Iowa
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Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
October 7, 1885
Athelia Ledis has been arrested at Red Oak [Montgomery co.] upon
the charge of passing conterfeit money. When arrested she had a
number of $20 spurious bills on her person.
At Grundy Center [Grundy co.] a two-year old child of Rev. Mr.
Sherburn was smothered to death in an oat bin.
SUICIDE OF MRS. MOSIER.
Walnut, [Pottawattamie co.] Oct. 6.-- Special the State Register. -- Mrs. Dr. L. Mosier suicided here today by
taking a dose of rat poison. Cause, family troubles.
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Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
October 8, 1885
Sam Challman, of Galva, Ida county, put his hand on a buzz saw to
see if it was running. Sam is now looking for a thumb and index
finger which he lost.
Tom Clark, a Cedar Rapids boy, employed in the sausage factory,
got his hand mixed up with the knives and had it so badly mangled
as to make amputation necessary.
The mother of F. W. Barron, aged 77 years, fell down the stairs
of the Lake Park House, at Spirit Lake, breaking both arms,
cutting her face and otherwise bruising her.
Jacob Berner, employed in the bucket factory at Dubuque, had one
of his feet almost torn off by a wire rope attached to some
machinery he was operating.
Frank Tofflenier, of Lime Creek township, Cerro Gordo County,
accidentally shot and killed himself while wolf hunting. He was
shot through the neck and under the chin, severing the esophagus.
At Osceloa [Clarke co.], W. H. Goff, while cutting wood split his
foot open, and amputation will be necessary.
George Benn, of Sac City [Sac co.], who was thrown out of a buggy
while intoxicated last week, has since died.
A son of D. M. Henderson, at Reeder's Mills, Harrison county, got
his head and one arm into a cane mill. They were badly bruised.
In the coffin factory at Dubuque, George Hind was cutting a piece
of wood with a saw when a piece of the wood was forced throught
the palm of one of his hands, emerging between the index and
second finger. He will probably lose his hand.
Allen Bundy, living near Cedar Falls, was standing at a stalk
cutter feeding some fine stuff and talking to a friend. In some
manner his hand and arm were drawn into the machine, and were
literally chopped to pieces. The arm was amputated near the
shoulder.
A Question of Constitutional
Rights.
Dubuque, Oct. 8- Special to the State Rigister. – Peter
Vogel, an itinerant cloth peddler, has brought suit against this
city in the United States court, claiming $25,000 damages for his
arrest and imprisonment for selling goods without a license,
after his application for said license had been rejected by the
Mayor. He claims that his arrest was a violation of a section of
the United States constitution, which provides for free
commercial intercourse between the States.
SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE LADY
WHO TOOK THE FEARFUL LEAP.
Cedar Rapids, Oct. 8. -- Register Correspondence. -- To-day's Republican
give the following facts regarding Miss Fairchild, who took the
fearful leap from the third story windown of the Northwestern
Hotel Tuesday night: Yesterday developed many new and important
facts in the case of the supposed attempted suicide of which the
Republican spoke in its last issue. Miss Ada Fairchild, who, when
our first account was written, was still dazed by her terrible
fall, and who was suffering the most intense agony from her
fractured limbs, was in no condition then to tell the real facts
in the case as they have since developed, and indeed they dawned
upon her only with awakening consciousness. Her story, if true,
and there seems no reason to doubt it, is one which almost makes
men blush, and may well cause the blood to boil with indignation.
She says that after being shwon to her room and having retired
for the night there was a knock at the door and upon her asking
who was there, a voice replied, "a friend." "Who
are you," she asked, "and what do you want?"
