The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-16

1,Mst.
Chester ID. parkhurst, wife anl son,
" rctstiam, N. Y. we're drowned by tho cap
stsing ef boAt.
Three men were killed In q collision
on tho vcrmont Central railroad, ncsr North
6sid, VI. : few nieht@ Ago.
w. w. Harding, of The Philaslelphia
ing"irv, who WA accounted very wealthy |
fsw years aGo, has failed.
II In charged that Tho trustees ot The
Jay Cooke estAts AAvc wasted and miaappro.
prtatcd Tho Assets u thu gsuAt bankrupt Ii I
rccAlcsa manner, and procsedings IN equity
have been begun agAinst The trustees
Three persons were killed and three
fatally Injured by Tho explosion NJ boiler In Z
steam sAw mill Il HhAnokin, Ia. last week.
The Atlantic co~At from Connecticut
northward was swept by furious tornado on
thu Mh inst Al wallngford Ct., Il was Il.
tended w ! distressing loss u lifa Ansl proper.
". Ninety haildinGs were levelesi 10 thu
ground, twenty psssona killed., and about forty
moro or less injured. Al WAtertown, N. r.,
vast amount oi property was des.
troyed BY the sudden rssing of tho va.
tors. On thu Connecticut coAst . vessel
was struck BY lightning, split In two, and
sunk instantly. Hundreds of huildlngs la the
linc ci tho storm we're struck by lightning. a,al
many people killed by ,hs electric linid. The
damage ~ farm property II descrihsd ~ .im.
ply appalling. narns, fsnccs, stc., wcsc swepl
away ltke chan, and tho growing crou~ ol
grain leseisd 10 tho ground. Altogether |,
was thu most vlolent aud destructive vlsllAiiou
u tho kind that haa ever boon experienced
along that coAsl.
The funeral Of twenty-five OF those
killed BY tho tornado IN Wallingford, o., tooA
plsNe on sunday, tho nth Inst. Ten thousand
people were present, aud fully 1000 carriages.
The lam waa Immense, and tho scenu one IL
great sadness. Tho cemetery wAa surrounded
by the local company Of National Guards, aud
iao special oti.cers. Tho iusernssn,s wore made
In Aftesn graves.
West.
Miaa MAthiaa, Mr. smith. aud Miss
Miller. her daughter. were killed near Janss.
1oroagh. Ill, by tree fallIng upon then,.
They wero ovsrtaken by storm Ard were run.
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sssssc v's'ssuon Q. ksassnopperS ~
Tho shocmakcr~ oi Chicago Arc on 4
ssstas Tor III advance of wAxes from " Ia
eiOh0.
A lloise City udAho) lispNtch eays
that ilve n.au and two wemsn wer. nur,,.rra
by lhe hostilss on l,mnsAu rlyer. via, ueovve
Miller. heavy sscck-rai.sr, Joshua Muller,
wlsc aud daughter, and son, lsobers McNur.
ray, aud oue othss man.
A Bismarck dispatch says: "Thc
grasshoppsrs have appeared In Dakota. 1yln~
east. T'hsy have done much Iamaws q vrov.
lng cropw. Il Il thought tAey vlll rcacA Mn.
nssola, but canno. 10 nsoh damage there y
laAs In The usason.a
I4sssbursh, Clnelnnatl .nd N, Louis r.llro.A.
nsAr flnso Junction, ons day last vssi, 4
train, composed Of two slsspsss, one hotel or,
ons baggage, two postal cars ana Two ccechss.
tho latter boinx occupied By su,Israuts. run.
MN. q the rata % forty miles ~ hour, col.
naea WIN Hsaxnt uAan, wAs ~
Mansy tnsown Hom ths uack Aid
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