The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-14
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Gay Long. Keokuk Chnaman, is a hap.
py father His wife is a colored woman.
Harry Nye a 1A-year-old Primghar boy.
broke his arm while throwing SNOWFALL at
another boy.
The contractors have filed bond OF $3, 900
to complete one and a half miles of street
railroad in Oskaloosa by August 1.
Mrs. GINS Boog OF Lincoln township, Poca.
hontas county, increased the population by
three recently-two boys and girl.
s. F. Prouty, of Pella, has shipped over
200 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
eminent building at Keokuk, it was discov-
cred that twenty three feet o: the tower are
three inches OF plumb.
Emma Myer. q Davenport girl 10 years
of age, committed suicide in Kansas City
while on o visit to relatives, by taking an
overdose Of morphine. Dependency over
quarrel with her lover was the cause.
Miss RilIa Walker, OF Keosauqua, has
mysteriously disappeared. Several weeks
ago she let her homefor Pennington, where
she had been rendered position in milin.
cry store She has not been seen since.
A citizen of Warren county played a pro-
hibitiou joke On some old topers and at the
same time made q 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 tho snap away
w. E. Chapman, foreman in the McCosh
iron works at Burlington, while adjusting a
belt was canght in the shafting and whirled
around the rod holt dozen times with
frightful velocity. When rescued it was
found that he had suffered a compound
fracture Of the left arm and several bad
bruises. His escape from death is consider
ed miraculous.
John Munko vas granted verdict OF
50, $50 against the city of Clinton from in
juries received from falling into vat of
boiling water which had been let in the
middle of d street. Lust July q bleacher in
the Lyons paper mill blew up. killing two
men. Munko, ut IL o'clock the Same night,
visited the scene OF the accident and fell into
the vat from which the exhaust from the en-.
CINE was turned.
Miss Schumann is handsome Burlington
girl, and up to Friday night possessed O
head of beautiful golden hair While on a
shopping trip that evening she was seized
on one Of the principal streets by strange
man, who held her round the waist with one
arm while he rapidly run a knife around her
head, cutting off her hair as smooth as a
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 az q
waiter girl in the Park Hotel. Recently her
father died and wiIled her the bulk oflhis for.
tune, but without her knowledge. Recently
a stranger, who Was stopping at the hotel,
recognized her and told her o. her fathers
death and Of the fact that she was an heiress.
She returned to her home with tile stranger.
Hessian, the Humboldt county man who
swindled an insurance company out Of con-
siderable money q short time ago on bogus
fire loss. il again in trouble. His wife has
brought suit against the Northwestern Rail-
road company for damages for injuries sus-
tanned in an accident on railroad crossing.
The accompany hopes to prove that Hessian con-
spired against the company to collect dam
ages, and left wagon on the crossing pur
to lend effect to the case. Judge Cook, for the
company, says that they will furnish positive
proof to this effect.