Iowa Old Press
Lime Springs Sun
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
April 9, 1897
Iowa State News.
Pardoned by the Governor.
Clerk Hayes received from Gov. Drake a pardon for Michael Kerwin,
sentenced in Dubuque in March, 1894, to imprisonment for 6 1/2
years for the crime of manslaughter. He stabbed a man named John
Maar during a fight at Twin Springs. The pardon was granted on
the strength of a petition signed by the county attorney clerk,
treasurer and ex-recorder, the trial jurors, mayor, marshal and
many others, and was given on the condition that Kerwin refrain
from drinking or frequenting saloons.
Planned to Escape.
Three prisoners in the county jail planned to kill the jailer at
Sioux City and make their escape. Carter, the forger; Shorty
Gray, one of the supposed principals in the robbery of the Brown
block a few weeks since, and Jack King were implicated in the
plot. When Jailer Anderson started into the cage with breakfast
for the prisoners he discovered that the lock had been tampered
with, and so their intentions were thwarted.
Sued for Slander.
Rev. A.E. Fouch, of Bouton, has been sued for $5,000 for slander.
Fred Cooper, a merchant, and the minister were both paying
attention to a young woman. It is claimed by Cooper that the
minister poisoned the minds of the girl's parents by telling them
that his character was questionable, thus depriving him of a fair
chance in the race.
A Fatal Quarrel.
John Steele shot and killed Jacob Werner near Eddyville. A
quarrel ensued over the location of a division fence on their
farms. Steele drew his revolver and fired two shots into Warner's
body, killing him instantly. Warner was a young man, recently
married. Steele is about 55, and an old resident of the vicinity
of Eddyville.
Found Guilty.
James Hazlett and William Franklin were found guilty of
manslaughter for killing Joseph Wright at Hickory church, in
Monroe county. The jury made the special request that Hazlett get
the extent of the law and that Franklin be let off with light
punishment.
News in Brief.
-In a prize fight at Oswalt between Tom Cox, of Des Moines, and
Howard Steel, a coal miner, the latter won in five rounds.
-The following Iowans have been admitted to practice as attorneys
and agents before the interior department in Washington: Frank S.
Bell, Salem; John W. Bixby, Corning; Adolph H. Kroeger, Rockford;
Otto H. Montzhelmer, Primghar; George H. Onthank, Grinnell.
-William Forney, who went to Burlington 57 years ago, when it was
but a small village, and had lived there ever since, died at the
age of 79 years.
-The Sixth district contest for the Demorest gold medal was held
in Oskaloosa and Ralph Gonage, of that city, won.
-James Farrell, a trainman, was fatally injured and Martin Burnes
was badly hurt while taking a bull from a car near Elma.
-The general store of Risk Brothers at Stanley was broken into by
tramps and $100 in clothing taken.
-Fire in S.B. Sholtz's dry goods store at Villisca caused a loss
of $1,500.
-While out hunting near Creston, Henry Boyd accidently shot and
killed John Schnauber, 14 years old.
-George Morgan, 21 years old, was instantly killed at Calamus
while trying to board a moving train.
-Frank R. Peck, a real estate and insurance agent of Clinton, was
killed by the cars at Sterling, Ill.
-Joel Eaton, one of the prominent business men of Council Bluffs,
was found dead on the floor of his room at the Ogden house. Heart
disease was the cause.
-As a result of overindulgence in whisky, Frank Rogers, of
Lehigh, fell off an embankment and was killed.
-An examination of the accounts of John Kows, late postmaster at
Callender, shows a shortage of about $300.
-N. Desparios, one of the wealthiest citizens of Sioux City, was
stricken with apoplexy while sitting in his office, and died in a
short time.
-Dr. J.H. Walton, a well-known physician of Dubuque, Ia.,
committed suicide in Lincoln park, Chicago, while temporarily
insane.
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Lime Springs Sun
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
April 16, 1897
State News.
Wants Heavy Damages.
Mrs. Bertha Leonard, widow of Michael Leonard, of Oxford, has
brought suit in the district court for $15,000 damages, asking
$5,000 from Frank Zedlinska, $5,000 from Joseph and Katherine
Bettag and $5,000 from George Floerschinger. The plaintiff claims
the defendants all sold her husband liquor contrary to law, that
he became an habitual drunkard and died in January, 1897, from
the effects of drinking.
A Murder Mystery.
The body of William N. Sargent, the 20-year-old son of J.P.
Sargent, a prominent clothing merchant of Des Moines, was found
at the bottom of a coal shaft at Seymour. He was last seen with
two tramps. He had a large sum of money, and the evidence before
the coroner, indicates that he was robbed and killed by the
tramps and the body thrown into the shaft. The tramps have not
since been seen.
Hanged Himself.
