t changed up into nickeis and l-ccnt
pieces, and laid them away in his gripsack,
waiting for his So bill man. Last week he
found him again rendering the same old bin
in Iaymcnt of a5-cent fare. He got tho bill
in his possession, and then took his gripsack
and Eat down and counted out the $la.s5 In
! and cent pieces on the seat before him,
leaving him with something over quart of
specie. lie has change now.
REPORTS from Story County give details OF
a horrible crime near Roland. in that county
Edward Thompson, . young Norwegian, wont
home intoxicate aud tried to shoot his wife,
but was prevented by his wifc's sister, who
succeeded in getting the revolver from him.
The wife got outdoors and started for q
ncightor's. when he pursued her with an AZ,
and oyertaking her, felicd her to the ground
n nh rCt ta1 ha frt si,rap oohh
indenting and fracturlng her skull. Suppos-
ing her dead, he ran away. Her sister called
assistance, and the wife was found to bc In
comatose state. Two surgeons were called.
and worked for hours extracting pieces OF
skull and relieving tho pressure from tho
brain. She rallied enough to recognize her
own name, and it Is thought she has chance,
though slight OF recovery. Search made
for Thompson showed he had plsnged head
foremost into deep well. and thus ende his
miserable existence. He was dissipatci and
had made his wifcs life an unhappy one ever
since their marriage.
FAMILY that is more or less connected
with the State House, and that resides some
where in tho eastern portion OF Dcs Moines,
had quite q lively experience one day re
Gently. 1t seems that the head of the family
some time since thought that he had de-
pended upon the uncertainties OF the market
long enough for his supply of eggs and
spring chickens. So 1t was determined to lay
In supply OF the originarors OF both, and
thus bring the producer aud consumer in
conjunction. The necessary hens were
bought, and the youthful scion OF this family
manufactured a repository for the same in
the rear portion of the yard, which was
''siewed" by the father and pronounced
good. The hens were placed therein and he
went his way, calmly to await the progress of
natures laws in the evolution or the looked
for eggs and chickens. The family COW had
watched these proceedings with some inter.
est from short distance, and as soon as the
coast was clear she proceeded ON tour OF
investigation. She had just poked her head
over the receptacle before mentioned, pre-
sumaby with the intention OF converting
some OF the inmates Of the vintage of ~,
into cud, when the mother OF the family sol.
lied forth, with frantic gcst,cula,ion and aw-
full threats, TO drive her hence. The COW
looked upon her for an instant with an eye OF
scorn, and then resumed her mcditative con-
temptation of the chickens. Despair seized
that mother then, and in her desperation she
called in small boy from tho street. when
the COW moved on. Ere the nerves of this
agitatcd lady had time TO calm, the net dog
of the household came TO the fore. and then
there was commotion. The inmates of that
asylum for egg manufacturers winged their
sx,l~x al.
ut last accounts the entire family were serv-
ing q fgurative search warrant on the neigh
bors, while the remarks of the head OF the
household on the subject OF chickens re-
semblcd those OF Mr.. Vanderbilt In regard 70
the public.
q week In the shape of Il crazy man. His
parents tel from the house in fear OF him,
and he barricaded tho doors, fastened the
windows, and, armed with q shotgun and re.
volver, held the fort for some days. when he
was captured. While he was thus holdi.,g
possession of the house, when he saw q per-
son passing he did not like he would nrc at
them, aud on one occasion came very near
killing the Deputy Sheriff. The father OF the
who would disarm his son aud take him In
| custody without harming him. Fearing that
| if allowed to remain In his fathers much
longer there would be no end to the crowds
who would gather about the house to get .
look at him, and there was no telling what
might result tho Sheriff got six young fer
lows in whose courage and GOODNESS he had
| confidence, and at o'clock in the morning
the six young men proceeded To the house,
having received permission from the sheriff
to capture him provided they did no
harm to him. They found the guard.
In whose presence they emptied their
pockets of all knives and whatev.
or they might be tempted to use as weapons.
The back door was opened, and the six made
for il. They entered the kitchen and found
| 1t empty. Fortunately the double-barreies
shotgun was there, which they seized. By
| this time the iunatic. who Was up stairs was