The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-07-19

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I'm II. Wright, the icfaulting Treas
uror q son.h lladley. MsTa.. has been fon,a
guilty " emhcxzling t2p,0Oo, and sentenced Il
i've years IN the Atate prison.
A heavy robbery In reported from
Newport, Il. !. Tho residence of ao.. Va,
zandt was entered 1t night BY burglars. and
robl'ed Of jcwclry Of the estimated value oI
$4,000.
Tho death Of Mr.. George SWEET Ap
pleton, of the great New York book. Publishing
Arm of y. Appleton Co., II announced.
A broom.factory In Amsterdam, N. u,
WAS demolished BY : tornado, tho other day
and nino persons buried In tho runs. three 81
whom wcrc killed. and the rest severely injured
Alexander b. 6ayrcs, convicted Of The
murder hts wife In the Church of tho Asccn
sion. In Philadelphia. In November last. b.,
besn sentenced to be hanged.
John w. Bawkor, cashier of the freight
department u the Eastern railroad or Masaa.
chusctts, abandoned Ills oislce recently, and
already tho investigation shows that l,s IL 4
defanltcr 70 tho amount Of 420.O00.
West.
A dispatch from rur,ians, Ore, n.
ports Aanguinary engagement bstwsen I
party Ut white volunteers and i band ol
hostile Indians ii Willow springs, Ore, 70.
1ulting In DISASTROUS defeat 10 the volunteers.
Il wss ! second Custer maasacrc. Tho Indians
completely surrounded the wLites, ifty strong,
and shot and scalmd them without mercy.
Only scycn os tho Inflated lillio army cscaud
70 tell the story Of tho horrible massacre. A
battle u Alto reported between The sriendI,
Umatllia iDdtans aud 10 hostile knakes. the
latter bcing defeat with tho loss of thirty
braves.
D. Iciderstlorf \ Go. = tobacco MANN.
factory, In Milwaukee. WAS destroyed BY iise
last v, \. Loss estimated q tiO0, 100.
Disp.echcs from Han Francisco give
hstef particulars of : severe engagement
fought between den. Howard'n fosccs, about
U0D strong, aud baud VI Hammock Indians,
strongly postOd IN tho hills near ths head ol
Beetle creek. In Oregon. The Indians wsre
driven from their position, AhAnslonsd horscs,
psovtsions, ammunition aud camp. They took
mp sccoad position In tho heavy timber cover.
Inc tho Duc ltitigs. but wsre again disiodgcd
aud pushed Into the mountains, whsrc tho pnr.
snit wss abandoned. Gen. HowArA's loss /.
given - hse enlisted mon wounded and swent,
horscs killed. The ioSs of tho Indians could
not be ascertained. The troops behaved with
distinguished Gallantry.
A Portland (Orc.) dispatch reports
that tho Indians Arc. killing settlers In n.
Tygh valley. about fosty Miles from Dslic..
4 Portland tOc.) Telegram reports
that the in'rsiles, WHIPPED ,,Ack Into ll,r nM,,,.
t~ins by tien. Howard, have nov started eat
ward sor SNAKE river. alon. tho ridge of III,
ljlne mountains.
II 10 believed TINT tho worst VI tht
Indian war Il Over. Dispatches from Port
land. Ore, report that thu Lo.tiles ara scatter
i,ik. and etnlsasoring 10 sneak bark 10 thci,
reservations.
Tho Governor u Oregon considers 4
general Indian Wal IN that region inevitable
aud has issMed proclamation calling fnr vol
,inteers 70 pnt dawn ths unrniy sAyagss.
Intelligence comes BY way ii Disn,asct
that Tho hostile Nex rercer. ii prosant or
Canadian tcrrtt.Hy. arr moving across ihs
Rocky mountains 70 ioin thoao Who did i,
brsaa out IN opsa hoslliitisu IT. summer.