Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-18

IOWA ttCins.
An epidemic of burglars is on at Fort Mad
Three new churches are being erected at
Davenport.
There are said TO be thirtJ democratic can
dldates for sheriff in DAVIS county.
Tho Hamilton County Farmers alliance
will nominate full county ticket
Marshalltown jury gave decision
against the holders of Bohemian oats notes
and the case goes to the supreme court
Henry Dinsmore, an old coored man Of
keokuk, has gone violently insane over re-
ligon, and imagines that keokuk is the New
Jerusalem. There can be no shadow OF
doubt as to his insanity.
An Ellsworth saloonkeeper sold liquor to a
thirteen year.old boy ana the father de-
manded 800 to settle the matter. The
money was paid and the saloonkeeper's
friends threaten to tar and feather the boys
father unless he leaves the place
A Charles City girl of fourteen, who want
ed to see life, wrote a note to her parents
telling them she was tired of life and would
seek the bosom of the cold, cold river. 1u-
stead she sought pair of boys pants and
proceeded TO make herself scarce. Her be-
reaved parents tshet the river in the hopes
of finding her dead body. but did not
''ketch" anything. She made her appear
ance shortly after, and she "ketchedn some
thing that she will probably remember.
The Decorah Republican says there was
brought to that office an ear of corn which is
curiosity In its way, being mt the stem end
aud for abont half its length composed of
field corn; then CONSTRUCTED part from
which to the end is an ear of pop corn. The
fields of pop corn and field corn are about
twenty rods apart, vet the pollen was blown
from the field of pop corn to the other field,
became fortified, and thus caused this pc
culiar freak, instead of the ntermingling Of
kernels which usually occurs.
Beyond the Rockies.
Politics absorbs the attention of the Mon
tana press and news IS at Il discount.
E. II. Stone, of Nestucca, Wash, took 600
pounds of honey from twelve hives last
week.
More than 100000 pounds of fruit, wine
and wool were shipped from Pomona, CAL,
during the month OF August.
Charles Atkins, under arrest at San Fran
cisco for counterfeiting, has been engaged
in the business for sixteen years.
JOHN Farnham, of Wnnemucca, Nevada,
has been sentenced to seven months in state
prison for selling whisky to the Indians.
S. w. Chubbrick, of Gold Hill, has been
appointed lieutenant governor OF Nevada IN
place OF IL. Z. Davis, recently deceased.
John Dacey, hungry tramp who broke
into Northern Pacific freight Car at Boul-
der, Mont, and carried off a pail of oysters
and a caddy of tine-cut tobacco, has been
given two years III the penitentlary.
There is a stampede to what is known as
the Swank gold district, twenty-five miles
north of Ellensburg, WASH The Motner
lodge, which produced from SOD to 500 mug
gets, it is confidently believed, is at last
found.
OAgent McCaig reports that the gross earn.
ings of the Northern Pacific for the month
Of August were over two million dollars.
Spokane Falls was the banner station, its
receipts for the month being between $780,
OO0 and $500 0O0
The Helena Herald says: A poultry car,
one of the only eight in existence arrived in
Helena yesterday on the Northern Pacific
from Iowa. 1t holds 5000 fowls and has the
appearance of large cage, affording plenty
of ventilation. Only thirty chickens died
OH the trip. The entire lot were sold in
Helena.
The commissioners appointed by the gov
eminent TO treat with the Coeur dAlene In
dans for portion of their reservation in
Idaho have accomplished their mission. The
exact price to be paid by the government is
not learned, but good authority says $500, 0JO
was the amount agreed upon. The tract is
valuable for timber and mineral resources,
and will be thrown open for development.
Mrs. Norton, who lives in Dayton, Neva-
da, owns a nice peach orchard. She noticed
some Chinese last week trying to steal some
ses Last Saturday night Mrs. N. heard
some one proving about the orchard. Sne
took shotgun and fired up large Iree and
brought down two stawart Chinese, W 10
will eat their meals standing for some time