For some time it had been noticed that Lewis Halverson, a
prominent farmer living three miles south of Thompson, had been
melancholy, owing to the loss of several hundred dollars in a
business transaction, but people had no idea that it would lend
to any such thing as self-descruction, and were shocked when it
became known that his lifeless body had been found hanging in his
barn.
Women Elect Officers.
At the convention in Burlington of the Women's Missionary Society
of the United Presbyterian Church of Iowa, the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Williamson, Keokuk; vice president,
Mrs. J.P. Davids, Ainsworth; recording secretary, Miss Ella
Montgomery, Washington; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary
Johnson, Washington; treasurer, Mrs. Eva Welch, Ainsworth; junior
secretary, Mrs. D.H. Logue, Washington.
Took His Own Life.
Dr. J.H. Walton, aged 36, a well-known physician of Dubuque,
committed suicide in Lincoln park, Chicago, cutting his throat
with a razor. The act was done before the eyes of hundreds of
wheelmen and pedestrians on the Lake Shore drive. Walton is
believed to have been temporarily insane, the result of a recent
illness.
List of Patents Granted to Iowa Inventors this week.
Reported by C.A. Snow & Co., Solicitors of American and
Foreign Patents, Opp. U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.
F.L. Beymer, Indianola, sheetmetal heating stove; J. Bossard,
Dubuque, electorplating-book; M.J. Cushman, Waterloo, cow-milking
machine; J.M. Harris, Des Moines, filter; H. Mullen, Lawler,
machine for loading, carrying and distributing manure, etc.; A.
Sickafoose, Lyons, valve; W.T. Vallandingham, Knoxville, cabinet
for hosiery. D.B. Cherry, Knoxville, manure carrier; S. Green,
Brighton, match-cavinet; P.J. Unas, Marengo, stovepipe-thimble;
E.S. Hart, Clinton, dumping car; R.G. Moon, Bedford, means for
constructing storm-cellars, etc., of concrete; and R.B. Stewart,
Osterdock, can-opener.
News in Brief.
-Caspar Truog, residing near Graff, shot himself through the
head, dying instantly. The sheriff was there to serve a warrant
for his arrest on a charge of insanity.
-E.B. Evans, register of the United States land office at Des
Moines, has resigned.
-J.W. Tharp, jilted by a girl at Vinton, to whom he had been
paying attention, took a dose of chloroform, but was pumped out
and will live.
-Arthur Couriney (or Courlney), the Mount Pleasant farmer accused
of wholesale robbery from Iowa farmers, pleaded guilty to three
charges of grand larceny.
-Col. Elijah Sells, an old pioneer of Utah, who died at the age
of 83 years, was a member of the constitutional convention that
framed a constitution for Iowa 57 years ago.
-State Superintendent Sabia, of the department of public
instruction, issued a request for the general observation in the
schools of Iowa, April 23, as Arbor day.
-The wife of Prof. C.P. Colgrove, of the State normal school,
died very suddenly at Cedar Falls while she was hearing a class.
-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beeson, of Liscomb, pioneers, celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Fifty descendants from five
different states were present.
-At the age of 94, after a residence of over 40 years, Patrick
Hannaher, a wealthy man, died in Clinton. He was for years a
successful grain dealer.
Married.
WINMILLER - WILHELM. At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.F. Wilhelm, near LIme Springs, Ia., Sunday, April 11,
1897, Mr. Henry E. Winmiller, of Thomasburo, Ill, and Miss Hattie
E. Wilhelm of Howard Center. Rev. H.J. Bowder officiating.
Congratulations. The happy couple will live with the bride's
parents, where the groom will farm with his father-in-law.
[transcriber note: there were 3 separate marriage notices for
this couple in this issue of the paper, the above is a 'marriage'
of all 3 notices]
BLADE - COOPER. At the M.E. parsonage, Lime Springs, Ia. April
14, 1897, by Rev. H.J. Bowder, Mr. Wm. Blade and Miss Della
Cooper, both of Chester. That peace and happiness may attend them
through life, is the wish of friends.
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Lime Springs Sun
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
April 23, 1897
Iowa State News.
A Candidate.
Judge Caldwell, of Tama county, is suggested as a good man to
[illegible words] governor.
Found Murdered.
The dead body of Adelbert Rolling was found in the road near his
home some eight miles northwest of Maquoketa. A club was the
weapon used, his head being fearfully crushed and bruised. He was
not known to have any enemies, and there is no reason for
supposing robbery to have been the motive. The whole affair is a
deep mystery. The dead man was about 33 years of age and a
widower, his wife having been dead for several years. He had been
living alone.
Fatally Shot his Wife.
E.D. Smith fatally shot his wife, Louise, in Sioux City. The
couple quarreled some weeks ago over the alleged intimacy between
Mrs. Smith and Grant Allen, a neighbor. She left her husband to
stay with her father, L.M. Huffman. Smith finally went to
Huffman's house and his wife from within fired twice at him with
a revolver. Smith was ready with his pistol and shot his wife.
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