"I want to get in" said the intruder. "Well, you
are no friend," said the woman, "or you would not want
to come in." The man then went away and being alarmed she
got up and dressed herself. One can imagine the terror of this
young woman. She is only 24 years of age, has lived all her life
with her sister near Troy Mills, this county, and being unused to
city life, innocent and ignorant, she was frightened and nervous
even before this intrusion and insult added fresh terror to her
feelings. She had arrived in the morning from Nebraska, where she
had been visiting, and was on her way to her home with her
sister, Mrs. David Onler, two miles out from Troy Mills, on the
Walker road. She had missed the train here, and after sitting in
the depot all day had at last been directed to the North western
Hotel by Officer Crissinger. She was sitting in her room dressed
when the wretch who had first disturbed her again came to her
door and demanded admittance. This she refused, and he said:
"if you do not let me in I will kick in the door and kill
you." This threat terrified the woman and without further
thought, except to escape from the villain who was threatening
her honor and her life, she sprang to the window and throwing it
open leaped out upon the hard cement pavement, sixty feet below.
It was a terrible fall, and when Hugh Livingston, who was the
first man to reach her, kneeled over her, she was only able to
speak disjointedly. It now appears, too, that fourteen years ago,
when a child, Miss Fairchild suffered a paralytic stroke which
among other evidences of weakness affected her eyes. It was this
affection which led those who saw her, to believe that she was
crying when she entered the hotel. The injured woman was taken to
St. Luke's hospital yesterday morning, where she can receive
better medical treatment. Her physicians think she will recover,
though it will probably be many weeks before she is able to be
about again. Mr. John H. Fairchild, of Dows, the father of the
unfortunate young woman, arrived in the city last night. He said
his daughter had been a student in the college at Vinton for five
years, and since last November had been visiting with her brother
in Nebraska. The rascal who made the threats at her door was
found to be a colored porter of the house, who has been arrested,
but denies his guilt, though all facts point to him as the guilty
party.
GOLDEN WEDDING OF IOWA PIONEERS -
MARRIAGE OF COLLECTOR WEBSTER
Davenport, Oct, 7. -- Special to the State
Register. -- Mr. and Mrs.
William Van Tuyle, pioneer settlers of eastern Iowa, celebrated
the fifieth anniversary of their wedding today. They came to Iowa
November 7, 1835.
Hon W. C. Thompson, United States Collector of Internal Revenue,
was married this evening to Miss Margaret A. Leclaire.
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Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
October 10, 1885
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
Keokuk, Oct. 9. -- Special to the State
Register. -- A flue in
one of the six boilers of the Anderson, Felt & White saw
mill, Montrose, gave way this afternoon and steam and water were
carried 200 feet by the force of the explosion. The brick wall of
the boiler room was thrown down and John Baten, of Nauvoo, was
scalded so badly that he will die. Another man was also injured.
--
Henry H. Gray, a prominent attorney of Waverly, committed suicide
Wednesday night by shooting. He was short about $6,000 in money
due his clients. It is reported that his life was insured for
$18,000.
A. H. Bomgarr, a brakesman on the Burlinton, was instantly killed
near Hillsdale, Mills County, by falling from the top of a
freight car to the ground. He was a resident of Alton, Sioux
County, where his body was taken for burial.
Unionville, Oct. 9. - Special to the State
Register. -- George John,
a young man living some five miles southeast of Unionville, in
the edge of Davis county, had his neck broken yesterday. He was
grinding cane and the sweep caught his head and broke his neck on
the corner of the cane mill. He was buried to-day.
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Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
October 13, 1885
SUDDEN DEATH OF COL. WOOD
Iowa City, Oct. 13. -- Special to the State
Register. -- Colonel M.
D. Wood, for many years the proprietor of the St. James Hotel,
died suddenly this afternoon.
BRYANT HEAVY FIRE
Clinton, Oct. 13 -- Special to the State
Register. -- A fire at
Bryant, north of here, yesterday, destroyed a store, house, barn,
part of the stock of Charles Anderson, a general merchant. It
caught from a bonfire. Loss $6,000 with $5,000 insurance in the
German Fire Insurance company of Freeport, Ill. About $500 worth
of stock was saved.
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The Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa
Wednesday, October 14, 1885
In the case of S. H. Worchester and Son vs. The Capital City Bank
and W. W. Weldon, the jury found for the plaintiff yesterday in
the sum of $50.
In the case of S. P. Miller vs. The City of Des Moines, the jury
returned a verdict of $200 damages. The damage resulted from a
defective catch basin which caused the flooding of the Miller
House cellars on several occasions.
