Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1885 -
Weekly Gazette
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO
April 4, 1885
GEORGE DUNCAN Resorts to the Revolver to Hurry Himself out of the
World.
About half past seven o'clock last night George Duncan, who with
his family resided at the corner of Nevada avenue and Cucharas
street committed suicide by shooting himself through the breast
with a revolver. A representative of the Gazette who
visited the house a few moment after the suicide happened learned
the following facts. It seems that Duncan for a number of years
has been suffering from complications of diseases and for the
past few weeks has been a constant sufferer. A few minutes after
seven last evening he requested his brother, who was staying in
the sick room with him, to get a drink of water, which he
proceeded to do. While the brother was in the kitchen at the
other end of the house he heard the report of a revolver and
immediately rushed to the sick room. Upon reaching there he found
the room vacant and further investigation revealed the body of
his brother lying on the ground directly beneath the window of
the room. Blood was flowing profusely from a wound in the left
breast near the heart, and death must have been almost
instantaneous. The deed was committed with a large 45-caliber
(horse?) revolver, and the ball passed entirely through the body.
It is thought that the man was laboring under a fit of temporary
aberration of mind, and either shot himself while leaning through
the window or jumped out upon the ground and then shot himself.
George Duncan came here from Glenwood [Mills Co.], Iowa, about
two years ago for the benefit of his health. He has however
gradually failed instead of improving, and although in good
circumstances when he came, he has spent all his means and has
been unable to earn more. Last December he went to Glenwood
Springs, returning in about a month, since which time he has been
sick in bed most of the time. He leaves a wife and four little
children in destitute circumstances.Coroner Davis has been
notified and will hold an inquest today if one is deemed
necessary.
[transcribed by S.D., Sept. 2005]
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New York Times
New York, New York
May 2, 1885
Married.
Dowd-Easton. On Thursday, April 30, 1885, at the Windsor Hotel,
New-York, by the Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst, D.D., William B. Dowd,
of New-York, to Stella, only daughter of James H. Easton, of
Decorah, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2006]
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New York Times
New York, New York
June 5, 1885
ADAMS - WEAVER - At the Victoria Hotel, on the 4th day of June,
by the Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, A. G. Adams, of Burlinton, Iowa
and Laura C. Weaver, of Fort Madison, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.Y., September 2009]
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The Cedarburg
Weekly News
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
June 24, 1885
DIED -- On Tuesday, June 15th, at 4 o'clock P.M., Bryan CORRIGAN,
at his residence in the town of Cedarburg. The deceased, though
not confined to his bed until the Saturday previous to his
demise, had been gradually failing for some time past. Mr.
CORRIGAN came to Ozaukee county in the year 1846, where
he remained up to the time of his death. The high esteem in which
the deceased was held by the community was shown by the number of
persons who followed his remains to the grave, his funeral being
one of the largest seen here in years. The remains were buried
from St. Francis Church, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Among
those who attended the funeral from abroad were: William and
Michael CORRIGAN, sons of the deceased, Sioux City, Iowa, David
GARRILY, Milwaukee, Mrs. COONAN, sister-in-law of the deceased,
Nellie and William CORRIGAN, niece and nephew of the deceased,
Milwaukee, and James CORRIGAN, also a nephew, Sioux City, Iowa.
[transcribed by M.S., Oct.
2003]
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Freeborn County
Standard
Albert Lea, Minnesota
August 27, 1885
Serious Fatality in Van Buren County, Iowa- Is it Gray Flux or
Cholera?
A Keosauqua Van Buren county, special says: Our people are
considerably excited over reported cholera at Contril, a town of
about 250 inhabitants, eight miles northwest of here, in Van
Buren county. There were three deaths last night, two being
children and the other an old lady. There have been eight deaths
within the past few days and when the mail carrier left Contril
this morning for Keosauqua there were five that it thought could
not live throughout the day. Thirty-two are down, and thus far
the deaths have averaged one to every
four afflicted. The attack is first a violent cramping in the
stomach, followed by a discharge from the bowels, sometimes of a
bloody nature, and spasms frequently follow. Persons who had been
well during the day were taken that night, and in a few hours
were taken that night, and in a few hours were corpses. Some of
the physicians pronounce it cholera, while others say it is the
old-fashioned flux. There are hardly enough well persons to nurse
the sick. The excitement is reported intense. One of our
physicians was called there to-day, and he thinks it is gray
flux, but pronounces it very fatal. The cause is not known. for a
couple of weeks past the disease had been gradually increasing,
and about the middle of last week broke out with terrible effect.
