The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
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CAdA OVV ldiu0rS Will De III attendance.
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An Omaha Bee reporter was arrested at
Council Bluffs for carrying concealed weap-
ons
Of the $50 members compr Using the state
legislature, forty-fve have seen service in
the army.
Two Dubuque lumber companies have
&c, 600, 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 gam bling houses in that city.
The numb Der of patients in the insane hos
pitfalls in the state are as follows: Mt Pleas-
ant, SO7; Independence. SOL: Clarinda, $50.
''Jack the Prowler" is making an effort to
burgalize every residence in Fort Dodge
Six honses have been brok en- into inside of q
week.
Ed NOLAN, rObber wanted in Muse atne
for holding man up for 5000, was arrested
in Davenport and held for Identification by
Muscatine officers.
A 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 respondent 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.
A young man named Brooks while hunting
in the vicinity OF Wilton, Muscatine county
accidentally shot himself through the lungs
1t is thought he cannot recover.
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 governors salary ought to be
increased. The present salary, only $4,000,
Is too small. A good many Iowa papers
suggest $4,000 as something near the proper
figure.
The Iowa Iron works plant at Dubuque
has been sold to the Diamond 10 Steamboat
company and will b used for the making of
steel bulls for steamboats,. The company
will take possession February I, and over
$50 men will be given steady employment
The oldest citizen of Buchanan county is
Edward Dusenberry, who was born in Hol-
land Feb. 2, 1900. He has always been a
farmer and is still able to do some light
work. He has been a member of the Dutch
Reformed church and never used Intoxicating
liquors as beversge
VIM. jenkins, of Pleasant Valley. has been
missing since December 81 and it is feared he
has met with foul play. He left his home on
that date for Davenport with a considerable
sum of money in his possession with which
to make a payment on a mortgage on his
mothers farm.
VIM. Lehman an employe on Voltz farm,
near Garner, was probably fatally stabbed
by a man named Kehne, superintendent OF
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 knife.
cutting deep cash in his head
Engineer Charles Stenson, of Clinton, enci
neer OF the passenger train which ran into a
freight train at Hastings, Neb., December l.
in which his fireman. James Cahill, was kill
d. has been found guilty Of unlawful, care
less and negligent conduct" through which
Cahill lost his life. Stetson is held in S., 900
to appear before the grand jury.
Gov. Larrabee had a long interview with
Barney Kennedy, the Dubuque wife murderer,
under sentence of DEATH at the Anamosa
penitentiary the other day. The governo or
is quoted as saying to him: "Ifyou will con.
TESS III do the best can for YOU" Kennedy
retired to his cell weeping. Whether he con.
tessed has not transpired, but it is beiey ed
he did not.
r. 81. Harris, local editor of the Missouri;
Valley Times. has been taking medical treat.
ment ior the drink habit at curative estab
lishment in Illinois, and feels that for the
first time in fifteen years he is free from the
use of liquor, He shows his gratitude bv
giving a three column write-up of the ipstitu.
ton where the cure was performed.
An economical Dubuque country farmer
had some dealings with q Dubuque attorney
a short time ago and in setting the bill over
paid the lawyer l cent. The granger wrote
him letter. tell ng him he wanted to
straighten up his books the first of the year
and wanted a draft on Chicago for the cent.
The attorney boxed up the penny and ex.
pressed it to the granger, with charges to be
collected.