The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-01
HAWKEYE HAPPENINGS.

The Harvey Methodists will soon
build a $4,000 church.
A six-legged hog was an attraction at
the recent fair at Marcus.
The state university this year has the
largest attendance in its history.
The lumber mills recently destroyed
by fire at Comanche may be rebuilt.
About 5000 farmers attended the ALI
ance picnic at Springfield Thursday.
The Vinton canning factory has al
ready canned 500, 900 cans this season.
An alligator thirty-four inches long
has been caught in the river at Tama.
The Fort Madison road will build
large grain houses at each station along
the line.
One hundred and twenty five kegs of
beer were seized in the ice house OF E.
Weiss at Creston.
The Ottumwa Democrat has bios
somed out with new $4,000 building
and 5000 press.
A large factory is about to be launched
IN Burlington for the manufacture of
proprietary medicines.
The Dubuque Times is printing an
evening edition, the same size as that
issued in the morning.
Mrs. Mary B. Swan, of Council Bluffs,
died recently. She was IS years of age
and had lived in Iowa since 1914.
The Universalists of Iowa held their
forty-ninth annual convention at Wat
erloo last week with good attendance.
Albert Neakin, brakeman, was
Knocked from the top of a freight car
by low bridge and killed. He lived at
Creston.
The United States recruiting station
which has been located in Dubuque for
some time has been removed to La
Crosse, Wis.
Patrick Leyden, about 80 years old, fell
from building in Grand Mound and
received injuries from which he died a
short time after.
A man named Arlington broke Jail at
Cresco Saturday night. He is picture
swlndler, and is wanted in several other
Northwestern cities.
One day last week the Keokuk canning
factory packed 81 900 cans Of tomatoes,
the largest pack for single day in the
history Of the company.
The body Of an unknown man, Al
years old. dressed like minor was
found in the river ut Des Moines Thurs
day. He had been dead several days.
The United States comptroller of cur
rency has issued certificate authorizing
the Citizens National bank Of Knox
vile to begin business with $4,000 cap
ital.
The next annual meeting of the Iowa
State Dairy Association will meet in
Waverly, Nov. 10, IL and H. About
1000 delegates are expected to be in at
tendance.
The railroad commission has ordered
additional train service on the Cumber-
land branch Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad between Cumber-
land and Creston.
David Beebe. an old settler of Wav-
erly, was instantly killed by being
thrown into barb wire fence by run
away team while he was driving home
from Plainfield. He was 90 years old.
Parties interested mt Hammond. Ind.
have an option on the large cotton mill
at Dies Moines, in which ex-Congress-
man Mason of Chicago. is largely inter
ested, and it may be moved out Of Iowa.
At Ackley the body OF a woman was
found hangi e in room in the Com
mercial Hone. She is supposed to have
come from New York, and had been in
Ackley a day or two canvassing for and
selling ladies' cloaks.
The board of trade of Dubuque has
decided to give free excursion to East
ern capitalists to that city. and com.
mittee has been appointed to devise
means to raise the necessary funds which
will require about $1,000.
A wild freight on the Chicago and
Northwestern crashed into a passenger
train near Beverly. The engines were
both wrecked and some of the cars Were
badly damaged. Outside of severe
bruises no one was hurt.
Richard Edgerton, living near hide
pendence. was poisoned the other
night, while sitting by the corpse of his
eldest daughter. He experienced faint
feeling, and called for liquor. BY mis-.
take his wife gave him dose of car bolic
acid. He died in about ten minutes.
Two years ago James Robertson and
his son James. dairymen, of Harlan
mysteriously disappeared. J. K. Cum.
berland was arrested in st. Joseph on
suspicion, and has confessed that he muir.
dered both men. He has been taken tc
Council Bluffs for safe keeping as great
excitement prevails at Harlan.
The latest newspaper directory of Iowa
records forty-eight daily papers in
the state, of which twenty-one are Re.
publican, sixteen are Democratic and
eleven are independent. There are tive
tri-weekly, ten semi-weekly and 50,
| weekly journals in the state. There are
also eight bi-weekly publications fifty
monthly. three hi-monthly and one
quarterly. This gives over 1000 Jour.
nails issued in the state each week.
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