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he Fifty-second
The Fifty-
tga and
camp.
~der the command
POrted only 38 sick
camp at Jacksonville and
left at home on th
The sick who
Were cared for in
hospital, where
of the most.
,and the constant
rSes.
Iced AId.
soldier hospitals,
~e Red Cross and
corn-
re employed
attention
so
These bus-
for the
been might
support-
; efforts ( secured
Moines
eontributlons have been
state. The
~ver, tO
of ~aintaJn-
cOSta several
eek for each hos-
to help carry
very doubtful.
F. W. BICKNELL.
ALMOST A PANIC.
Fire Started in a Booth on the Hamil-
ton Connty Fair Grouu~ D~-
stroY~ Floral Hall.
A panic was narrowly averted at the
Hamilton. county fair grounds in Web-
ster City, when lace curtains in the
booth occupied by Marsh, Hook & Co.
caught fire and Floral hall was burned
to the ground in sight of the attend~lts
at the second day's'exhibit. The blaze
spread rapidly, but George W. Lee,
former secretary of the association.
marshaled the people out of the build-
i~g before the fire had gained great
headway. The loss cannot be esti-
mated, as family heirlooms, with hun-
dreds of trophies and paintings, were
burned. Nothingwas sav(d.
Old Lad~' Found Dead~
The lifeless body of Mrs. Mary Tritch,
ard, an old lady who resided alone, was
found lying in he. home in Charles
City. Her nonappearance for the past
few days caused the neighbors to inves-
tigate with the result stated. The phy-
sicians called state that llfe had doubt-
less been extinct for two or three days,
but that death was due to naturaI
ea use~,
was killed while trying to b~ard a
train at WaUfington.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
that the Fifty-first Iowa has received'
ira pay for the months of July and
August, the privates drawing $31.20
eSeh. and fhe regiment drawing an ag-
gregate of $55.000.
The legislature may be petitioned to
cently shipped six Poland China hogs
to the. Russian government.
,Tames Havlik, Jr of Iowa City, one
of the battleship Oregon's crew. left
for the east after spead,~ng 15 days'
furlough at home.
Wilber Brown, aged 24, sergeant of
troop F, First eavalry, whose home
was in Fort Dodge, died i~ Washington.
:tie was the only son of Mrs. Dora
Brown, a wealthy widow,
[n a wreck on t he lowa division of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at T~-
rone Engineer George Mann and Fire-
man Thomas Mi'lhouse were killed.
Both leave families in Ottumwa.
In parts of the serum treat-
ment for hog cholera is being experi-
mented with.
A calf with the hoofs of a colt is a
natural curiosity owned by a CIarks-
vllIe stockman.
flock to the place to see this wouderful
spouter.
A pleasant On/look.
The State Registe r says that there are
more stacks:of grain and hay on the
Iowa farms, than in any previous fall
in the entire history of the state, The
'hot weather of August decreased the
corn yield of the year, but Iowa farms
willhavelarger aggregate cropsin 1898
than in any previous year, and Iowa will
have a greater surplus of grain and
] meats than any other state or nation of
equal area.
Stole the Pastor's Money.
The congregation of the Whitfleld
Methodist Episcopal church in Sioux
City presented its pastor with $25 be-
nevolence moncy. The reverend gen-
tleman put the money in a drawer at
his home and that evening relearned to
the church to preach. While so engaged
a thief entered the. house and left with
Mr. Pettinger's $25.
Sioux City Carnlval.
The official programme for the Mon-
damin carnival to be held in Sioux City
October 3 to 10 has been nnnounced. It
provides for plenty of good fun and
frolic for the week and large crowds
are expected. An effort is being made
to secure the attendance of President
MeKinle~ on one day.
Efforts in this directi0n,'however~ a~e
o~ no avail. It is announeed with in-
creased emphasis that there will be no
more troops mustered out. The situa-
tion does not admit of auy further
reduction in the army, and efforts are
being made to put thbse volunteer~
who are retained in the sea;vice as near
as possible to the footing of the regu-
rs in t
la he matter of drill and. disci-
pline. An effort isbeing made to eradi-
cate the amateurish idea of ind.-
pendence among the troops, and; to
bring them down to the strictest dis-
eipline. The purpose at the outset
To He Mustered Out.
Washington, Sept. 16.--The war de-
partment will soon take up the ques-
tion of mustering out a considerable
number of general officers of the volun-
teer army, including major generals
and brigadiers, now that the volunteer
forces have been reduced so largely.
All regimental officers have gore o~t of
service wilh their respective regiments,
but the entire forge of general officers
~till remains.
Rullroads Aro Earning More.
Peoria, Ill Sept, 15.--The Toledo, Pe-
oria & Western railway annual meet-
ing was held Wednesday. Two of the
old dlrect0rs were reelected. The net
eamaixgs for the year ending ~Tune 30.
tire position which he held was in the
pension office in Des Moines. He was
a very intellectual man and was well
informed' on'all subjects. He had been
a resident of Knoxville for many years.
Large ~ar~Bur~e~,
The large stock barn cf Lester ]Ioyt,
six miles from Manchester. was burned
to the gronnd. The loss. ~ hlch ~as to-
tal. amounts to nearly $10.000, there be-
ing no hlsnrance, Four hnndrtd bush-
els of timothy seed, 800 bushels of oats,
1,000 bushels ~f corn. 2~0 tons of hay,
and the entire outfit of farm machinery
were destroyed. Seven head of horses,
five head of cattle and a number of hogs
perished in the flames. The origin of
the fire is a mystery.
A Freak PI~'.
Farmers around Jes~:up ~lre vers
much interested iu a freak pig in that
section. The animal has two tails, two
bodies for half its length, four eyes,
two in their proper place, one in tbe cen-
ter of the head and one u~der the ear,
and numerous other things Ihat well
regulated animals do not have.
Policeman Gus Carlson surprised
burglars in the store of Helferstein &
B!vensin Creston and Carl.~on was shot
and seriousl~ wounded. Th'e burglars
1898, were $227,388,86, against $18~- el~aFed,
475.43 for the preeedJn ear,
FOR fiLL, KIND5 Or
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