The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

The library addition to tho State His
torical Society for the past year were 2. 7o1
volumes and 1906 pamphlets, total OF
4. 7s3, TINS making the total strength OF the
i'rary 123. 40 books and pamphietA
receiver was recently appointed for the
private bank OF James Vail. Of Port Wash
ington, and placed under $75, 900 bonds
Mr. Vail had fed and there were no funds
in the bank. Hundreds Of farmers AMI poor
people lose heavily by the failure
MICHIGAN.
Rev H c. Beals. Of Plymouth. died the
other morning Of apoplexy, aged fifiy. two
years He was u prominent member Of the
Baptist church. and had been for thirteen
years State Superintendent Of Missions
William H Jewell. a prominent farmer Of
Assyria township. and for several terms
register Of deeds OF Barry County. was
found the other morning in the wood
shed Of the courthouse at Hastings with
his legs frozen solid to the knees and his
arms frozen to the e'bowA He had been
drinking heavily and would die.
The John Spry Lumber Company's saw
mill at Sauit Ste Marie was burnel the
other night Loss. $35. 900; fully insured
The Seventh Day Adventists have 119
churches in Michigan. and the members
there paid tithes to the amount Of over
$50, 600 last year. They have 4, ,355 men,
bers in the State.
Alice Ragin, aged eighteen years. and
employed az box maker at the Diamond
Salt Works at st Clair. was caugh. in the
shafting the other morning while crossing
. room and WIS whirled around . pulley
several times and killed instantly.
Milton d. Frost, well-known wooden
ware manufacturer, died at Detroit the
other morning. aged sixty years.
The Michigan Grand Chapter. Royal Arch
Masons, at Its recent session at Grand Rap
ids elected Benjamin F. Watts. Of Ann
Arbor, Grand High Priest.
A falling building at Odessa few days
ago killed James Converse and injured J.
W. Boder perhaps fatally
The Grand Trunk road is building q
branch from Eikhart, Ind. to Jackson
X E Butterworth, of Grand Rapids. the
first to develop the plaster resources OF the
vicinity Of Grand Rapids, died recently
aged eighty two years.
William H Fisher. the missing farmer oi
Bay City, was found few days ago at
L
A pioneer Of Coldwater, Thomas Daugh.
erty, residing there since 1885, died the
other day. aged eighty -eight years.
| Faith, Hope and Charity are three OF tho
prettiest little girls in Bay City They art
| triplets and their age is eleven years They
are the daughters of Mr.. and MrA Ella,
Baker. and they are the picture Of health
The Continental Oil Refining Company
i c&4H - nnt~ ~wziSk
q capital Of $4,000. 900. to manufactur,
and sell petroleum productA
MINNESOTA.
The sixteenth annual meeting Of tn,
State Firemen's Association was held at Al
bert Lea . few days ago, delegates being
present from twenty-eight cities Th,
treasurer gave the balance on hand at $l2.
39i
The members of the police force at St
Paul presented the Little Sisters Of the Poo
with $l14 so few days ago
According to the best estimates, the
value Of the new building Improvement
in Minneapolis in 1887 was ST.. zoe. .OOO.-
the greatest in the city's history. The real
estate transfers amounted to $6O, ,OOO, ,OOO
A remarkable discovery il reported In st
Paul of geese. that divide their time be-
tween a shallow river and q gravel bank
being killed and found to have gold in thei
crops
William Wood went into the army twenty
1--WE years ago. leaving y young wife an
child in New York. The wife died while b
was in the service. and the child wis care
for by str ingerA He was never able
learn who hal the child until recently
found her servant girl ut Bronson, Mich
He is wealthy. and would take the girl +
his home in Minneapolis
Bishop Foss. of the Methodist Episcopa
church, has made nearly $500. 600 id Min
neapolis real estate
OF interest in railway circles il the actio
Of the Minneapolis 4 St Louis Railroad Com
pany In their letter to the Railroad Com
missioners Of Minnesota informing ther
that their action has ruined the company
business The action referred to was
ruling based on the slong and sLort haul
clause Of the State law.
At the annual election Of the Dulut
Board Of Trade recently Owen Ferguso
was reelected president
The State Horticultural Society held
three-days' session at Minneapolis recent,
Secretary c. l. Smith, Of the State Forestr
Association, read a paper In which he pr
dicted that the timber of the Northwes
would be exhausted in twenty-five yeal
unless the Government took steps to Pre-
vent it
; Lumbermen from Little Falls. who hay
crossed the country from Princeton, COZ
, firm the recent report that Swede ha
murdered his wife and seven children TIL
Swede was farmer named Henry Ostrun
and the scene Of the crime is q Swedis
settlement about twenty miles frol
Princeton Ostrum gave as o reason fl
the crime that he feared his wife and chi
dren would freeze to death
DAKOTA.
man in Flint County has published
card in the Relteld Journal requesting q
looms to sell him NO drinks under any eli
cumstancea He has got tired Of .swelle
head
At Huron recently . meeting Of membe
of the Constitutional convention of 1Se
J adopted . memorial to Congress asking X
. the admission OF Dakota ~ two Statea
One hundred emigrants from Belfor
, France. started recently for Dakota. Thel
were signs that emigration from France W,
J increasing
The great depth Of the snow in many po
tions OF Dakota enables the rabbits to d.
J nude the apple trees Of their twiga
The Sioux Falls druggists have publishe
notice declaring that they will not se
} intoxicating liquors Of any kind exec
upon the written prescription Of phys
clan.
! Incendiary fires are of such frequency
Pierre that should an offender In that q
rection be caught he is very likely to hay
his trial before Judge Lynch
It was believed that Rev. Henry n Sprin
er, . Methodist minister, perished In the r
cent blizzard near Clark Emil Gilbertso
/ formerly Of Chicago. was frozen to deaf
two miles west Of Hitchcock, while on
} way to his claim
The Pope has made Sioux Falls the 0,
city Of the Catholic diocese Of South d,
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