The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25


Tho town Of Manchester il free from
debt II does not owe dollar. The last
of its bonded Indebtedness Was paid up last
week, and there is now in the town treas-
ury something over Sl,Coo. The tax
levied for next year is but G-mi.l Tux, the
lowest called for in the pas, ton or twelve
years.
Men making election bets may lie inter-
the State Code. any person Who may make
any bet or wager for money, or other prop
erty Of value is liable to fine not exceed
ing 500. or Imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding thirty days. Sioar CITY
journal.
The Auditor OF State Las made ccm-
pilation from the returns in his otiie, fsem
each county in the State, showing the
number Of cattle in the Sat, to be 2,a50.
26l. valued ut SCI. .536,355. The number of
hogs is l. .sl6. $40, valued ut S5.Gi3.9ia In
each case the number is less than shown by
the report of 1883.
AT Davenport last week Judge II. IL.
Trimble was presented with the gasel used
by him when he was Chairman Of the
State delegation to the late National Deme-
cratic Convention. Col. Peter Ballingall
was presented with an elegant gold badge,
which cost $50 in New York. for the SER
vic, rendered the Iowa Democracy by that
gentleman.
In its effort to obtain the proposed
Presbyterian college, Fort Dodge has al
ready secured three names for $500 each.
five for $500 each, aud three for $40, each,
besides numerous subscriptions for smaller
| amounts. There are also several dona-
nons If lands and lots of considerable
value. including one Of eighty acres Of land
worth $40 per acre.
While insane through fever and laek
Of accustomed stimuhnts Muneie Roam
escaped from the hospital ut Des Moines
| last SUNDAY, and ran naked through tho
streets, just as people were returning home
from church. tine lady was frightened IN
H
Roam was finally captured at the city limits,
where he had mangled himself badly IN
climbing over barb-wire fence.
-Scalpers are selling tickets from Chi
cago to Council Bluffs Mt less than half
the regular rate. The General Manager IT
one Of the Western roads states that the
i - Il Mi AL nf
thousand mile tickets for advertising places
the rate to competing points beyond the
control of passenger agents, Ms the scalpers
mcks are filled with mileage tickets
A double tragedy was enacted the other
night ut Rene Cass County. IA small town
situated eighteen miles southeast of At
lantic, and not ON any railroad. Jacob
Steen. the postmaster of Reno. shot his
wife. killing her almost instantly. and then
shot himself, infiieting wound that proved
fatal in a short time. Mr.. Steen was quite
| n prominent man in the community. and
was at one time Il candidate fpr Representa-
tive from cass County. Il il not known
that he had any family troubles, and in
sanity is probably the cause of the deed.
A lady of an inauiring turn of mind
asked one of the Capitol employees where
their whispering gallery was. On being
told there was no snch appnr.enance to the
building, she exclaimed "nh. yes, there
il, for nv brother was here several days
| ago and he told me about it, He said there
was gallery here and he knew il was "A
whispering gallery, for il had plaeards up
all round telling every one not tn speak
above whisper" She evidently meant
the library and was directed to that place
where she could whisper to her heait's con-
| tent.
Miss Minnie cresweil, of Des Moines,
met with quite serious accident. She
took the reservoir out of the gasoline stove
To ill it while the stove was burning. In
| pouring ont the oil some of it srlashed
upon the sleeve of her dress, and when she
put the reservoir lack IN lis place, the oil
on her dress ign,tei aer screams brought
in some Of til. famils, who succeeded In
smo,h haring the flames with piece of chr.
pet, but not until her arm was quite badl,
burned. Another minutes delay and he
dress would have been all in flames, an.
nothing could have saved her life,