The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-31
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knee. The boy SOW no one fire. and nm to
this time 1t remains a mystery.
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Tho State unday.school association vfl
hold itS next annual meeting ut Council
Bluffs June 10 to IL. s..
A Achisd Of c. Helgenderf of Lyons, acci.;5
dentatiy fell into a tub Of boiling water, ne.
ceaving injuries which caused its death short.
~ after. -'-~'
William Vann jumped from Dubuque
electric motor carwhle it wns In motion md
Tsceivsd injuries from which he mav NOT -.
cover.
water was struck in the artesian we'll at
wilton ct depth OF !, 400 feet. The flow ID
LOU gallons per minute and Ia one of. the
strongest in the state. -
Louis West. Of Floyd county, hae brouehf
suit for divorce from his wife, claiming that
she has treated him "cruelIy and inhumanly''
Tor twenty-one years.
Large numbers Of sheep and other stock are
ne'ns Killed in Lucas county by wolves, aud
tne 'ermcrs want the legislature to in.
crease che bounty for wolf scalps.
William Pounds, farm hand working for
Dr. Satterlee, four miles west of Dunlsn. vns
kicked In thestomach q short time ago bv a
fractions horse and has since died from III.
injuriea.
Paul schwabber, an employe in the mack.
ing-house at Fort Dodge. slipped on a preosv
noor aud fell on o butcher knife, the blade
cutting frightful cash in his breast. he
will recover.
Lawyer N. r. Billings, of Wnverly, in the
Anamosa penitentiary fer the supposed mnr.
asr u kingslcy, will start in few DAYS for
Ds* Moines to plead his cass orally before eths
supreme court.
inere nre twenty lone patients in the In
dependence insane asylum from Bremen
county, the cost for the support OF fench being
$3.50 week. During 1889 the expense to the
county was o., ,250.s9.
The Everly News estimates that the neon,a /,
OF Clay county "blow In" $l2 900 year ON
the Louisiana state lottery, and remarks
that in i've years this sum would vine ont m.
county debt.
All tho county officers elected at the re.
cent election in Alamakee county bear the
front name Of John" There IL six John.
altogether, three being republicans and
three democrats. 1t isa apectliar coincidence.
Harrington has appointed John T. Merlin
as its industrial agent, Mt q yeurly salary Of
*2,5OO He is to keep constantly at work at
home and abroud in the citys interest," yisit.
ing eastern manufactures wishing vestern
locations.
Citizens ofCouncil Bluffs and Omaha ara
talking Of building two to5oggan slides be.
tween the two cities. The cost of putting mn
the slides will be in the neighborhood OF
$i.5OO and will make u slide OF oysr a mil.
each WY.
=. r. Cummings for many years q resident
Of Marshalltown, but latcly Of Chattanooga
Tenn, where he held the position of engineer
IN theelectrtci light works. was instantly killed
BY coming in contact with an are lamp. Hie
remains have been shipped to Marshniltovn.
The Dss Moines W. c. T. Q. proposes to do
good work. 1t has been discovered that
some children in the city are unable to st..
tend school because their parents arc too
poor to buy books. The ladies propose ID
remedy this and furnish books to all des,r,, {.
ing needy ones.
1t 10 Garsd the mild weather of the eariy
part Of the season followed by the extreme
cold OF the past few days hos done great
damage to next summers fruit crop Tia
fruit buds are we'll advanced In Iowa and II y
thought continued cold snap will kill the
crop.
John Snyder, Of Storm Lake, lost twenty.
four head Of cattle by drowning in the lsks. (
He neglected to break hole in the iee for
them to drink out Of and they walked ont p,
o crack somo distance from the shore. vhera
their combined weight broke the ice and "a Z
them in. ~
C. N. Counsel, prominent citizen Of
Farley, Dubuaue county, was found dead =
In lis house. where he lived alone. Wins.
found the body was frozen rigid. He had 4:
apparently just entered the house when S
stricken down, as his hat and overroat ver. &
not removed. 3.
E. Y. Clark, q brakeman ON tile Rock Isl. 8
and road met terrible death ut Ottumva
while setting q switch. His foot became fast. {
ened between the switch and the main rail, aud
he was unable to get It out before the wheels
were upon him. He was horribly 1aaps,ea
and died in an hour after tile accident.
Northern Iowa 10 threatened with IN i'm.
mediate coal famine. which. Il the present
cold weather continues, will entail sulssrias.
The Fort Dodge and Lehiah coal ,RsIds ase Z
the principal source Of the fuel nlpply lar
this rssion. At preseut more tI,an haR az !
the miners are suffering from Ia grippe and
unable to work. The remainder ars workias
night and day, but cannot supply the d.
maud Special trains ore ron from ths 4
mines to meet the urgent demands, bvt the Z
dsalers snnounee that they cannot an half 4:
the orders. s7''s
Miss Minnie Brownlee. Scott sonaAY 9
teacher. has been arrested for punlshiag S
refractory pupil. party os boys haadeA