The great West., 1889-12-13
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A hog was received at the Keokuk packing
house recently 7feetlong, feet high and
weighing l, ,15O pounds.
Elda Knouse, a small boy bootlegger Of
Ida Grove, has skipped out to avoid serving
term in the reform school,
W. L. Edwards, who bit off the ear of Rep
resentative Shipley, is held iu $40, 900 bonds
to appear before the grand jury.
Burlington claims to export more school
ma'ams than any other city of the same
population in the United States
Frank Robertson is under arrest in Omaha
awaiting requisition papers to bring him
back to this state He held up resident of
Council Bluffs for gold watch and chain
and his poketbook-
The governor has commuted the sentence
of John j. Beeler from six months in the
penitentary to thirty days in the county jail.
He was recently convicted of stealing whisky
from the depot at Harper.
A firm at Glenwood, Mills county, shipped
thirty-one cars a, 900 borrels) of apples re-
Gently to a firm at Lockport, N. Y. who state
that the apples of the great blue glass region
of western Iowa are equal to those growing
anywhere.
John Webb, who shot Mr.. McCausland
while robbing that gentleman's house at
McCausland a month ago, and who is at
present in the Davenport Jail, is playing the
insanity dodge.
The Muscatine authorities are Investigate
ing the manner in which August Schrimpf
whose body was found on IN island near that
city recently with bullet through his head,
came to his DEATH 1t is now claimed that
he did not commit suiicde but was murdered.
The Cresco papers say that the fat steer
which won the honors at the fat stock show
in Chicago this year was the produce of
COW owned by John McHugh at tCresco The
steer was full Cruikshank, year old last
February, and weighed ,575 pounds.
Probably the most expensive turkey in the
state was eaten by the family of John Bar.
nett, ofIndependence. While trying to escape
the Thanksgiving festivities the bird flew
against e plate glass window valued at $3.50,
completely demolishing it,
Ed Welch, of Cedar Rapids, asked young
man named Jones for chew of tobacco.
Jones refused and Welch pulled out his knife
and slashed Jones on the arm, making an
ugly wound. Welch was arrested and sem
fenced to thirty days in the county jail
Charles CAV who stole carload of cattle
near Mason City about two months ago, and
was arrested in Chicago while trying to sell
them, has confessed the crime and will go to
state prison. where he has already served
three terms for the same ofense.
Gus Patterson, Cedar Rapids hostler,
was attacked by two highwaymen near that
place and after being knocked on the head
with stone and robbed of SIT was thrown
iu slough to drown. He was discovered by
some passing railroad men and rescued.
Peter Meyn, a Boyden farmer, has tanning
mills to give away. Some time ago an
agent induced him to sign an order purport-
ing to be for 500 worth of mills which now
turns out to have been for ninetv-nine mills,
and every train that pulls into Boyden
dumps off a cargo offanners for Peter
The Iowa corn crop just ra ised figures at
336, ,OOO,O 900 bushels. No other state has
raised SO much. 1t is worth about $75 ,OOO,.
900 and would fill a train of cars 500 milea
in length. 1t would give 18O bushels of corn
to every inhabitant in Iowa, and five bushels
to every man, woman and child in the United
States.
A year ago last summer Fritz Skarli1s,
German. was struck by Chicago, Burling.
OoA anu HciSHO C1diu ao T OTU MdQl6Ou,
receiving injuries from which he will never re.
cover. Since that time he has been a county
charge. He was furnished with transporta-
tion and started on his journey to Berlin,
the home of his mother
There are three county treasurers in the
Anamosa penitentiary serving time for being
short in their accounts. Hill. of Harrison
county, is in Tor four years for a $4,000
shortage; Cowan, ofHardin county, is serving
the same length oftime for getting away with
$4,000, and Stedman. of Benton county,
will remain two years for failing to explain
where $11 900 went to.