The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-04
IOWA STATE NEWS

lUWA OlAlE NEWS
The Davenport potato market is glnt.
ted, and farmers can only get offers Of II
TO 20 cents bushel.
being Tilted by his sweetheart, Israel
Blatoky. dealer In notions at Dubuque.
committed suicide with strychna
-Ismcl Blocky, clothicr At Dcs Moines.
committed suicide by taking strychnine be-
cause Rosa Gottstein failed to return his
love.
Two carloads Of oatmeal, mndc from
new oats, left Des Moincs recently for Scot
land, the first shipment made from this
State.
Tho Governor refuses to take further
action in the matter Of the location VI the
new insane asylum, holding that the rcine-
dy now for alleged wrongful acts OF Com
missioners lies In the courts.
The failure Of Benjamin Read whole
sale and retail dealer in meats and flour at
Ames, IN announced. His total liabilities
arc estimated at about sis,Ooo, and a,aila-
bic assets about $4,000.
Reports made to the Secretary Of tho
State Agricultural Society from every
county in Iowa for july show the corn crop
to be ll2 per cent, or the largest ever
known in the history of the State.
II. X. Love, Clerk Of the United states
Courts for the Southern District OF Iowa.
has examined the affairs of tho office in
Council Bluffs. He found TINT his dep
uty. Marshall Key, who suicided the other
day, left everything in order and oil right.
There. il notarial seal on exhibition
in the Office Of the Auditor of State that Is
quite curiosity on account Of its size. 1t
is Of an oval shape and but little larger than
\ dime, though il contains MI the words
required by law to make II useful.
A tramp shot James Ward. bridge
watchman. at Clinton, without provocat'on.
The ball took effect in his cheek. The
tramp was captured in novel manner. He
ran past train, and the engineer gave chase
with the train. The train hands drew thcif
rcvolvers and compelled him to surrender.
The State University at Iowa City is to
receive splendid donation in the shape OF
a collection Of autographs OF all the eminent
scientists and littemteurs in the country.
The collection is very extensive and was
gathered by Hon. Charles Altarich. OF Web
ster City, and by him presented to the
library.
The strange death If passenger on
the Des Mcin,s and osceola tn,in bound
south is reported. The death occurred be-
tween the Rock Island crossing and st.
Charles. The man had entered the tain Mt
Des Moines with a ticket for New Virginia.
He had formerly resided in that place and
was reported to have had trouble with his
Wife whom he had left same three weeks
since. When he left her he had gone to
Wisconsin. and was now ON his way home.
A short distance out Of the city he was seen
to take drink in which it is supposed he
placed the poison, wishing to be taken home
dead. As the tlain was leaving ST. Charles
he was discovered lying in the seat, a. II
sleeping, dead. He had evidently died
without moan or struggle. As toron,r
could he found ut 81. Charles the body =.
taken On to New Virginia. where il vas
given over into the hands of friends. II
was impossible to determine just what was
the cause Of his death without mes0eM
examination. but the facts seem to favor the
theory Of suicide.
The loss BY the fire to the Dexter Manu-
featuring Building was greater than was at
| first supposed at Dcs Meines, The office
contained a large number Of patterns that
were quite valuable, and seme considerable
material already worked up. In addition,
there were quite large assortment of tools
that were expensive. 50 that the loss will
probably amount to over a thousand dollars.
| One additional item is the loss Of tn, use
/ of these materials and tools, which will
| ret,rd the work considerably and in the
busy season. The building aud contents
were covered by insurance. 4 local paper
saws circumstances seem to point tn this
| building being fred also by incendlar,es.
/ A man was heard moving about in the upper
story shortly before the iire WAS discovered.
though nothing was thought Of il at the
time. During the time the iire was in prog
ress, some parties were overheard statine
that thew knew who fired the building, hut
would not tell. The great majority Of the
fires lately have been Of ineendlary origin.
and il begins to look rs though there Is y
veritahle fire bug" in the city. There is
one thing that has been noticed, and that
is, in majority Of the cases, no possible
GOOD could come to the person starting the
fire. This, Of course. il in direct accord
with the character If the regulation "fre
bug, who sets firc 10 buildings for the
pleasure Of seeing them harn. In seve,al
Of the cases lives have been seriously en-
,lanrcred, and il there be such aepmsed
wretches in the city they should meet with
the seyerest punishment known to the law.
when caught,
| OF all the old settlers assembled on the
Fair Grounds at their picnic therr were
doubtless none more worthy of the name
than she for whose husband one If the old
est townships in the county was named. as
was also the grove and creek and finally the
station ON the Chicago and Northwestern
RailwN- Mrs, Mary Savler. Especially is
this true as regards this city and county. and
perhaps ~ 10 the State, as she, with her has.
hand, John Il. Saylor. landed in Lee Coan'
,y. Iowa. in the spring of 1897, and not lo.t
afterwarti moved to Van Buren, Saaats
where for soms time the famous india,
chief. Black Hawk. with his entire tribe
was their nearest neighhor, Her husband
constantly contracting with ,he Government
furnishing provisions for the soldiers ans
feed for their horses, Was necessarily ah
sentat the diffescat posts, hntpr'nriralls De
Moines, to which place, hy n special perm'