The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
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eatlures, Booth Edgar, sugar reflnorr.
Boston, liabilities e7S0,O00, Joseph ponlks
Sons, shipping and commi41ion merchants,
New York. liabilities elt0O00. Manning 4
hears, cotton brokers. Boston, liabilities s2OO,.
OOO.
There was terrific explosion aud connAgra-
taon on tho Lehigh Valley railroad. at stating.
Ton. PA.. tho other day. An oil train, going Vt
speed of twenty miles MI hour. dashed into
freight train preceding Il. An oil tank ex-
plodod with terrific force, killing four pcr,onr
and wonlding twenly-one. Nineteen oil ears
aud four merchandise cars wera destroyed In
the confIagrasion that followed. Tho loss l.
e~timatsd II t200,O
A shocking tragedy WAS enacted on tho stage
OF theater u pAwtucket. II. L., = few nights
Ago. Oae feat u tho company consisted of thc
shooting nf III apple frem the head ur hand of
performer. Mile yoiants. trareze performer
bold ~ apple on her hcad and Mrs Jennie Fow.
laF, known on tho stage ~ Frankan, wAs 10
shoot the apple. With uncommon recklcssi.ess
tho ahot4er stood with her back 10 ! mark.
taking aim BY tho reflection In Tho mirror. The
rtAs was dtschasged and Mile. volanlo foil
dead on tho stage, shot throughthe forehead.
AFs. FRANKLIN was arrested.
Onsof The mast sicksning horrors Of thu yesr
occurred u bath, n. r.. . few nights 1I,ce. L.
q. Ford, IN insane man, s0nt 70 The Htcubcu
County po0s. HOUSE from Horneil.vii,e, .os dro
70 the buiiding ussd Tor tbs insane department
of tho County HOUSE, In which upward of aix,y
insane people wers .lseping. Tho nre spread
rapidly, And made the Seso,ing Of tho innate.
matter of great dtilicnl,y aud danger. About
forty were fcacaed by officers and citizens, and
sosns others sscepsd but nftesn of tho crassA
unfostunatss psviahsd In The flames, and one
was injured shockingly, And psobably fatally.
AZ Cambridge, Mass., thrss mon were killed,
ono fatally injured, aud thrss others moro or
loss injured, by ths explosion oe boiler In
ssavsy 4 Co.'S stamping manusaetory.
West.
The grsAs drama entitled "A Csisbsstcd
OAas,' written BY Tho authors 81 "Tho Two
Orphans, h ths resnant theatrical ssnassion
~ Chicago Il II prodnoed In that elaborate
styie and with those nue scenic eject. ~
which ncvioksE'a ThsAssr hx become famous.
Tbs play viii run another vssh. aud viii then
y saccesdsd y THE Kxilss," whioh has had
> great run In Tho KAstSsn citics.
Chlcago cisvstors contain LII, ~ bushels
of wheat 72A.OsS bushels of corn, 22o,oii
bushsls of oats, l6o,07t bushels oe vye, ana
Ms.ssS bushels u barley, making grand 10.
I'll d 2,7os,0o2 bushels. against s.s7o. MN
bushels u this period ls~l yess.
nsnsy Osouch, his wife and two children
wses drowned IN pond near Augusta, Mich.
by Tho oapslsing of boat, fsw dsyn ago.
Jossph +. Dagbce, hitherto aus of The moA
holsoscd business n,sn u Indianapolis. has
bsen Arrsstsd fos forgery. Tho amount 81 hIs
forRsSies h somewhere In tho neIshborhood
Of elSO,ooo.
The fIrst annual conference of thu Mormon
church since tbs death 81 Brigham Young
has Just been held u HALT Lake. Tho sainis
appeared 70 b. wcll pleased With thu nsw "a.
minisiraiton. which u In uonss material ~
spccts IN Improvement upon that Of Brigham.
south.
Returning Hoard Andarson u again u liner.
y. Tho Louisiana supreme Court having re-
fused reheasing Of The casc. Judge Whitaker
ordered biz discharge from custody.
Ths iienk of Jseksonsills, Fis., was recently
robbsd Of t7,o00. 4 man engaged tho atten-
ton n ths csAAier wAils confederate entered
Tho rsas door. Msppsd into Tho vault, and ~
cured ths money.
The HAfs u the Treasurer of ths Eslonsown
Branch railroad, Il EAtoalown. o.. W. iatsiy
robisd Of eS.o0O In cash and t2o, ,0d0 In notes
and mortgages.
AnOlhsr train robbery II reported from
TEXAS. An express train IN the Texas Pacific
~ stopped by road assnts q Eagle rosd MA.
tton. ard relieved os III thu treasure Il or.
Red. The amount stolen II isot sisted.