Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-27
Iowa state News Notes.


Little John Bobbins, a s-year-old Des
Moines boy who is so bowlegged that he
walks on his ankle bones, is to be cured.
The physician propose to adopt the rather
heroic process of breaking his legs and
Strengthening them.
A Waterloo colored barber, Louis Boyd,
has just been setting the world at large a
six months he has been tenderly nursing a
former benefactor who picked him up when
a p~ickanniny and gave him a home. The
negro's care only ended with the death of
his friend.
Since the Ringing circus visited Waterloo
one woman has been in a state of mind
that has alarmed her friends. She was
present when the leopard broke from the
cage, and tainted and was carried from
the tent. Since then she has suffered sew
! eral attacks of hysteria and calls fran
tically that the leopard has escaped.
The weather last week was very favor
able to the betterment of crops in Poca-
hontas county. And in spite of about
forty days of wet weather the corn crop
is not injured to the extent reported. True,
ir the low places the crop is used up, but
these spots are not one-tenth of the acre
age, which will average with any good
year heretofore.
An additional $4,000 has, not been appro-
$4,000 to $4,000. on the suggestion Of
action was postponed. The documents in
cluded Judge Wade's correspondence with
MT srGm G ar gbi TepreeSse e the letter
Mr.. Carnegie and finally a plea to the coun-
Gil to give the board $4,000 more.
Jesse Dinsmore, formerly of Nevada, but
who for the last few years has been liv-
ing at Santa Clara, Cal, arrived this week
and will spend a few weeks looking after
enioying the best 5oTa Of health tfp9 and looks nS sa himy
self as If the California climate had agreed
with him. lie has ten acres of English
walnuts and four acres of navel oranges,
besides some land with peaches and april
cots that yield him a good interest on the
money invested.
News received at Creston from Manila
out Of cholera quarantine. After the news
of the death by cholera of Mrs. Gibson, and
telegram relieves the anxiety of many peo-
pie. What Mr.. Gibson will do now is, of
pected that as soon as possible he will
with the remains Of his wife. In any event
Creston and a funeral can be held.
Waterloo physicians report that colds
and rheumatism are more predominant this
of the cold wet weather. The afiictions
are not of a serious nature, but are the
cause Of much complaint; A number Of
cases of typhoid and malaria fever that
have been reported recently are directly
traceable to damp cellars which were
less steps are taken at once to clean away
the debris, etc, left by the waters.
]. II. Shively or Perry was seen by a
reporter as he was waiting for a train to
go to Des Moines. Mr.. Shively was going
down to the city to pay OF the force of
twelve men which he has had working
the Iowa Walnut Lumber company. The
men were employed TO clean the walnut
logs which were submerged in the big
flood. Mr.. Shively had over 100. 1000 feet
of walnut lumber at the corner of Twelfth
and Market streets in Dies Moines, but
he had lost over $1,000 worth of lumber,
which had hoated down the river. The
remainder, however, was so covered with
cleaned before 1t would be mt to put on
the market.