Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-08
CONDENSED ITEMS.


about October / 4, 1855,
CONDENSED ITEMS.
Snow fell in northern Iowa on the |
Tth
l'alnum Whitcomb was killed at OF |
tumwa by G., NJ. & st. P. train
Mis-, Bailey, secretary of the Iowa
state sabbath School Associatiation,
Is dangerously i'll with pneumonia at
her heme in Shenandoah
/ In court at Marcngo, John Smith,
who tried to murder Sheriff Jones at
Frank Pierce, was sentenced to five
years and six months at Aiiamosii.
A Dung man ny tho name u fstef
son, living about seven miles from
Baskerville, was Instantly killed BY
being thrown from y horse he was
riding,
The a-year-old son Of Mr.. Weers, a
farmer living near Monticello, fell into
a pan of boiling water and was ter
ribly burned, dying a few hours later
IN terrible agoIy
Fire OF Minburn few days age
destroyed several stores and a resi-
dence. The loss will probably amount
TO several thousand dollars. It is sup
posed to have originated in q defective
I iue.
| a Waterloo dispatch says: The Burl-
4 ington, Cedar Hspids 4 Northern
! station agent at Northwood, eighty
! miles north OF Waterloo, was held UP
1 and relieved OF all the cash on hand
I The work was done by two snnslsed
men
/ Fat. Devany, a notorious character at.
Scranton, has Just commenced serving
/ two years and six months sentence
at Fort Madison for hog stealing.
i While freight train halted at scran.
ton, he got into a car, opened the door
/ and kicked cut four hsgs aid fheii
| tried IS sell tbeltl Is the stock buyers
next day. The dealer aaaeln't take
them and upon investigation the facts
were developed and he was taken and
found guilty An appeal was taken,
but Dsvaoy was defeated.
4 bad wreck occurred OH the Cen.
tral between Grihnel and Searsboro.
4 w IL Yoorhis, who was acting in the
capacity of assistant superintendent OF
the road, was making his first trip
south. When short distance out Of
Grinnell the engine struck broken
rail and was thrown ffoih the track
and rolled completely over. Engineer
i 4ASoleott had one arm broken, his hip
8sfanshed: aud ii is feared is fatally in
iur.4d internally Fireman Lynch es-
capped with only slight injuries.
Fire visited Arcadia, Carroll county
recently and only one store is left in
town. 1t burned over an area of four
acres, taking with it SIX residences and
8 hotel and opera .houses one livery Darn
one harness shop, Two grain elevators
i one lumber and coal yard and barbei
4 shop, nosfotiice, two drug storesJ tge
G saloons, TIRES general rncrchandiss
3 stores, one furniture store, one hard
\ ware store, one butcher shop, on
5 vacant store-roorn, one boot ana sho'
store and four barns. The @es estimate
loss is $4,000, partially covered ~
insurance.
Y a Jefferson dispatch says Sheriff
Dodge has made some important dis
t coycries in connection with the mtirde
! OF the man found dead in corn fiel,
g near Scranton recently Investigation
d reveals the fact that the man wa
Q slugged outside the field as wagol
: tracks leading from the road TO tn
{ spot where the body was found may b
seen. and here the tracks halt, show
inc where the vehicle turned aroun
and went back over the same route
About seventy rods from: this spot
. coat was found upon which are hloo
: stains. The dead man when discovere
: was without a coat. Whether tn
garment belonged TO him or to one {
Y the party who noticed the blood stair
and threw the coat away TO avoi
:" detection cannot yet be determined
= Sheriff Dodge is hard at work on til
y case and believes he will yet locai
the assassins.
Waterloo saloons are again open,
new statement of consent having bee
= filed.
4 The t6-year-old son Of Mr.. ar
; Mrs. O. Seeley, Of Estherville, fe
DAYS AGO blew his head off with