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September 23, 1898     The Mount Vernon Hawkeye-Record
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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 / ::!i %