The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-21
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IOWA.
At Toledo $50, 900 has already been raised
by the citizens for the rebuilding of Western
college
Twenty-Five citizens of Ottumwa will whack
up $500 each as starter for the coal palace
fund.
Wild geese and ducks. mort Inward bound.
are reported from various sections of the
state.
Nearly all the saloons in Keokuk have
closed their doors. This has been caused bv
the numerous injunc ton suits which have
been fled lately. A few still remain open.
The soldiers relief comm ittee, of Burling
ton. distributed 5000 among the needy SOL
diers or their families for the m onth of Feb.
ruary OF that city.
Will Andrews, late city editor of the Bur-
lington Hawkeye has accepted position on
the editorial staff of the New York World.
and will enter upon his new duties next week
A vein ofcoalfrom three to FIVE feet in thick
ness was discovered O few miles north o. Fort
Dodge. The mine will be developed i'm
mcdiately.
Jennie Davenport, a Dubuque girl, is under
arrest at st. Pau on n charge of killing O
man in Kansas City with poison and taking
81, 600 from his person,
While racing home from spelling school at
Cum berland. Ira Chew, young man living
near Cum berland. was thrown from his horse
and fatally injured.
A rabbit hunt re Gently came off at Selma,
twelve persons on a side, in which 612 rab.
bits were killed, On average OF twenty
five and over to the gun, Three men killed
forty-one, torty-eig hit, and TO, ty -seven.
Contracts have been let for the erection of
the new Grace church Cedar Rapids. The
cost of the building alo ne will lie $42 900,
and the furnishing, adornments, etc. will
bring the amour up to about $4,000.
John Nicholas, of Mo iris, ILL.,, while in an
intoxicated condition fell from passenger
train at West Liberty and had both feet cut
off. He died few hours later. He was on
his way to st. Paul, MINI
Mrs. Typton, the wife of Silas Upton, who
was murdered at Moultou by Dr.. Murdy last
October has become raving maniac as the
result of men tai anguish caused by her us
bands untim ely death.
While nursing her sick other at Spencar's
Grove. Mrs. Sam Kelso, of Walker, suddenly
exclaimed, ooh, my heart" and fell dead to
the floor. The doctor attributed her death
to apoplexy. Mrs. Kelso was one of the
leading ladies in Walker
Dick Herndon, while watering his horses
near a school house three miles south of
Moulton, Iowa, was fatally shot in the back
by an unknown party with gun loaded
with buckshot Herndon is brother to the
HerndOn who was stabbed at O dance in that
vicinity some weeks ago.
Speaking of Iowa newspaper property, the
Davenport Democrat suys: '1t is noted that
for every newspaper man who is ready to sell
or get out of the business there are two or
more anxious to get into the profession. On
the whole newspe per property in Iowa pays as
we'll az it does in any other state in the union. -
Mrs. LaFountain and John Beattie eioped
from Kansas City the other day without the
consent OF the woman's husband. They
we're captured in Davenport and held to
await tina arrival OF Mr.. LaFountain. A few
hours in jail had the effect OF changing the
woman's mind and after dramatic meet
ing with her better half she decided to make
back tracks for Kansas City, leaving Beattie
to finish the elopement oil by himse if.
j. H. Wenger oil South Englieh, Keokuk
county, has clock with history 1t was
brought to this country by Mr.. Wenger's
great grandfather, in 1922 and has been in
the family many years in the old country and
is supposed to hav been made sometime be-
tween 1000 and 100. The clock is made of
brass and has a solid silver face. 1t is arts
tically constructed and must have cost sew
eral hundred dollars when new.
Gov. Larrabee of Iowa. in his message to
the legislature urges the adoption of the
Australian ballot system and that women
be permitted to vote at municipal elections
The governor dwells at considerable length
on the question of prohibition. He does not
believe that a high license policy or one which,
he says, will leave only the respectable" sa-
loon in existence will ever be sanctioned by
the people o: Iowa.