The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-10-12
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William G. Gilman, u N.w yorh hIohcr ~
hitherto goei reputation. haa comnitiol fot.
srri.. 10 tho extent NJ over f2tN, 900 and He'd
u parts unknown,
Mekueslnri, Ia, hs~ been ,iaited i,y il dlsas.
ifona sondagrAlion. The Pittsburgh rAr a,nl
locomotive works and \ large number u rtofe1,
shops and dwellings we're burned involving u
iass vi about stb0,O0O,
Tho battle u tierman.own, l'a., WAS fought
o,, the All of October, I777. uen. Washington,
being defeated with thu nss ~ .OO0 men, the
tiriti~f losing GOO. The iO0th anniversary VI
tlu event has Just been celebrated with great
spirit by the people NJ Germantown AM the
surrounding country.
Tho Allegheny 1'A.) savings bAik Tie oll.'ai
hank IN the city. has kote where tho wo,alhine
twincsh. Aloni tg00,OoO aro dine depopitrrs.
A savings bank nj Ilar~icl,, Msns., has alao col.
lArrsd.
Vanderbilt has ordered All advance ~ 4 ler
cent. In ihu ~rgea " All TIM men ia Iii. un,.
play " tho Nav inik Central i.ailrnad COIN.
paty whom salaries AFRO lers shan -a.oOp per
anlitlni.
last weak, by the eapssilig III their boAl,
A storm IT unusual sioleicr a~ept over pof-
tlens of ronn.yiyania. Now York and Delaware
oi, thu night " The 4ih inst. causing mar,
serious wAnl-outs On railroads. An excursion,
train was wrecked near ph1nisyille, Pa. kilI.
Ing twelve persona and wounding about nifty.
4 passenger train waa proclpitated Into the
Delaware river, Il frenchtown, N. u, by which
ilse persons lost their lives Ton sclaoonorr
wrro sunk by thu fury of Tim storm
la tho hari,M VI Lewcs. Dsl Iha
steamSr Massachusetts from Providence for
New York, wAs blown ashore on IonH Island.
and will probably prove total wreck III TIM
passengers fortunately escaped. Tho loss by
tho gallo In Tho city of Brooklyn, n. X, Il csti.
mated II ti0O,0O0
Tho insurance AGENCY Of Alligcr lisoa, of
New York, II largely In dcfAnls ~ m English
company. Tho aasosnl = tiG shortage II csti.
mated ~ high ~ tiG0Ooo.
Nearly All tho striking miners Ia tho Anlirs.
cile fields " pennsylvaniA have resumed wotk.
Tho largest scA monster over captured has
arrived in Now York from tlae ODAst of New.
fonndlAnd. Il il ~ enormous dovil-iI.h, nsas-
turing forty feet ind NJ inclloa ictwo1n estrcnl.
ilie~, from tho potut of Inn ~ iis arm. 10 the
md of IL tail, And hAsin. ) bo,iy ten fect III
diameter. II II intended Tor Tho New yoik
aquarium.
Tho recent disAates On Tim Pickering Valley
railroad. near phmnixvillc. r., wa1 one If the
worst affairs II the kind 10 h.ss becn called
npon 10 ehronicie..for soma time. Tho train,
consisting of two passenger coaeAcs and i
milk A-cAr, dashed dawn ditch nearly Lon feet
deep. III IN instant the work of destruction,
~as done. Tho engine plunged heAdioi,s
down 10 thu iottom u the ditch. instantly kill.
lng tho engi0cur and Truman. A passenger
coach cams next. shot across The opening.
hruAe tia foremost snd, and feil nlpn III.
wrecked cnHiae. Tho cars thun piled In one
nNn another, .ni In thu terrible darkness IL
thu night tho scene that followed MAJ more
fearful than lAn can picture. Eleven person,
wuro alniost Instantly killed. aud large mum.
ber wounded, Ase or NJ u whom has. dnrs
died.
West.
A iIre on Meridian and Louisiana streets. I,l-
diAnApolis. last wck, dcstroyed property Waited
u e7h,OOO.
George \. CLARK, . prominent resl.estst.
dealer " Chicsxo, has failed Liabilities.
tSO0, 900, Aascts. ono gold watch worth si0o.
and household goods valued Il 80.
By ths explosion Ia lhllmAn a O'liafa. d@-
tillery. In n. Louis. Frederick w. l,ollmnn. ~.
u tho prowietorr, and Hastin hhay sn sn,.
pioye. wore killed.
ronr persona were instantly killed, and oue
or Two seriously. injured, hy tho explosion II
thu boiler ~ : portable engine n ktndontown
Ohio. The hodios II The killed we're hoffihl,
mAngicd. Fragments hesng picked ~ Al ].