Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-12-13

elopement materialized last week. Mrs
M. j. Van Rhunen and Thomas Mason
left town, it is believed, together go
ing to a SUMMER cline via Hedrick
Both leave families behind, not particu-
larly to mourn their loss, as their ac-
tons for some time have been disgust
ing to those who knew them best. Up
to his departure, Mason was an en-
! ploye Of the Iowa Central railway, but
apparently not model husband. Mr..
| Van Rhunen is sober and industrious
man, and has always treated his family
well.
Clinton special: DR.. Hobart, one
of Clinton's Oldest physicians, died the
other morning from an accident re-
ceived Sept. 81, aged 20 years He was
a graduate of the Ann Arb0r medical
school, and was head surgeon of the
First Michigan Volunteer infantry.
| He settled in Clinton in 1866, and re-
manned here until his death. He was
| for many years surgeon of the Chicago
! e Northwestern railway in Iowa. He
| leaves two children and wife. He
was a member of the Masonic lodge and
the Loyal Legion of the United States
! AS a physician and surgeon he stood in
| the front rank and was very highly re-
spected by ALL
| Storm Lake-The Hotel Buena Vista,
which burned last week, was built a
little@over four years ago by a syndi-
cate pr our best citizens at cost of
| $4,000 to $4,000. The company hired
manager and ran it themselves for a
while, afterward rented it. Mrs. Bur
rell was the one in possession, and had
much money in the hotel when it
burned. 1t is great loss to the town
to lose this hotel, and it is doubtful
whether it will be rebuilt. The town is
hardly large enough to support two
good hotels, excepting in the summer.
The probability is that the fire started
near the boilers, but ran up at once to
the roof and the cupoia. 1t literally
burned down, first the cupola, then the
roof, then the second story and then the
first s,iccumbing. This gave good OPP
portunity to save nearly all the furni-
ture, excepting what was in the attic.
1t is supposed the effects of the hired
help, who slept in the attic, were lost.
Nearly all the boarders saved their eff
fects and baggage. There was no in
surance on the furniture.
Council Bluffs-The arrest of farm
er named Jensen last week upon
the charge Of selling diseased meat to
boarding house, developed very re-
markable state of affairs in that
branch of the provision market. Jen-
sen sold the hogs to the boarding house
keeper several days ago. They were
nicely dressed and the boarding house
man put them in cold storage until
needed, congratulating himself that
the guileless farmer had only received
about half the market price of dressed
pork. When he came to cut up the
pork he found in an ear in each hog the
South Omaha inspectors condemnation
brand. An attempt had been made to
obliterate. it, but the work had been
carelessly done. Investigation today
showed that Jensen had bought
wagon load of condemned carcasses
from South Omaha, and had peddled
them out, claiming that they were hogs
he had raised and butchered himself.
He attempted to justify his crime by
declaring that lots Of other farmers in
Western Iowa were doing the same
thing. The two hogs in question were
condemned by the meat inspector for
the reason that there were evidences of
trichinae in the flesh. The disclosures
have created considerable interest, and
people who have been eating pork that
has not been purchased through re-
liable dealers are feeling sick.
Glenwood special: N. c. Field
and Marion Burlington, editors of the
Mills County Tribune, Glenwood, were
indicted Dec. by the Cass county
grand jury on charge of criminal
libel against Maj. H. G. Curtis, of Allan
tic. The facts are as follows: Some
weeks ago the Cass County Demo-
crat, of Atlantic, in an editorial
intimated that the trial of Vice
President Dickerson, Of the wrecked
Cass County Bank, held at Glen
wood, was a farce. Comment
ing on the Democrats editorial, the
Mills County Tribune said In our
minds there is not the shadow
of doubt that this fellow Curtis was
bought up by the Dickersons with a
part of the 100000 they stole from the
citizens of Cass county and in conse-
quence he played into their hands dur
ing the entire case" The extract
gives the grounds for the indict-
ment, and the circulation of the
Mills County Tribune in Cass county
makes the Indictment possible in Cass
county instead of Mills county. Maj.
Curtis was employed by Cass county to
assist County Attorney H. M. Boorman
in prosecuting the Isaac Dickerson case
at GlenwoOd last June. Sheriff Card
left for Glenwood with warrant for
the arrest of the parties indicted.
In addition to the Indictment of
Messrs Field and Burlington, Maj. Cur
It's has entered suit in the Mills county
court against them for 81 3 900 dana geS. |