Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-15
NORTHWESTERN NOTES.

SsuSV VOu60s
Items Of Interest Gashersd ffon III Psres
81 tAs Northwest.
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IOWA.
Senator J. B. Harsh has purchased .
hotel at Creston.
Dubuque Il showing that 1t ID . city
BY recording ninety-nine year leases.
T. Van Dalen, who broke iail at
Orange City last fall has been cap
tured.
The National Butchers, protective
association has been in session at
Cedar Rapids this week.
Fourteen cases Of tuberculosis have
been found in the 1,5OO head Of cattle
examined near Cedar Rapids.
Dubuque's city council talks OF ex-
tending the franchise Of the Rhomberg
street car line Of that city 70 years.
The Primghar Bell is ten years old
and Is in the field stronger than ever
for Primghar and O'Brien county.
The next semi-annual meeting Of the
upper Iowa Editorial Association will
be held at Boon, in January of next
year.
General Jones failed to attend the
old settlers meeting at Dubuque. He
is busy writing his biography with two
stenographers and three readers.
Burlington will have a depot for a
Kansas City brewery. But Burlington
Is not building any breweries. The
money for purchase goes out Of the
state.
Dubuque will enter the beauty show
at the Des Moines fair. The Tele-
graph claims that city has the prettist
girls in the state.
w. W. Field, of Odebolt, and E. c.
Whiting, of Whiting, have been
appointed by Gov. jackson to attend
the National Farmers congress at
Atlanta, representing the Eleventh
district Of Iowa.
On Saturday last papers were filed
with the clerk of court at Orange City
in q rather peculiar case, that OF Hart
against Allen. Mrs. Hart obtained q
divorce from her husband, and on the
same day married Seth Allen, and
Hart sues for $4,000 for the
alienation of his wifes' affections.
Christian Concord, the Oldest Iowan.
who will be 116 next month, and who
has lived near Manchester, rode on
the Illinois Central to Delhi Tuesday
to attend q camp meeting. He moves
about with two canes as easily as q
man Of 50. His wife is living. but
they separated the 4th Of last March.
after living together 81 years.
Judge P. B. Wolfe, Of Davenport has
handed down q decision Of wide inter-
est, granting q perpetual Injunction to
the plaintiff in the case Of Mrs. Fran
ces M. French. The land in question
is q triangular shaped block separated
from Front street by a two foot strip,
which was transferred by Mrs. French
at the time the street was ordered
paved to one E.. s. Westwood, a non
resident Of the state. The court de-
cides that the block, except the two
foot strip, is exempt from the paving
assessment.
A. r. Case, q prominent real estate
dealer, was drowned in the Des Moines
river, at Des Moines. The body was
recovered in ten minutes and an
electric battery applied, but in vain.
1t is thought he choked to death on a
cigar stump, which he carried In his
mouth.
Leo Silvers, only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
q. %. Silvers, living six miles south of
Webster City, raj instantly killed in
q runaway last night. He was L. years
Of age.
The new $4,000 hotel just completed
at Mason City was opened for business
this week. Paul G. Anderson, late of
Forest City is proprietor. The new
hostelry has 80 rooms.
Mason City is to have q new news
paper called the Express. The editor
and proprietor is Will v. Tucker who
is one Of the oldest newspaper men in
IN the city. having stuck type there
- years ago. The paper will be repub-
lican IN politics and the plant is new
throughout
Judge Tollerton has placed q con-
struction on section 20 of the mulct
Law In the four cases against saloon
keepers at Independence charged with
running on two petitions, one filed
April Z and the other August l. The
saloon men claim the combination
gave them the required 65 per cent. Of
the voters. Judge Tollerton claimed
there should be q limitation to filing
petitions OF consent and held that 20
days was long enough. The saloons
there have been closed.
They are robbing corner stores at
lama.
Dubuque claims double the iobbinp
trade OF any city in Iowa.
Keokuk will give q bicycle racing
matinee August 81.
The First Iowa cavalry reunion will
be held at Clinton Sept. % and 26.
The second quarterly conference of
the United Brethren church will be
held at Abba.
Eleven acres of wheat at Manson pro-
duced 60 bushels, or a little less than
81 bushels to the acre.
A man named James Chanev has
been imposing on the I. o. o. +. lodges
IN the central part Of the state. He is
q fraud.
Ed. Greendale, q member of Com
pany G. Second regiment, 1. N. g.. is
accused Of desertion from the camp at
Centerville.
A party Of Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy surveyors are running q pre-
!iminary survey from Clinton to