Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24

Polk county, including Des Moines, is
S15, sos 370.5 This does not include
personally, which Ia Des Molnes town
ship represents a value Of 81, 1929, and
In Lee of S442, 800.
Judge Loofbourow, In bis charge to the
grand jury at Audubon on Tuesday, in
structed them particularly to investigate
the Jellersou, Smith and Wilson lynch
Ing that occurred In that town last spring.
The changing current Of the Missouri
river, after an Intellectual effort to ret .
large portion of Fremont county into
Nebraska, has settled Its channel on the
west side, running close to Nebraska
City.
The Turner's society at Muscstinc had
q row few nights ago in their hall, in
which Editor Stotzman wa badly dam
aged, receiving among other souvenirs a
scalp wound something less than q foot
in length.
Keokuk's $50, 900 Catholic church will
be dedicated Sunday, September 9th,
Bishop Cosgrove, of Davenport, %oficlat-
Ing, Bishop Hennessey, of Dubuque,
will preach In the morning and Bishop
SPnuANhhS "a Az
The Dubuque Mortgage, Loan and
Trust company was recently incorporated
with a capital of Sl00, 600, and divided
into 1000 shares. The company will
commence business September LIST, and
continue for q period of twenty years.
Dick Malone, of Davenport, laid down
on the railroad track with an overload OF
prohibition, resting his head on the rail-
and went to sleep. A locomotive pilot
reused him suddenly and took off a large
slice of his scalp as q souvenir. 1t so
b,red him.
A frebug who destroyed the residence
of Alex Spear a few days ago near Tip
ton, Cedar county, returned later and
fired the hay and grain stacks of the
same man, infIcting On additional loss of
So, 500. No clue to the psrpetrator has
been discovered.
On Wednesday morning last the Tenn
perance alliance surprised the Dubuque
ssloon-keepers by filing petitions before
Judge Couch, asking temporary i%njunc-
tions against twenty.nine saloons In that
city. Tuesday, September l, Is set for
the hearing.
Mrs. j. o. LoomlH, livingnesr Greene,
committed suicide on Tuesday morning
by cutting her throat with a razor. The
husband of the unhappy woman had been
absent from home some ten days looking
for a farm. Four Hmsll children were
left motherless by the suicide.
The second reunion Of the Twenty
first Iowa infantry took place at Farley
last week, and was attended by an I'm
menss %concourse of people from all over
the state and many from outside places.
There were 225 soldiers on the ground.
A banquet, dancing, etc, closed the suc-
cessful reunion.
a farmer residing near Ida Grove,
FAMED Barker. was attacked Thursday
morning by A. E. Peck and A. A. Kolp
and beaten In q merclless and cowardly
manner. From the character of the
wounds inflicted on the victim, It is sup
posed acme deadly weapon was used by
the thugs, who are now In the hands of
the sheriff.
Mrs. Judson Williams and her 2 year.
old boy baby were burned to death at her
home near P~rsirieburg, in Linn county,
ON the 10Th. At the inqueht held the
jury did not express an opinion as to the
origin of the fire cauaing the deaths of the
victims. A m mystery surrounds the case,
but the prevailing belief is that 1t la a case
of suicide.
A lively young tornado cavorted west
Of Cedar Rspids on the 18th. At L.u-
don a freight car standing on the switch
was blown on the main track, and the
wesr-bound freight train, running through
the binding storm, collided with 1t,
ditching an engine and thirteen care.
The train men escaped miraculously,
with only slight injuries. Five cars of
stock ia the freight train were wrecked,
a large number of cattle being killed and
injured. Trains were delayed until a
temporary track could be built around
che wreck.