The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-07-28
Donxsrlc NEWS.
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Tho intercollegiate boat-racc. Il Saratoga.
,ast week ended In the remarkabls victory OF
tho stndcnts IL ono college over ihu~c AZ four
ether contessing institutiona IN three tlis,anc,
racrs. The usual two-days' rowing OF the annual
regatta having bccn crowded into ono by pre-
vious bad weather. Cornell College, Of Ithaca,
n. y, the winner OF tho Freshmsn's and Uni
sersisy racc~ last year, carries os every trophy
this ysaE.
The lArscae auction vals ar AAnnels ever
held In this country camc on In New York ON
tho nth Of Jnly. Tho lots offered Tor sale
comprised about II, 600 packsges of standard
goods. valued Il between $4,000, 900 aud g..
00o,o00, A Avery lArgs nnmber os hnycr4 wsrs
present from al parts of the country. The
prices obtained ranged from II 10 20 pc, esc..
lower than at private saics In January last.
Tho bulk Of The salcs WA made TO leading
Western housSa.
tho Mohawk. largo pleasure yacht owned
~ tho wealthy print manufactures, William T.
Garner W. cArsised by rqnall In Now York
bay, ono day last wrek, aud nearly Ill Of those
on board drowned. Among thu lost arc Com.
modorc Garner. hin wife. Mi-s Adele Hunter,
daughter 81 Dcsbro<~cs Hunter Of Hnn,cr'n
Point, Frost Thornc, brother Of Mrs. Garner.
two cooks, and seaman.
Tho tnson~o haee II rAn~ing fearful mortality
among The children Of Nav York city. During
tho lsst mouth OF 70, tho little innershi, have
been dying q tho rate of about 100 ! day.
Tho latest bulletin Ia regard to q. Speaker
blaincs health says he has gone 10 Rye Bcaoh
TO recnrcratc. His health II not much i'm
proved. but lao u physically liltle stronger.
A. Boston, laat wcsk, Patrick Ford killed lin
wife With anax. and, whle attempting 10 c.carc
~ ceAcsn, jumped from tho roof OF i house
md - almost instantly killed. Jealousy.
Fonr pegsoua wsrs drowned III Tho Ilnd.on
nver, abovs New York oity, : fsu evening. sso,
BY the swanptns cr s,nall stsau, yAahi.
West.
0en. Ghssldsn n In rscetpa of disp.tchsx
iron Gen. Crook. datod Camp on t,ooso
Greek, Wyomin0, July H." Ia which Nd
sayss "Ihe hsul infogmasion can ses ftam
my front h tlst The Eioax have three arn,inr
man p ny ons, although have No doubt Of
my ability to whip them with my prsscn, force,
hut he victory would iiksiy 10 ons barren 81
tssultA. and % have Thought Il bcttcr 10 defer
an attack until ] can gss tho Fifth here, aud
then snd ths lpaapaisn with ono crushing
blow. Tho hosells Indians ars, according %
my advtces, encamped on this Little Horn.
near tho hsso Of Tie mountain, and vili
probably semais thsgs until ~ reinforce.
ments como mp"
A singular domsslic tragedy wus enacted In
Chicago : few day~ ago. A married voman
named Mn. Henry Willnsr while lahosinE un.
der temporary ~ b. insanisy, threw her txo
children Into tho river and tAcn juu~d N
htrnolf. All three worn drowned before =.
aIslAnce could roach thsm.
4 hns corn crop y predicted In Nlnnsrcea. :.
Albert 6imlsr, Tor ten wears County Treaeu. !.
rcr of Washington county. VIA. Ii dssaultsr
Ia tho sum of e60, ,O00.
tien, Merritt hAs sucaseslsd In healing on lhc
at'0 retnsorcemeuts Tor sitting Hall that recent.
y isst ths Cheyenne Agsnsy.
Cincinnati papen announce tho death Of
Hon. George \. rugh, In rho Saith year Of NJ
-. IN dlb6nnD - pasAly4ln.
l.Aae advicss from nisnArok say that the
ssa.cmcnt that hitting hull was killed ii tho
nght with Custer 4 conIlrmed mn rrdlsn
s0uscc~ Grey nosse - nlnnh 1aeon we're
also Mid. - s1snG1 th61 flo(h,g Hall.
taaA = Uasaeegas - - go - thai .Le
total ioss ~ no Indian vii reach ncarly 1OO
n removed.
Crop ropssss fsoa nsAsly svsry county IN
Nelra.ka indicat. tho inject prospects, ever
known In tho b1als. wlloAt, oas. and barley
Ee unusually heavy, both ~ 10 average Weld
and acreass. THO outlook for corn il also
tr~t-clans.
Reports from Southern Dakota state that
thouSands of grassLoppcrs aro flying over
YAnkton county Ia northwostcrly dlrt clin,.
Intelligence from the sest u tho Indian war
sl,ows that tho hoxtils Hioax arc nov cAmpesi
mi far from M scsno of The l4to dessat of
Custer on Tho IAttio ns Horn. Meanwhile
Clsn. Mcrrits who hss forced tho Ohoycnnos
hask % lhcir AgsrSy. haa lsfl Fort Laramie.
and viii joln Crook abont tho 9Th of August.
which vail E.ve Crock = fore, Of l.ea7 msa,
nol ineluding osicssA packers. ana camp
eollowcn. - probably a,O00 men ~ tcld
Meanwhile. tlcn. Terry's oolnmn h march
ins soatAward u unto HE force asd CO.
operale with Crook bnt, should he fsil 10
msks tho Junction ON tho 9TH % Angust when
Merritt arrser. Crock viii Il once rtrike tho
luuiana~ tho Indians ~Aii IN their iressnt
locality.
south.
Heavy noods are reported In ths Red. Qua.