Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-10-07
THE I |: Il. NEWS IN IOWA

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Leverett Cady and Helen A.. Cady
esho sought divorce in the distric
\ court, ct Des Moines, were refused
their petition. The husband is sixty
eight years Of age, and his wife sixty
and they have been married forty-tiv'
years. 1t was the opinion Of the judgt
that not sufficient cause was ShowI
for granting divorce, in considera
ton Of the extended period they have
already lived together.
The annual meeting of the Iowa
Eportsmen's association was held a,
Des Moines recently. The election OF
officers for the ensuing year resulted
rs follows: Hon. }. G.. Smith, OF Al
gona, was reelected president; w. R.
Milner, Des Moines, vice president; G.
L. Taylor, Algona, secretary, and c.
4 T. Chubb, Of Algona, treasurer. The
next meeting of the association will
be held at Algona some time next May.
Fred Wheeler, of Waterloo, brake
man on the Illinois Central, met with
serious accident, at Iowa Falls, re-
sulting in the loss of one arm and Sc
we're cuts and bruises caused by falling
from his train. In falling his body fell
outside of the tracks but one arm was
caught under the wheels and SO badly
crushed that the member was amputa-
ted at the elbow. Unless other COM
plications set in, it is thought he will
recover. ..
w. K. Shaw, who operates the. larg-
est gambling house, in Sioux City, and
is wealthy man, is the defendant in
d rather sensational suit. George A.
Bailey, .Jr., son of a Correctionville.
Iowa, banker, alleges that shaw's en-
ployes on the night of September Is.
drugged him, and while in this condi-
tion he was fleeced of S14O. He asks
that this be returned to him and in
addition makes a claim for $4,000
damages.
E. C. Rushlow, the man who shot
and slightly wounded John Vande-
venter at Gilman a short time ago, and
who pleaded guilty to the charge OF
assault with intent to kill, was taken
before Judge Caswell at Marshalltown
q few days ago and sentenced to seven
years imprisonment at Fort Madison.
Judge Caswell said he had investi-
gated the case and found that there
was little justification for Rushlow's
action. Rushlow broke down and
cried.
O. E. Woods, of Mason City, road
master of the Iowa and Dakota divis-
ion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway, was instantly killed at
Fostoria few days ago. Engineer
Furgeson and Fireman Simon were
both seriously injured, but may
recover. Woods was going over the
road on tour Of inspection. He was
riding on the engine, when the train
jumped the track and the engine and
i've cars were piled up in a demoralized
wreck.
A Webster City dispatch says: Two
serious mistakes made by the city
council have brought down upon the
head of that official body the condem-
nation of many Of the people. A jury
in the case of J. S. Richardson VS.. city
of Webster City brought in verdict
awarding him Judgment for $3.50
against the city for damages done his
property and trees by grading West
Bank street. Four other suits OF the
same kind are on file, and will come
up at this term of the district court.
The city will appeal the cases and
those with the grievance will join
together in the supreme court. The
city's mistake was in not passing an
ordinance first for the grading, instead
of going ahead without any authority
and doing the work. Again, the city
built its Superior street water pump
to supply the city with water on land
which they supposed was a continue
ton of Second street, but it was not
It belonged in fee simple to C. W. Soule,
who, through his attorney, has made
demand upon the city to remove the
water works pump. He threatens a
suit OF $4,000 if the demand is not
complied with. It will cost the city
over s., 900 to move and build another
pump as good and get the water they
are getting at present, SO it is believed
an effort will be made to settle the
case with Mr.. Soule by buying his lots.
"A shocking fatality occurred at the
little town of Clare, eighteen miles
north of Fort Dodge, at an early morn
ing hour a few days ago. The Jail at
that place was destroyed by fire and
John McCrary, aged 80 years, who was
locked up in the building. was burned
to crisp. The authorities and cit
liens are at a loss to know how the fire
started. and no one seems to know how
long it had been burning before it was
discovered. The story, as told to Cor
pner Rose, is that Marshal G. j. Burke
arrested McCrary on the evening pre-
vious to the FIRE for creating adisturb-
ance and locked him in the Jail. At
1880 that night the marshal returned
I to the Jail and, believing the prisoner