Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-03-18
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| nance, Miss Nellie Elizabeth Robert
son, one Of Muscatine's most promi,
nent and cultured girls, was married
to Col. j., H. Conrad OF Helena, Mont
The groom is well known mining
1 magnate, whose fortune is estimated
at s30,000.000, and possesses extern
sive mining interests In Montana.
The bride is talented vocalist, hav.
ing received voice culture from the
most prominent instructors in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad left for New
York City to spend the spring. and
later will leave for tsouthern Alaska
for the summer.
Walter E. Smith and wife, OF the
| Concord neighborhood, four miles
south of Knoxville, are the parents
Of the largest baby ever born in the
county. This prize specimen weighs
/ fifteen pounds. DR.. E. T. Mclaughlin
| is authority for the weight statement.
He says it is as large a sthe average
child of five months. Babies of fifteen
| pounds weight and upward do not
happen more frequently than once in
each 10000 births
When C. C. Galbraith and Bessie
Elliott, a well known young couple
of Boone, succeeded in clipping, Papa
Elliott got busy with the police and
the telephone, and the couple were
| intercepted at Marshalltown when
the police arrested them. Both re-
turned to Boone in charge of an Off
| Ger. Although the prospective bride
claims she is of age, the officers say
she is not yet IS.
John c. Payne, a prominent I'LL
nois Central engineer, has been awar.
| ded verdict for $1,000 damages
against the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and
Northern va jury in the district cour
Northern by jury in the district
court at Waterloo, after being out
| nineteen hours. Payne was hit by a
street car and the toes of one foot
were cut off. He sued for $4,000 dam
ages.
John Quincy Adams, assistant city
engineer of Iowa City, has been ap-
pointed city engineer of Centerville,
his old home, and has resigned
to take the more lucrative position.
Mr.. Adams is an alumnus of the
state University at Iowa college OF
applied science and won prize OF
500 in thesis contest year ago,
at the State university.
I. N Hurd is dead at the home OF
his son-in-law, Hon. David Brant, ed
itor of the Iowa City Republican,
and former member Of the Legislature.
He was II years old, and had lived in
Iowa City and Waterloo (chiefy the
latter city, almost Al years. Suryiy.
ing are his widow, two daughters and
a son-Mrs Brant and Nellie Hurd,
Iowa City; and David Hurd, Escon.
dido, California.
"A bull dog owned by John Prowse,
saved the 3-year-old son Of Dave NAL
ven from drowning. The child fell
from bridge into. the swollen, icy
river, at Manchester. The dog fol-
lowed and swan with the babe to
the shore and deposited it carefully
on the bank. The only i'll effects sus.
tanned were to the boys arm, where
his rescuer sunk his teeth ss
"A. w. Nichols, better known as
Bert" Nichols, died at his home in
Iowa Falls, after an illness Of sew
eral weeks. Mr. Nichols was about
forty years old and was born and
raised in that city, being son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Nichols, pioneer
residents OF this place. He was a fine
musician and popular with all who
knew him
When Mrs. Mary Demange, aged
Sc years, of State Center, went to
build a fire in the kitchen range she
poured kerosene on supposedly dead
woman was fatally burned. Ernest
Demange, a son, was badly burned
about the hands trying to put out
the fire.
Without previous warning, twenty.
five girls inmates of the reformatory
at Mitchellville, ranging in age from
IL to 10 years, donned their street
clothes and left the institution, and
walked to Des Moines, where they
complained Of treatment at the insti-
tuition, and were then taken back
William C. Macarthur has received
notification of his appointment as
clerk Of the United States circuit
court to succeed Edward R. Mason,
whose resignation was requested by
the circuit judges some time ago. The
appointment is effective April 1.
Robbing the Joseph HUH home and
then setting it on fire, was the work
of thieves at Mason City. The fire
was put out after much damage to
furniture and bedding. The thieves
escaped. Two gold watches and 9th.
er valuable jewelry are missing.
A farm of 800 acres located eight
miles and half northwest of Des
Moines was purchased by J. F. Grace
of Dunlap, from E. A. Ross for the
consideration of $4,000.
Tons of earth from the hillside
above Fraser slid down on the Fort
Dodge, Des Moines & Southern tracks
taking the track with it. Scores OF
men rushed repairs.
Mrs. John Gatron and her three
sons, Clifford, aged 6; Russell, aged 4,
and Earl, aged 2, suffered from pto-
maine poisoning as the result of eat
ing oysters.
Despite the pleadings Of Pat Grove.