Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-18

Of the best shots in the state, and is
a~nxiously looking around for q match
with shy club in the stste.
The Das Moines annual conference of
the Me.hodi.t Episcopal church meets In
the capital city, September Il. Sons
$50 delegates are expected to be in
attendance.
The recently tabulated statement OF
the condition Of all the savings banks in
Iowa, made by j. L. Brown, auditor of
state, shows the total assets to be
IS, Isl, COL. go.
Thomas j. O'Brien, an e1-judgs of
Davenport, fell from 3 second story
window and cracked bis skull. He was
full of mixed drinks at the time. His
injuries are of a dangerous type.
The Cedar Rapids poStofice IN Satur-
day last recovered 5000 from the First
National bank In that town, the amount
having been deposited by Hibbs, the
abscondlng Lewiston, Idaho, postmaster.
Frank Pontlus, a Msrshal1town painter,
while soaked with prohibition, opened a
masked battery In a pool room and
blazed away at everything and every
body till his ammunition ran out. Then
the police appeared and he wns jagged.
Powerhelk county's three lodges of
Oraugemen-the only ones In the state
celebrated the 195.h anniversary of
the battle of the Boyne at Deep River,
the new town on the Belle Plalne river
and What Cheer branch OF the Northern
railroad.
The rifle teams of the First, Second,
Third, Fifth and Sixth regiments, Iowa
National Guard, are expected to partlci-
pate In the military prize contest, to
come off at Dubuque the second week in
September, during the encampment of
the Fourth regiment at that plaza,
A man calling himself E. @. Martin
and representing himself as from Chicago,
travelling tor the sale of ailks, abandoned
his alleged wife at an Atlantic hotel
some two weeks ago. Monday night the
supposed wife, q young woman Of 20,
took poison and climbed up the golden
stair.
The state grade council of the I'm.
proved Order of Red Men, which has
been in session In this city for the past
two days, quenched the council fire last
night and adjourned to meet at Daven-
port next Buck Moon, 395, common era,
July 1886. The chiefs were raised to
their respective stumps by Great Sachem
T. M. knight.
Samuel Conklin, of Des Moines, sue.
cessfully cut his wind pipe with a razor
last Wednesday. Though carefully
watched BY his wife, who feared Just
such an end, he managed to elude her
for a moment, slipped into a bedroom,
and ended his life. He had been suffer-
ing with an affection of the brain for
several weeks.
Mr.. w. j. Romack, living three miles
east of Anita, was killed by lightning on
the 18th. he with two of his neighbors,
Mr.. ID. @. Kellogg and Levi Young,
went into his hog lot soon after a little
shower had passed over, and while stand
ting about the center of the lot o bolt of
lightning struck him, killing him in
stantly, knocking Mr.. Kellogg down, and
ipjuring him quite severely.
The completed water works of Sioux
City was formally transferred to the city
last Wednesday. The total cost of the
system was Sl38, $50. 81. The monthly
cost of running the works is estimated at
5000, and the receipts from water rents
will nearly balance this, giving FIRE pro-
lection to the city for a nominal sum.
Sioux city was wise when she drew on
her credit and built her own water works.
Henry Rogers, who recently deuerted
his wife at Fairfield and eloped with q
widowed Swede and four small children,
/ was arrested In Creston a few days ago
and taken back to Fairfield to face a
charge of b'gamy. The widowed Swede,
whom 1t appears he had married. in due
form at Davenport, was the owner of a
good farm near Creston, which is thought
to have made the widow beautiful In
Henry's eyes.
Thomas Tresu, a long-ulstance swim
mer, crswled out Of the river at Daven-
port, Monday, claiming to have swsm
the entire distance from st. Paul In the
past thirteen days, and stating his inten-
tion of continuing his swim to st. Louis,
the feat bsiug for a wager of $500.
Later in the day, while crossing on the
~ferryboat to Rock leland, Treau met with
an accident, re%sulting,ln i~ninries to hlE
right foot that will send him to the hos
pitsl for ten days.