The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-11-01
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Benz. II. Latrobc, tho famous civil
engineer, has jast dicd ~ baltimore, aged II,
liis father built The National Capitol anil many
public buildings In leading cities
II IL believed TINT tho little vessel
Florence, commanded hy crrs Tyson which
recently returned fsum the Are,ic rrgiunr and
touched At Newfoundland, On route for New
fon,lun, u, has heen Inst Il, yea. together with
Ill IN hazard. consisting Of thirteen persona
Nothing has been heard 81 the ses~el since ~he
lef, Newfoundland, several week. aso
A storm Of frightfnl violence passed
over large par, Of tls Atlantic ~caboarl on
the morning of Oel ..l doing vast amount Of
damage 10 property, anil caasin. no ineonsi,lef-
allie loss of lifc. Philadelphia -ccm- IL hase
hccn the chief sufferer. where property valued
a. over sl,nsnnn Mas destroyed, several per
SONS killed. and large number wonlslc,i
Something like Thousand dwellings were
nnraotel. srnrcu VI churches damaged
more or less, the rrnnssl,alia railroad left IN
ruins aid thu whole water frnnt II tin city
Submerged areas damage Was done In other
places III Pennsylvania. and IN Washington and
INV AtHtk AHi aANN NJ t3N ENlNt
tho effects were most disastrous. m. hnrri-
cane originated IN The Wert indies.
The storm TINT passed over pcnnsyl-
wanna and New York, playing ~neh Wild havoc
IN Philadelphia, wl~ even more destructive on
water than on land Eight vessels were sunk
aud twenty two damaged In the hArlor of
Philadelphia, while al along the Delaware river
innmmciAblc wrecks mark TIM track III thu
gale, An oyster tecs. bound up The river,
wA. scattered like chan, nearly every vcsscl he-
M either sunk ar driven ashore, and several
lives losi. On Chesapeake Iva, the Storm wAs
The srverc~t experienced for years, aud many
vessels we're driven ashore. Tho steamer Ia
press foundcrcd ~ thc mouth of tho Potomac.
and tlftccn lvcs wcrc lo~t. Aleng Tho Atlantic
cnast thu wind attained velocity ~ eighty Ii
ninety miles mn hour, AMI for over hundred
miles tho coast Il dotted with wrecks.
The most stMpendnns hunk robbery
that ha- startled tho country for many a day
occurred In New York city on thu morning 81
SnndHy, OeL n. BclMoun . aud o'clock oi
that morning masked burglars entered tie
Manhattan Savings IlAnk hmiltlins. 1t thu cur.
ner of broadway and nlccrkcr street, and, after
Handwriting thu jauitor, masic him, Mn,lc,
threats of instant death, reveal the combination
OF the Mfo 10 them and deliver up III,
keys u thu hank. They then pro
ceedei 10 rifle tho vault u nearly everything Il
contained, connir,in. of about sa,0H.AN Ii
cash, securities and jowclry. The pruperi,
] lost, nearly All of which stands In the hank,
name, and h therefore noa negotiable, consist,
almost entirely IL uniscsl HsAlcs bonds and loea
securities. only eli.aD In cash hcing ~ecnrct
BY thu robbers.
/ West.
Bishop Koxccrans, of TIM Catholic
Church. died last woek u Columbus, Ohio. ol
ilc,norrhAgo of thu lungs.
Dodd, brown y Co., tho largest
Wholesale dry goods nlcrchAnta IL NJ llonir
have failed for ei.HO.uN Their creditors ~,
principally In New York.
Tho SapM valley, IN Kansas, recent,
r.ilel by Cheyenne Indians, hAs be~n davAs
,a.ed by prAi IL iifcs. aud nearly everything IN,
,lrstrnyeA BY tho Indians consumed. scvera
lwr~oi,~ Arr said u have pcsishosi In tho iiAmcS
| A shocking murder occurred nca
vlnccnno~, Ind, few days age John y
Wavelet, farmer. l,i~ wife And two sons wcr
murdered In eull bloNl while sleeping In sl.ei
i~l~. Ihe duud N suppressed 10 have hecn con,
niitcd by hired man Oh tl,e premises fur III
purpose of robbery.
A dispatch received from Capt. John
ron by tion. Crook. n Omaha, dated ri III
camp of the Third Cavalry battalion On chad
ro creck. Announces that Capt johnson IN
effected tho capture of almost the chtiM hai,
NJ renegade rhrycnncs, bcrislc ! ~ head of liv
stuck Among thu l'ap prisoners wAa Dn
! kuifr. The huAd cl,iei.
katie Mayhem Inns secured a honnnx
In @M'li~.." l.er new play, and gives N exec
I'm, dclmAiion VI the pecuIiatiicr VI the m
III knitl's Pocket II Was presented last Wee