Mrs. Shepherd considerably injured. Mr. Shepherd was rendered senseless by the shock for nearly twenty minutes, and up to Monday of this week experienced considerable difficulty in breathing. Mrs. Shepherd was knocked down and somewhat injured by brick falling from the chimney, besides being badly burned by the lightning. The house was not materially injured.—(August 16, 1882).
Monday eveningduring the storm the house of Will Staves, and a dwelling owned by W. D. Lucas, occupied by a Mr. Peterson, were struck but not much damaged, and none of the inmates hurt. A discharge came down, too, in the north part of the city, striking the fence near Charlie Taylor's house.—(August 16, 1882.)
Ames has begun rebuilding the burned district.
We wanted to sit out of doors and sun ourselves the few sunshiny days of last week.
Brown, the clothing man, has a big lot of hat cases on his side walk just in from market.
The absorbing question is, when will the Supreme Court re-open the Amendment case?—(March 7, 1883.)
James A. Bain, of the Southern Hotel, Cedar Rapids, and formerly proprietor of the old New York House here, was found dead in an out house, Friday evening, at six o'clock. The Coroner was notified and a post-mortem examination was made by Dr. Fairchild, assisted by Dr. Merideth, Saturday afternoon. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of death "from an overdose of chloral —taken by himself, with no intention to commit suicide,—and a diseased state of the heart. His body was taken to Tecumseh, for interment.
I. L. Smith, J. A. Mills, C. G. McCARTHY, F. D. Thompson, L. W. King and George Child, of Nevada, were in town Sunday to attend the funeral of Uncle Tommy Jones. Mr. Jones died Friday morning in the eightieth year of his age. The funeral was at the Baptist Church at 2 P. M. Sunday, under the charge of the Masonic fraternity. The interment was at Ontario.—(May 30, 1883.)
The Intelligencer speaking of the retirement of Mrs. Lucas from the Ames post-office pays her the following deserved compliment; "She proved herself, in the long years that she filled the position, an efficient and obliging officer—certainly without a superior in the State. She takes with her, in her retirement, the esteem of a host of warm friends, who will remember her with many pleasant recollections. "—(Nov. 5, 1884.
George H. Maxwell, of Ames, arrived home Saturday night from France, bringing with him four fine Percheron stallions. He came by way of the State Fair where, notwithstanding they had been