Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-28
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CONDENSED ITEMS.

Judge Turner of Union county has
rendered an important decision in the
case of Norton VS.. Mayor Niemeyer
and the Creston city council which
will be of statewide interest. Norton
sued the above parties to recover
money paid under the disorderly house
ordinance during the prohibitory law.
Norton was a sa1oonkeeper. The judge
sustained the demurrer.
At Dubuque recently Frank Lord was
bound over in the sum of $1,000 for
passing gilded quarters on the UNI
sophisticated tradesmen of Floyd as
ten dollar gold pieces Before gliding
he chiselled off the first syllable of the
word quarter and last syllable of dol
lar. The letter ''R" was changed to
IN making the inscription read
item dol. He was unable to furnish
bond.
Iowa has never seen as disastrous a
year for fire loss as 1894. During the
summer dry spell the towns OF Brook
lyn, Belle PLANE, Eagle Grove, Bona
parte, Leon and Adair were almost
wholly wiped out by fire Besides
these confia grations numerous smaller
fires occurred everywhere throughout
the state in rapid succession. The
loss to the insurance companies espe-
cially was exceedingly severe. But it
served to demonstrate to the people of
Iowa that their home companies We're
solid and prepared for the emergency.
The Capital Insurance Company sus-
tanned it's proportion of these heavy
losses, but every loss it had was
promptly, honorably and courteously
attended to, and when adjusted
promptly paid in full. No better insur-
ance can be had than policy in the
Capital Insurance Company of Des
Moines. Iowa.
Sioux City dispatch: The expert
printer, W. a. Bastian, who has been
Investigating the printing bills of the
Sioux City Tribune for the county
board of supervisors, has fled a part
of his report. The investigation re
lates to the publication of the tax lists
and other legal notices during a per-
iod of three years, all of which have
been measured in detail by the ex-
pert. He reports that hundreds of
items in the bills fled by the Tribune
and paid are either wholly fraudulent
or gross overcharges. In many eases
several times the highest legal rate has
been paid, while there are overcharges
of hundreds of dollars in many bills.
Bastian's report alleges that the over
charges aggregate sa.441.47, which
have been allowed and paid. The per-
iod covered by the experts report in
cluded about one-half of the stuffed
printing bills to be investigated. The
county board has ordered him to com
plete the investigation of the printing
bills, and authorized the county attor-
ney to employ assistants. 1t is under
stood that the county board will order
suit to be brought against the proprie-
tor of the Tribune.
DR.. A. Polasky, Eye and Ear Surgeon;
Office AS Walnut ST., Des Moines.
Shirts to order. Agt. calls twice each
year. See him. W. Tilden, Des Moines.
Park & Odel., Lawyers, Des Moines,
Ia. Refer to any bank in Des Moines.
For farm loans write to the Security
Loan & Trust Co.. Des Moines, la.
Iowa made shoes for Iowa people.
Ask your dealer for the Des Moines
Shoe Mfg. Co brand of Ladies', Misses
and Children's shoes. Give good wear.
Hansen's Radical cough cure. Imne-
date relief and cures when others fail.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Campbell, of Des
Moines, have read of the queer capers
of folding beds, and now they can
relate their experience with one. The
bed is one of those lock arrangements,
but the lock did not prevent the top
from falling over and holding them
fast. smash and faint cries brought
their son Frank, who in the dark was
at first unable to tell where the cries
came from, but upon striking light
he discovered their situation and re,
! leased them from their predicament,
safe but scared.
n G. Remission, who committed sui
eide near Eldora. had endorsed toe
many notes for ungrateful parties
The jury in the celebrated Bennett
Wiese murder case, at Marshalltown
returned verdict of not guilty afte,
being out little over five hours. Only
four ballots were taken. This was the
second trial, the tttifrY r''e.a 10 ing in
the first. The verdict me, ,.ne of 30
approval. Quite crowd of sp61 i
were present when the results@ao
announced, and clapping of h;hli
that could be heard a block distah.
Uraatad tho 6ap1at.o tipn