The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
HAWKEYE HAPPENINGS.

Davenport claims to have the largest
filter plant in the world.
There are only three prisoners in the
Dubuque county Jail.
Pottawattamie county farmers are
netting 5000 per acre from their potato
crops.
Land in the vicinity Of Charter Oak is
selling at from So to $40 per acre higher
than year ago.
The Ottumwa coal palace offers .
premium of $3.50 to the county making
the best exhibit.
Bert Kilgare, 15-year-old boy, was
arrested at Casey for stealing horse in
Washington county.
City Marshal John Pilgrim, of creston,
has been arrested charged with refusing
to enforce the prohibitory law.
The Keokuk canning factory is run
ming night and day and 5000 cans of
tomatoes per day are being put mp.
An unknown thief entered the home
OF l. d. Wilkinson at Fort Madison,
knocked him down with a pair of brass
huckles and robbed him Of $50.
Charley Cole was killed at Corydon by
the explosion Of arailroad torpedo which
he was trying to break with an ak. A
portion Of the shell entered his brain.
The Dubuque ironworks is the lowest
bidder for the construction Of q govern
ment torpedo boat. It may be built at
Dubuque if they are awarded the con-
tract.
Twenty-Five tramps are in Jail at Des
Moines. They attempted to bore their
way out through brick wall but were
discovered and their tools taken from
them.
The Kenneally family of Dubuque
have received word that by the death Of
an uncle of the same name in Newark,
N. j., they are left heirs to an estate
valued at over million dollars.
An old well was being filled at Dunlap
when a valuable team belonging to
Daniel Howarth and attached to q
scraper were driven too near the edge
and fell into the hole. Both horses were
killed.
A new system of electric cars will be
tried at Fort Madison soon. Ii the test
proves satisfactory they will equip the
whole line and that city will be made
headquarters for the inspection Of the
system.
At Sioux City Billy Crandall, Olof
Harris and Billy Ryan, professional
safe blowers, were arrested for the burg
larry of the Leeds postoffice Sat
urday night. Several hundred dollars
worth of stamps were found in their
possession.
A young German by the name Of
Peton, living near New Hampton, set
fire to his fathers and brothers barns.
Both were consumed, with several hun
dred bushels of grain and five or six
head of horses.
A bundle of old letters and postal
cards which had been mailed at the Ce-
dar Rapids postoffice seven years ago
were found the other day in an out of
the way place, where they had evidently
been carried by rats.
The safe of the Rock Island depot in
Harlan was blown open and about $50
in cash and other property taken. The
safe at Chalbarn's mill was broken open
the same night but only small amount
of money was obtained.
Janitor McCune, Of the state house 1t
Des Moines, was held up and robbed early
Tuesday morning of $50. Two of the
robbers were captured by the police.
Officer Cohen was shot by one Of them,
but not dangerously wounded.
Abraham Erickson met frightful
death at Mason City. He was hauling
load Of wood when his team became
frightened and he fell beneath their
feet. He was kicked to death and did
not live five minutes after he was
picked up.
Children and parlor matches set fire
to the large barn of Judge Paine, three
miles west of Carroll. The barn and
about dozen other stables and sheds
were entirely consumed, along with $50
tons of hay, 400 bushels of oats and all
the harness and farm utensils.
The large and extensive horse and
stock barns belonging to F. w. Burns,
were destroyed by fire at an early hour,
IOsCIACI Will lWO NdluhUlC uIdlG 1AOISGS,
one blooded bull, seventy tons of hay
and large amount of horse parapher-
MALTA.
Burglars Friday night blew open the
safe of the Sloan State bank and secured
nearly 5000, nearly every cent in the
bank. The Correctionville postoffice
was burglarized by the same gang and
$50 worth Of stamps taken. The burg
lars then stole horses and escaped. The
bank offers reward of $500.
An engineer on the Chicago and
Northwestern at Lake City left his en-
CINE for few minutes, when all at once
it started with terrific speed and jumped
into ditch. The throttle was found
wide open, which could not be accounted
for. The engine and two cars were
badly damaged, but fortunately no one
was injured.
The remains Of Alexander Butter
worth, pioneer who was buried in the
old cemetery on Third street hill, Du-
buque, nineteen years ago, We're disin-
TERED Tuesday. To the surprise of all
the body was in a perfect state of preser.
walton. The flesh was still firm and the
face life-like. Even the white shroud
was unaffected by decay.
Twoof the worlds records were broken
at Independence last week. Allerton
trotted the mile in 2:1O fat,
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