The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
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Gay Long, Keokuk Chinamau, is a han.
py father. His wife Is colored woman.
Harry Nye. 1l.ysar.old Primghar boy,
broke his arm while throwing q SNOWFALL at
another boy.
The contractors have fled bond Of %, 900
to complete one and half miles of street
railroad in Oskaloosa by August 1.
Mrs. GINS Boos, Of Lincoln township, Poca.
hontas county, increased the population BY
three rscsntly-two boys and q girl.
During the year 1890 there were Is ,o9s
certificates granted to teachers In the state,
1870 being to female teachers. The mum.
Der Of applicants rejected was 3,e42.
.. F. Prouty. Of Pella, he's shipped over
l,2OO carloads Of walnut logs during the
past five years to England and Germany.
most Of which he had gathered in this state.
In placing the clock in position In the gov.
ernment building at Keokuk, it was discov.
cred that twenty three feet Of the tower are
three inches OF plumb.
Emma Myer, o Davenport girl 10 years
OF age, committed suicide in Kansas City
while on visit to relatives, by taking an
overdose of morphine. Dependency over q
quarrel with her lover was the cause.
Miss Rilla Walker, OF Keosauqua. has
mysteriously disappeared. Several weeks
ago she left her home for Pennington, where
she had been rendered position In millin.
cry store. She has not been seen since.
citizen of Warren county played q pro.
hibition joke on some old topers and at tho
same time made a few shekels for himself
He filed some twenty-five bottles with tea
and sold them for 81 each, the customers
supposing them to be filed with whisky. A
kicker gave the snap away.
W. E. Chapman, foreman in the McCosh
iron works at Burlington, while adjusting q
belt was caught in the shafting and whirled
around the rod halt a dozen times with
frightful velocity. When rescued it was
found that he had suffered q compound
fracture of the left arm and several bad
bruises. His escape from death is consider.
ed miraculous.
Joha Munko was granted verdict OF
$3,O5O against the city Of Clinton from in.
juries received from falling into q vat Of
boiling water which had been LETT in the
middle Of street. Last July bleacher in
the Lyons paper mill blew up, killing two
men. Munko, at IL o'clock the same night.
visited the scene Of the accident and fsll into
the vat from which the exhaust from the en-.
gine was turned.
Miss Schumann 10 a handsome Burlington
girl, and up to Friday night possessed .
head Of beautiful golden hair. While on
shopping trip that evening she was seized
| on one Of the principal strosts BY strange
man, who held her round the waist with one
arm while he rapidly run knife around her
head. cutting OF her hair % smooth 40 .
barber could have done it. The thief then
disappeared and has not yet been apprc.
hended.
Several years ago Jennie Nelson had
trouble with her wealthy father, in the south.
ern part Of the state, and left her home, going
to Mason City, where she changed her name
to Mary Nelson, and went to work as 0
waiter girl in the Park Hotel. Recently her
father died and willed her the bulk oflhis for.
tune, but without her knowledge. Recently
stranger, who was stopping at the hotel,
| recognized her and told her Of her fathers
death and Of the fact that she was On heiress.
She returned to her home with the stranger.
Hessian, the Humboldt county man who
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siderable money q short time ago on bogus
fire loss, is again in trouble. His wife has
brought suit against the Northwestern Rail.
road company for damages for injuries sus.
tanned in an accident on q railroad crossing,
Thecompany hopes to- prove that tHessian con-
spired against the company to collect dam.
ages, and left q wagon on the crossing pur.
posely while his wife sat on the edge ofthe cut
tolend eject to the case. Judge Cook, for the
company, says that they will furnish positive
proof to this effect.
An ingenious burglar worked the LA
dies Cottage at 0rinnell in broad day.
light. He appeared ut the door "dressed in
his old suit Of clothes," with O monkey
wrench and screwdrivsr in his hand and
told the matron he had come to inspect the
steam pipes and radiators. She admitted
him and he went around the different rooms,
tapping the radiators with his wrench.
tighteningup screws, etc. He reported every.
thing o. K, and took his departure, and Q
short time afterward it was found . qua.ti.
ty Of valuablss were missing. The thief made
good his escape