Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-12-02
THE NEWS IN IOWA
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

for supplying the entire Santa Fe sys-
TEN with $4,000 stock yard gates.
Matthew Travis was shot through
the knee cap by Wnliam Perryman
and the wound is quite serious. Mr..
Perryman was cleaning the gun and
Mr.. Travis stood ne;-r when it was
discharged. Both gentlemen are
farmers living within four miles OF
Corning.
Ed Sauer of Davenport, while hunt.
ing near Buffalo, was Killed by the
discharge of his gun as he crawled
through Il barbed wire fence. The
hammer Of the gun caught and one
barrel was discharged, the charge OF
shot entering his breast and plough
ing hole clear through his body.
For several falls in Galanus Grove
in the northwest part of Shelby coun-
ty, some wild animal has been prowl'
ing around in the timber. Just what
it is does not seem certain. Its howls
are shrill and soul terrifying even to
the oldest inhabitant. The animal has
been espec ally active of late. 1t is
probably LYNX, and there is talk OF
big hunt TO get the marauder,
Fire broke out in the school house
at Goldhcld, which resulted in the
building being burned to the ground.
The scnool building was frame struc-
ture two stories high, and heated by
a furnace. The fire started where the
chimney passed through the roof, and
before water could be had the roof
n,,fi Inr 0J All IF tho Snhnl-
ars were out before the roof fell, and
no one was hurt The loss is partial
ly covered by insurance.
The Johnson county grand jury has,
indicted Isaiah Wright for horse steal
ing. He was taken Immediately to
Marengo and reindicted for another
theft. 1t is charged that Wright stole
a horse from Charles Gromus OF Iowa
City, secreted it, and when he knew
that it's whereabouts had been dis
covered, he drove to MarengO, turned
the horse loose, stole another, and
returned to Iowa City. His arrest is
expected ito put an end to the stealing
Of horses in the vicinity, which has
been uncommonly plentiful Of late.
Two horses are still missing.
Wallace Hubbard of Albany, Mo-,
who is vice.president Of the proposed
st. Joe, Albany e Des Moines- rail
road, has been in Madison county for
a week, holding meetings in the diff
ferent townships and asking them TO
vote per cent tax for his road.
Mr.. Hubbard is also as ing for 5
per cent tax in Winterset and Macks-
burg. He insists that the road will
be built next year, and that outside
of Madison county the farmers and
people in the towns through which
the road is to 90 are enthusiastically
in favor Of the tax and the road.
Ora Hopkins, a young man just out
of college in Omaha, beat the worlds
record in corn husking on the farm
of J. B. Farwell, located in Fremont
count, about six miles west Of Shen-
andoah. Young Hopkins husked PIT
bushels and twenty pounds in ten
hours, the corn being weighed by II.
J. Rolf, G.. G. Rolf and J. b. Farwen,
all substantial farmers of that section.
The young man made up his mind to
break the record held by Council
Bluffs man Of FOG bushels in ten hours
and made two weeks ago. The record
last year was POI bushels. The corn
husked was Shenandoah variety,
1.-THE Pride Of Nishna," and run sixty
FIVE bushels to the acre.
On a farm in Grove township, Shell
by county, is n unique family, the
like of which cannot, perhaps, be
duplicated in the state of Iowa. The
family consists of five stalwart men,
the eldest about As years of age and
The youngest about 20. Not one of
this family is married. and ali live
in the same house. They own in
Shelby county over 500 acres Of land,
and altogether $50 acres. They have
in their feed lots 900 fat hogs and 100
head of steers fattenng They do
their own work, and have often five
teams engaged in performing various
tasks on the big farm owned in COM
mon by them. The men are named
Weber Their father, who died about
seven years ago, came from France.
His father had served under Napol-
con, and was. member OF the i'll
fated expedition to Moscow.
A big robbery occurred at Evans q
few nights ago. and as result J. ID.
Falkner, who runs saloon at that
place, is out about $500. Mr.. Falkne:'
ives in Oskaioosa, but he sometimes
sleeps in his place at Evans, especial
ly when he has considerable amount
of money on hand. On the night OF
the robbery, one James Warrington,
q colored man, who is known in Evans
as a gambler, applied to Falkner in
the evening for a place TO sleep.
Falkner accommodated him, as he had
done several times before, and gave
him a blanket TO sleep on bench in
q room adjoining the one in which
Falkner slept. Falkner then put his
pocketbook and valuables under his
pillow and retired. He was very tired
and slept soundly. Awakening early !
next morning he discovered that his
friend was gone, likewise $S2 in paper |
money, a $500 certificate OF deposit in
the OskaloOsa Savings bank, q 500 |
watch, about S. in silver, a $40 ring, |
a revolver and various other valu- |
ables. Warrington had taken the
from under the sleeping |
mans pillow and had made good his
escape.
A record breaking run was made
by Burlington fast mail No. Is. From
Burlington to Creston, distance of !
1888 miles. it required just 200 min
utes. This Included the time neces-
sary for five stops and seven slow
downs. The train left Burlington late
and was late into Crsston. Between
Creston and the U. r. transfer it
made up 20 minutes, although It suf-
fered ten minute delay and was
compelled to slow down four times OH
account of receiving orders. The av-
erage of the actual running time was