Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-12
Iowa state News Notes.

A petition has been prepared and Is being
circulated among Des Moines lawyers ask
until the converting of the fall term Of
court In September. The petition has al
ready been signed by a majority of the
be presented to the judges.
A fancy driving horse and buggy, owned
by Harry. Marble, living about two miles
teriously. The rig had been hitched at the
house of r. p. McCrillis. about a mile
for the rig It was found missing and after
a thorough search II is not yet located.
Rev. Hardy, A. Ingham, pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Brighton,
Of August and he and his wife nave. &C
cepted an Invitation from Rev. ]. f. Van
on a trip to California in the private car of
Rev. Van Wrinkles sister, Miss Della
P I1I9 lie M Mrs; Ing cha nisn sister, TENNIS Mass T tSSm
They expect to start from Des Moines
Augusta 1.
Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City is now
mittee Of sisters to take charge of the
school building partially constructed at
lay building on account of lack OF funds
after the brown stone walls had been par
TALLY built, but If a society Of sisters takes
The bishop does not hope to have the instl-
tuition finished for use next year, however,
as a boarding hall and convent building
burned down some time ago.
A report of the examination of the con
S was found oI me de spW az the same I time WIZ" MIS-
Maud Lambert Of Marshalltown was
poisoned shows the dog died of morphine.
found dead in bed about ten days ago. the
indications pointing 10 poison. The OH
seg th hsy SoF H{ Sied d tSI61r fhf abe M same L aFe6eTi
State Chemist Macy of Des Moines is now
engaged in an analysis of the, contents Of
the dead woman's stomach. There is little
doubt that the woman was murdered.
Jacob stonebarger, once a, prominent
farmer OF. johnson county, lies in the
gerry. He is charged With forging his
brothers. name. The prisoner gave g. Y
Baker Of Lone Tree a note for $ll5 in
maker and seemingly by his brother. A. J.
stonebarger, a leading farmer whose good
made for fifteen months, wherefore dis.
covery OF, the alleged forgery was not
made until recently, when Bake tried &c
collect the money from A. ]. Stonebarger
who declared that the signature was moi
d. S. Barber sent the accused man to Jail
pending a hearing on July la bond of $50
being unobtainable.
Rains and cold weather have ruined the
prospects for a big watermelon and sweet
potato crop on Muscatine island, which
was expected a month ago to furnish ZOO
cars Of melons this season. The gardeners
like plenty of rain, but they do not want II
in such excessive quantities, especially ac
\ companled by the cold weather which came
I'm June. 1t has caused the vines to rot a
the roots and now the old-time gardener.
are extremely discouraged. One of fifty
one years experience says IL Is the mos
hopeless outlook in all his history on tn,
island. He says not a half crop can bS
harvested under any conditions now
Usually several gardeners are using theil
irrigation plants freely by this time of tn,
year. Now they wish they could work then
the other way and take the water out o.
the ground. Irish potatoes are also ex
pected TO be a disappointment, as they arr
| becoming water soaked. Cabbage is tn,
only crop doing well, and II may be spoiled
by too rapid growth.
The assignee of the estates OF S. II. Wat
son q Sons ct al, the Benton County Land
Loan and Investment company, the Cedal
Valley Packing company, owned by them
has filed in the district court at Vintoi
his final report, which was approved b!
Judge Caswell, sitting in special session
These estates. comprising the holdings o
the Watsons and others, az the time o
their general assignment to Mr., Gaasch II
September. 1888, amounted TO about $4,000
distributed in this county, At first II wa
thought the estates would pay 100 cents oil
the dollar, but when the inventory ard APP
praisement was filed claims were oneret
and some changed hands at 80 cents, bu
through the good management OF the as
signee and his attorneys the estates haV
been kept out OF expensive and tediON
litigation. and 50 per cent dividend paid On
principal OF claims, with a small one TO b.
made at this time which will be about ]
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