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•IMKiofchothvAi r o /■ra*ledS'lie.t*4VOL XI. NO. 11laiifitsawre-LevUdf IntOd5cf*4ox,100vfio»tah,rtour*itn»IfnK f,w)W|XiftOla.IOWA NEWS ITEMS.Nat u marriage license was issued in Lucas comity, during the month ofJuly____A few days ago a ten-year-oldson of John Powers, In Lucas county, was bitten through the finger by a rattlesnake. About four liours after the boy was bitten Dr. Wilson arrived and applied internal remedies, but reported him in a critical condition when he left. The reptile was found and killed. It was a large one having six rattles... .The Iowa Asylum for Feeble Minded Children at Glenwood, will, soon open, and will start with fifty patients—Fertile is the name of a new town in Cerro Gordo eouirV-.. .A Trtmian horsewhipped a Keokuk .manon the street a few days ago____It isproposed to connect Dubuque and El-kader by the extension of the narrow-gauge railroad viaEllcport----The gamelaw of Iowa does not permit the shooting of prairie chickens until August 15.....A colored barber named “Gen.”! Houston shot Henry Kelley, his father-in-law, at West Liberty on the evening of August 2nd. He had been living in ltock Island, and had trouble with his wife who left him and went home to her parents. He went to Kelley’s house, and being refused admittance, broke open the door and fired two shots at his wife. Then her father, Kelley, rushed forward and received three shots, falling dead. The murderer was captured tjircemiles from West Liberty, and taken to Muscat inc. Only the efforts of prominent citizens saved himfrom being lynched----John Ilolst, anold resident of LeClaire, was found dead in a well, August :3d. It was supposed he fell in while leaning over to get water for his team ...The residence of Matthew Fitzpatrick, near Iowa City, was burned August 2nd. Contents of the house nearly all lost.A nine-year old sou of Wm. Davis, living nine miles west of Des Moines, was killed, August 4th, by a fail front a poney which he was riding. The fall broke his neck and he died in fifteenminutes----Hon. S. C. Deering, ofMitchell county, h;is been nominated for Congress by the Republicans in the 4thdistrict;... .Miss Kitty Whiting,aged 14 years, the daughter of ltev. L. M. V’v f1.1 Whiting, pastor of the Baptist Church nmTlTriis ate beg impcac Upon t guilty, i jurisdicThos.BayardCooper,munds,Hitch®0 recry, ell, Moi Uandol Saulsbi man, \ WitherThosi vSenatoi Ca tn erlt; Conklii ton, I Howe, Millan, W e st,1Jone the pro diction nounce guilty, acquitt cle. O vote st fore th iinishe detain* tho me the vo! not gu not ha the art deled enters court idine aTheMessa;J uly 21 pondei or Cilia ganl Hamb priti te also pi tary o: of .To] regard that d1 elusiv the la1 new e sular *MessrV» «J«i reslor mil d passet con lei1 I «’O.at Manchester, was drowned in Maquo-keta river, August r*th. In company with her little sister Mabel, and another little girl, site was lishing on the hank of the river, wlum Mabel acrideutally fell in. Kitty jumped in to rescue her, and w;*s drawn do wit by the current and drowned. Mabel was resound by a man who had seen her fall in.... Kdward Brown, of Osage, was dangerously wounded by the accidental discharge of a shot-gun, August nth. At last accounts he was in a critical condition.... A young man named Shoen, was drowned in Coon river at Des Moines, August uth. He belonged to a German family who came to the country alxmt eighteen uumths ago, and was 20 years of age.A young man named G. W. Farquar, was drowned in the Des Moines river at Des Moines on the evening of August 7th He attempted to cross the river on the dam when ho slipped and fell He was 24 years of age, and the onlychild of aged parents----Mrs. Lovewife of Hon. H. K. Love, President of the Towa National Bank at Des Moines,died Jit Dubuque a few days ago____ADes Moines manufacturer luis received an order for three carriages and some wagons, to be sent to India... The asylum at Independence now contains 270 patients, about 100 of whom areR hopelessly insane----It is announcedthat there will be a baby show department at the approaching Iowa StateFair----A little boy 3 years of age, sonA.9II I of Morloy, 25 miles south of Sioux City, had both legs cut oft; by a reaper, August :Jd. He was standing in the grain unobserved by the driver until after the accident—A young man, lwlieved to be G. P. Paddock, foreman of construction in the employ of Uvy nolds, Saulspaugh Co., committed suicide by jumping off the governmentbridge at Davenport* August 7th.....During the mouth of July the Iowa Bait road Land Company sold 14,000 acres, mostly along the Illinois Central railroad—Willie, son son of Frank Snyder at Iowa City, wa3 drowned on8 the :id of August----A company hasbeen organized at Clinton with a enp-Sital of $150,000 for the purpose of con-« structing a pontoon bridge across theMississippi at that point____The FirstNational and Union Banks, of Sigour ney, are at swords’ points. They make collections, draw drafts, etc., for nothing, and now the first named advertises 0 per cent interest on all sums left ten days or more—Jolui Kellov, of Sand liidge, worked hiuusdf into a torrible passion while beating a horse recently, and in consequence was seized with apoplexy and instantly died.Mahaska county has a better prospectfor corn than for several years____Thefowa Agricultural College has the largest, farm of any college in the United States—Col. John Scott, of Nevada, is to deliver the address at the JEi coning Mills county fair.... It is stated that the wheat crop of Scott county will not average over five bushels per acre... .The promise of a fair corn crop is generally good throughout the3r.caith*lil will wher*IB,vru.Ijods‘en*.ectcd18.idod to,the Tlt; as the rhair (‘orkr to onthe arpropriIIouslt;ded laa nun ilt;effected bywas aappro.someuiittea m»*anuoiregarmemlwerecease1Blnagain of tl .subn Pratt matt cotnr pro pi apptv of th con si builf pass* comt port( Clerl Atto Jury testi with crim persi and ftdoi bill i in alt; but 1 bill, mittup t on 2: arre date deattutesi onStatthesinawiW itdecSebArlallfisciifropaylustoAflnessesriv»giionrJbn!Thtalitsfll5Splt;OrantinsolCOtiiIVIS
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Adams County Gazette
Corning, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 16, 1876
Page 3
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