Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-24

Hardin county gives the largest repub-
lican M iority in the state, 300.
Rents have boon coming down In Dsg
Moiues all through the fall months.
The graduating class cf O Agricultu.
raj college this year numbers ~thirty-two,
six being ladies.
Tracy Chapman, q leading farmer of
Crawford county, reports a yield Of eighty
bushels Of corn to the acre.
The thrco-year.old SON of Charles
Hawking, living near Greenfield, was
drowned in . slough last week.
The internal collection from Iowa far
tho year ended juno 80, last, amounted
in the aggregate to 81, 10 SOD
The scarcity of eggs IN Sioux City has
reached the proportions of q famine aud
prices a climbing 40 high as democratic
hopes of success.
Robert j. Burdette, tho Burlington
humorist, has presented to The Baptist
church OF Merton, Pa a church bell in
memory of his late wife.
Tho grading of the Minnesota and
Northwestern railroad acroes Mower
county is practically complete. Tho
bridges will not be put in until spring,
Tho report of the Iowa insane hospital
of ludepond ence, for the quarter ending
September 80, shows that there was u
total of $50 patients, sustained ut q cost
of S2l, 1885.
Tho shorthorn brooeders' convention
and the Iowa Fine Stock association will
hold their respective annual mcotings in
Ottumwa, beginning on Tuesday. the 2d
day of December.
Thos. Watts suicided with poison in
Des Moines the other day for fear of be-
coming a public charge. He was over 20
years of age, n blacksmith by trade, and
had lived in Des Moincs many years.
Prof. Gustave Heynor. for three years
past q music teacher at Burliuglou, sui.
oided at tho Msssasoit house, Chicago, u
few days ago, by shooting himself with u
revolver. Ho was partially intoxicated
at the time.
Red Oak, with its street cars, it's water
works, its fire companies, its gas works,
and It's other belongings of a city, is
actually without street lampsl Pc pie
have to lug lanterns around with them at
night to be warned of tho step otls in the
sidewalks.
Red Oak schools show an enrolment
of Sl5-403 boys and dl2 girls. Tho
rdpiu increase of children of school age
neceasitateS the building of more schools,
and plans have been drawn for two to
cost SIS, COO.
The packing house at Atlantic was de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the
l9Ch. The loss is estimated AT $3S, 600;
insurance So, 900. The loss ia u severe
one both to the owners and the city. 1t
throws out of work scores of people.
Edward A, Gallager, of Cedar Rapids,
married q widow in September, and In
October stole $450 of her money and
skipped. He returned and was caught
IN tuesday. He tried to work on the
sympathies of the wronged woman, but
che turned away and will prosecute the
rascal.
Dr.. j. A. Mcfarland, an old and
respected citizen of Red Oak, WAS run
over and killed by o freight train half a
mile west of the city on tho 17th. The
body was not badly mangled. There WAS
a cash In the back part of the head, the
right arm was somewhat torn and the
bones fractured and the right thigh was
broken.
The Ottumwa Courier remarks: at ia
now said that the new branch to be built
by the @, B. ~ Q from Fountanelle via
Carson to Council Bluffs, will be operated
jointly by the 9. B. go and G. II. l up.
and is being put in to keep other ano
competing roads out of that territory,
Creston Is not very well pleased with this
view of the affair as 1t hoped the branch
would run from that place.
Herman G.. Foster, of Iowa Falls, at
o'clock Wednesday morning rose partially
in bed and told his little girl to put some
wood on the fire, and she says he fell
back and she supposed went to sleep,
An hour later he was found by his child,
rem, dead in bed, In the position In which
he had fallen back. Mr.. Foster lived
alone with his three children, two little
girls and a boy, having lost his wife som
years since.
The Northwestern Telephone company
of Ida Grove filed articles of incorpora
ton with the auditor of state. The date
of beginning business Is September 10
1884, and the object Is building, operat
ing nnd maintsing a telephone system II
Ida, Sac, Cherokee, Plymouth, Wood
bury, Monona, Harrison, and Pottawat
tamie counties. The capital stock is S25,
600, and divided into one thousand share
Of $25 each. The officers are j. w
Rseu, president; +. W.. Shearer, secreto-
ry; K. A, King, treasurer, and G. A
Case, general manager.