Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Happenings All Over the State of
Iowa.
PARAGRAPHS HERE AND THERE,
Corner Stone of Lutheran Church
Laid at notwithstanding Season
on the Mississippi River About to
close-lowa Soil is Productive.

Des Moines-Orders have been is
sued by Adjt. Gen. Byers for an elect
ion to be held by Company D, Forty
second regiment of Hampton. to fill
the vacancy in the Office of Captain,
on account of the resignation of G. T..
McCrillis; and also for an election to
Muscatine-In the presence of seve-
raj hundreds of people, the corner
stone of the Grace Lutheran church,
corner of Sixth and the Avenue, was
laid. The stone is plain white, rough
finish, weighing about three hundred
pounds, and bears the inscription,
Grace English lutheran A. D. 1900"
Council Bluffs.-The grand jury at
Council Bluffs has returned an indict.
ment against Thomas |. Senter, on a
swindling charge. Senter is thought
to be the man who helped Barton, alias
Bonner, who is now in jail at Fairfield
charged with 'swindling, working the
dealG on John RI Kane, of Eldony, to
the tune Of $500. sc
Des Moines-Orders have been is-
sued by Adjt. Gen. Byers for an cleo
ton to be held by Comany D, Fifty
second regiment, of Hampton, to fill
the vacancy in the Office of captain, on
account of the resignation Of G. T.
McCrillis; and also for an election to
fill the vacancy In the Office of first
lieutenant on account of the resigna-
ton of w. H. Bird.
Fl Madison-The boating season on
the river for this year is fast drawing
to a close. The season has been a
long and profitable one. On one day
last week there were four steamboats,
tied up here at the same time: The
Eloise, Flying Eagle, j. M. Richtman
and the Ottumwa Belle, quite an I'M
usual thing for this time of the year.
The Eloise, which has been in the Bur-
| lington- Keokuk trade, will go into
winter quarters about Nov. H.
Iowa FaIs-The first tax levy to be
voted in aid of the new Des Moines,
Iowa Falls and Northern railroad has
just been voted in this township,
where a levy of per cent will be
made in aid of the new enterprise.
The contracts for grading will be let
this winter and active grading com
mence early in the spring. All along
the line public sentiment Is in favor
of the project and material assistance
Will NC OlSiCu III IuS way VI teaA
levies, donations of right-of-way, etc.
Mediapolis-Quite a sensation has
been created in this town by the arrest
of Albert Carlson, a laborer, on the
charge of firing a stick of dynamite
under the home of Mrs. Larsen, a wild.
ow. He had his preliminary trial
| yesterday. The house was damaged
but Mrs. Larsen and her three daugh.
tiers were not injured. Mrs. Larsen
had Carlson arrested for the crime
The latter denies that he had anything
to do with the affair. and claims that
the crime was committed by some
women who were jealous of the widow
as Carlson has been known to pay
Mrs. Larsen considerable attention
Public interest is very high.
Waterloo-Here is sample of what
! Iowa soil can do. A mountainous
ridge of potatoes measured up, when
taken from the field an even 5000
bushels. w. T. Owings, of this city
planted the seed on fourteen acres OF
ground on May 10, in the full of the
moon. To that fact he ascribes the
immense yield he has harvested, to
gether with the fact that the growing
crop was well tended and received
copious rains just as the vines were
maturing. The soil in which these
potatoes were grown is of a sandy
clay variety. The 5000 bushels were
harvested from fourteen acres, but
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