The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
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Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS.
Forty or more members of the Evening
Star Clt b." OF Paxton, were indicted ly
the United States Grand Jury at springfield
few days ago for selling liquor without
Government license.
William Deatharge, aged one hundred
years, died at his home in Morgan County
the other day. He was an early settler and
the oldest man In that region
Thomas Houston, an cd citizen OF
Logan County, was drowned the other
night in Sugar creek at Lincoln
William johnson, q Rockford grocer, was
gwen small fine the other day for slap
ping q customer, Mrs. Lizzie Ganoung.
Syl Bassett, of Shelbyyille, who murdered
his brother Albert. was recently sentenced
to eighteen years in the pententiary.
Thomas Hetty. pioneer, who about 16i1
was engaged in the wagon business In Chi
cago, and who boasted of having killed
game within q short distance of where
Cook County court house now stands, died
the other night at Freeport aged ninety
two years
A high grade Of iron ore has been discov-
cred in the Embarras river hills, two miles
east OF Charleston. and . company 10 being
formed to market it
Two miners at work In coal mine near
Farmount were crushed to death recently
by a mass of slate falling upon them
X N. Dodd's drug store and IL w. Hickox's
grocery store ut Springfield were burned .
few days ago. Loss, $s35. 900
A semi-annual dividend Of Gig per cent
payable March l, has been declared by the
Illinois Central Road
The twenty years pastorate Of Dr.. Good
win at the FIRST Congregational Church In
Chicago was celebrated the other night by
a sociable and reunion
DR. f. W. Phillips, superintendent Of the
Illinois Institution for the Blind, died ut
Jacksonville q few afternoons ago.
Governor Oglesby has pardoned Charles
F. Huston, q two-year man, because he had
his arm crushed In On accident at the peni-
| tentiary.
The village Of Maroa was visited BY de-
structiye fire the other morning. which
Rockford boasts the only woman station
agent In the State. The Chicago North
western Railway Company has appointed
made vacant by the death Of her husband.
IOWA.
The long-extended drought IL developing
the geology OF the State rapidly in the mul-
tiplied sinking of deep wells Near Madrid
in Boone County. several wells have been
recently dug. and at q depth Of thirty-five
to fifty feet the trunks Of large trees have
been found in good preservation, indicat.
ing submerged forest.
Martin & Mcclure, dealers in wholesale
| cigars at NJ rshalltown, were closed the
other morning on mortg ges for $5, 600
Estimated liabilities, $S, ,OOO
Governor Larrabee has reappointed W. L
| Alexander as Adjutant-General.
Dwight l. Moody and Major Whittle viii
make an evangelical campaign In Burling
| ton.
T. J. Jones and c. & Porter. medica
students at Des Moines, were recently sen
fenced to six months each In the peniten
tiary for robbing grave.
The men who have been charged with
compile ty In the Haddock murder a
Sioux City are afro ady scattering to differ
| ent parts of the country. Koschnikki, ol
Bismarck" has gone with his family to SaI
Francisco. whence he was brought by Chic
Nelson Harry Sherman has disappeared
and John Arensdorf, the principal. has gon,
/ to Milwaukee, where he has a chance t,
take charge OF q brewery. OF the orig ma
ten indicted only three are in Sioux City.
It is said that John Arensdorf will returl
to Sioux City as the agent of the Philil
Best Brewing Company.
| Superintendent Wilcox has perfected ar
rangements for the North Iowa oratOrica
contest. to be held ut Mason City In March
Henry Schmidt, who murdered Miss Peek
was hanged at Wes. Union the other day
In his speech from the scafRold the con
demned man said that Ellison T. Smith in
stigated the crime, and had also offere,
him $500 to kill Abram Leonard
A fire few nights ago burned out tn
Martin Schulein building at Sioux City
leaving nothing but the walls standing
Loss. $50. 600
Frank +. Thul. b0ok-keeper for the Kin,
Iron Bridge Company at Des Moines, wa
recently indicted for embezzlement an,
forgery. He confessed to having rObbet
his employers of $4,000
Many of the farmers throughout Iowa an
heavy losers from q peculiarly fatal diseas
among their cattle. In some instances en-
tire herds numbering as high az twent
have died within a few hours
In the recent blizzard In this State tn
two sons Of Byron Cleveland, OF Manchester
were frczan to death. and John Olney me
like fate at Marathon
A collision on the Rock Island railroa
occurred o few days ago near O,tumwa, be
tween q passenger and freight train, re
sulting IN the deaths Of three persons an
the manning Of four others Arthur Z
French, the station telegraph operator, ha
been held in So. 600 bonds for causing tn
disaster through negligence.
/ WISCONSIN.
A fire at Attoon q tew days ago de
strOyed the skating rink and two bushes
buildings Loss. $4,000
Waskeshaw County has set aside 81, so
for the care Of INDECENT soldiers and thei
famiIiea
The State Supreme Court has reversed th
decision Of the superior court of Milwau
kee and ordered Judgment for 1851 GAO
and interest ut per cent since July Il
1883. to be entered against Peter Nj
Geoch in favor Of Daniel Wells, McGeoch
partner In the disastrous lard corner {
June, 1883
Twenty three students have entered th
short course in agriculture at the Univel
sity of Wisconsin
The State Poultry Association will hol
its annual meeting ut Fond du Lac Eel
ruary ITO
company has been formed at MonrC
to mine for lead on the Skinner rang,
about eight miles from Monroe
The earnings Of the Wisconsin Central II
creased 81, 800 for the first week Of lSS
, over the first week Of last year
There are seventeen hundred inmates {
tn National Soldiers Home ut Milwaukee
and the manager has had to refuse *
mission to recent applicants for lack I
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