Polk City, lowa, contributed $50,000
toward the construction of the narrow
guage railroad from Des Moines to Ames,
conditioned upon Polk City being made a
station, which condition was complied
with until the road passed into the hands
of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company, when 'he guage was ordered to
the standard, amf, in order to avoid the
heavy grade approaching Polk City, a
cut-ott was constucted, which leaves the
city two miles from the railroad Suit is
about to be begun to compel the North
western company to fulfill the agreement
made by the narrow guage company.
BOX. TIMOTHY O. HOWE’S BUSY
LIFE ENDED.
The Postmaster General I’aHHCH Away
Peaeefiilly at Kenosho. WIN.—A
Sketch of Ills Career.
Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States, died at the
residence of hii nephew, Col. James
H. Howe, in Kenosha, Wis., at twenty
minutes after two Sunday afternoou.
He contracted a severe cold about a
week before, while at Green Bay, and
returned to Kenosha feeling quite ill,
and was immediately taken sick with
pneumonia. He was considered dan
gerously ill up to Saturday morning,
when there seemed to be a decided
improvement, and his friends felt quite
hopeful, hut ou Saturday night he was
taken worse aud continued to sink
rapidly, passing away very quietly and
peacefully Sunday afternoon.
A BUSY CAREER.
In Wisconsin, where Postmaster Gen
eral Howe is best known, the news of
his death caused a general gloom. The
postmaster general has had a busy
life. He was born in Livermore, Ox
ford county, Maine, February 7, 1810.
