Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07
Iowa NeMn Notes.

CRESTON-At a recent meeting of the
alumni and students OF the State. univer-
o 9i1g Hys1s TO IN "b A1sr"S that institution. "aS
CREsToN-Union post c, Grand Army
of the Republic of this city, has perma-
nently disbandcd and the property of that
order has been sold at public auction.
MARSHALLTOWN-Fred Dircks of Lit
tie Rock, Ia, died this morning as the re-
suit of being knocked down in a drunken
brawl in a saloon at Little Rock by Alfred
Fart, a laborer, who says Chicago is his
home.
CREsToN Mrs. Lora Richardson.
county superintendent OF Ringgold county,
was reelected last fall and has accepted
n principalship in the schools at Marshall
town.
a prominent farmer of near Mason. Poca-
hontas county, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with a shotgun yesterday. III
health is supposed TO be the cause for
the act.
LAKE CLYDE. T. w. Johnson of
Lake city went to Chicago, Christmas eve
day or two ago some of his intimate friends
received cards announcing his marriage
to Miss Mildred Thayer.
LOGAN-The different churches of Logan
are now engaged in a week of prayer pre-
ceding the revival services to be held at
the Methodist church. Rev. Graves of
Logan will be assisted by Rev. Mr.. Adams
of Hamburg In the revival.
CRESTON-After seven years Of con-
tinuous service as county superintendent
OF schools, F. NJ: Abbott of this city
stepped down and out yesterday and the
newly elected superintendent. Mrs. Syl-
via Cook, assumed the authority Of that
office.
BOONE-Word was received today telling
Of the death of John Parks in Kansas
City. The families had just concluded eating
a reunion dinner when a neighbor lad
rushed into the dining room. Seeing John
he shot him through the heart, and he died
in twenty minutes.
FORT DODGE-The Western Grain
Dealers association meets in Fort Dodge
in convention Wednesday, January 6, and
]. c.. Lincoln, president of the National
Industrial Traffic league and also traffic
commissioner of the Merchants Exchange
Of St. Louis, will address the meeting on
9TH Proposed REIMBURSEMENT of Grain
Rates From Northern Iowa to st, Louis
WEBSTER CITY-It has Just been
learned here that c.. Bryant Huff and Miss
Florence Worries, both of this city, where
they are socially prominent, were married
Mr.. Huff is on the road with the Shamrock
Trio, a Slayton attraction, and Miss Worries
has been studying music at Grinnell. They
met In Rockwell City by arrangement and
We're married.
Observation-Disclosures Green. aged
IS, a farmer near Sibley, Ia, died yester-
day of gunshot wounds inflicted by his son,
Ernest Green. on December 30. The shooting
was the result Of a violent quarrel between
the father and son while the former was
drunk. 1t is claimed the elder man chased
his son upstairs with a club and threatened
to Kill him. when the boy turned upon
his father and shot him.
LoGAN-Court convened here this morn
ing, Judge Il. b. Woodruff presiding. There
are twenty-one criminal, sixty-one equity,
siXty-five probate and siXty-seven law
cases on the bar docket. The Soldier river
drainage case viii come up for hearing this
term OF court. This case is by far the most
important Of the session, as the drainage
project c~ontemplates the reclamation OF
1000 acres OF swamp and lands subject
TO overflow in the Soldier river drainage
: district.
r CREsToN-As the result Of an attempt
; TO cut the throat Of the Burlington's spe.
cial detective, j. w. Stanhridgc, at al
early hour this morning, Charles Row
r was arrested and is being held pending {
/ hearing and Stanbridge is in the hospita
with a serious wound. though II is though
a he will recover. The trouble started wheI
Rowe accosted stanbTidge on the stree
= as he was talking with another officer
and accused Stanbridge of swapping a re
volver in his face recently. Stanbridg'
denied the accusation and Rowe calle'
. him a liar. whereupon StaubIidge spranI
at him, seizing. him by the, throat, ,WhsI
Rowe drew his knife and slashed IN
$ officers threat.
S CRESTON-Beautiful and impressiv
n funeral %servises were conducted yesterda
over Nelson Almon GRAY of this city b
the local Elks at the request of the Coun
ell Bluffs Elks, as a courtesy to their OF
der, Mr.. Gray having been a member a
that place. Chaplain Otterbein o. Smith q
d the Council Bluffs lodge was present al
assisted In the funeral observances, an
interment was made at this place, M
Gray came from the same family OF whic
Captain John Gray OF revolutionary fam
le aud Captain Robert Gray who carried II
first United states flag around the worl
were members. He was a veteran OF II
civil war and for thirty-four years va
employed with the Burlington railroad
~ different capacities. Most Of his life
~ Iowa was spent at Red Oak, but for Il
ne last six years. he has been a resident
this city. one son, who holds an importai
position with the j. Pierpont Morgan h
~ terests OF New York City and whose hon
is at that place, and the wife. survive hiT