The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
HAWKEYE HAPPENINGS


Dunlap has diphtheria and schools are
closed.
Bremen county w. c. T. U. is pros
pering.
Spirit Lake is becoming big grain
market.
Q. B. Brain, attorney, of Bows, is
missing.
Sloan farmers are going in for fruit
raising.
Water works at Manson are nearly
completed.
Keokuk has a camp of Patriotic Sons
of America.
Anamosa will soon have a new ma
tional bank.
The Cedar Rapids electric street rail-
way is In operation.
Des Moines colleges are attended by
over 1000 students.
Waterloo's packing house will be in
operation within six weeks.
Sioux City is working for the state
bicycle tournament next year.
Missouri Valley business men are
moving for new opera house.
The seventh sevsn-story building is
about to be erected in Sioux City.
One Of the finest Masonic temples in
Iowa has just been dedicated at Perry.
The Sioux City Corn Palace associa-
tion is short 81 800 on this seasons bust
ness.
In Iowa there are 666 Christian En-
deavor societies, with membership Of
28,400.
Fire insurance agents at Sioux City
have organized to promote their business
welfare.
Twenty-six brick buildings are in
course of construction at Columbus
Junction.
Marshalltown boys who jump on NOV
Ing. trains are being jumped on by
policemen.
The Chicago and Northwestern will
soon be6n work OH depot at Carroll to
cost go, 900.
Losses by fire at the Britain packing
houses in Narshalltown Amounted Is
about ~, 900.
Rev. s. Alexander, of Council Bluffs.
has changed from a Methodist Is (
Presbyterian.
G. L. Pethepck is in jail at Marshall.
town charged with elnbezzling 4l,00o
from q Detroit firm.
The Council Bluffs boys were punished
in the police court for throwing eggs
against city school.
A new draw, costing $50, 900 will be
put into the Mississippi river bridge ct
Dubuque this winter.
Near Hawarden one threshing crew
turned out 0,040 bushels Of grain in six
days Of ten hours each,
Schools have been closed ut Toddyille.
Linn county, until few cases Of dipA.
liberia have disappeared.
A dehorned bull attacked and tramped
upon Charles Cook, of Muscatine, but
the man escaped death.
There is brisk demand for farms in
Cherokee county, and, in fact, ali
through Northern Iowa.
The Grand lodges of Iowa Masons and
Odd Fellows will meet in Council
Bluffs the same week next year.
Burglars are becoming SO troublesome
in North Des Moines that citizens have
organized for mutual protection.
A masked man last Thursday made
the depot agent at Alton hand over
e2l.10-all the money in the office.
Several firmhouses in the vicinity Of
Let's are supplied With gas for fuel and
light from the well on the Leo farm.
Two Dubuque ladies are confined to
their beds with nervous prostrstion as
the result Of an attack by vicious COW.
Five hundred tons of Alabama iron
will be delivered to the Sioux City Stove
works at the rate of thirty tons week
Sioux City business men will give
enough money, in small sums, to pay
the corn palace shortage, amounting Il
| $4,000.
James Mccoy, q farmer living near
Boone, was robbed of his horse and
money while on his way home last
Thursday.
A Dubuque man has invented street
sweeping machine which carries the
sweepings with it until central dumr
is reached.
Accused of being chicken thief Mrs
Mann, aged 20, of Des Moines' at.
tempted to put herself out of the way
with razor.
..She treats me in rough and un
! wifely manner" says William Heitch.
| Of Cascade, in seeking a divorce from
his young wife. William is 20.
Matt Andrews, Charles Page and
Robert Price, three notorious crooks
are in Jail at Keokuk, and will be trie,
for robbing Hsary county postofices.
Pat Hartnet,t . noted hotel thief, whe
has served seventeen years in prison
was caught prowling around the Hote
Garretson, in Sioux City, preparing fol
. robbery.
A New York boot and shoe house has
| q lady travelling in Northern Iowa work
ing lid business. Her name is Miss
Baker and she registers from James
town, N. \.
Seventy-fvs girls employed to make
overalls by Rider, Wallis & Co., OF
Dubuque, struck because of a reduction
of 6 cents per dozen in the price paid for
making overalls.
A lot owned by Tim Hart, of Del
Moines, was condemned for railroad
purposes, but Tim got out his old mus.
ket, and tho work of track laying across
the lot has been postponed.
The trotting horse Ella E was Injured
some time ago in a wreck on Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and now 4. j.
Evans, owner Of the horse, has b7ought
suit at Dubuque for Sl0,0 900 damages.
Mrs. Thomas Newell, her son and tive
| dauphters of Ottr,,nwa fell ont of thei,