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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1879
Page
2
The Ames Intelligencer notes the latest combination for the 1880 season as Grant and Aleck Stevens. It remarks that the latter part of the pairing seems a bit thin.
Hos ioux F Ditton of Davenport, who resigned as circuit judge last summer, faces heavy opposition to his New York admission. Influences from Des Moines proceedings against Judge Cole and state bar associations push the Cole side. Meanwhile Mangus C Daizy sues Carlton Conrad and about thirty others in Omaha federal court for 50 000 dollars, alleging Daily warned out of Nebraska amid murder and robbery suspicions of a German pecker. Daily now counters, seeking compensation and hints that success could invite future revenge suits by others formerly driven from town or state.
The Sun notes the proposal to appoint Grant Captain General garners broad, unlikely backing from enemies of Grant, his toadies, and diverse lawmakers. It targets soldiers voters and Democrats who see Grant as a strong candidate, alongside Republicans seeking nominations for themselves or allies.
Scribner announces a December limited edition portfolio containing one hundred selected cuts from Scribner and St Nicholas. Printed last summer on especial paper, the engravings are framed by a gray mat ready for framing and bound in a handsome design. The volume aims to best represent American wood engraving, praised by the London Saturday Review as the best in the world.
Indiana voters will decide on reforms including residency requirements for eligibility and a shift to November elections to cut costs, plus debt limits for corporations and population based officer pay. The draft includes removing the ban on black and mulatto voters from the state constitution.
Col John Scott discusses wintering bees stressing three essentials: dryness ventilation and food. A dry dark cellar with near freezing temperatures plus sufficient sugar or honey stores keeps colonies safe through severe winters. He notes dry summers reduce fall honey and stores, so feeding 20 to 30 pounds per colony is often needed.
Giles Marlett, a mover on the Edenville to Carroll route in Marshal county, was waylaid near Oliver Stephenson’s residence on the Cole road and beaten. Geo Rainier found him, Dr Beott treated his head wounds, and Marlett later left for Carroll despite officers orders to stay. He returned Saturday, swore out a arrest before Squire Allen.
The article reports a man identified as Bailey jailed in Iowa on a $1,000 bond in default while his confessed cohort fled to southwestern Minnesota. The Watchman criticizes the crimes and calls for the law to punish the suspect, noting past behavior and urging reform.
The Chicago Times reports a bustling stockyard day with the largest hog arrival on record. Cattle, sheep, and corn markets mixed as buyers paid full prices. hog demand stayed strong amid high packing activity and steady or higher values through the day.
A vintage advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as essential for nursing mothers and teething children and as a cure for diarrhea dysentery cholera infantum cramps and many digestive ailments. It promises head pain indigestion nervousness liver disorders and upset stomach and urges buying a bottle or 15 cent sample from J J Bousquet & Co.
The Sun pledges independence from party and interest as it vows to expose corruption and chronicle events of 1880 with clarity. It outlines rates for daily, Sunday, and weekly editions, inviting subscribers and promising frank, practical journalism from New York City publisher I. W. England.
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