Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-26
IOWA ITEMS.

The new Catholic church at Keokuk
will be dedicated next Sunday.
The state auditor will shortly transfer
the surplus school money to the needy
counties.
Two unknowns, a man and woman,
were arrested neal Dubuque last week,
for forgeries committed In the east.
Peter Peterson, a young Dane of
Avoca, through his careless handling of
a revolver, gave himself e fatal wound
by Its accidental discharge on Thursday
night.
Suit was entered at Dubuque, by An.
drew Anderson against l.. d. Randall &
Co., leather merchants. for $4,000 for
injuries received by falling into a cellar
owned by the defendant.
The Davenport Gazette says that be.
yond doubt the real Rock Mountain
locust Is visiting Iowa, and has recently
been reported styling In such millions
over Keokuk county as to appear like q
snow Storm"
M. Sorrensen, a tenant farmer near
Walnut, in Potta wattamie county,
hanged himself in his barn at an early
hour on Friday morning. The suicide
was a nan 30 years of age, and leaves a
wife and several grown children.
On Thursday last John Shields was ar
rested in Des Moines charged with steal.
ing seventeen head If horses. John In.
sisted that he had stolen but twelve head,
and seemed Injured that the extra five
should be charged against him.
The latest freak of postal lightning Ia
that of Richard Ruskins, appointed by
the president to Lone Tree, He i, eighty
years old, and has lost his memory, his
eyesight, and generally debilitated from
senile decay, all of which is supposed to
constitute a sound democrat.
The grain buyers of central Iowa have
organized q protective association for
mutual benefit. Officers were elected as
follows: President, M. Mcdonald, OF
Bsyard; vice president, e A. Abbott, Of
Marshalltown; secretary, George Heaton,
of Perry; treasurer. l.. Mott, of Dea
Moines.
Lieut.. Charler ]. Clark, Tenth United
States infantry, has been detailed to In
spect the various regiments of Iowa ma.
tional guards at their encAmpments, and
to make report of the drill, discipline and
proficiency of the Iowa militia tn the ad.
jutant general of the United States
army.
d. w. Honk, an American expires {
messenger, while unlocking his messen.
ger box at Dss Moines Thursday, wa
shot in the breast by his own revolver
falling from his Ecabbard and the ham.
mer striking the iron box or safe on the
floor, exploding the weapon with the un-
fortunate results stated.
Tony Krlpgle, n Dubuque loafer and
thug, after psrtaklng of the hospitality OF
a farmer named Patrick Judge in the
way of fifteen or twenty drinks, attempt
ed on Thursday night under cover of
darkness to murder and rob his daylight
friend, beating him In an unmerciful
manner over the head with a club.
Inwhat Is known as the Steele neighbor.
hood near Montezuma, In Powesbisk
county, this rattlesnskes have alarmed
the people to the extent that one field Of
grain. II not more he's been left to waste,
as the Q reptiles were so numsr-
Gus that no one would venture In to help
harvest the rlpened grain. A Mr.. Steele
killed ffty-two ~rattlers on his place dur
log the season..
The great Alexander, sdjutant general
of Iowa, invaded Davenport last week
and permitted kimself to be interviewed.
1t was his last and greatest effort. He
informed the anxious people of the town
that for noble and slightly residences and
beautiful women 1t was the banner town
Of the state. When the town arose next
morning and read his opinion, nothing
was too good for him, In fact he took a
special train out of town.
Mics Kittie Williams, aged Is, daugh-
ter of w. T. Williams, a prominent mer-
chant of Cedar Falls, was fatally burned
on the evening Of the 10th. She was
kindling a fire in a gasoline stove when
her clothing caught fire, and In an In
stsnt she was envelopsd In flames. She
ran into another room where her mother
was, and the latter extinguissd the
fl ,mes, but not until her hands were fear
fully burned. She died the next day.
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