The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-03-22
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Something of 4 PANIC has nssrtaken ~,
rhilAdeirhia provision trade, and several Arm,
have collar~ed.
The ART ncw silver dollar MAS coined nj III.
Philadelphia mint II seventeen minutes past /
O'Clock on Monday, March II.
Lang A CO.. srocets aud aonr deaierr, Pitts
bnsxh. Ia, have failed. Liabilities saoo. noo
Robert Hamilton, 4 prominent citizen ~ New
Jersey, and an cs.mcmher of congfss-, i,
dead.
An average Of "a, oo0 of Tho now silver dollar,
viii hereafter be coined per day Al the rhila
dslrhla Mint.
Theron Merritt. of Weatchcsler county, n.
r., while lAboring under 4 III of temporary III.
sanity. wont 10 tho residence of Mrs. Ann log.
gstt, : wealthy widow lady, and shot hei
through thu heart, causing almost inrtan,
death. Hc then turned thu plstnl upon him.
scls and ended bin own lifc. The parties wcrc
neAr relatives, and tho tragedy has caused 4
great sensation IN that locality.
A bill has been introduced In tim rennxyl.
vanla House of Representative which makes
tho cremation of 1 human body \ mirtlc.
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than tS00. nor more than ~, mo. with impris.
onment.
Joscph LAraige WAS executed At concor,l. N.
H., on tho 18th of March. He was convicted
of having ~aylaid, outraged and murdered tho
school gifi. Jor.e LAngsaid. 1t Pembroke. n.
H., IN iH7b. and WAS also suspected III having,
under similar circumstances, murdered another
young woman named Mis-. iiAll. a school.
teacher " ~. AlbAns, Iii is7i. regarding
whose death there wAs great mystery al the
ttms. When on the scaiIold In eonfersed 10
both crimes.
The Lochmerc National Hank, ii Cambridge,
Mass. WAS la, week. robbed II ti7,oOo III
money and recuri.ie. Ia broad daylight.
vyesa.
Tho Mayor of Chicago. In order 10 make ends
meet IN tin distfersed condition af tho eit, i
finances. has discontinued the nse III seven tru
engines, discharged 100 tiren,en. n,,l eurtsile.l
the police forcc to tho extent of 100 men.
The recent snow.n storm In ti,c far West was
by FAR tho seserest visitation of tho Mind cx.
psFlenced IN that raeian silee the construction
" the Union Pacific railroad. A number of
persona lost their lives. aud il.ere was great do
wtrnction of live stnek. one ranchn,an alone
loutnE 10000 rheep.
4 letter has boon prepared Vt tho state Dc-
pArtmsnt, and approved BY tho Cabinet, in.lt.
ing thu nAtlons u TIM Latin union and others
70 send representatives IL TIM conference pro.
sidsd Tor IN thc nisrr bill. Tho place IL which
thu conference 1hall le held II left for io .i,g.
gc~tion and decision os the nations which may
accept tho Invitation.
Over 1000, 00o hogs worn packed In Chicago
during tho past season.
The Cincinnati Hnssffs publishes dispatches
from Afty-.even pointa In southern Ohio, In.
diana and Northern Kentncky. from which II
appears that ths prospect for large crop of
wheat IL esceedlnsly good. The Average sown
last fall IL larger than sver before knovn.
Theron nArnum. the oldest hoto-keel.r In
tho West and for many WARS tho proprietor Of
nasnum's Hotel, n ~. Louis, died In that city
last week, aged 10.
south.
An earthquake prevailed II Columbus, Ky.,
early on tho morning u tho lalh Inst, sudden.
" AwAltng thu people from their rlun,bers and
badly frightening them. |. ~. ~ yIs,lent ~
" rock Tho houseA - 10 many cradles, threat
sninx " dsmoliah thsm Fnrnitnre WA thrown
about In hslser-atelter wAy. and crncksry
generally smashed. An Immense slice u the
Misasalppl river bank fell IN. threatening ID
carry With u . dozen houses, which nov hang
over thin blum.
II u stated that TIM public lands around
Pensacola, VA, have bcen almost entirely d..
nnded of timber. II Ii estimated ihAt about
seven senths u the timber shipped from PEN
sarola II taken from tho public domain, and
thst e200. .O0O could te recovered for the aos-
ern'nent u thu cases wer. properly prosecuted.
Row. Drown Oohle (aolorsd) ~sr executed d.
Winchester, Tenn., the other day. The cuImi,
was attir~d In whit~ gown. which, hs yaid,
was representative u innocence and purity
and, - angels IN haasen wcrc whIse.roled, liz
wanted hls soul ~ pAaw from thai emblem u
ihs realms u the blessed. liz eaid Le had ii.
ways wanted 10 ~ N angel. anyhow.
0us johnson (colored) VA hanged Il Home.
o., on thu 18th inst., for thu murder u Al
fred McCown tcolored), In July, is7a.