The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-10
IOWA STATE NEWS.


WILD deer are reported plenty in Northern
Iowa this winter.
THERE are thirty-one students In the dem
tai department of the State university this
year.
DOE and lawn werc recently shot and
killed by George Hail. over Walkers islSud
why, near Sioux City.
The water works AT Council Bluffs, winch
cost $780, 600, have been satisfactorily tested.
There are twcnty-onc miles Of mains ana 200
Ii, drants.
The leading Dcs Moincs hotels ara asking
S3 Il day from members or the legislature
or the same price II they stay n day or three
months.
MRs. PETER GISTER nf Dubuque. suffering
stabbed herself twice III the aid ,mcn with
pair bf scissors. iii'licting fatal wounds.
Mrs. RosASNA QUINN, one OF The best
nurses that ever lived in Dubuque, died
lately, aged %. II was her honst that she
never lost a patient
MIR. 7. l.. CALVERT has been appointed Gen
eral Superintendent Of the burlington and
Missouri River railroad III Nebraska. He
will also continue to net as Chief Engineer.
THE Mcthodists in various parts of the
celebration during the year 1884 Of the one
hnndrcdth anniversary of tie organization of
the church.
In is probable that the old Capitol mt Des
Moines will be used as n printing-ofiice for
the deaf mutes of the State who will be
State.
The Hotel Webster, the new house in Mus
catne, cost between $4,000 and $40, 900. It
has fifty regular sleeping rooms. 1t is ex-
pettca to be ready for occupancy by the
middle of January.
SQUIRE NAGsE, OF Dcs Moines, has sold his
famous s-year-old cow, which has teen yield
ing an average OF nine pounds of butter a
week, besides what the family used, for beef.
She weighed ,s6l pounds, and sold for SIS.
house Mt Fort Madison. and secured clothing
valued at 500. They were promptly arrested
and bound over. The Grand jury In session
found indictments the same day.
THE Iowa state Capitol building will 10
dedicated Jan. II, ut which time it will be
ready for occupancy by the Legislature.
Congressman Kasson will deliver the dedica-
tory address, after which Gov. sherman will
be inaugurated.
Sioux CITY had distressing runaway at q
funeral recently, and the coffin, containing
the body Of a babe, was thrown to the ground,
and some Of the mourners narrowly escaped
death. The team that caused the damage
was frightened by some children playing with
n toy wagon in the street.
Gov. SHERMAN has appointed W. II. TIT,
OF Dubuque, Circuit Judge Of the Ninth dis
trct, to All the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Judge Lacy. Mr.. Ctt was recon-
mended almost unanimously by the bar of
Dubuque county and by many other lawyers
i'm the district.
sTREET-CAR travel in Des Moines in winter
IL sometimes peculiar. Descending North
hill, on account OF the slippery condition OF
the track, it is necessary TO put On the brakes
and remove the horses. while two men walk
on each side OF the car and hold it back, to
keep it from running into Coon river.
J.f. GARRETy, publisher Of the state Ledder,
has brought suit against Clarkson Bros, of
the State Register, for $4,000 damages for
alleged breach of contract. The petition A.
leges that defendants agreed to sell the plain
till press franchise for morning paper in
Des Moines, and that by refusal to sell the
petitioner has suffered damages to the
amount claimed.
JESSE CLEMENT, well known in this State as
Il journalist and historian. died suddenly nj
Butler, Mo. He was one OF the origina,
founders and the first editor OF the Dubuque
Daily Times in 1857. He has always been en-
gagged in literary pursuits, editing papers and
magazines, and writing and compiling books.
At the time of his death he was engaged In
collecting material for look on .'The Bench
and Bar of Missouri
The Burlington. Cedar Rapids and North
ern Directors, ut a recent meeting. agreed to
build the following extensions and new lines
From Clinton to Iowa City. about fifty miles;
an extension to DEBORAH: another, LIS miles
long, to run from Worthington, Mimi. west
ward into Dakota with Ordway as the proba-
BILE objective point. 1t will connect there
with another projected line. running thence
TO Bismarck.
AN old miser who resided in Van Buren,
county died last week from the effects OF lung
fever, brought on by exposure while digging
his winters supply of coal in a wet place on
his farm. His name was Levi Tompkins, and
he was not only bachelor but a most ardent
Halter of the female sex. He came to Iowa in
1887, was a farmer, always did his own cook
ing and homework, and when he died left
property worth $4,000, with no provision for
its disposal SO far as any one knows.
MIR. WILLIAM LoURY, while County Treas.
urer of Polk county several years ago, de-
posted several thousand dollars of the
county's money in tho West bank. He did
this after he had received the individual ad.
vice of the members of the City Council
favoring the plan, AS the county had no re
liable safe or vault. The bank soon after
failed, and Loury was compelled to sell his
property In order to liquidate his debt to the
county, which amounted to nearly $1,000
A petition is now in circulation asking the
Legislature to pass an act to enable the
Board of Supervisors of Polk county to re
imbursc Mr.. Ioury for the money lost In thu
defunct bank.
The annual report OF the Auditor of State
recommends the establishment of u separate
| insurance department, to include the super
vision of banks and 20 be under the contro
| Of Commissioner of Insurance and Bank
ing. While the insurance laws give to tn,
Auditor authority for the examination of al
companies doing business within the State
| In order TO obtain correct knowledge OF