Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-24

Cust uUu IOTIUbu N county OTHtUikhliuH lOI
the coming amendment fight.
Religious excitement has driven Mrs.
Elizabeth Bigelow, Of Hastings, insane, and
she will be sent TO the Lincoln asylum.
II. A. Harding, editor of the Oakland In
dependent, has gone to Washington to secure
place in the government printing Office.
Cut worms have done considerable damage
TO garden truck in the vicinity of Spring.
tield, and in some instances have attacked
the corn fields.
Valparaiso is making q reputation as the
boss scandal town in the state. The latest
involves four married men, one young IN,
one widow and one wife. Tho gossips are
happy.
Fin Piersoll, who stole horse at Nebraska
City, was captured at York and returned to
the scene of his crime. He has confessed,
and says he was only trying TO ralso money
enough to leave the country.
j. III. Foxworthy, of Lincoln, who sued
the city OF Hastings for S10,0 damages for
injuries received by rolling through defec
tive sidewalk, has again lost his suit in court
and will now abandon the litigation.
The widow Dennis, living near Aurora, be-
came dissatisfied with life on account of
trouble with her son and his newly acquired
bride, and tried to end her existence by TAX
ing laudanum, but was foilcd by n cruel doc
tor Then she tried the butcher knife route,
but friends intcrfered, and she still lives
A Columbus lawyer had very peculiar re-
to the Telegram. a Polander called at j. j.
Sullivan's law Office and SAID that a certain
young lrshman was liable to go on another
tear, aud that as he was ready to give him q
warm reception, he would like 10 take out a
license 10 kill the aforesaid freshman. The
Polander was very much disappointed when
Sullivan made it plain to him that it would
be impossible to grant him the license.
Iowa Items.
June 20 is the date of the Marshall county
old settlers picnic.
E. s. Ellsworth, of Iowa Falls, has come
out as candidate for state senator from that
district.
The Atlantic police captured thirty two
gamblers the other night each of whom
paid fine of 1886.
Because her parents objected to the man
she loved, Ida Yoberg, pretty Clayton girl,
took strichnne and came near crossing to
the land where there is no marriage, or Civ
ing in marriage.
Mrs. Williams, a Corning woman, got
| big revolver and chased the members of the
Corning Gun club from close proximity to
her premises, where they persisted in shoot
ing at a mark, 10 the peril of passers-by.
| The mayor was among the members.
George S. Boswell, of Des Moines. who was
convicted of bigamy and fined S25, now has
divorce from his first wife and everything is
all serene. The light sentence imposed on
him was because it was clearly shown that
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vorce.
Miss Hope Glenn, one of Americas finest
singers and worthiest women. was married
| in London, England, on the 10th, to Richard
| Hearn, at Rev. Donald F'razer's Presby
| terian church. Sir Arthur Sullivan gave
away the bride. Miss Glenn was born and
| reared in Iowa City, where her father was
| in trade She has been success upon the
concert strge for a number of years
much of the time abroad. Her parents now
reside in Atlanta, Ga.
An electric light plant is to be put in at
| Mitchell at once.
Edmunds county has voted bonds for
| court house and Jail.
| The pupils Of the Sioux Falls schools have
| set out 9, ,O6S trees this year.
Plans for new city hall have been Sc
lected by the Watertowu city council
Aberdeen now claims population of 6,S76.
based on the names in the new city directory,
The Deadwood Wells-Fargo express office
stands third in the amount oil business
handled in what is known as the Nebraska
division.
While crazy with whisky, a prisoner in the
Sioux Falls Jail set the building on fire four
times in one night and narrowly escaped
cremation.
A fracas occurred between George w.
Hopp. senior editor of the Brookings Press,
| and Rev. c. F. Finwall, pastor of the Norsk
| Baptist church, growing out of the circula-
| ton of hand bills charging Mar. Hopp with
| panderng to the democrats and conduct un-
| becoming rrohibitionist. and for the circu-
| lation Of which Mr. Hopp slapped the minis
| ter's face and the Clergyman had him ar
rested. He was fined $50.
w. H. and Henry Myers of Rapid City,
have sold to Gen. Boyle and Judge Pope, of
| ST. Louis, the Gold Safe group of mines In
Grizzly gulch for S25 600. The same capital
lists also purchased Of Myers. Cook & Rogers
| the Grizzly Bear group, III the same locality,
| for S25, 900. The latter property includes
twenty stamp mill and a valuable site and
water right.