The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-18

cesslul, 1t is said whole battalion of PROP
srty owners will move on tho city with small
Ter suits.
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While stealing base in the first base ball
game Of the season at Grinnell Frank Glen
denim fell and broke his leg.
N. r. Ferguson and Mrs. Smith, who were
arrested at Davenport charged with bigamy,
have been released on $4,000 bonds each
While looking for her cows the other day
Eva blackert, 13-year-old Spirit Lake miss,
discovered two raccoons and dispatched them
both with club.
An examination of the blackberry vines in
various localities in the state indicates that
they have not been hurt by the frost and the
outlook is good for large crop.
Homer Wiley, aged 16, ofCarroll township.
O'Brlen county, was instantly killed by his
team running away and throwing him head
first against tree, dashing his brains out
Jessie Havermale, Keokuk youg lady
prevented what might have been serious
confageration the other night by Selling q
blazing lamp, carrying it to a window and
throwing it into the street, where it exploded.
A Tama county youth is in the hands of
the law for too freely brandishing an ugly
knife at school, He attacked his teacher With
the weapon, cutting serious cash in his
arm.
William Finner, the Fremont county farm
er who disappeared after drawing q large
sum OF money from the bank at Sidney, was
not murdered, as supposed, but skipped to
Nebraska to avoid having to pay the money
to creditors.
The city council of Waterloo has passed
resolution exempting the plants of all man.
ufacturing companies of capital stock of
$1,000 which may be organized in the
future from all municipal taxes for q period
of ten years.
Wilson Duncan, at one time a prominent
member of the Presby terrain church of Coun-
Gil Bluffs. has been communicated from
membership on the charge of heresy. His
ofense against the church consisted in asso-
ciating with spiritualists.
While workmen were digging a cellar at
Coon Rapids the other day the skeleton of a
man was unearthed. Near by was a smaller
skeleton. decayed too badly to be distin-
guished as to whether it was q child or some
animal
). +. Blake, prominent attorney of Of
tumwa, was severely beaten by William Nc.
Cune, farmer living near that place. Blake
was counsel for McCune's wife, who recently
secured a divorce. McCune has been arrested
for assault with intent to kill and Blake will
bring suit for $4,000 for injuries sustained.
William d. Faulkner, Cedar Rapids news
vender, was arrested by order of the mayor
on charge of violating the nuisance ordin.
ance. Faulkner has voice like a foghorn,
and every time he yells his newspapers on the
streets he calls out the fire department. He
secured bail and will fight the case to the Bit
ter end.
Many of the farmers in different parts of
the state buried their potatoes last fall rath.
er than to sell them at Is cents a bushel, and
they made big money by it. The Montezu-
ma Republican says that the farmers in that
section of the state are now selling their DO.
catoes at 30 to 35 cents bushel One man
sold 1000 bushels at 80 cents O bushel
They are to be shipped to California, and as
it costs about 40 cents bushel to ship them
there the people of that state will have the
pleasure of eating Iowa potatoes at cost
of about $3.50 per bushel.
NSOA 80 AsAA0ys on Au0A PcEAcuCSU COUuUry
boy, residing near Ottumwa, was made the
victim OF a would-be Presbyterian divine who
afterwards proved to be one of the numerou
confidence men roaming over the country.
The whole story issummed up it few words.
The boy made the acquaintance ofthe sharp.
er in Des Moines and the two rode together
to Avoca. Here the minister claimed to have
a very valuable express package awaiting
him, but would be unable to get it as he had
left homo 90 hurriedly that he had forgotten
his pocketbook. The farmer boy generously
loaned him three $40 gold pieces and then
the sharper disappeared, never to b again
seen by his victim.
Probably the banner family Of the state il
that of August Meyers, Of, Independence II
there is another one like it, it hasn't as vet
turned up. He is 50 years of age and his vie
is AZ. She has given birth to fifteen chill
dren, seven boys and eight girls. Every
one Of these children are now living,
the eldest 81 years old, and the youngest 4
years of age. Mr.. Meyers has never been
called upon to employ the services of a ply
stefan, except when each member of his fami-
" was ushered into the world. Mrs. Meyers
il q healthy, handsome and lively matron.
Both are of the Jewish race, and both enjoy
in the highest degree the esteem Of their
neighbors.