Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Iowa News Notes.

OSCEOLA-One hundred dollars an acre
was the price paid by DR.. ]. w. Coakley
OF Creston for the 500-acre Paul farm, four
miles north of Osceola.
Park, two miles east of here. was COM
pletely destroyed by fire last night. The
loss is $500, partly insured.
AFTON-Olive Coen won the oratorical
contest recently held by the pupils OF the
Alton high school and the privilege of rep
resenting the school at the state contest.
TARA-H. NJ. ROhrer aged % a switch
man, employed by the Illinois Central, was
killed In the yards here this morning when
he was caught between two cars and
crushed.
TARA-H. NJ. Rohrer aged 70, a switch
man employed by the Illinois Central, was
killed In the yards here this morning when
he was caught between two cars and
crushed.
BURLINGToN-''Bush Delano. 7s years
OF age, known TO travelling men all over
the state, and for many years connected
with the Delano hotel, is dead IL hos
pital here,
TABoR-A basket ball game between the
Malvern and Tabor high school teams. was
gymnasium, resulting In a score OF % to u
for Tabor.
VILLIsCA--Villisca is to have a new dry
goods nrm the first OF the year. Edwards
Bros, firm doing business both at Shan
non CITY and Lorimor, has secured q build
Ing and will open January l.
HAMBURG - The epidemrc oy scarlet
fever at Hamburg has disappeared and the
council has given It's permission to all the
places of amusement to open. The public
schools have commenced again.
ATLANTIC-Frank Perkins, q rural mail
carer at Atiantic received so many
Christmas gifts from patrons on his route
that he was forced to bring them to town
In installments. using a big farm wagon
LOGAN-The many friends of George w.
EGan in Harrison county are delighted to
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member OF the South Dakota bar. Mr.
Egan is known here is a brilliant lawyer.
IOWA CITY-The records Of the anti-sa-
loon league were destroyed by the fire
that burned $4,000 worth or property az
Marengo, Ia, Christmas. The papers were
IN the hands OF a firm OF lawyers Whoss
office was burned
CRESTON-Albert Lee Jones, for twenty
department and a son OF Colonel William
Jones, FOR many years county assessor for
Union county, dropped dead in a livery
barn here Wednesday night heart failure
being the cause.
IOWA CITY-samuel r. stouffer. a
pioneer OF Iowa City, is dead in his s6tn
year at Des Moines. Among his children
are j. G. Stouffer and d. s. stouffer. re-
spectively former president OF The iowa
| City school board and former member of
the Iowa City city council
| VlNTON-A case coming I'D at the Ian
uary term OF court at Vinton before Judge
D
| deal or interest on account of the part es
| involved Is the trial OF John Donnelly. well
known Btockman OF Van Horne for the
| alleged murder OF Charles Andrews. over
| a year ago.
| VINTON-John Donnelly, a prominent
Benton county stock dealer, who was in
dicted for the alleged murder Of Charles
Andrews, Is to face trial on the charge
early next week. The trial was postponed
from the November term because Clarence
Hlchols, who was employed 20 defend
Donnelly, was elected Judge.
! CHARITON-Chariton is alarmed over q
rumor TO the effect that Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock Is preparing to issue an
order compelling railway mall clerks TO live
/ al the terminal Of their run instead OF al
any point along II as they see lit. Should
/ this order be issued Charlton would lose
/ over two score Of her best ciuzenr
RED OAK-John Nicordarnes. member
| OF gang or Greeks employed BY the Bur
/ llngton at Red Oak, and arrested on the
charge OF robbing the bunk cars has been
/ convicted and given an !ndeterminate SEN
tence or ten years IN the penitentiary.
Jonathan Moon, convicted OF forgery. was
sentenced 20 three and one-half years
| MONTlCELLO-Rev j. w Inness NJ
Monticello went clear to DeadWood 81 D..
] 70 perform the marriage ceremony for Miss
/ Nellie Haussler, former friend and ac-
! quaintance and for a number OF wears tbe
/ editor Of the Jones County Times at Month
/ cello. She was married to Fred suiger.
/ owner or sheep ranch near Deadwood
! OTTUMWA-Food commissioners, chem
! lists, refrigerator men and leading ice
! cream manufacturers viii address the state
convention OF Ice cream men which IL 10
/ be held at OttumWa February Z and the
dates having been just decided Two hun
dred members are expected. The first
gathering ever held met last year In Des
Moines.