The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22
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While carelessly handling a shotgun at
Lake Edwards Jefferson Cook, aged 8, shot
himself in the breast, dying almost instantly.
The Marshall Canning companys season
close recently having put up 3OS,COO cans
of corn, 80, 900 cans of tomatoes and "a 900
cans of pumpkins
A party of burglars SO far forgot themselves
as to break into newspaper office in search
of plumber. The Clinton Herald was visited
by robbers, much to tie delight Of the editor.
Large rewards are offered for the arrest and
conviction of the incendiaries who STARTED tho
fire at Rock Rapids The rewards amount
to 81 800, and the damage done by the fire
is estimated at $4,000.
A dog was drowned in the mud on one of
the principal streets Of Burlington. 1t is
said the mud is so deep in that town that
mothers have to put life preservers on their
children when they allow them to go on the
streets.
In a drunken brawl at Keokuk William
Richards was sta bbed in the throat with
jack knife by Swecd named Ole Anderson.
The wound may prove fatal and Anderson
was locked up to await the result of his vic
TINS INJURIES
An old man named James Gibson, while
walking along the Milwaukee track at Cedar
Rapids, was struck by q locomotive and
thrown from the track, suffering q broken
arm and shoulder and sustaining a serious
internal injuries.
James Arthur and a 1O-year-old youth
named Laurence Desmond drove off the
bridge at the monastery near Dubuque, and
were thrown into the creek below. Both of
young Desmond's legs were broken, and he is
not expected to live.
A wild prairie wolf was proving around
the principal streets of Des Moines recently.
1t was thought that it was an escaped speci-
men fir m the zoo. but chase discovered
that a whole family had taken up their win
ter quarters in q cave about two miles from
the city.
In q struggle over the possession o. a key
of beer at Dubuque William Boyd struck
Officer Carter on the head with beer glass,
infiicting serious wound. Boyd was bound
over to await the action IF the grand jury
on charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm.
During the absence from home of Henry
Grages. farmer living near Keosauqua. his
residence caught fire from o detective Chin
ney. In attempting to extinguish the flames
Charley Grages, aged IA, fell from tine roof
and broke his leg The building was burned
to the ground ut a loss of 500,
The work of securing jury in the PETERS
murder case was begun at Marshalltown. It.
is stated that the defense will not denv the
fact of PETERS killing Cathor, but will put in q
plea of jutstifiabe homicide. The CONCESSIONS
Of the killing by both Mr.. and Mrs. PETERS.
! in letters to friends, will be used in evidence
by the defense.
+, D. Alderman was married at Marion
Friday the 9Th, to Miss Louisa Dorsey. Sat
urday requisltiou was forwarded from the
sheriff OF Ogden, Utah. requesting Acker-
mans presence at that place ON the charge
of horse stealing. The bride does not want,
to lose her hubby SO soon and has had
him habeas corpused.
John Tuisel, O young citizen of LeClnire
Scott county, was SO elated over the rasult
OF election that he went ON a protrac+ed
drunk. He ended up by trying to cut hia
throat with a pocket knife while in a fit of
dclerium tremens. He succeeded in severipc
his windpipe, but missed the artries and will
recover.
This year Iowa reports q corn GRO, of33e.-
ooO,oOO bushels. worth $73 900, 900. Ifber
people had only market at home for TINT
crop instead OF having to pay the expences
OF sending 1000 miles away to sell it. it
would be worth at least 8 5000, 900 moreto.
'nem. !ney pay that much penalty every
year Tor being 20 far from manufactures.