The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16

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A sixiy-year-od farmer named Pine liv.
ing near Madison. died of heart disease III
the street at Madison few days ago
MICHIGAN.
Christopher. Bulow, OF East Jordan, was
fined recentlf for leaving his team stand
ing out all nj Bht while he spent his time in
saloons. He then asked saloonists not to
sell him any more drink, but he got drunk
in spite Of his request. lay ont of doors all
night, and fr0ze both feet SO badly that am
putation would probably be necessary.
Tawas bay, at distance of about four
miles from the shore, is covered with fish
shanties Some trout are caught weighing
thirty i've pounds
That forty-two carloads Of corn have
been shipp d into Jonesvilie since Novem-
ber l is q remarkably pertinent commen-
tary on that crop in Hii,sdalc County last
year. It isn't more than oncs In one hun
dred years that SO rich an agricultural coun-
ty as Hills iale has to import anything to
feed its stock
Benjamin Giddings . farmer of Oak
wood, was found dead in his barn few
days ago. revolver in his hand lead to
the theory Of suicide
Michael Engelman. aged fifty-six years.
one of the most prominent business men Of
Michigan, died recently at Manistee.
The State Supreme Court the other day
decided the Palms will case at Detroit, re-
versing the decision Of the court below.
The result is that the children will receive
the income of the estate, upward of 500.
OOO yearly, and the gTandchi dren will get
he 70 Srh h;nh Ii IrrnA 0f &f = mn NM
Monroe Hoffman was killed while cross
ing the railroad track near Holland recent
ly His team was also struck by the loco.
motive and ground to pieces by the cars
Samuel Marshall, of Gilead, Branch Coun-
ty. is eighty three years old, but can see
without glasses to thread the finest needle,
and has not had sick day In thirty years.
He now works by the month and receives
wages that compare favorably with those
Of younger men.
The annual report of FIRE, inland and
marine insurance business Of Michigan for
1887 gives the total amount of premiums
received by purely Michigan companies at
$277. $50; losses incurred. $146. .SO3; pre-
miums of all other companies. $3 III, 9j3;
losses, 81 .s23. $50: total surplus of all CON-
panies. $50, 14O,O47
The sixth annual convention Of the State
Veterinary Medical Association was held re-
Gently at Battle Creek, and officers were
elected as follows: Benjamin G. McBeth,
Battle Creek, President; H. H Clement.
Coldwater, First Vice. President; H. T. Stew
art, Kalamazoo, second Vice-President; w.
Dean. Marshall. Third Vice. President; E. w.
Bartram. Paw Paw, Secretary; w. Jopling.
OwasDo. Treasurer
The State Supreme Court has declared
fraudulent and null and void the promis-
sorry notes given by thousands of farmers
in the State to agents selling Bohemian
oats This is important to many duped
people
MINNESOTA.
Charles Hoag. the man who named Minne-
apolis, died there the other day Of dropsy
of the heart, aged eighty years
Tom Cody. known . the cowboy pian-
ist." who exhibited his skill in dime muse
uns, eloped the other night from Minneap-
oils with Nellie Saunders, colored girl,
aged fifteen yearR Cody, as alleged, left
his wife in destitute circumstances
The win aer carnival at st Paul closed the
other night in blaze Of fire. works which
showed to fine effect in the clear, snappy
atmosphere The cascade of fire pouring
down around the great central tower OF the
Ice palace, while showers of cOlored lights
mounted skyward from battlements, was
sight long to be remembered
The Photographers Association Of Amer
lea has arranged to hold its next meeting
In the Exposition building ut Minneapolis
July 10 to IA inclusive
The State Republican League at its recent
session in Minneapolis elected as president
f. E Searls, OF St Cloud Candidates and
platforms were not discussed, the league
voting to support the r publican candidate
for President
Articles of incorporation Of new rail-
road to be called the Winona 4 Southwest
ern, have been filed at Des Moines, Ia The
line will run from Winona to Omaha, Neh
A deaf and dumb Indian was struck by q
train near Morris the other night, and q
deer which he was carrying on his head was
thrown twenty feet, but the Indian was not
much hurt
The Empire Coffee and Spice Company Of
Minneapolis failed recently. Liabilities
about $l3. 600; nominal assets, $2O.O 600
James Funk was convicted of murder In
the first degree at Wilmar the other after
| noon The crime for which Funk must
hang was tn, deliberate shooting of his wife,
Sarah Funk. ut the Logan House in Wilmar,
on the evening OF December D.
Rev. Dr.. Woodbury.. Of the Second Con-
gregational Church at Rockford, ILL.,, has
| accepted . call to Minneapolis.
The Wabasha Ferry Company has decided
to build . swing ferry to connect that city
| with the Wisconsin shore, provided the City
Council will extend aid in the sum Of
| So. 900 from the bond fund voted by spe-
cial election last October
farmer living in the woods several
| miles from Duluth recently reported the
discovery in the woods, several miles from
his dwelling and away from the travelled
paths, Of . stranded balloon He also dis
| covered in the limbs Of tree lhe body Of q
man about thirty years Of age. II was sup
posed The balloon was the one which went
up last spring from Southern point and
was never heard Of
DAKOTA.
Deadwood papers claim that real estate il
looking up wonderfully In that locality.
A man lost in the recent blizzard near
Montrose ran against barbed wire fence,
which he followed, and 1t brought him to q
farm house
| The defunct jamestown Board Of Trade
is to be resuscitated and clothed with q
new constitution and new name.
Charles Hughes and John Brown, who
were sentenced four years ago from Law
renee County to life terms in the peniten-
tiary in Sioux Falls for highway robbery.
have had their sentences commuted by the
Governor to five years
Rev. A. F. Brauns of Darlington. Baptist
pastor and missionary among the Rouma-
mans Of Foster and Wells counties, is In
Roumania and Russia to secure emigranta
to Dakota About one hundred families
have already arrived, and as many more are
coming. They are mostly Baptists. and
being prosecuted for their faith in Russia
are easily induced to leave
Sioux Falls has female Unitarian
preacher.
Two carloads Of potatoes. corn and food
were sent to the Kansas sufferers the other
day from Pierre
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