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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
FOUR KILLED.

a Dreadful Boiler Explosion in Ohio,
CHILLcorHE, Ohio, March 4.-Word
has just reached here Of q terrible saw
mill casualty twelve miles from Adel-
phi in which four men were killed and
two others fatally injured. Three men
named Snyder, Brown and Mcbride
We're blown to pieces and their re
mains We're picked up several hundred
yards away. John McCrooms had
both legs crushed and Schmidt had his
skull crushed by flying pieces of iron.
Augsburg was ais terribly injured
about the head and back. The boiler,
engine and building We're blown to
atoms.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

a EUROPEAN army surgeon located
an Java is reported to have dug up an
sid fossil which supplies the link long
missing between the monkey and the
man. 1t is claimed that this genus
has about two-thirds the brain mass
Of man. to have had teeth almost
human and to have walked on two
legs. Let. us hope that the European
surgeons enthusiasm did not prompt
him to manufacture and plant this
interesting specimen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

SocIETY news from the 400 indi-
Gates one impending divorce, two
..coniugal separations, the expulsion
of young Mr.. Kip from q music hall
for throwing an ottoman at q singer,
and a deplorable mishap at an even
ing party, where three debutantes
guzzled too much wine. This sum
mary of pleasing intelligence causes a
plain man to write to the local press
that if this constitutes .sour best peo-
pie. Z II am glad / am a vulgarian. :
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
TIE ROBBERS RECORD.
The Dead Ader Bandit in the Minnesota

The Dead Adei Bandit in the Minnesota
Penitentiary.
STILLw AFTER, Mimi, March SO. P.
Wilkins came to the prison from Clay
county January 27 1891, to serve four
years for grand larceny. He was re-
leased January y last at the expira-
ton of his sentence. In April last he
had been paroIed by the board of man
ayers, and while waiting to be sent
out made an attempt to escape by go
ing through the gate. The parole was
revoked at that time. Warden Wolfer
thinks he was insane
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

A frog farm with about 1000, 000
head OF stock is carried on success
fully by man In Contra Costa coun )
Cal He started ranching q few
months ago with a herd Of about 1000
frogs and is already making lots u
money. He supplies the markets OF
San Francisco, Oakland and other
large cities on the coast. 1t costs
little or nothing to raise the frogs,
and the rancher is not anxious to
trace his ranch even for a gold mine,
SO he says.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
STRIKING MINERS.
All Negotiations at Pittsbure Come to
Naught.

PITTsBuRG, March All negotia-
tions between the miners and mine
owners of the fittsburg district are
declared off and strike involving
1000 to 1900 men is ordered. The
miners delegates who have been here
taking part in the conference have
returned home and meetings have
been called at every pit, at which the
strike Will be announced.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
MUSTERED OUT.
End of a National Guard Quarrel at
BurIingto on.

End of National Guard Quarrel at
Burlington.
4 BURLINGTON, March s.-orders have
been received by Lieut.. S. W. Smith,
commanding Company II, Second regi-
ment Iowa National Guards, mastering
the members out of the service for
inefficiency in standing on the inspec-
ton held last week. The company
property is turned over to Col. j. II.
Guest, commanding the Second
regiment. This is the end of long
standing row between the company
and Col. Guest. A new company will
probably be organized.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Tue warship Victoria, the Cunarder
Oregan and the Elbe We're all COM
partment ships, and all went to the
bottom when rammed in a collision.
The builders now say that the com
partments must be built with solid
walls reaching to the deck, dispens-
ing with the convenience of communi-
eating doors. The City of Paris is
constructed in this way, and she
reached port after an accident that
tore a large hole in her hull.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Unspeakaply miserable

Is the man or woman troubled with dys-
pepsia Heart pa1pitations. sour stomach,
heartburn, uaeasiness Of the nerves, OBJ
preston or o sense of emptiness at the pit OF
The stomach are among Its symptoms. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters Graduates 1T, and
entirely overcomes constipation, biliousness.
Pneumatic, kidney and malarial complaints,
Use this thorough remedy systcmatis ally and
ii will achieve permanent results.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

lHE soda water and efferyescent
water manufacturers of the country
Aave formed a trust. Fortunately
Tor the brownies and their mates.
ice cream will PROBABLY not be raised
in price next summer, the ice supply
being more than ample.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
SUDDEN DEATH.

