Omaha daily bee., 1884-02-08
IOWA ITEMS.

The Des Moines distillery is buying
corn at 80 cents a bushel.
A project for a &c., 900 hotel is under
discussion in Rock Rapids.
@. Kittering, a wealthy farmer in La
Porte, paid the widow Hudson $3.50 in
settlement of a breach Of promise of mar
riage.
The residence of Hon. G. w. Gable, of
Davenport, was entered by burglars one
night recently, and 81, 900 worth of jew
elry stolen.
George Yule, a well known young man
OF Anamosa, was arrested at a Presby-
terrain festival the other night on q charge
of horse stealing.
The people of Indianola has at
tanned the necessary population of 1000
or over, emitting that town to be a
city of the second class.
There will be more Catholic churches
built in Iowa during 1884 than was ever
built in any two years before. The
growth of Catholicity in Iowa is unpar-
alleled in the history of the state.
Madison King, brakeman, was missed
from his train on itA arrival at Glen
wood. His body was found beside the
track with his neck broken. He was bur-
led at Kent ON Sunday. He leaves a
young wife.
The revival in the little town of Car
son, Adams county, has resulted in the
conversion of over one hundred and thir-
ty penitents. The names of eighty-six
were reported for membership in the
several churches last Sunday.
According to official statistics as to
postal matters in Iowa, it appears that
Iowa is now paying to the government a
net postal income of over 800. OO0-not
only paying all of its own postal expenses
but 500, 600 besides. The increase from
the postal service in Iowa last year
was $1,477, 326.72.
Mrs. j. Il. Sheeler, of Union town
ship, was fatally burned on the 31st ult.
by her dress catching fire from the stove.
In order to obtain assistance she wal
compelled to put on other clothing and
20 to the house of a neiqhbor a fourth of
u mile away, thus aggravating her iniu-
ries by exertion and exposure.
The Iowa City Republican reports a
sad casualty from North Liberty, John
son county. Mr.. and Mrs. George Alt, a
young couple, started from their home
near that place to visit Mr.. Ats parents
in the vicinity of Titiin. Their baby, a
girl three months old, they had with
them, closely bundled up, for the weather
was cold On reaching their destination
the child was found to be dead, having
been ~smothered.
Fred Roth, OH the night of May s,
1883, fell into an excavation for a new
building at Des Moines and seriously In
cured himself. He brought suit for
damages in a large amount against the
city. The jury gave him q verdict for
$1,000. This verdict was set aside on
account OF the bad conduct of a juror,
and a new trial ordered. It was OBJ
served during the second trial that Roth
was looking very pale and weak. The
trial closed last Saturday afternoon by
the jury finding for the defendant.
Thirty.six hours later Fred Nth was
dead.
Mrs. Dan Inslow, living in Aurof~
ILL.,, kept her money in her sewing ma
chine drawer. Dan struck the drawer
for $16O, and lit out for Cedar Rapids.
There he rented a house, bought furni-
ture, and proceeded to go into the bust
ness of keeping boarders. But he was
arrested and jailed. Mrs. Dan came on
and wanted to know what he was going
to do about it. She took some money
and some furniture in settlement and
returned to Illinois, and Dan was dis
charged, quite broken down in fortune,
and expecting to remain for the present
in Cedar Rapids.
Jack Sweeney sat in a seat behind
Will Davis in the Ottumwa Methodist
church last Tuesday evening. Sweeney
talked with girls sitting in the seat ahead
of Davis. This attracted attention, and
Davis said he did not want to be guyet
for what Sweeney was doing, and wanted
Sweeney to dry up. Sweeney repliet
disrespectfully to Davis, and Davis salt
he would see him after church. TIL
young men met after church, and The re
suit was, after some words and blows
that Davis cut Sweeney with a pocket
knife, twice OH the head and once on tn
arm, making bad wounds. Davis wa
arrested aud placed under bonds of $50
to answer.
About IL o'clock last Sunday night q
John Thurner, of Dubuque, was lightin
the gas in his saloon there was an awfl
crash, the Clay street door of the saloo
was burst in, and a maddened runawa,
horse lay writhing, kicking upon tn
floor. All was darkness inside, and tn
, noise created CONSERVATION and arouse
! the people of the neighborhood. Thurn
I err and his friend managed to get out
and bystanders heistated about goinl
into the dark and noisy place to view tn.
situation. Finally a light was procured
about twenty men made a sneak" OF
the horse and held him down until h,