The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-16
IOWA.

An Omaha Bee reporter was arrested al
CounclI Bluffs for carrying concealed weap'
ons.
Of the 100 members comprising the state
legislature, forty-fve have seen servi ce in
the army.
Two Dubuque lumber companies have
$4,000, 900 feet oflumber piled up in their
yards for the Spring trade
Mayor Duncan, of Burlington, has issued
an order to the chief Of police to close all
the gambling houses in that city.
The mum Der of patients in the insane hos
pitfalls in the state are as follows: Mt Pleus-
ant, 9O7; Independence. sol: Clarinda, 25O.
Jack the Prowler" is making an effort to
burgalize every residence in Fort Dodge
Six honses have been broken in to inside of a
week
Ed Mohan, robber wanted in Muscatine
for holding q m an up for 5000, was arrest ed
in Davenport and held for Identification by
M uscatine officers
head end collision occurred on the North
western between Alton and Orange City, in
which much damage was done in rolling
stock.
Nathan Bent, prosperous farmer living
near Sumner, shot himself fatally. He had
been suffering from rheumatism for some
time and became despondcnt in consequence.
Winsor Boiler, an old colored man, formerly
resident of Corning, was recently murdered
by his son in Kansas, to which state he had
removed short time ago
young man named Brooks while hunting
in the N,ipinitv of Wilton
accidentally shot himself through the lungs
1t is thought he cannot rcover.
A threat by the Lsavenworth police to ar
rest the entire party at Justice Brewers ban.
quet the other night if liquor was served had
the desired effect and no wine appeared.
1t is pretty generally agreed in Iowa now
that the governors salary ought to be
increased. The present salary, only So, 900,
is too small GOOD vna~-- -
The Iowa Iron works plant at Dubuque
has been sold to the Diamond 10 Steamboat
company and will bs used for the making o
steel hulls for steamboats,. The company
will take possession February l, and ovel
$50 men will be given steady employment.
The Oldest citizen of Buchanan county il
Edward Dusenberry, who was born in Hol
land Feb. 2, 1900. He has always been 6
farmer and is still able to do some light
work He has been a member of the Dutcf
Reformed church and never used intoxicating
liquors as a beversge.
VIM Jenkins, of Pleasant Valley, has beer
missllI.; G4.. re December 81 and it is feared h'
has met with four PlsFSv. He lett his home OF
that date for Davenport with a t"onsiderabl
sum of money in his possession with which
to make payment on a mortgage on his
mothers farm.
VIM. Lehman, an employe on VoltZ farm
near Garner, was probably fatally stabbed
by man named kehne, superintendent o
the farm, on New Years day. Lehman &C
cidently dropped a jar OF pickles on the floor
breaking the jar, which so enraged Kehne
that he rushed upon him with butcher kniie
cutting deep cash in his head.
Engineer Charles Stenson, of Clinton, engi
neer of the passenger train which ran into &
freight train at Ha stings, Neb., December
in which his fireman, James Cahill was kill
ed, has been found guilty of unlawful, care
less and negligent conduct y" through which
Cahill lost his life, Stetson ia held in $5, ,OOC
to appear before the gr and jury.
Gov, Larrabee had long interview with
Barney Kennedy, the Dubuque wife murderer
under sentence of death, at the Anamoss
penitentiary the other day. The governor
is quoted as saying to him: "lfyou will con
fess III do the best can for you" Kennedy
retired to his cell weeping. Whether he con
fessed has not transpired, but it is belieN eC
he did not,
r. H. Harris, local editor Of the Missouri
Valley Times, has been taking medical treat
ment or the drink habit at n curative estab
lishm Mt in illinois, and feels that for tn
first ;ine in fifteen years he is free from tn
use of ii iuor, He shows his gratitude b.
giving three column write-up of the institu
ton where the cure was performed.
An economical Dubuque country farme
had some dealings with Dubuque attorne
short time ago and in setting the bill over
paid the lawyer 1 cent. The granger wrot
him letter, telling him he wanted t
straighten up his books the first of the yea
and wanted a draft on Chicago for the cent
The attorney boxed up the penny and e1
pressed it to the granger, with charges to b
collected.