Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-21
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new Presbyterian church at Fremont
will be erected at once. Subscriptions are
being obtained beyond all expectations.
A raiser of watermelons near Ames this
season sold 81 400 worth of product from
patch of twenty-five and one-half acres. He
will double the area next year.
Work sinking the town well of Monte
yuma at the water tower deeper is progress
ing, something over twenty feet through
rock and limestone being gained. The well
Is now nearing 800 feet in depth. a strong
flow of water Is expected soon.
Two young people of Columbus Junction
were arrested for violating the curfew Or
dinance and locked in the calaboose all
night, then given lecture by the mayor
and released. They have now brought suit
against the city for false imprisonment.
circus owner wants Muscatine to give
him ground on which he can build an
auditorium in which to hold a winter circus
all winter. He Claims that it can be operated
cheaply and that hundreds of circus per-
formers will gladly avail themselves of an
opportunity to keep In practice all winter
by removing to that city.
The Mormons have begun crusade in
Marshaltown and vicinity. Three mission
aries, Elders James d. Coon, Thomas D.
Wallace and John G. Watt, all Of Utah, have
taken up their abode in the city. They eX-
pect to remain there about six months, dur
ing which time they will endeavor to spread
the doctrines peculiar to their faith
Mr. and Mrs. II. Lamprecht Of Eldorado
are not little alarmed over the loss
of their son Henry. In 1895 he went to
Alaska. and in July, 1897, they heard from
him, he then saying that he would soon
start for home. Nothing has been heard
from him since and the old people are appre
hensivc that the rigors of Alaska have
claimed another vctom or that he has fallen
in the defense of his property.
Pete Sloan was thrown from horse which
l,p -,tl lt,,pr ornp Wnln ncyl a
night He was dragged about half a mile,
having several ribs broken and receiving
other injuries. His recovery is considered
doubtful Pete has been well known char
acter about New Sharon for several years.
He is son Of John Sloan, a well known
horse trader, who was shot and killed a few
years ago while attempting to prevent man
from forciDly taking a horse which he had
traded to Sloan.
While Shellaharger & Verink were boring
we'll on the farm Of John O'Brlen in I6
township, eight miles northwest of Let's,
they were startled by peculiar noise which
was accompanied by a shower Of stones and
rocks from the interior, which were forced
| out to a great distance. They had struck
| natural gas at a depth of 1876 feet. The gas
| is pronounced by experts to be of the best
| quality and one of the strongest flows from
| any such well in Iowa. The roar of the
| escaping gas through the pipe could be
| heard great distance.
Governor Drake has offered reward Of
| $500 for the arrest and delivery of John
| Oyermiller, accused OF the murder of John
Legale in Dickinson county, October s.
| Overmiller is described about 35 or 40
| years OF age. feet, 10 or IL inches in
| height 100 to 40 pounds in weight, with
| light hair and light complexion eyes light
| gray or blue, ard very piercing; light
moustache and goatee, sharp pointed nose
wore blue overals and blue jacket, and
| light. broad brimmed souch hat; shoes
driven full of nails and tacks; is French
German; uses poor English; hangs around
| saloons.
Deeds for property which are dated ovel
500 years ago have been received by Simor
Sogard assistant cashier OF the First Ma
tional bank of Webster City, and his b other
]. e. Sogard, in the southern part of tht
county. They came from the g0vernmen
museum at Chrlstiania, Norway, and are OF
very ancient date. The deeds are for a Ger
tain farm which the Sogard family possessed
for centuries and upon which Mr.. Simor
Sogard was born. The nrst statement il
dated July /, 1881, OF more than 500 year!
ago A better realization Of the age of thi
deed Is had when 1t is remembered that tht
Sogard family was in possession of this farm
more than 100 years before Columbus dis
covered America, and 1t is probable tha
their ownership dates back much farther.