Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
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A correspondent says a recent race
| from Battle Creek to Holstein, lax
miles, between a bicycle rider and g.
year-old running horse, was run for
$50 a side The time of the horse was
one hour and ten minutes, and the man
one hour and seventeen minutes. So
much feeling has been stirred up that
another race is inevitable, when a
faster wheelman is promised and a
faster horse will be brought out
1t is said the citizens of Abba are very
much alarmed because of the depreda-
tions of fire bugs. The box factory
located near thee. depot was their first
place of attack and it was soon de-
stroyed. Then they endeavored to
burn J. w. Ballew's lumber yard, but
prompt action saved it. An unsuccess-
full attempt was made on Clark's grain
and implement store. The people are
very much agitated and are fearful of
other attempts. Only the absence of
wind saved Abba from a destructive
fire.
Highland Park Normal College, Des
Moines, Iowa, has grown to be the
most popular and substantial school in
the west, from the fact that student
can find classes there every term in
almost any branch he desires to study.
There are not simply regular courses
in which pupils must work, but each
student may elect any studies he de-
sires to take. He may enter at any
time he chooses and continue as long
as he likes. 1t is probably the best
and most favorably known school any
where in the west.
1t is said the water furnished by
the Dubuque water company is
sometimes very bad, and the city has
threatened to take away the companys
charter unless the quality is improved.
The company now offers to sell it's
works to the city. 1t is understood
that local capitalists will advance
money to make the purchase if the
property is secured by mortgage on
the plant. 1t is likely the transfer will
be made, as public sentiment islargely
in favor of it. The city itself is I'M
able to issue the bonds, because its
bonded Indebtedness is already up to
the limit, but can in this manner issue
water bonds.
Council Bluffs collected nearly
$50, 900 annually from the saloonkeep-
ers by system of monthly fines before
the days of the mulct law. There have
been many threats that attempts would
! De made in the courts to recover this
money, and the first action has just
been commenced A notice has been
served on the city officials that a suit
for $40, S3l 80 would be filed against
the city by j. B. Fulton, an attorney
who has claims to that amount as
signed to him, which were paid to the
city by liquor dealers under the pro-
hibitory law. The claim is made that
this money was extorted by the city
from the parties who assigned their
claims
Action has been begun against four
saloons of Marshalltown on the charge
of selling liquor to a minor. Notices
of the suits were sent out by Mrs. Van
Schaick, through her attorneys, L. M.
and P. M. Sutton, against Barnstein
Bros, Kellar & Dixon, Phil Sheridan
and J.. c. Kroener, for damage in each
case of 5000 to 5000 for selling liquor
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who is under age. The young man
looks older than he is, but it is claimed
that he went into Keller g. Dixon's
place and asked for beer, and being
asked his name and age, stated that he
was % years old and gave fictitious
name The eases will be tried at the
Forthcoming term of court and will be
the frst in the county under the new
noalct law.
j. *. Olds prominent real estate
dealer and loan broker of Perry,
has been arrested on charge of forg
cry. Some time ago he negotiated
loan of $500 from A. Bonner to J. X.
Myers. A note bearing the signature
of Myers and wife was given Bohner
by Odds, and the money turned over to
him. Myers now claims the note a
forgery and Bonner has had Olds ar
rested. Olds is now under So 900 bonds
for alleged crooked work upon a
Greene county farmer. Geo. Chandler,
of Des Moines, claims Olds has forged
his signature to a document calling for
81 200.
A new street car company has re-
Gently been organized at Sioux City for
the purpose of organizing several
suburban street car lines which have
heretofore been under separate man
agements, <ssasye now nearly all in
the hands Of receivers. ~ company
viii have ST. 100000 CAPT naId
the following are incorpd
Goodrich, D. A. Holmes,
II. A. Johns and Morris
new company will buy
street line, formerly a cabl
Riverside line and the Ii
line.