The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-02
IOWA,

The LeMars Sentinel issued holiday edi-
tion of twelve pages, the outside pages of
which were printed in inks of three colors.
Miss Theresa Krunkemier apopular young
society lady of Port Madison, while waltzing
around on her little brothers stills fell and
broke her leg.
Elias Adams, a Muscatine saloonkeeper
who violated the prohibitory law, was as
sessed $500 and COST amounting in all to
$437, and to stand committed at the rate of
$3.33B per day until the fine is paid.
The 12- -year-old son of Rial Barney, living
near Mason City, was kicked In the head by
a runaway horse, breaking the skull and
lacerating the face. Several physicians We're
called and pronounced the injuries fatal.
The Dostal brewery at Iowa City has just
been sold to q company of Iowa City gentle
men for $50, 900. The saleis conditionalup-
on the enactment of law that will permit
it to be operated as mercantile brewery.
Wesley Elkns. the 12-year-old boy muir
derer, who confessed to the murder OF his ia
ther and step mother last July, will be tried
at Elkader at the January term of the dis
trict court. 1t is said young Elkins will
plead guilty.
In an alteration over O money matter be-
tween W. A. Cook and William Woodell Mil
ford business men, Cook drew a revolver and
shot Woodell in the arm, the ball entering at
the elbow and lodging in the muscles of the
shoulder. Cook has been arrested.
Peter Ryan, serving an eighteen years sen =
tence in the penitentiary for the murder of
Klaus KIaeyer, in Audubon county, four
years ago, has become violently insane, and
has been transferred to the asylum. He is
not expected to live.
rich vein of copper has been struck on
the farm of w. G. Stewart, near Dubuque.
The vein was struck at three levels, seventy,
eighty and ninety feet below the surface. An
analysis proves that the ore contains over
20 per cent, of pure copper.
While John Brenner was painting q church
spire in Webster City the other day the ring
to which was attached the sling in which he
was sitting gave way and he took a tumble
of ninety feet. Strange to say, beyond set
Ting his dinner rather solidly, he was un-
hurt.
While Jake Smuck was loading wood in
the timber near Hubbard he saw a squir-
rel run into n hole in a tree twenty five
feet from the ground and climbed after it.
He missed his hold and fell to the ground, in.
juring his spine in such way as to paralyze
his hands and feet. He is not expected to
| live.
Miss Katie Stevens, q Mason City school
teacher, was thrown from buggy the other
day and suffered dislocation Of the left e:
bow and other severe injuries. But she didn' t
''lay Off on that account. She appeared in
hnr baY do MA
in sling and went right on with her work as
ifnothing has happened.
At Decorah the other night young man
named Self was taken from his room in the
dead of night by six masked white caps. He
was then taken to the woods, some distance
from the city tied to q tree and made to con-
fess all sorts of crimes, after which he was re-
leased and told to go home and say nothing.
| The young mon denies being guilty of any
misdemeanor and the whole circumstance is
very mysterious. The authorities are search
| ing for the white caps.
Seventeen armed men went to school
| house in the southwestern part of Mills
county; took the teacher out and, after
compelling him to disrobe, applied q
coat of tar and feathers They then
made him promise to leave the state. The
leader of the party, man named Chambers,
and his wife had separated some time ago,
but were not divorced. The husband inter.
cepted letter from the teacher to his wife,
which led TO the "white capping." The
teacher bears q good reputation and
has the support of the best class of the com.
munity, and has determined to arm himself
and teach out the balance OF his term. The
grand jury will investigate Q the case,