Rev. Father M. Flavin, who succeeds the late Father Brazil as the
priest of St. Ambrose, will arrive from Davenport to-day at 4:30
on the Atlantic Express. The Ancient Order of Hibernians of which
he is a
member, have appointed the following committee to meet him at the
train; Rev. Father Mullen, Patrick Burns, M. V. Kennedy, Martin
E. Reddy, James Brice, T. M. Burns, and A. J. Flood.
George and Minnie Frazier, of Lebanon, Ohio, are anxious to hear
of the whereabouts of Mary E. Jones, formerly Mary E. White, who
is supposed to reside in this vicinity. If this should meet the
eyes of Mrs. Jones she would confer a favor by addressing the
parties named above.
MISS ANNA FULLER TO SING IN DES
MOINES.
It will be good news to the people of Des Moines and Central Iowa
to know that Miss Anna Fuller, the distinguished singer whom Iowa
has given to the musical world, is to sing in a ballad concert in
this city in a few weeks. The leading musical people of Des
Moines have invited her to come, and have arranged for her
appearance on Tuesday, November 10, a date that everybody should
remember when making future arrangements.
IT WASN’T LOADED
Else Walder, a Swede, was sitting on the edge of a bed at a house
on Vine and Sixth streets, yesterday morning about 7:30,
examining a fellow boarder’s revolver. In the room were a
number of people, among others, Charles E. McCoy, a boy of 12
years. Of course the unloaded revolver exploded, and the boy was
shot a little above the right groin, brazing the pelvis cavity
bone and discharging about two inches above the head of the
fermor. Drs. Harrop and Connery dressed the wound and report some
fever, but that the boy will recover.
IN DES MOINES IN 1842
Mr. T. D. Clarkson, of Hamilton, Missouri, is in Des Moines
visiting with his brother, C. F. Clarkson, agricultural editor of
THE REGISTER. Yesterday was their first meeting for
thirty-three years. These two
brothers are the only survivors of their father’s family of
eight children. The last previous visit of Mr. T. D. Clarkson to
Des Moines was in October 1842. Then it consisted of only a fort
and a few Indian
trader’s huts. He was then hunting a location, but like many
another wise man of that day could see no brilliant future in the
valleys of the Des Moines and ‘Coon.
Lewis Warren, the young man charged with grand larceny, took a
change of venue from Judge Labour to Squire Callender yesterday.
The case was set for hearing October 21st.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to the following named
parties: Elijah Gibson, Jr., and Mary Etta Byers; William E.
Cassady and Emma Adams; Dayton Deaton and Charlotte Tyler.
The will of S. V. Stowe, giving all of his property to his wife,
Elizabeth W. Stowe and appointing her sole administratix, was
filed for probate yesterday. The will is set for probate November
7th.
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The Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1885
Mr. Levi Helenson, Of Russian Poland, was made a citizen of the
United States yesterday.
In the case of John T. Fox vs. M. W. Wood, the jury yesterday
returned a verdict for defendant.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday as follows: G. H.
Hallquist and Augusta Carlson, and Christian Sterling and
Henrietta Roller.
Two boys name Wadden and Arnold, were arrested yesterday on the
charge of disturbing religious worship in South ‘Coon last
Sunday night. The trial is postponed.
A Mr. Fredericks, living on the corner of West Sixth and Locust
streets, met with quite a serious accident yesterday morning. He
was in the employ of Kurfoot Bros., on Court avenue, and was
engaged in moving a
large mill stone, weighing over 1,000 pounds, when an unfortunate
slip threw him in such a way that the stone fell across his right
leg, breaking it just below the knee. The other workmen came to
his assistance, and he was taken home, where Dr. Swift was called
to dress the fracture. At last accounts he was lying easily and
doing as well as could be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Porter wer trown into a state of nervous
excitement yesterday by the straying away of their little
three-year-old daughter, who was lost to them from 11 a.m. till
about 7 o’clock p.m. They little
one was finally run down in North Des Moines.
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The Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1885
Elmira Wison, for threatening to shoot and kill Vina McVey, was
arrested and tried yesterday by Justice Eggleston, who discharged
the defendant.
