alarm, that he was devoloping symptoms of insanity. It was hoped that these would soon wear away and that John would be himself again in a very short time. From the start, however, he has grown worse. His ways and actions at first being only a little eratic, grew to be alarming, for the welfare and life of his family and friends are jeopardized by his personal liberty during the ten days previous to Tuesday evening. On Monday of the current week he made two attempts on his own life. On Tuesday the county authorities were called to sit on his case and he was adjudged insane; on Wednesday morning he was taken to the State Asylum for the Insane.—Intelligencer.—(April 20, 1881.)
THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Professor Thompson, of the Nebraska Agricultural College, recently visited our Agricultural College and writes as follows of the farm and stock:
"The sessions of the association are held at the Iowa Agricultural College. And every day two or three hours are devoted by the study of the buildings, stock and crops of the college. The College is now keeping Poland-China swine, Clydesdale horses, Short-horn and Holstein cattle. The Holstein cattle are very fine, in some points the finest I have ever seen. Among them are some good milkers, yet there is one native cow in the dairy, that gives more milk than the best Holstein.
"Some of our friends in Nebraska who think our college farm large, may be interested to know that the farm of this college contains eight hundred and forty acres, and they are to buy one hundred and sixty acres more. This institution is doing much more in the way of teaching agriculture than formerly, and the drift now seems set strongly in that direction. The board of trustees were in session and from conversation with some of them, I learn that it is their settled determination to make it truly an agricultural and mechanical college, and not merely a scientific school with an agricultural attachment.—(August 23, 1882).
The Chicago & Northwestern Company has notified the authorities that it, the company, will proceed at once to grade up for more side-track room south of the new freight house, and suggests that the city sewer be extended south of the contemplated track. The suggestion will be complied with at once.—Ames Intelligencer.
During the thunder storm of Saturday night last the barn of William McMichael was struck by lightning, and a pair of horses, which were in the barn, killed. Very little damage was done the building, as the current hit the northwest corner, tearing off but one board. The principal part of the charge grounded outside of the barn.
About the same time, during the same storm, the house of J. T. SHEPHERD, of Lafayette Township, was struck, and both Mr. and