The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-05-18
ON.
IOWA.
Nuscatine has . "funny club"


Wesley Is to have . town park sool.
West Burlington is to have . postoface.
Onawa will have q new bank, with B. B.
Richards Is president.
The new commander Of the Iowa depart
nent q. A. R., z. A. Consignsy, Of Avsca,
has appointed J. A. Laird, Of Jesup; Geo. A.
Newman. of Cedar Pals, and B. 3. Sherman,
Of Waterloo, a. aide Of his stan.
State Dairy Commissioner H. d. Sherman
says the dairy outlook is promising in Iowa,
and that prices for dairy products have been
fair and without much %ductuation since the
passage Of the oleomargarine law.
George Van Hooser, one Of the notorious
boys by that name Who formerly resided at
Potsville, is again under arrest for counter.
teiGng, having been captured ut Boone q few
days ago. BY U. 8. Marshal Desmond.
The graduating class of the Muscatine high
school consists Of twcnty-Seven members. It
10 intended to dispense with tho usual Grafton
from each graduate, substituting instead an
address from some promising educator.
Last week three little fellows struck Upton
after . three days trudge from the Orphans
home ct Davenport. They we're runaways,
enc OF them formerly belonged there, one at
Nechanicsvllle and the other in some other
county.
The remains Of Mrs. Anna Krosbreck, who
suddenly disappeared from her home In
Charles City, April 10, were fourd wednes-
day in the Cedar river two miles north Of
Charles City, lodged in . wire fence. She
leaves tive children, one . babo but q fsx
weeks old. 1t was . Ease Of premeditatcd
and determined suicide.
The are fxtty six cases upen the calendar
for this term Of the supreme court at Yank-
ton, and this only one Of threeterms provided
for during q year.
The hay supply at Fort Sully will this year
30 put up by the boys in blue, the command
ant considering that cheaper than to let the
work by contract.
During the summer Valley City will have q
kindergarten, with . nursery department con-
neeted with It, for the purpose Of amusing
tho small children.
Grandma Alvcrson died in Media township.
Jsrauli county, April %. aged 20 years. She
had g q member Of the Methodist church
for over forty years.
Last Monday Postmaster Judd had the fol-
lowing I've citizens Of Mspleton arrested:
Dr.. Samuel Mitchell, g. W. Relmon, E. e.
kedmon, &. d. Burlcy and Tredwell Mitchell.
They are charged with riot and assault and
the action is in consequence Of Mr.. Judd be-
ing rotten eggsi at Mspleton recently. The
trnlllhlu rrnrH nnt NJ a 6rhe ~ mi k1,n s~.A~Ax
Ace. Judd is the postmaster in Fargo and
owned . branch hardware store at Mapleton.
he sold 1t to one Gerrig, and the Mspleton
peeple claim that at the time the sale was
made he promised to get Gerrig the postoface.
Jadd and Gerrig deny this statement, but
Nr. Brownlce, another merchant, asserts that
add promised to try to get him the postofics
'he would buy the store. DR.. Mitchell was
cold postmaster and Burnley ia his clerk.
q. W. Rcdmon Is . member Of the county
board OF commissioners His brother and Mr..
Mitchell are both %farn,ers. They waived ex-
animation and were bound cv r IN the sum
Of $500 each to await the action Of the grand
fury. Judd has also commenced suit against
them 70 recover ea5, 600 damages.
H- = N6OAA
Both the Aississipp i aud Rum rivers are
slovly rising at Anoka, but there ia hardly
moro than . good driving pitch In either riy-
CT. The prospect Of higher water on the Rum
river is good, as'there was quite q body Of
snow in the woods previous to the rains Of
Last week, and the NOV of Sunday will aid
considerably to the volume of water. The
drivers report good progress. All the list
years. logs will be In the Anoka boon, by
Wednesday. Many Of the new logs ON the
main river have already passed Princeton.
Page Bros. are making an independent drive,
and will bring In their logs within Q week or
two. The logs on Mile Laos lake will be late
this year, Is the ice had not gone out the last
Of the week. Last fall . good dam was con-
structed at the mouth Of the lake, aud there
ts now Q three-foot head of water. With tu |
Iicious handling Of the wafer every log
ought to be brought down this year, whcti e..
there are heavy rains or not. Reed 4 Shcs.
woods aud Rage Bros mills have started up,
slso the Washhuru mill. These three mills
manufacture ct least nfty millions this
summer, and possibly more, disperslng about
t8o, 700 monthly to the workmen Of Anola.
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