Justice Eggleston yesterday joined in the bonds of Matrimony
William T. McQueen and Emma A. Lane, both from the northern part
of Polk county.
The office of Secretary of State has issued a patent to J. B.
Armstrong for the ne ¼ of section 16, township 69, range 39,
containing 160 acres, situated in Page County.
D. M. Ward and Wm. Miller, carrying on a second hand store at
East Second and Walnut, were charged with disturbing the public
quiet, yesterday, and warrants of arrest issued.
The curtained store of Moore & Callahann on the East Side,
was subjected to the scrutiny of the officers yesterday, and a
whole keg of lager was hauled to Justice Eggleston’s court
for confiscation.
Mr. C. F. Clarkson and brother, Mr. T. D. Clarkson, accompanied
by Hon. John Russell, whose combined age is 209 years- 75 , 70
and 64- climbed to the lantern tower in the State Capital dome
yesterday.
The State of Iowa vs. Perry Cummings for threatening to shoot one
Seth Applegate, a case growing out of a horse trade, was heard by
Justice Eggleston yesterday, and the defendant bound over to
District Court in
$500.
The whole batch of boys charged with disturbing religious worship
last Sunday night in South ‘Coon, include Sam Smith, Ed
Jubb, Wm. Arnold, and Eugene Wadden. They will be tried on Monday
next before Judge Labour.
Peter Toner, a native of Ireland, was made a citizen of the
United States yesterday.
Judge Given yesterday joined in the bonds of matrimony Mr. Henry
Myers, of Maxwell, and Ellen Ellingswood, of Cambridge.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to William T. McQueen and
Emma A. Lane, W. S. Sweatt and Nettie Hersey, William Zimmer and
Anna Myers.
The class in general literature which was to meet at Mrs. Jacob
Rich’s this afternoon has postponed its meeting to Friday,
Oct. 23, on account of the death of Mrs. Tisdale, mother of Mrs.
S. R. Drake, a member of the class.
SUCESSFUL REUNION OF VETERANS --
SAD ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THEM.
BOONE, Oct. 15. -- Special to the State
Register. The reunion of
the Boone County Veteran Association, held here to-day, has been
a grand success. There were several thousand people on the
grounds, and speeches were made by Capt. Bell, Col. Scott and
Col. Wilkinson. During the sham battle a premature explosion of
the field piece shattered the right arm of James Newcombe, which
required amputation. He was a former member of the Fourth Indiana
Battery, but now a farmer in indigent circumstances. Some $400
was promptly raised for him on the grounds. The occurrence had a
depressing effect and cut short the exercises. To-morrow a mock
engagement between the Agricultural College Cadets and the
Marshalltown and local companies of the I. N. G.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. WM. R. ROSS
LOVILIA, Oct., 15. -- Special to the State
Register -- Dr. W. R.
Ross one of the pioneers of Burlington dropped dead here
yesterday at 11 P. M. of paralysis of the heart. He has been
totally blind for the last two years; otherwise he was in good
health for one of his age, being in his 81st year. In the early
days of Burlington the doctor was very active in Church, school,
county and State affairs.
A LITTLE BLAZE
GUTHRIE CENTER, Oct. 13 -- Our citizens were aroused at 2 o'clock
this morning by an alarm of fire. The blaze was in the M. E.
parsonage barn. It and O. L. Phillips' barn, adjoining, were
entirely consumed. The M. E. minister, Rev. McGuire, lost about
$90 in stoves and other effects stored in the barn. Phillips lost
considerable hay and corn with his building and two large, fat
hogs, which could not be got out of the pen after the fire was
discovered.
SMALL BLAZE
PRAIRIE CITY, Oct. 15 -- Mr. B. F. Prunty's dweling was burned
Tuesday afternoon. No insurance on the building. The house was
occupied by Mrs. S. J. Bedell whose loss was almost total, saving
but very little of the household furniture, partially covered by
insurance. Mr. Dan Hammick and I. W. Shriver's trunks and
clothing were in the house of which was saved only one trunk of
Mr. Shriver's.
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