Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-02-12
IOWA CONDENSED.

Anamosa penitentiary. Weston was
city marshal of Bellevue, and in arrest.
ing /. man he shot and killed him. He
cot IS months and has served about
half the time.
At Shell Rock recently fire was dis
covered in H. d. Wilson's dental Office
and before it could be put out four
buildings were totally destroyed and
two others damaged, all occupied by
by business men. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss will prob.
ably reach $4,000
There came near being a tragedy in
tho Bon Ton bakery at Oskaloosa re.
Gently William Frame, baker,
shot twice at Thomas Barr. the pro.
prictor. but neither bullet hit the
intended mark The parties recently
moved to OSkaloosa from Fort Dodge,
and the ba kerry is one of the largest in
the city. ~
l Anamosh dispatch: The Jones county
school fur id has had $3.50 added there.
to again BY the Cascade saloonkeepers
in fines: John Geery and r. V. vii.
lams, who were arrested short time
ago. were arraigncd in Justice Ricker's
court and both pleaded guilty, where.
upon the justice fined each SIS and
costs, which they promptly paid.
Judge Waterman at Davenport re-
Gently delivered lengthy opinion on
the Mott Watson will case from
Maquokcta. deciding against the
alleged illegitimate son OF Watson,
who claimed the large estate. The
estate was estimated to be worth
$500, 900, and the plaintiff laid claim to
it as the illegitimate son of Watson.
4 meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the State Agricultural col
legc was held NJ Amcs few days ago.
Professor James Wilson, who has been
appointed secretary Of agriculture in
Major Mckinley's cabinet, was granted
an indefinite leave Of absence. and
Prof G. +. Curtlss, at present assistant
professor, was made acting professor
of agriculture.
Ottumwa dispatch: Z. Z. Harmed,
the merchant and real estate dealer,
who disappeared week ago, leaving
behind many heavy creditors, has as
suddenly reappeared in the city. He
says he has returned to face the music,
and that he will try and straighten
out his affairs and start in business
again. Harmed claims that he left
Ottumwa with $4,000. but was robbed
of it all in Chicago
Burlington dispatch: For six months
Henry Krekel has been lying in Jail
with the charge of murder opposite
his name on the prison calendar. He
was bound over to the grand jury on
this charge, and the grand jury found
a true bill against him. Now comes
the surprising news that there is no
evidence against him upon which a
conviction could be secured. and Judge
Smythc has discharged the prisoner
from custody.
W. A. Lichtenwalter, a wealthy
farmer of Cerro Gordo county, COM
mitted suicide few days ago by
hanging. Neighbors found him dang
ing from rope in the lott of his barn.
He was stakeholder in the City Bank
Of Nora Springs, which failed some
weeks ago. Fearing that he would be
financially ruined, he preferred to
meet death in this way. He owned
200 acres of land in Cerro Gordo county
and 400 in Minnesota.
A sprouting kernel of corn was a
few days ago removed from the
nostril of the little 2-ycar.old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Woods, living
near Pocahontas. The child, unknown
to its parents, got the kernal into its
nose. Trouble was soon noticed in
breathing, and the matter gradually
became worse. Finally the trouble
got so bad the father made an exami.
nation and with great difficulty re.
moved the obstacle with hairpin. It
had quite sprout protruding from it,
J. H. Henderson. Of Indianola. filed
petition in the district court at
Des Moines recently asking for an in.
junction against the grand officers of
the Odd Fellows in the state, restrain.
ing them from paying out lodge money
to erect the orphans home at Jeffer.
son. 1t Is an effort to tie up the funds
and prevent the erection Of the home,
in the hope that the sovereign grand
lodge, to which the case has been
appealed. will decide in favor OF
1ndianola.