The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-16
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An Omaha Bee reporter was arrested at
CounrlI biuffs for carrying concealed weap-
Ons
Of the 100 members comprising the state
Legislature, forty-fve have seen servi &c in
the army.
Two Dubuque lumber companies have
SO, OOO 900 feet Of lumber 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, SO7; Independence SO1: Clarinda, $50.
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 NOLAN, robber wanted in Mus1atine
for holding m an up for 5000, was a rrest ed
in Davenport and held for Identification by
NJ usCatine officers.
A head end collision occurred on the North
western between Alton and Orange City, in
which much damage was done in rolling
tock
near Sumner, shot himself fatally. He had
been suffering from rheumatism for some
time and became dependent i'll consequence
Winsor Boiler, an old cOlored man, formerly
q resident Of Corning, was recently murdered
by his son in Kansas, TO which state he had
removed u short time ago
A young man named Brooks while hunting
in the vicinity OF Wilton, Muscatne county
accidentally shot himself through the lungs.
1t is thought he cannot recover.
4 threat by the Leavenworth 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 governor salary ought to be
increased. The present salary, only SO 900,
. is too small rood r,o~- T~--
The Iowa Iron works plant at Dubuque
has been sold to t he Diamond 10 Steamboat
company and will b3 used for the making o
steel hulls for steamboats,. The company
will take possession February l, and Owe
$50 men will be given steady employment.
The Oldest citizen of Buchanan county il
Edward Dusenberry, who was born in hoI
land Feb ,, 1900. He has always been {
!
work He has been a member OF the Dutcl
Reformed church and never used intoxicating
liquors as beverage.
VIM. Jenkins, Of Pleasant Valley, has bee
missing On. % December 81 and 1t is feared n
has met with four P}Ev. He lett his home o
that date for Davenport with ,"onsldeTabl
sum of money in his possession with which
to make payment on mortgage on hi
mothers farm.
Vim. Lehman, an employee on Noltz farm
near Garner, was probably fatally stabbed
by q man named kehnP, superintendent @
the farm, on New Years day. Lehman al
cidently dropped a jar OF pickles on the floor
breaking the ar, which SO enraged kehn
that he rushed upon him with butcher knife
cutting deep cash in his head.
Engineer Charles Stenson. of Clinton, eng
neer Of the passenger train which ran into
freight train at Ha stings, Neb December
l in which his fireman. James Cahill, was xii
ed, has been found guilty of unlawful, cart
less and negligent conduc t. through whc
= Cahl lost his life. Stetson is held in $500
= to appear before the gr and jury.
: Gov. Larrabee had long interview wit
= Barney Kennedy. the Dubuque wife muTdere
3 under sentence of death, at the Anamos
J. penitentiary the other day. The governC
r is quoted as saying to him: "lfyou will CO
i TESS II do the best can for you. Kennel
: retired to his cell weeping. Whether he co
o fpssed has not transpired, but it is believe
+ he did not.
&c r. II. Harris, local editor of the Nilsson
Valley Times has been taking medical trea
meut or the drink habit at n curative esta
lsi IL nj IL Illinois, and feels that for t
- first III III fifteen years he is free from t
use of ii ,uor, He shows his gratitude
giving a three column write-up of the instit
Ii ton where the cure was performed.
An economical Dubuque country farm
J" had some dealings with a Dubuque attorn
l. a short time ago and in setting the bill ov
s paid the lawyer l cent. The granger wrc
er him Il letter. telling him he wanted
straighten up his books the first of the We
ID and wanted draft on Chicago for the &c
H. The attorney boxed up the penny and
pressed it to the granger, with charges to
he collected.