The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-26
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IOWA STATE NEWS
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built ~ sloan.
a clothes pin pnrty was recent nov
city NJ Clinton.
A Dubuque oat- meal mill In running
day and night.
Tho boating mania has struck Des
Moines with great violence.
A State Sabbath School Convention will
bo held At Fairfield. Juno - to 20.
1t ia reported that ,here will be an i'm
mensc crop Of Early Richmond cherries.
A colony OF seventy -Aye Pennsylvania
families have bought land near sioux City.
Ono tramp ate hearty breakfast At four
different places In Esthcrvillc tho other
morning.
Tho combined ngcs Of three Of tho
Des Moincs County GRIND Jurors equals
800 years.
--Gcorge Z. Pnrnton, Postmaster and
merchant at Folletts. new station fifteen
miles from Clinton. bought revolver in q
gun store there and shot himself through
The heart. No cause IL known except bust
moss rcverscs. He was widower. nged 30.
A box of war relics was lately found at
tho old Northwestern freight depot in Clin-
| ton, consisting Of records muster rolls. re-
ports and papers belonging to Company D.
Ninth Iowa Volunteers. which was doubt
less left there whom the regiment came home.
md was forgotten.
MIR. George II. Evans. Of Dos Moines,
has copy Of the Boston t;asette and
County Journal tits dated March IL.
ITO. and 30 is \ little more than LA years
Of age. The paper contains long account
Of bloody riot which occurred on account
Of the presence Of the soldiers in Boston.
Mr.. L. u. Wagner. stranger. died at
tho Emigmnt House. Council Bluffs, near
tho Tmnsfer Depot. He arrived in that
city from Seneca, Ohio, and was en- route
Cor Ogden, Utah. He was taken sick Of in
fammation Of tho bowels. and grew worse
until death put an end to his sutferings.
Becoming infatuated with blind ad-
dler named William Hamilton. the wife Of
farmer named Nevans. living near Glen
wood. No.. ran away with him and camo 10
Des Moines. The husband followed, and
succeeded in discovering them. They were
taken back by an officer upon tho arrival Of
the necessary papers from Gov. Crittenden.
--Lato Iowa patents: Martin Bohlig,
Dubuque, hobby horse; james W. Gregory.
Ames, bird-cagc; Charles +. Griffith, Storm
Lake. bit for inserting screw eyes; J.
Jackcnan. Lafayette, chimney cowl: Hans
II. Cater. Dubuque. harrow; Clarence A.
Williams. Webster City, carpenters work
bench: +. Christen, Iowa Falls. machine
for grinding harvester knives.
The conferences Of the Methodist Epis-
coral Church In Iowa have just been an
nounced. and are as follows: The Upper
Iowa will convene at Mason City Sept. 10.
Bishop Bowman prcsiding: tho Iowa ut OF
tumwa Sept. II. Bishop Foster presiding:
the Des Moines At Red Oak Sept. II, and
Northwestern Iowa sept. II. Bishop An
drews presiding.
AT the fircmen's meeting At Des Mcines
the following officers were chosen: Prcsi-
dent, Patrick Lacy. Of Council Bluffs: Vice
Presidents, E. Z. Brainard, Of Iowa City:
N. ]. Wheeler. of Davenport: Gustave VAN
dorcn. Of Davenport; Recording Secretary.
A. L. Tullis. Of Winterset: Corresponding
Secretary. T. W. McManas. Of Davenport:
Treasurer. Archie Christy. Of Des Moines.
Davenport was unanimously chosen AZ tho
place Of meeting next year.
a Dunlap special says destructive
wind. storm swept through the Boyer Valley
late ono night recently. The large brick
house Of Samuel DcnhAm. in Crawford
County. was wrecked. ono corner being torn
out. A large harm near woodhine. belong
ing Ia James Cromie. was also destroyed
entirely. Considerable damage was done
to the crops along the Boyer Valley and in
the hills adjoining.
An exchange says that Northwestern
Iowa brewer has struck scheme whereby
every man can become brewer and brew
his own beer, He claims that there is no
law forhidding man brewing beer for his
own consumption, therefore be proposes to
convert his brewery into stock concern
and issue stock in $40 shares. thus making
his thousand patrons joint owners in tho
establishment, and each man manufacture
ing his own beer for home consumption.
The stock can be watcred as emergency re-
lnires.
- ii. Mcbride. Of Des Moines. was
l ns,.N 81. Al
strawberry box, the bottom Of which would
not continually be dropping ont. He put
himself TO the task and as result he has
constructed one Of the neatcst and most
perfect boxes known 10 the trade. Not
tack il used in its construction. the bottom
being held by an ingenious arrangement Of
heavy tin bands. Dealers regard the box
with high favor and il bids fair to make tho
fortune Of the originator. The patent has
been applied for and the box win soon be
on the market.
A very painful and serious accident oc-
Cured to Mr.. John Murphy at Des Moincs.
Mr.. Murphy is the night yardmaster at the
, c., b. 4 Q. depot. While coupling cars his
right hand was by some means caught be-
] tween the bumpers and bally mashed. Be-
fore tho examination was made il seemed m
though his hand was completely ruined, as
, il appeared TO be mashed almost to the
, wrist Mr.. Murphy showed great deal Of
. pluck. as he wrapped his hand up and
!, walked alone to the doctors Office. The
| bumpers ON the cars were covered with
blood after the accident, showing that the
hurt was very severe.
: Everybody noticed the little coon.
with his uniform and musket, as he
l marched close To the rear rank of the Ma