Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-07-06
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down the river and left Keokuk on the
| 3Oth
The trial of Betsy Smith at Des
/ Moines for the murder of her husband
cost the county over $1,000.
/ One day last week an attempt
was made to rob the bank of Goldfield.
l A stranger entered the bank while the
cashier was there alone and at the
| point of revolver demanded $500.
The cashier dropped behind the counter
and called loudly for help. The rob-
! Der became ratified and ran away, but
was captured. His identity is un-
known.
At Council Bluffs recently Flying
! Tb 2:04, was sent on an exhibition
/ pace at Union Park with Mcdonald on
the sulky. Red Light set the pace and
| Jib passed the quarter in 3214, the half
| in 1902 a, and the three-quartersi in :35,
| and went under the fire in 2:0511s. This
is the fastest mile ever paced or trotted
west Of the Mississippi, and the fastest
! in the world at this time of the year.
The Fort Dodge city council has
recently granted a franchise for.
| twenty-five years, to s. 7. Meservey for
street railway and electric lighting
plant. The people of the city will also
! vote on the matter at special election
4 to be called soon. Meservey repre-
sents other capitalists. and if they get
! the franchise will prosecute the work
at once.
At Mt. Pleasant last week the First
congressional district republican con-
vention took adjournment just be-
fore midnight after a protracted but
futile effort to nominate a candidate
| for congress. The candidates We're S.
NJ Clark of Lee county, Thomas Hedge
Of Des Moines, j. A. Young of Wash
1 ington and b. r. Vale of Van Buren,.
I The first ballot stood Hedge 2514, Clark
I 291l, Young 10, Vale TO- Next morn
! ing the convention reconvened and on
| the 135th ballot Clark was nominated,
securing A. votes.
Fremont was visited by a disastrous
FIRE one day last week. The flames
broke ont in Fellows livery barn, and
/ consumed the entire block. The fol-
lowing is a list of the losses: c. II. Eel
lows, livery barn, $1,000; Alderman &
| McLain, hardware. $4,000: Mcdowell,
meat market. $1,5o0; c. Neal, confec-
| tionery. $500: Sheets. meat market,
/ 81 500; Mckinney. harness shop, $500;
millinery store, $500; Ed Lynn, resi-
! dence- $1,000; Hartman. restaurant,
| $500. The fire originated in Fellows
livery barn. in one of the managers in
! front of horse. which was burned.
| The large mercantile house of Cannon
& Gum was only saved by being
covered with salt.
Des Moines dispatch: 1t seems that
the report sent out that small pox at
/ Pacific junction was almost over was
| not authentic The state board of
health has received word that five new
cases have broken out there. making a
4 total of thirty-tive cases So far there
! have been six deaths. Ninton has one
case, a Mr.. Griffith Hughes, a stock
1 dealer. who contracted the disease
/ while in Chicago with load of stock.
| He is reported very bad. Mount Pleas
! ant had a case of varioloid break out
4 on prisoner in the Jail. The inmates
4 were all removed to the pest house,
and are being strongly guarded to
| prevent them from escaping and spread
| ing the disease The disease does not
appear to be dying out very rapidly,
Y though every precaution is being taken
TO prevent it from spreading. Des
koines has been very fortunate, not
ing had a case.
negro named Dick Van Camp raped
ar-old girl at Cedar Rapids. A
gan to form for the purpose of
the brute, but the police hear
il intended action managed
E,risoner to Marion and into
all.
5 ago John Mccoy, 80
pun dow. by a Chicago,
Paul train at Catiz,
He was conveyed to
Pop of his head was
Several pieces of
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