Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-06

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be stocked as a game preserve.
Hans Schema and four daughters
living west Of Preston have typhoid
pneumonia. Mr.. Schema and young
est daughter are in critical condi.
\ ton. "A $a58
Garrit Kay, who is serving his third
term as representative from the
] Orange City district has announced his
intention as candidate for re-elec,
ton.
Nearly forty square inches Of Skin
were taken from Hazel Brown, a Wat
8erloo clerk, in an effort to save the
life OF her 6-year-old brother, who was
severely burned.
q The body OF Quincy Wylie, aged 16
who lost his life in an attempt to res
cue a companion who went through
the ice at Dubuque. has been recov-
cred. The companion was saved.
DR.. M M. Evans has resigned q
postmaster at LIE Grande, and the civil
service commission has named Satur.
day, Feb. Z. as the day for the holding
I an examination to pick successor.
Henry R. Riegelman, democratic
chairman for the Seventh district, has
announced that he will be q canl'date
for the chairmanship Of the State
committee at this years convention.
A threshing machine engine owned
by Sam Hulsebus, of near Defiance.
broke down and ran back down hill
at the rate OF 80 miles an hour. Mr.
Hulsebus remained on the engine an6
was uninjured.
Charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, H. B. Wooding, who conducts
mail order house in Council Bluffs,
was taken before United States COM
missioner at Red Oak. He advertises
sneezing powder.
A large barn belonging to Frank
Hodges. who lives ten miles south Of
Perry, was burned, together with a
great deal Of fine stock and farm ma.
chinery. The loss is $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. q, 4.
The proposition for municipal
electric lighting plant in Sibley car
!ried by q vote Of 245 to 73. Bonds tc
{ the amount Of $4,000 were voted I'm
mediate steps will be taken for the
installation Of the plant.
Three old settlers, Of Boone, died on
the same day. They were Mrs. N. 2
Goldthwait, aged SO, mother Of Editor
s. G. Goldthwait, Of the Boone News.
Republican,; Mrs. Elizabeth Hannum,
and Richard Peel, aged 81.
The body Of Nicholas Beihl, AZ years
old, was found hanging in the work
shop on his farm near CentraIia, Du.
buque county. The dead man haC
been in poor health for two years, and
it is believed he killed himself.
The question OF whether or not
Chief of Police ]. w. Jenney, Of Des
Moines, has the right to bar profes-
sional bondsmen from conversing with
prisoners In the city Jail, has been put
up to Robert o. Brennan, city solicitor
The Iowa state board Of control has
appointed H. H. Mckee county treas
surer Of Sioux county, to the position
OF Inspector Of county homes. Mr.. Nc.
Kee has appointed Or. H. NJ. Stadt Of
Orange City to be his deputy in this
work. N
The proposition Of getting electric
lights from Sac City carried at the
election held at Lake View. Two hun.
dred and thirty-three voted in favor
and 20 against. Nearly 60 per cent OF
the women voters favored the propo-
sition. Isl d. 5
The Iowa bee keepers will hold a
convention, short course and hive
products show III connection with the
next annual meeting. G. p. Bartholo-
new, instructor in bee culture at the
state college. will conduct the short
course.
Fire did damage to the Klass Bros
general merchandise store Of Holly
Springs. estimated at $4,000. The loss
IL partly covered by insurance. The
blaze originated in the ware room AND
gained considerable headway before
discovered.
After holding up and robbing Cliff.
ford Milton, OF Ackley, two highway.
men tied him hand and foot and put
his body across the Illinois Central
railroad tracks. He managed to roll
OF and his cries for help were heard
by . farm hand.
J. C. Wilkerson. trouble man IN
the employ Of the Postal Telegraph
company Of Atlantic, was found guilty
OF petty larceny. He was fined IS and
costs D. p. Pagan, special officer
OF the Rock Island railway, arrested
WiikerSon for stealing coal.
Robert Tracy. Of Waterloo, ago 20,
colored, plead guilty to second d..
gree murder and was sentenced by
Judge Plat to serve ten years and six
months In the penitentiary Ut Fort
Madison. He shot and killed Percy
Hopkins, also colored. last September.
Clonlency WAS extended because VI
Tracy's youth and former good char
sctsr. q