Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
Iowa News Notes.

BOOMER. d. Sutton. United States ex-
press agent in this city, died suddenly this
morning of appendicitis.
MARSHALLTOWN-The explosion of A
dynamite cap has caused the loss of an eye
to little Flossie Cox of near Nevada, Story
county.
ATLANTIC-C. A. Ross met with a Pc
culiar and painful accident this week, when
the cranking apparatus of an automobile
belonging 20 Hans Rattanberg flew back,
and striking his arm, broke that member.
ATLANTIC-The sum of 500 has been
subscribed for the horse hose team for the
Atlantic Fire department, and the money
Is coming in very slowly. The boys had
hoped for the subscriptions to come in
faster, but 1t seems that the citizens are
not fully awake to the need of such a
team here.
teweler at this point, is holding the sack
for about S5 worth of gold bracelets, which
some person took about o'clock Sunday
any money for. To add insult to injury,
the aforesaid person deliberately threw a
front plate glass windows
CRESTON-C. +. Moore, the stranger who
was arrested at the Creston fair last week
on the charge of being g. pickpocket and
one OF the gang who worked at Clarinda,
was arraigned in the justice court on Sat
urday, and as the evidence was sufficient,
ne was held to the grand jury in S10O' bonds,
no trace was found of the stranger.
CRESTON-Walter Campbell, the youth
who was severely hurt Friday in the Bur
lington yards at this point and claimed to
have been struck by a defective bolt, evil
IDENTIFY had several bolts loose in his mem
ory, for on thinking the matter over again
he remembered that he didn't happen to be
a sWitchman at all and that he was hurt
while trying to steal a ride on an engine
going at a fast rate of speed.
ATLANTIC-After going away and leav-
ing a note saying that he had left rather
than be a burden to his people, William
smith, who has been absent since last
Thursday, was found lying on the porch
most chilled to death. He was taken in
been asleep. The family moved here from
Nampa, Ida. and moved on the Bert Kirk
good health, and 1t is thought that this
was the reason for his leaving.
ATLANTIC-Mrs. Samantha Hansen and
w, w. Wilson; who are shortly to be mar.
ried, last week filed with the county re-
corder an ante-nuptial contract relative to
disposition Of the woman's fortune, which
in two-thirds of this the husband shall
have no interest whatever, and it shall SO
to her own children at her death, and the
remaining third shall 30 into "A common
fund and be shared equally between ali
the heirs. Mrs. Hansen is the widow of a
wealthy farmer of Lincoln township and
comes from Anita, while the groom is from
Cedar Falls.
CRESTON-Fve names have been added
20 the death list at this point in the last
Two days. Among them are a number of
the older residents of this part OF the
county. The last fatality to be reported
was the death of Il. NJ. OVerton, who was
struck a short distance from Hastings -
the Burlington fast mail. while running al
a high rate Of speed. Mr.. Overton had been
employed with the Burlington at this point,
ana was working with the pile driver at
Hastings when the accident occurred. His
home is in gainesville, Mo. NSws of the
death of John Donahue of Des Moines on
Saturday has just been received. Up IL
about a year ago, Mr.. Donahue was an
employe of the Adams Express company
ct this point and was widely known. Mrs.
Hester McNey, one Of the old residents
! OF C%reston, died at her home in this city
on Saturday afternoon, old age being as
signed as the cause of her death. The
fifth and last death which has occurred is
hat of Edward Lindberg. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. j.. Lindberg OF this city. The
young mar was a victim of tuberculosis.
He was p years OF age. A peculiarly sad
circumstance is the fact that he leaves q
twin brother, the strong attachment ex-
listing between the two having been re-
marked on many occasions