WINTERsET March 9. a. Gaskill,
an old settler of Winterset and known
over the state as one Of the leading
horsemen, died of pneumonia, after an
illness of only two days.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Makes Pure Blood

Weak nerves indicate as surely as
any physical symptom shows any
thing, that the organs and tissues OF
the body are not satisfied with their
nourishment. They draw their sus-
tenance from the blood, and if the
blood is thin, impure or insufficient,
they are in state Of revolt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
lowAN ARRESTED IN COLORADO.

On Charge of sedueing Fifteen-Year-
old Girl.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col, March 6.-Chas.
King, aged %, son of a wealthy farmer
Of Warren county, Iowa, was arrested
here and turned over to a deputy
sheriff of that county, charged with
having seduced Jessie NJ. Spence, a -
year-old girl living near his home. He
has been GLIDING his pursuers for sew
eral months. but the girls father has
been relentless in efforts to bring his
daughters decelver to justice.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

The motive of the New Hampshi ire
bin to prevent runaway couples from
coming to that state to get married is
scarcely apparent. Each couple
leaves a fee and probably the price Of
Two meals or more and financial aid
OF that sort is not to be sncezed at in
state where the farmers have to
plant their corn with shot guns.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
ASPHYxIATED.

Death of a Pennington Man In Burling-
ton Hotel.
BURLINGTON, March s.-John L. Grail
was asphyxiated IN room No. AZ at the
McClutheon House. He was found
stiff and cold in his bed at : o'clock
a. m. Coroner Underkirsher was
notified Immediately, and the body
was removed to the morgue. He was
of Pennington, and had some money
on his person. He was about so years
old
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

These three words tell the whole
story of the wonderful cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. When the
blood is impureit is fertile soil for all
kinds Of disease germs, and such
troubles as scrofula, salt rheum,
rheumatism, catarrh, grip, and
typhoid fever are likely to appear.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

CARROLL, March 6.Fred Bester, a
laboring man of Carroll, was struck by
a west-bound flyer and instantly killed
He was walking on the track and did
not hear the approaching train.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

The Chicago Great Western Railway will
sell excursion tickets to western and south
western points February IL, March and
April 2, 1895, at one regular tirst-class fare
plus $500 for the round trip. Tickets good
returning twenty (2o) days from date Of
sale.
Further information regarding stopovers,
ctr, will be given on application to any
ticket agent of this company or
+. II. LORD, G. p. g. t. A.,
Obi 90 orc
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Ryan SENTENCED.

The Footpad Gets Five Years in the
Penitentiary.
FAIRFIELD. March s.-John Ryan,
the Burlington footpad, who attempted
to murder Detective Harrison near
Abba, has been sentenced to the
penitentlary for five years.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
slNGULAR ACCIDENT.
Death Results From the Careless Handling
OF n Gun.

OF a Gun.
CINCINNATI, March As Mrs. James
Martin was making up a folding bed
in lower front room, she took re-
volyer from under the pillow and
placed it ON a mantel. The pistol went
off and shot Herman Wesslyn, who
was passing along the street at the
time, through the heart. Mrs. Martin
did not know until her husband rushed
in that it was his revolver which ex-
ploded. She supposed the pistol shot
came from the outside.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Hc Was Remorseful.

A. Snow Drift (morahzing) Never speak
a harsh word hastily, Willie Yer'u re-
member it some day and be- sorry for it.
Willie Wade (disgustedly) WHATS come
over youse anyhowe
A Snow Drift wuz tinkin' Nv bow
often / cussed de heat las summer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Tan value of continuous advertising.
lies in the fact that people get to be-
lieve in the merits Of an article whose
name is familiar, even if they forget
what its merits really are.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

IT has been discovered that tight
lacing is the cause of red noses, but
in justice to those who might other
wise be suspected Of tight lacing, it is
to be admitted that there are others.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Iowa State Bystander.
CHARLES s. RUFF, Editor.

One swallow may not be anie 10
make d summer, but one groundhog
has been ahlc to include q pretty COM
plete winter in his output,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

THE Gould heirs have entered
formal objections in court to the re
port Of the referee estimating the
value of the estate at $80.934, $50.
The nodesty Of the Goulds in not de-
string to be classed with the very
richest OF Americans should not be
allowed to prevail when the tax
gatherer visits the m.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Purifes the blood and thus cures
these diseases by removing their
cause. No other preparation has
ever accomplished the remarkable
cures which have followed the Use Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

