The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
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VIII. hlnHeerSly OF Lewis was ac-
cidentally caught by the belts of a
threshing machine, his right arm torn
off at the elbow and his body badly
bruised. Surgeons performed an am
putation, but there are little hopes of
his recovery.
i w. r. Manson has been appointed
receiver for Davidson Bros, dry
goods firm at Dubuque. Davidson
Bros. established branch store in
Dubuque three months ago, and in
| July sold to John Winters for $32 900.
| Winters paid $1,000 cash and gave
notes for the balance. The business
was to continue under the name of
Davidson Bros. until January 1. Win
tiers failed to pay his notes and Dav-
idson Bros. secured the appointment
| of a receiver.
| The general deep feeling of reioic-
ing that has been caused in Des
Moines, in Iowa and elsewhere, by the
news of the fall of Picking and the
saving of the beleaguered foreigners,
was expressed by Governor Shaw in a
cablegram to Minister Conger. Gov
ernor Shaw sent the dispatch early
in the evening. 1t was as follows:
"All Iowa congratulates. After pro-
longed anxiety, great rejoicing by
state, nation and all Christendom.
| Shaw"
C. j. Poole. cashier of the Losier
bank in Nashua, who disappeared
mysteriously July is, has been found
in northern Montana. He has been
wandering since that time, and is in
bad condition. 1t is presumed he
was mentally unbalanced at the time
of his departure from Nashua, as he
gave no notice of his intention, and,
aside from one letter sent to his wife
who was visiting in Floyd, nothing
has been heard from him since that
time. Mr.. Poole left his accounts in
good condition and all money ac-
counted for.
A serious accident happened about
three miles from Eldon. A party of
young people from Bloomfield were
camping down the river. While target
shooting young woman named Mil
Ter accidentally shot her sister in the
let passed and SO received it in her
removed the bullet and portion of
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doubtful. The campers went back to
Bloomfield Immediately after the ac-
cident happened, taking the injured
girl with them.
A fatal railroad accident occurred
at Storm Lake, resulting in the death
of boy about twelve or thirteen
years old, apparently unknown, who
was run over by an Illinois Central
gravel train just east of the Milwau-
kee crossing. Both legs were cut off.
an arm crushed and his head badly
crushed. He was insensible when
picked up, but was brought to town
Immediately. He was already dying
and expired in about half an hour
without regaining consciousness. He
had been put off the train in the yard
and was next seen as he was in the
act of jumping from gravel car to a
pile of crushed rock near the crossing.
He rebounded from the rock pile and
fell between the cars. A letter from
his mother was found upon him. 1t
was addressed to Lee Reeves. Kings
ley, Iowa. 1t was unsigned, bnt bore
the return address, Mrs. G. A. Reeves,
Grant City. No." on the envelope.
A Des Moines dispatch dated the
18th says: Five days ago the cry
was that if rain did not come the
corn crop would be damaged. Now
the farmers and grain men are howl
ing for fair weather. They say if 1T
does not stop raining, and stop right
away, that the corn crop will be lost
Four days of deluge has been enough
to make them right about face, and
reports that are coming in from
over the state indicate there is rea-
son for their change. In Des Moines
Thursday the total rainfall was LA
inches, bringing the total for the four
days ending at a. m. Thursday up
to 6.67 inches. This rainfall in so
short time is without parallel in
the records of the local weather bu-
reau, extending back over period
of twenty years. 1t is within two
hundredths of an inch of the heaviest
total rainfall for August in Des
Moines, and more than twice the
normal rainfall for August.
AS result of a family quarrel,
two people lost their lives near Char
iton. William Little and wife quar-
relied and separated, she filing papers
for divorce. About week ago a
reconciliation was effected, however,
and later they started together in a
| buggy for his brothers farm south
OF town. Before reaching there he
had become crazy drunk and shot her
twice in the head. He then unhitched
the horses and pulled the buggy to
his brothers farm, 300 yards away,
and said to his brother: walt,
have killed Inez and want to kill
myself, but can't. Don't let them
hang me in the brush. You shoot me-
The brother was scared, but went to
the house, and in short time he
heard another shot and went out to
the buggy, where he found them both
dead. The coroner found two letters.
saying they could not live without
happiness, that they had both con-
cluded to get off the earth. A num-
Der of empty beer and whisky bottles
were found in the buggy. About ten
| years ago Little's sister went riding
with Elmer Oliver, her sweetheart,
and both were found dead in the bug
gy under similar circumstances, near
! this same place.
| Brice Rhea, through his attorney,
has begun suit in the federal court at
Cedar Rapids against the Northwest
!, ern railroad for $4,000, alleging neg
| ligence in the accident of July s, 1890
which deprived him of his right leg
on the crossing in that city.
Mrs Meroa Fields VITA of w r.