Iowa state bystander., 1895-08-02
CONDENSED ITEMS.

The Rock Island depot att Irkvllle
was destroyed by bolt of lightning
during recent storm.
Montezuma dispatch: A letter has
been received by Captain Carr from
Major Lacey, dated at Mexico City. in
which he states that Rowe's safety
deposit receipt was found sewed up in
the lining of his vest and that it bore
date OF April %, nine days after leay-
ing here, showing that he went at once
to that country. Lacey further states
that Rowe fled his application for
citizenship in his own name, although
doing business in the name Of Rose.
A man named Fisher, presumably a
lawyer, assisted in the scheme. Rowe
had to purchase small tract of land
before he could become a citizen on SO
short notice, and according to law the
fact that he expected to become a
citizen was made a part of the deed
Rowe paid $1,000 in Mexican silver,
less than 1000 of o.lr money, for the
saloon. That Institution has been at
tached, SO Poweshiek county is at
present in the possession of a frst-class
saloon. The fact that Rowe deposited
the money so soon after leaving here
leaves the inference that the greater
part of it is intact, excepting what he
invested in the saloon.
Clinton dispatch: The village of
. Thomson, ten miles north of here, was
the scene of poisoning by. the whole
sale, no less than forty persons being
stricken by eating pressed beet The
largest family that fell a victim to the
stuff was at the farm house of George
Griswold Threshing was in progress
there and twenty-five men and women
sat down to the meal at which the beef
was served. All partook heartily of it.,
and before dark every one was suffer
ing the agonizing pains of arsenical
poison. Aside from these, several
families in the village purchased and
ate of the meat. and they. too, were
stricken. The village physicians had
more than their hands full and outside
aid was summoned. The pain was of
such character as to drive some of
the women insane, and one young lady
was found in the night wandering
about. Most of those who ate the
meat at George Griswold's are IN a fair
way to speedily recover, as they con-
sumed so much of it as to counteract
its effects. Several Others however,
are in precarious condition. The
meat was prepared by the local
butcher, and it is claimed the heat
caused the disastrous results.
Roy Dufield. run over by the cars at
Cedar Rapids, is dead.
A few days ago young man
burglarized the house of w. C. Patter-
son, of Bedford, while the family was
away from home Mr.. Patterson came
home and surprised the burglar, who
pulled a. gnn and escaped. Officers
tracked him to Blockton, where the
sheriff found hitn. A chase resulted in
which the officers ana a number of
citizens participated. Half a dozen
shots were fred after the flying man,
one or which is said to have taken
effect, but he escaped to the woods.
Nathan Jones (eolored] was killed at
0skaloosa, the result of a shooting
scrape in a disreputable resort. The
evidence before the coroner's jury
shows that Jones with four white com
panions went to Gilmore's Blind Pig.
saloon, filed up on poor whisky and
commenced to clean out the place.
John EIGHT, the German bartender,
pulled a gun and shot Jones through
the heart In the scuffie IYm Kirk
man received a bullet in his right arm
and Eieht was shot in the left foot.
EIGHT WAS captured about midnight
and is now in jail A plea of self
defense is set up by EIGHT.