The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-06
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John Thompson. formerly Of Dubulue
had ihc"c ribs broken and was otherwise
seriously ';nr"l while ttcmp t;nY to boart
1t moving stra"t carin New York recently;
Frank l.. TOLL an employee of the American
Express company ~ Clinton. skipped gu.
with 5000 of the companys money, which
liein'l taken from express packages.
At Tracr last week two of Dr. H. N. Par
sons children died o! diphthcria. Iii.
three other children are now attacked witt
the disease aud not expected to live.
tt "lnsirc:s carnival" q. Wall Lake re-
Gently tt e";::..n appeared among the mas
Iti"r;t'lcrs in II suit ol butcher'l working
clothes aud carried Il banner decorated will
bologna sausagrs.
Last week DIR. Sitter, of Sac City, removed
II pi"r" "i bone from the head of soldier
from Fonda which had remained there evel
since the ba.tlr of Antirtam. where he hni
received :. wound in the skull
billie agent stopped o yer night ~ Farm
or Wiilm"m's house. near Ninton and tn,
next morning Willie the innily were ut WORT
in the field quietly made his escape with til,
TURNER'S best suit of utlles and 50 in money
Fred S. linrbolt, IL Burlington brakeman
fell twenty feet into the water from n trail
willie crossing Prairie creek near Cedar Rap
ids. With the exception of nn ugly cut OF
his head he escaped injury.
The au,hnri!irs Of Sac City nre looking fol
George Lewis. who disappeared from Ills furn
near that city not long ago with his wife'l
youngest sister and leaving numerous cred
ilois.
AL Weaver, switrhmnn in the Contra
yards n! MarShalltown willie coupling cai,
had his ri-llt hand caught between TIL,
bumpers and crushed 30 badly as to render
hmputniiun necessary.
Miss Kate Ryan, Clinton school teacher
punished LITTLE Alvina Thicsen with ruler sc
severely that the cl,d has been confined t,
her he'd for over Il week with nervousness an,
fright.
Mss. kis kaldrn. aged 20 years, who re
moved from hellrvu" To southern Colorado
about IL year ago. w;is caught in the recent
blizzard while ON her way home from Il
neighbours and frozen To death.
Capt. Will iatt"r of Bremen county, the
last wing official of tine old democratic re.
giine in Iowa. called on Gov.-Elcrt Boes mt
his HON" in Waterloo. Capt. Pattec hold
the position ofstate auditor fran 1851 to
1851.
I'll" little 2-yenr-ol'l son OF Mrs. Jennie
Anderson, OF Murshalltown. got hold OF /,
can of powdered lyc and before discovered
had eaten n moutfui Of it, with probably
fatal elect
krrbs Bros, ofCclar Rapids have been
awarded the contract to build the Tamn
county soldiers monument. 1t will he a
combination o.; white bronze aud granite,
and will r"st 81 900.
ID. l.. iilcason. Il Council bluffs coal dealer
wants Geo II. Chnmp to give him SiO,OUO-
S2o,ooo tor libel anl S.O.OoO for slundrr.
Alleged that Champ said Gleason was
swntiling his patrons by giving them short
weight.
Viii" attempting to check prairie fire on
his ;ath RS farm near Cedar Rapids Wednes.
day, George Miller, Il small hoy, got too
near the bnze and his clothing caught ON
fire. burning him 80 badly about the body
that hr,licl ina few hours
Some time ago Lyman Allen was fatally
shot in n saloon row ut Fort Dodge anil the
other day word was received from Billings,
Mont, tina, his brother William. had met
his iatr at that place in the same manner
Both wcre residents of Fort Dodge.
4. \. Noys. Of Stcamboat Rock. has lust
shipped 800 head orr,.ilc-nightcrn cnrloa,s
direct to Liverpool. Eng. This stock had
been ED for fifteen months anlaverage 800
each. all in prime condition. Over II thous.
un,l head will lie shipped from Iowa Falls
next week
John k"ykentlall, II gay Young .lan of Du.
buquc, slan,lcrrd Miss Mary Bradford. IL
respectable young lady OF Rockda!e, ana she
called on lin with Il male persua,lrr and
requested linn to take it back" John ex.
cuse,l himself for n minute. and the next
heard of him he was at Clinton on his wuy TO
the sunny south.
A. W. Jones. of Fort Dodge. met with q
peculiar accident. which may result in hi. los.
ing his "yrsi-ht. He plunged red hot spadc
into barrel of water without noticing that
the implement had IL hollow handle. Tile
scalding steam rushed up through the handle
scaldiiS his face and burning his eyes ter
ribly.
Mrs. Henry Crowdrr, Of Fort Madison, Inns
deserted her husband. She left letter in.
furmiIl" him that she was tired of married
lie and could live no longer with him Crow
der is an cmpoye in the Santa Fe round
houscat Fort Madison aud the other day re-
ceived his wages in the form oi u check This
he gave to his wife and she got it rnslled and
took the money and all the valuable articles
in the house with her. They had recently
adopted II baby girl, whom the runaway
wir let lying on the bed and who was found
in an almost frozen coulili on.
Owing to the recent trouble ut Des Moincs
college, brought about by the Teplcr mar.
rage, the male students have formed IL
brotherhood, the purpored Object of which
is to stick together in the marriage business.
The girls, it is stated have also formed an
organization or si*t"rhood. with the same
Object. and it is cared by the faculty that
when the two organizations come together
in joint session there will be IL decided decrease
in the enrolment OF The collcgc-unless the
rule prohibiting matrimony il materially
modified.
Michael Clnry. the aged flther of Post.
master tlnry. of LAWYER, Chckasaw county,
went to the barn to milk his cows. The old
gentleman used II lighted candle instead of q
lantern, and in some manner the barn took
fire and burned the hay, the cows. aud Mr.
Gary to n crisp. His body was found by
the family among the debris. the head. n rms
and feet Icing burned OF and leaving moth.
ing hut the trunk in IL rerognza bio condition.
lie wore Il srepulnr of the Virgin MarJ on his
body. which was not scorrl,rd OF even singed.
nj, hougi the rest O. his clothing was entirely
consumed;
The DeMoincs Register contain. II story
about IL man named Stelsoll. of that city.
digging up treasure box willie ut work or
IL cellar beneath IL rented house occupied ly
him. The lox is supposed to contain treas
ere buried during the war. and which, owing
TO the death Of the owner. has renal ned un
disturbed since that time. A peculiar cir.
in The story is the mystero us dis
appearance OF Stclson shortly after the
alleged discovery OF the box. He leaves a
wife and nine little Stelsons, who bear testi.
mony to the fact that he is material man
and was not mann 'acturel by the Registers
sensation" reporter. The explanation Civ.
en- is TINT Stcson has skipped while under
I he impression that lie would hnve to ri i've
up the treasure o the owner Of the property
on which it was discovered
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