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| In Clinton.
John Rooney, one Of the pioneer set
tiers Of Iowa, died nj Dubuque.
Sanford Dond, of Van Buren, County, is
tho father Of thirty one children.
The school census of Dubuque 10 tho
basis for claim OF $4,000 population.
/ "A branch of the Young Mems Christian
| Association has been established in Sioux
City.
-" Hay fever" patients are numerous in
| Des Moines, and NIL nre busy praying for
the first frost.
| The American Hotel and stables at
/ Manning were destroyed by fire. Seven
horses perished.
w. W. Pyne, formerly n lesling hoiei
proprietor in Dubuque. ended his career in
the insane asylum at Independence.
Edward Morgan. whose father is we'll
| known resident of Des Moines, fell from
a window a. Lafayette, Ind, and was
killed.
/ John Lang. Of Dubuque, after quar-
/ reling with his second wife about some
property, shot her in the head and killed
himself.
The Postmaster General has appointed
Mrs. G. A. Guile Postmaster at Towner.
Polk County. in the place Of Mrs Mary Z.
Towner, resigned.
Col Yorke. who will be remembered
as the man who exposed Senator Pomeroy's
attempted bribery Of Kansas legislators to
secure reelection, il now n resident Of
Des Moines.
A farmer on his way West to buy land
encountered sharper at the passenger de-
pot of tho Illinois Central Railroad IN Du-
buqne, and was induced to advance 500 on
81, 900 forged Government bond
The Davenport Turner Society, it is
said, will build m opera house in that city
worthy Of the name. The talk is, the Her
aid says, to make il the largest and best
fitted up opera house in the West
In the contest for the location of col
lege by the Presbytery of Northern Iowa.
embracing territory Of twenty coun-
ties. Webster County came ont victorious.
and the college will be located At Fort
Dodge.
| IT. L. Yankee, Robinson. the vet ran
Snowman, died nj the Head House, at
jefferson. a few days ago, from Brghts
disease He was taken i'll ON the cars, and
removed to the hotel. where he died soon
after. He was cared for aud buried hy tho
Masons.
A woe-begone outfit, consisting of two
horses, wagon, hank driver. woman,
and small squad Of children, passed down
Court avenue, Des Moines. the other day.
and on toward sunrise. Tho who'e story
was told in two lines painted In red letters
on each side of the wagon cover as follows:
In God we trusted
In Dakota we busted.
An old man by the name of Walker
and his son had lively row ut Des Moines
the other afternoon. II seems the son had
been on protracted drunk. and his father,
who is q years of age, tried to get him to
sober up. The son became angry and
abused his father until his patience was eA-
hausted when he turned in and gave the
refractory youth Of some forty summers
the sound thrashing he merited
Judge Given, of the Iowa District
Court. has affirmed the censtitutionality Of
. that feature of the prohihitory law ny
which saloon can be closed by ii, n,unctiou
after its proprietor has been convicted of
illegal sales. The defendant. Louis Fritz,
has demurred that the injunction super
added an excessive penalty, and also came
, between the defendant and his right to
jury trial, but these points, the Judge holds.
are not well taken.
! A gentleman Of this city was recently
,. visiting friend who lives twenty three
miles northwest Of the city. They were
sitting in the doorvard talking. and the
friend remarked that the dome Of the Cap.
: itol could be distinctly seen. He said that
, the dome could always he seen on Sunday
! morning when tho sky was clear, hu, ON
| many other mornings II could not be seen.
, The reason he gave for this was that there
{ is not SO much smoke from the city on sun
day morning and the air is consequently
! more clear Des Moines is city where
the people observe the Sabbath and the
workshops and factories Of all kiatls are
, shut down.--sta,e Register.
The Ida Grove Pioneer speaks thus en-
Enthusiastically of the Capital City: "Das
Moines is now undergoing rapid growth
: both in its business and residence portions.
Prominent among the improvements is the
reiitting and enlarging Of the old ki,kwood
Hotel which will be by far the bes, hotel
, in Iowa. Another bridge is being talked Of
across the river. on the street facing the
.. aew Capitol Building. New additions hay
: been laid out, and streets, avenues and
alleys have been graded. and fine residences
: are springing up on all sides until the
. woods have become full Of en- Elecr.e
lights are being pretty generally used, aud
: general commerce is good, work plenty,
and times made easy by the influx Of SO
many people who have come with money to
!. invest. Truly lowa's capital is gr,nd
city. showing wealth and thrift upon every
: street and alley
. Dayton (ohiol special dispatch: Iowa
. is here with thnty delegates, armed with a
! set Of resolutions adopted by tho l. s,a-
!. ture, setting forth the spec nj virtues of
1 that State Iowa is located north Of the
: epidemic line and is free from y.sit,iions
Z Of those terrible scanrges of yelloa-fyyer
: md epidemic diseases which 81 frequently
I. sweep over her sister Stat to the south
d ward. She has MI elevation which gives
her "A pure, dry, aud wholesome atmos-
phere, and is yet sufficiently far toward the
}. south to escape the extreme rg,r Of her
:, aolthern neighbors. With an ahunlane,
10 u pure water and "A choice location, the