At Milton, five miles west of Contril, there was a death
yesterday that the physicians say was genuine cholera.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Sept. 2003]
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Freeborn County
Standard
Albert Lea, Minnesota
September 3, 1885
Miss Julia Nagle, of Chicago, and John Reardon, of Emmetsburg,
Iowa, the latter a nephew of D.E. Dwyer, are making the family of
Mr. Dwyer a very pleasant visit.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]
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Salt Lake Democrat
Salt Lake City, Utah
October 26, 1885
Excursionists To California
The chief of California excursion parties this season arrived
last evening over the Union Pacific in six special Pullman cars,
and are quartered at the Walker, Continental and St. James. A Democrat
reporter, in search of a familiar visage among the
"far-fetched" tourists, had the pleasure of meeting the
genial conductors of ceremonies, Messrs. J.O. Prescott, excursion
manager of the N.Y., L.E. & W.R.R., and George E. Allen,
proprietor of the Raitway Magazine, both of Buffalo, N.Y. These
gentlemen stated that the party headed West from Buffalo with two
private cars, adding a third one at Minneapolis, and leaving
Omaha Thursday, Oct. 22d, with the present large party, en route
to San Francisco, where they will arrive Wednesday morning. Mr.
Hoyt Sherman, Jr., special agent, accompanies the sight-seekers.
Before the sun rose over the Wasatch this morning the streets
were alive with carriages and bunches of the visitors, in pursuit
of anything and everything characteristic of Salt Lake and
Mormondom. They left for the Golden Gate on this evening's train,
and will be given an opportunity of crossing the Sierra Nevada
mountains in the daytime. At San Francisco the excursion disbands
and returns east any time within six months. Mr. John Deere,
manufacturer of the famous farming implements, is among the
party, from Moline, Ill. and F.G. Woodberry, president of the
Marshalltown (Iowa) Bank, as well as many other enterprising
business men, compose the intelligent party. The following is a
complete list of the excursionists:
[transcription note: only the Iowans on the list were extracted
from the article]
Mr. and Mrs. Delos Arnold, Marshalltown, Ia.
Miss Emma Briggs, Grinnell, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Clayton, Walnut, Ia.
Mrs. E.D.F. Fisher, Council Bluffs, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Metcalf, Council Bluffs, Ia.
Mrs. George McCord, Marshalltown, Ia.
Miss Julia Perry, Odebolt, Ia.
Mrs. O. Perry, Odebolt, Ia.
Miss Mary Park and niece (child), Grinnell, Ia.
Mr. G.W. Sharp, Farmington, Ia.
Miss Martha Tuttle, Des Moines, Ia.
Mr. F.G. Woodberry, Marshalltown, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Woodworth, Marshalltown, Ia.
Mr. Jas. L. Williams, Marshalltown, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Willigrod, Marshalltown, Ia.
Miss Alice Wilson, Marshalltown, Ia.
Mr. W.L. Wilkins, Sioux City, Ia.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2014]
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Mitchell Sunday
Republican
Mitchell, Dakota Territory
December 6, 1885
The president today appointed the following postmasters: Perry,
Iowa, D.C. West, vice C. Rude, resigned.
[transcribed by S.F., Nov. 2003]
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Mitchell Daily
Republican
Mitchell, Dakota Territory
Wednesday, December 16, 1885
A Set Back for the Pill Foundries.
Des Moines, IA., Dec 14. -- The Supreme Court to-day decided
against the druggists in the test case brought from Harrison
county by the State Pharmaceutical Association. The decision held
that druggists who wish to sell liquor for medicinal purposes
must obtain a special permit the same as any other dealer.
[transcribed by C.D., October 2006]
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Mitchell Sunday
Republican
Mitchell, Dakota Territory
December 20, 1885
Wolsey Happenings.
Mr. Will McClanahan, of the firm of R.D. Whorton & Co., was
married to Miss Maud Law, in Congdon, Iowa yesterday. His many
friends wish him the best of success in his new enterprise.
[transcribers note: I can't find a Congdon, Iowa -- could it be Coggon, Linn co., Condit, Jones co., Coyton, Buchanan co. or Corydon, Polk co.?; transcribed by S.F., Nov. 2003]