Iowa News Items of Oddities and Local Events
Iowa items report a death by hanging of Samuel Bell in Jackson township Madison County. Alex Mason Hanna yields 108 bushels per acre of corn in Humbolt county. Fort Dodge Chronicle notes a claim of the first Iowa schoolmaster in 1830. Fort Dodge brakeman Tom Gorman loses a leg and dies. Copperas and coal found near Fort Dodge. Supreme Court adjourns to February 2 at Des Moines Capitol. Northwestern Farmers' and Live Stock Breeders' Indemnity Association articles filed in Des Moines. Capital City Electric Light Company formed. Iowa Sheriffs' Association meets in Burlington with Dan Farrell as President. Rockwall to build a 5000 foot toboggan track. Kelly McMann injured by steam pipe blast in Centerville. Dubuque hosts Chocolataire by Congregational church ladies. Cedar Rapids health officer orders German family to move due to chickens. U S Supreme Court upholds Northwestern road beer transport ban. Fort Dodge pipes harbor small fish from hydrants. Mayor Taylor of Creston planning a circus in April. Eldora mayor Hadley injured after fall. Hog cholera hits Hamilton County. Union Pacific bridge at Council Bluffs under rapid construction. Dennis Donovan named assistant U S attorney in Polk County. Iowa towns form winter literary societies. Horse thefts rise in Jarrison County. School pay in Wapello County males 42.19 and females 28.88 monthly. State University term ends December 22 with large enrollments and a growing science building and departments.
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Supreme Court
Capitol
Des Moines
Northwestern Farmers
John 8. Hadley
Eldora
Hamilton County
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Dennis Donavan
Polk County
U. S
D. O. Finch
Iowa
Chardan
Greene County
Wapello County
State University
Barnum Wire Works rises from ruins to fill orders again
Report chronicles E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works Detroit origins and growth to 1870s, its 1880s receivership after stock failures and fire, and Barnum's return to fulfilling orders. Also notes a string of incidents from police raids in Vincennes Indiana to a fatal duel in Mississippi and other sensational items.
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E. T. Barnum
Detroit
E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works
Barnum
Vincennes
Indiana
Wilhelm
Tremendous Siberia mine blast floods reports of hundreds dead
Dispatches from St. Petersburg describe a huge dynamite explosion at Pleiguchin mine in Siberia with conflicting death tolls ranging up to 1000. Other items note the arrest of the Duke of Seville for treasonous speech after being denied an audience with Queen Regent Christina. Monterey advices report prison release of acting Governor Sepulveda and acquittal of a firing officer, 12 Sepulveda privates punished by 10 years in cavalry, Garcia honored in Saltillo, and a broad disbandment of revolutionary forces with some leaders receiving sinecures.
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St. Petersburg
Pleiguchin
Siberia
Seville
Alphonse
Isabela
Christina
Monterey
Mexico
Sepulveda
Nanticoke mine victims feared dead amid collapse
Dispatches from Wilkesbarre indicate all imprisoned miners likely perished after a new rock fall. Rescue work halted. 29 victims feared. Officials abandon air shaft efforts due to cave-ins and fire damp while tunneling continues.
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Wilkesbarre
Nanticoke
James Turner
John Absolom
Joseph Warner
Congressional measures spark across both houses this session
Legislation streams from Edmunds bigamy bill to statehood for Oklahoma. Senate and House introduce numerous bills on territories, railroads, pensions, taxation, and elections. Adjournment to Jan 5, 1886 noted with executive action on nominations and investigations.
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Edmunds
Utah
Senate
Cullom
van Wyck
Nebraska
United States
Indian Territory
Territory of
Oklahoma
Coke
Harris
Carter
McPherson
U. S
Monitor
Merrimac
Logan
Army of the United States
House
Hoar
Finance Committee
New York Custom House
Butler
Dakota
Committee
Territories
John Bigelow
New York
Senate Committees Named for Agriculture to Public Lands
A long list of standing and select Senate committees is announced with members and chairmen for each panel. Notable names include Miller of New York chairing agriculture and Blair of New York and Hawley of Pennsylvania chairing civil service. The roster spans appropriations coast defenses commerce district of Columbia education and labor and many more with chairs and members listed.
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Messrs
Miller
New York
Blair
Plumb
van Wyck
Sawyer
George
Fair
Gibson
Jones
Arkansas
Allison
Dawes
Hale
Mahone
Beck
Cockrell
Call
Gorman
Logan
Senate
Nevada
Chace
Vance
Hawley
Mitchell
Pennsylvania
California
Pike
Sewell
Maxey
McPherson
Oncommerce
McMillan
Conger
Frye
Dolph
Ransom
Cameron
Coke
West
Florida
Kenna
District of Columbia
Ingalls
Riddleberger
Palmer
Harris
Brown
Blackburn
Pugh
Payne
Walthall
Sainsbury
Sabin
Colquitt
Hampton
Eustis
Spooner
Stanford
Berry
Civil Service
Cullom
Gray
Harrison
Platt
Morrill
Sherman, Jones
Aldrich
Voorhees
Morgan
Sherman
Edmunds
Evarts
Saulsbury
Mississippi River
Bowen
Arkanas
Hoar
Wilson
Iowa
Jackson
Butler
Manderson
Camden
Teller
Oregon
Chace, Teller
Conner
Colquit
Maryland
Hawley and Gorman
Everts
Meggrs
Spoonar
United States
Coke, Pugh
Seaboard
Betler
Potomac River
Washington
Merrill
Nicaragua
Fair, Brown
Library of Congress
Resolve to Advance Prices by Northwestern Plow & Cultivator
The Northwestern Plow and Cultivator association, all western manufacturers, met in Chicago and resolved that no further price concessions will be made beyond those already given. If raw material prices rise, an immediate meeting will set higher prices for plows and cultivators. Production for spring 1886 will be limited to actual orders.
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Northwestern Plow & Cultivator Association
Allegheneys
Chicago
Gems from Thackerey and the honest life lessons
A compilation of aphorisms and reflections on truth humor pride and character. The author champions wit courage genius and uprightness while warning against vanity mistrust and envy.
Maternal Courage in Snakes and Rats
Chambers's Journal reports a large adder that swallows its own young to defend them, then dies after a hunter strikes. It also recounts a rat fighting a cobra, biting the venomous foe to protect its nest and offspring as both combatants fall.
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Mr. Garratt
Chambers
Maj. Gen. Perley Poore Writes Grant Life Fast
The article notes Maj. Gen. Perley Poore’s summer literary output including a Grant biography for a publisher. Poore dictated about 2,500 words per chapter at one chapter daily, completing about 90,000 words in roughly two months, with prior sales around 40,000 copies for his life of Grant. Poore appears in good health, weighing about 250 pounds with a bright eye, a veteran in newspaper work across generations.
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Perley Poore
Life of
Blaine
Frances Hodgeson Burnett
Bancroft
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