New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-11-20
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While carelessly handling a shotgun at
Lake Edwards Jefferson Cook, aged 9, shot
himself in the breast, dying almost instantly.
The Marshall Canning company's season
clost recently, having put up 30s,O0O cans
Of corn, 80 1000 cans of tomatoes and "a, 900
cans Of pumpkins.
A party Of burglars SO arforgot themselves
as to break into newspaper Office in search
of plumber. The Clinton Herald was visited
by robbers, much to the delight of the editor.
Large rewards are offered for the arrest and
conviction of the incendiaries who started the
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 preseryers on their
children when they allow them to go on the
streets.
In q drunken brawl at Keokuk William
Richards was stabbed in the throat with a
jack-knife by Sweed named Ole Anderson.
The wound may prove fatal and Anderson
was locked up to await the result of his vic
tim g injuries.
AK olu udH HducO JdulS6 OlDSOu, WHO
walking along the Milwaukee track at Cedar
Rapids, was struck by a locomotive and
thrown from the track, suffering broken
arm and shoulder and sustaining serious
internal injuries.
James Arthur and 10-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 Fl. m the zoo, but a chase discovered
that q whole family had taken up their win
ter quarters in cave about two miles from
the city.
In struggle over the possession Of q keg
of beer at Dubuque William Boyd struck
Officer Carter on the bend with beer glass,
inficting serious wound. Boyd was bound
over to await the action of the grand jury
on a charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm.
During the absence from home OF Henry
Grages, farmer living near Keosanqua, his.
residence canght fire from q defective Chin.
ileJ. LII tGGen1poluS W eXtluEuiSn the names
Charley Grages, aged Ii, fell from tine roof
and broke his leg. The building was burned
to the ground at a loss Of 500,
The work OF securing a jury in the PETERS
murder case was begun at Marshaltown. It
is stated that the defense will not deny the
fact of PETERS killing Cathor, but will put in a
plea of jutstifable homicide. The confessions
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 requisitiou 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, q young citizen of Leciaire.
Scott county, was 80 elated over the result
Of election that he went on q protracted
drunk. BE ended mp by trying to cut his
throat with q pocket knife while in fit Of
delerium tremenss He succeeded in severing
his Windpipe, but missed the artries and win
recover.
This year Iowa reports corn crop of $780,
DOC, 900 bushels, worth $73. 600, 900. Hher
people had only market at home for that
crop. instead Of having to pay the expences
Of sending 900 miles away to sell it It
would be worth at least s 5000, 900 moreto
them. They pay that much penalty every
year for being 20 fnr from manufactures.