The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
IOWA STATE NEWS


OF go. 900, has been organized at Dccorah.
TIE Iowa telephone list ID big one. over
sixty towns now being connected with Des
Moines.
IOWA IA noted for It's bright SKIES which
are compared with those OF Italy. II 10 get
ding 70 be noted for It's bright newspapers.
State Ledde,.
A NEPHEW and niece OF He'd Cloud. travel
ing with the Buffalo Bill troupe, were nearly
sutTocatcd ut the Kimball house In Davcn'
port They blew out tho gus. They were 1T
tic folks-thc boy TO- and the CIR years Old.
DrprouE has lost noted character by tho
death OF Mexican Henry, who lived alone III
Il cabin on the nats. He served under Gcn'
scott In the Mexican war, and later ~ tho
Fist Iowa regiment.
The Dubuque Butchers association viii
construct q union slaughtcr-housc next
spring at q cost OF between $4,000 and $4,000.
The association will become a stock company
with capital OF $4,000.
rHE epizootic is raging as an epidemic
among the horses OF Dubuque, large num-
bers of them being afflicted with II. Our
horscmcn need be on their guard against
this equine atiiiction.
THE Dubuque City Council has passed AL
ordinance that no travelling or transient mcr-
chant, whether resident OF the city or not,
shall sell goods in the city without paying
license, unless the goods have previously
been taxed In the city.
THE State Superintendent Las decided an
appeal case In which he held that In order TO
disturb an order OF board Of directors which
has been sustained by County Superintend-
ent it must not only appear that the ooaro
acted unwisely, but that such action was In
Hucnced by improper motives.
A GENTLEMAN in Grundy Center has an In
tellgcnt dog that is very well trained. II IL
said that II money is put In paper sack ana
given to the dog, he will go to the meat mar
ket and get meat, and II the door OF tho shop
Is not opened, viii wait till It is, ana then
bring the meat home all right.
QUITE scare was had by an engineer on
the Iowa Central railroad the other morning.
Looking from his cab-window he saw tho
PROSTATE form OF man lying on the ends OF
the ties. He brought his engine to stand
still ana found him dcad-drunk. The man
had probably lain down the night before, and
trains had been passing within afoot OF him
all night.
Or the ninety-ninc counties in this State
none is without newspaper, and several
have a dozen or more. The number OF towns
in which papers are published is 306, 10 OF
which are county seats. The number OF
lailies, II: triweeklies, l; scmi.wesklics, B:
weeklies, 545; biwecklies, l; monthlies, u;
scmi mi.monthlies, :; bi-monthlies, :. Total
pumbcr Of all issues, 643.
The State hoard OF Health has some Gu
rious returns made toit. Here arc several OF
them: One of q man aged % who died OF
s.cholera infantum," and a woman aged 20
who died of premature childbirth one
OF woman aged ?. from "blood poisoning
caused by swallowing copper cent seven
years before" one, agirl aged years, from
.'puerpal fever"
SENATOR J. X. GRAVES is said to have been
the first to suggest the purchase by the State
OF the Allen homestead for Governors
mansion. II il certainly time that the State
had house in which It's Governor may 1.-Two
and entertain during his occupancy OF the
Office. No man can afford to be Governor
now on the salary which Is less than some
clerks are getting in Dcs Moines at the pres
ent tme.-Statc Register.
DUBUQUE is the envy Of her sister cities
who have no buried fortunes ana Capt. Kidd
stories to tell about Contractor Morgan, of
Dubuque, has letter from an official In Mad
rid, Spain, TO the effect that resident or
that city, while stopping in Dubuque some
time ago, buried his fortune, amounting to
100000 francs, In q zinc box In lonely
spot In the outskirts Of that city. A diagram
of the burial place was sent with the letter.
Mrs. Tom. living near Sioux City, recently
went to Dixon county, Neb., to the residence
Of her husband, from whom she 10 separated.
entered through window and carried on
her child. She then drove In buggy twenty
miles to the Missouri river, where she in
duced u man to ferry her across NJ o'clock
in the morning. reaching her fathers house
IN safety. Her hcroism has won popular
sympathy.
FROM the Council Bluffs Herald: A num-
ber OF boys In this city have for some time
been conducting sort of Dnffalo Bill COM
bination. They have dug cave In the SOUTH
eustern part OF the city, and daily 80 there
instead OF going 70 school. They have chosen
captain, who Ia armed with knives and re-
yolvers when on duty, and who threatens TO
punish any member who disulgcs the place
OF meeting or the fact Of the organization.
Nrlt tnA hV fuefN
companions and severely beaten for giving
away their secrets.
DECISION by the State Supreme court: A
and made bet, put the money into the
HANDS of c, who was to decide the wager and
nay the money to the winner. He did -,
when A brought suit against the stakeholder,
Z, to recover the amount he put up, on tho
ground that he did not give consent TO the
payment of the money to b. The Supreme
court says the whole transaction was illegal,
but, according TO the terms OF the wager, that
c has carried out the agreement of the par
ties and A has no cause Of action.
A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of Council Dlufs
performed a marriage ceremony the other
day, for quite lively and positive couple.
w
your Lawful! and welded husband" the bride
responded: "You bet your life, Judge, l
will" When pronounced man and wife, the
bride turned 10 the Justice with surprised
| look, and asked: lis that all there Is 10 the
ceremony for sssr' She evidently expected
/ q lengthy ceremony and q big reception, ban
| quct, IN presents thrown In.
/ A rcw vaaes n Ua tho SunarvfSars of Shelby
county offered . prize of $1,000 for the dis
coSery of coal In that county. Last week
| the claim was made for the reward, sup
ported by the proper affdayits. II Is claimed
/ that coal has been found ut Portsmouth, Ut q
depth OF 100 feet, and vein four feet thick
exists In paying quantities. Certain II IL,
large tracts OF land there have been recently
quietly taken by well-known coal operators.
| The Chicago and Milwaukee road, on which
/ Portsmouth il a station, Ii Ii said, has 20