Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
Iown News Notes.


LOGAN-The Harrison county fair will be
held at Missouri Valley October u, I and 5.
LOGAN-From the school secretary's re-
port filed II appears that $~19,S42.23 were
females In Harrison county last year. maxi
ing a total of 49,, 1876. 20 paid for instructing
6.1SS enrolled pupils, with an average daily
attendance of 1850.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Collins, alias
Samuel B. Trip, known as the preacher
horse thief, and who was arrested at
Waterloo last spring after successfully
eluding the officers for months, on the
charge of stealing a team belonging to the
Iowa Canning company of this city, came
before Judge b. G.. Bradshaw this morning
and sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the Fort Madison penitentiary, Collins
is Il years of age.
IOWA FALLS-The next annual reunion
of the Hardin County Veterans associa-
ton will be held at Alden, that place be-
ing chosen al the business meeting of the
association held in this city at the close of
the reunion here this week. H. j. Wheeler
OF Alden was chosen colonel for the com
ing year; DR.. j. w. David of Alden lieu
tenant colonel; William Bowers OF Eldora
major, and Rev. w. E. Stanley of Eldora
chaplain.
CRBsToN-Fire Friday afternoon de-
buildings on the farm Of George Kotz, liv-
ing south of here. The loss includes build =
ings. about thirty tons of hay and farm
machinery. The fire originated in the hay
NOW and Is attributed to spontaneous
combustion. The building was a mass of
flames before the fire was discovered. Carl
Bierstadt. a neighbor, who helped fight the
fire. was overcome by heat.
GLENWOCD-H. r. Ward Of Malvern has
filed suit against j. B. Brandt, Walker
Creech and James Greig, Members OF the
and b. T. Agan. auditor of Mills county,
Iowa. asking a decree of court setting aside
the resolution OF the board Of supervisors
which provided for redistricting the county
! 1Tha FEgOlnfinn was naGGan 1Nnn 90 and
provided that supervisors be elected from
districts rather than from the county at
large as was formerly the rule.
LOGAN-Frankiin L. Teel, who died Ell
the home of his daughter Wednesday night
was buried Yesterday In the Logan GENE.
terry. Mr.. Teel was so years of age, a
member of the Methodist church. a resi-.
dent of the county since 1885, a farmer anc
an inventor. Among the inventions full oil
promise was his metallic railroad tie. lmi-
tators infringed upon his patent In such 6
manner and number as to cause Mr.. Tee
constant trouble. which doubtless hastenec
his death. Mr.. Teel is survived by three
children, two in Logan and one at Burbank
Cal.
IOWA FALL SIT is estimated that he.
tween five and six hundred delegates will
attend the annual convention of the STATE
Baptist association In this city October Il
to %. At the meeting of the convention
held at Grinnell last year $50 delegates
were in attendance. There are $500 mem
bers Of this denomination in the state anC
] edGn EluIGn SbGlNAA SfiluH blt VI lAbA
delegates to this meeting. Prominent min
listers OF the church will address the con
ventinn each dav and the main sessions
will be held at the Baptist church, Will,
the auxiliary societies will hold meetings
I'm the other churches Of the city.
IOWA FALLS-The official investigation
Of the wreck on the st. Paul & Des Moinei
road. wherein Joh Long, fireman. of tht
CITY. and John Wiley, engineer, of De
Moines. lost their lives, finds that the rail-
road company was not responsible for tn
death Of these young men. The coroner
Jury returned a verdict that no crimina
negligence on the part Of the railroad com
many was apparent. The verdict states tina
these men ret their death when the tran
on which thev We're employed left tn
track at Four Mile Greek. The deratlment
the Jury saws, was due to a broken fang
en- one of the cars.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bushhaum
aged n years. was shnt and later died Al
"a result 81 the wound IN 2 r"ther mvs
terious manner near Aredale. Butler county
YESTERDAY. The officials Of the county ar
investigating and there is a probahilit'
that arrests will follow. Aredale live'
with a man named John NlieT. TIN
shooting. which the friends ~ Muller CLAIM
was accidental. happened while Bushbauu
Ias ahor. q vile from his home Tho hul
let. Of % caliher. penetrated his abdomen
and rupt 1red the bowels I'm seven places
In this condition he walked to Aredale be
fore he received medical attendance.