THE cable conveys the vital infor-
nation that Emperor William has a
cold in his head, but most aggrayat-
ingly omits to tell what he is taking
for it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Raise your own coffee at less than one cent q
pound. Let high tariff store coffee CO. The
roor mans friend and rich mans delight Ma
lures north or south in four months. Plantany
time up to the both of June; 10000 farmers Sup
FLIED and every one praises it. Has produced
over co bushels per acre. Some prefer 1t to
Ttore coffee Produces two crops year in
The south. Large packet postpaid 2Octs; or
enough TO plant 200 hills 80 cts or stamps. Wlll
make 200 pots of most delicious coffee, 1000
enough for n king Is SupersedinS store @ ice
as fast as its merits become known, rye
catalogue OF 50 new varieties Of seeds and Sti-
monials from patrons all over the Union sent
free with each order by
q. f. COLE. Scotsman,
Buckner, Mo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Moods Sars apariIIa

To purify and vitalize the blood, and
thus supply the nourishment which
is needed Those who keep their
blood pure with Hoods Sarsaparilla
have no trouble with weak nerves.
Therefore take Hoods now.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Thouchtless.

That's about the most hopelessly
foolish achievement OF my existence, +"
he moaned.
What have you done'" asked his
n. go
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
1000 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.

Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats.
corn, farm and vegetable seeds Cut
this out and send sc postage to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse,
Wis, for their great seed book and
sample of Giant Spurry. wnu
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

.Lent an umbrella.
Il thought you knew better. =
'.Its worse than that. / lent it to
its original owner" Washington
Star.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Too many good people expect pie wher
they say Give US this day our daily
bread.n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

a., - the after-dinrrr pin
Hrn6 6 NiEG and family cathar>
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

In the west the sale of bears meat is
increasing. 1t is more palatable than
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
srArE OF ONO, C1rr OF Tolnpo, !.

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK. CHENEY makes oath that he |.
the senior partner of the firm Of It. J. CHE
NEY 81 Co., doing business in the City Of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm win pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR each and every
case of CATARRH that can not be cured by
the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day of December, A. D..
1856.
A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Cetarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. +. j. CHENEY 81 CO.,
Toledo, o.
Us Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, a5c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
Home-seekers, Excursion.

A woman is not really beautiful until
she is beautiful to blind man.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

Lawyers work in the cause of justice
doctors in the cause Of mercy
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

w q, 0.,s easy TO buy, easy
HnnH 9 IH{S to take, easy IN ef-
RoOS - hAo feet. 25c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

wPleasure becomes monotonous, but hap
piness never.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08

True charity does not give what is asked
but what is needed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22
BRIGHT BITS.

Wife, don't believe 1 can ever wear
my. sealslin cloak, as it is now.
Husband-Why don't you have it made
over into a bicycle sweater for winter
use?-New York Herald.
-He-But your father isn't literary ard
doesn't know good thing when he sees
She-Just the same, he can write forty
checks that will be accepted and you
can't write one. The bank knows a good
thing when IT sees it, even If he doesn' t.
Detroit Free Press.
One solation.-Jinks.-So poor
Puffem was killed in that railroad acct
dent? He was in the smoker, believe.
Binks-Yes, that's one consolation we
all have. He forgot to take any cigars
with him, and If he was smoking one
bought of the train boy, death must have
come as welcome rehef.-New York
Weekly
Deacon Snow-You didn't tole de troof
in you sarmon to-day, sab, when you said
dat Mister Noah came first outer de ark.
Rev. Mr.. Johnsing-Can you PROOF dat,
sab?
Deacon Snow-Sartin! 1t says in de good
book dat Noah came fourth out OBJ de
ark" You should be keerful how you lead
your flock astray, sah.-Truth
Bob, an ambitious boy, a little more
than six years old. has only one wish-to
become journalist. The other day he en-
tered the room of his mother, look of
triumph upon his face:
well, mother, as l told you, ii was Mar
celia who ate the large peach"
How do you know it,"
Bob drawing himself up to his full hight
How Because I have interviewed her"
From the French.
Yes" said the man who was lighting
his cigar at the alcohol lamp, and whose
breath was licked by the tiny blue flame
at every exhalation, Eyes, have attended
a great many revival services, and l
have sometimes been greatly puzzled by
some of the hymns. am a little hard of
hearing. and songs nowadays are mum
bled so that you can hardly distinguish
the words. 1 remember how long l once
puzzled over a revival song, the burden
of which was seemingly His Nose Shall
Swell Now, that sounded very ludicrous,
yet / could not learn from the context
what excuse his olfactory organ could
have for such a proceeding. 1t was only
when / was handed a printed copy of the
song that l discovered 1t read His notes
shall SWELL " and the man with the in
flammable breath conveyed his finger to
his mouth, after dipping it into the alcohol
Well-Philadelphia Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22
Saved In the Nick of Time.

