The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
HAWKEYE HAPPENINGS.

Marshalltown has 1900 population,
city directory count.
Allerton trotted a mile in 1901 at In
dependence Saturday.
John Doud. brakeman, was killed
by the cars at Oskaloosa.
Two safes were cracked at Red Oak
Tuesday night and $50 stolen.
The Clinton Lumber company shut
down its mills Saturday for the season.
The Weiss Bottling works at Creston
We're raided Saturday night and a ear
load Of beer seized.
Charles Ruth's barn was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground at
Davenport Saturday. One mule was
killed.
The safe in the postoffice at Malcolm
was blown open Sunday morning. The
cracksmen only secured $ In stamps
and few pennies.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Commercial National
bank, of Sioux City. to begin business
with $3.50, 900 capital.
Chris Searsi an old man residing at
Clinton, was run down and killed by a
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
switch engine last week.
At Audubon two show fakirs were
fined 42j and costs and made to disgorge
1855 which they had swindled some Of
the denizens of that town out of.
The Twenty-fourth regiment. Iowa
volunteer infantry, held its twenty
fourth annual reunion at Marion. Mem
bers were present from ten companies.
The stage of water in the Mississippi
river at Keokuk Monday was exactly
that Of the low water mark Of 1894.
from which all engineering operations
have been based.
While the agent of the Kansas City
road stepped out of the New Hampton
depot for few minutes the other after
noon some one broke into the money
drawer and departed with over 800.
A farmer near Waterloo owns a calf
that is quite freak. It has perfectly
formed body except that from the shout
ders two heads grow. Each head is
perfectly shaped and the two necks are
Of equal length.
A team belonging to Lewis Porter, II
years old, living near Coggen, Linn
county, ran away. In attempting to
hold the team he was thrown under the
wagon, which passed over his abdomen,
causing injuries from which he died.
Seth Benedict, young man of con-
siderable local renown as . rather
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head at Marshalltown, dying two hours
later. The refusal Of a certain young
lady to receive his intentions was the
cause.
Several wolves have recently made
their home on little island in the river
near Dubuque. Their depredations on
the poultry houses near by became SO
frequent that a party went out on q
grand wolf hunt. They succeeded in
killing only one.
Two strangers went into the store Of
Chris Meyer at Burlington, and while
one engaged the attention of the pro-
prietor the other quietly distracted the
money drawer from the safe and made
good his escape. The drawer contained
about 5000 in cash.
The Christian churches in Des Moines
are maturing plans for the erection next
spring of tabernacle with seating
capacity of 5000. People of other de-
nominations and business men propose
to subscribe capital enough to increase
the capacity to 10000.
r. A. Grayson shot and captured q
safe cracker who was getting in his
work on John Shorts safe in Vail at an
early hour Tuesday morning. The fell
low gave the name Of Harris and said
he was from Chicago. He was badly
wounded, but may live.
AT Cedar Rapids. train on the Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
road struck a wagon containing John
Burbaker and Robert Atwood. two
farm hands. at a crossing near Vinton.
Burbaker was killed almost instantly
while Atwood lived a few hours.
The Des Moines geological garden has
just received the largest bison, or Amer
lean buffalo, ever captured. He is
nearly six feet high and weighs 2, $50
pounds. He was Il terror when first
captured. 1t took nine men Ave days
to secure him, but now he is more sub,
dued, as he has been confined since last
June.
A child Of Mrs. F. M. Brown, of Ce-
dar Rapids, met death in strange man
ner last week. While Mrs. Brown was
engaged in filing the gasolene stove her
little 2-year-old son ran between her and
the stove causing her to spill the fluid,
quantity Of which struck the little
fellow in the face and going down his
throat. death resulting before medical