Hamm and Tarr were telling stories of
their lives, says the Chicago News. Hamm
is an actor and is supposed to beat least
he says so-the greatest Othello since Ed
mund Keene. Tarr is an old sea captain
and can be found any pleasant day in a
saloon where ancient mariners much do
gather.
Hamm and Tarr i'll assorted as they
might seem, are the best of friends, ana
spend much of their leisure time in pa
rading the saloons and restaurants down
town. Night before last they were the
center of an adniring group in a resort
where hamburg steak goes with every 10
cent drink and the air was full of remi-
Did l ever tell YOU" said Hamm. "of
the time l took the Legitimate Shakes
peareans through Michigan and the hard
luck we met with? No? Well, by me hall
full populace would not come, even. and it
were to see me in King Lear, and fortune
scoWled so grimwardly that we had not
even the price to pay for food and lodg-
Incl II went from had to versa upfiI
one fatal night in Oscoda methinks it
was, we went upon the stage fainting from
sheer hunger! / gaZed upon the house
one vast array of empty benches. Then
me heart failed me, and 1 wept great
bitter tears! And even as l wept the
and prayed for bread"
WAS her prayer answered." asked the
man with the crush hat.
Yes, of a verify ii wasi She prayed
for bread, and the curtain came down
Old Tarr coughed gravely. ship
mates" quoth he, that amt a patchin'
on the top-royals to the luck 1 once was
in. It's twenty years back, in the China
seas, that the clipper Catamaran was
wrecked. and all hands but me was drown
ed or missin'. l. got onto big spar an
fioated for forty-seven days, with never a
bite TO eat. beneath that burnin sky.''
How on~earth did you manage to live?'
asked the man in the plaid trousers
well, mate, it were hard at first and
on the nineteenth day l were about to
give up an go under. Then 1 began to
think of the loved ones at home and a
lump kept comm up in my throat" He
paused and wiped his aged eyes
Yes? And what them" asked the man
with the chinchilla overcoat.
The old seaman answered very gravelv:
Il swallowed the lump, and ii was 80
big 1 didn't need no more dinner"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22
Prisoners on Their Honor.

Jasper Ramey. one of the moonshiners
now IN Jail here walked twenty miles TO
give nlmSelt up to the revenue officers,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal. This
IS not uncommon in the mountain cou =
lles a number of the deputies who make
perloulcal visits to the counties of Pike,
Letcher, Knott, Magoffin, etc, have little
trouble in arrestng the men they i1-e
after, while other officers have to fight
Ior thelr lives. 1t is told of one of the
deputy marshals that whenever he wants
a man he simply writes a letter to him
informing him that an indictment has
Deen returned against him and that he
wants him to meet him on a certain day
at neighbOring town. Some of the let
tiers wind up like this: II also have war
naming them), and l wish you would see
them and tell them that 1 will be in -
on - and for them to be there"
several deputy marShals who go to the
top of the Cumberland for prisoners oc-
casionally let the men tend their crops
while they are under arrest. The officer
and says:
Tom. I've a warrant for your arrest. j."
An right; I've been 'spectin' it,
Il know yNeIve big crop, though, and
as court don't meet before October YOU
can tend your crop and come up to Louis
vile just before court opens"
Ihen the man would return to his work,
and at the appointed time he would be
in this city ready to answer to the charge
against him when his case was called.
Several months ago one of the oldest
OF the deputy United States marshals in
Kentucky walked up to the door Of the
county jail and asked for the janer He
was introduced to Mr. Watts and said:
Il have three sinners that l brought
from MagOfdn county AS we came on
the train left my 'mitimuses' in my sad
die bags, and when we came out of the
coach | forgot my saddle bags. l want
to know if you will let me put these
prisoners in jail here without the papers
l will get the 'mitimuses' in a few days,
and 1t VIII be all right and proper"
Jailer Watts told the man he would ac-
commodate him because of his bad luck.
But where are the prisoners" said the
jailer.
"Oh, them! Well, they're out in town
some place. We came in yesterday, and
l told them they might knock about the
city until I arranged it with you Or them
to go in here. I'll go out and look them
up and bring them in"
In about an hour he returned with three
typical mountaineers, who said they had
enjoyed looking at the sights of the city
very much. They had never been IN
Louisville before, and thought it a great
treat to be able to ride thar free" even
though thew came as prisoners