The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-08-08
Doxnerso 1xrnLL1o,son



Prescott II. l'illsbury. cashier of the
i~~rcnce tAar~l National Hank. In 4 dofAnltcr
u ,hr amount of ttit,un pllisLury took tho
bAnk's funds y speculate IN s.iniux s,ochs and
lusG
4 sal ncei'lcnt happened 10 MI OK.
ua1a',l, party nn The ~ Lawrence river, At
Clayton, n. u. our day last week Tho party,
numbering al,an 80 prr-ons, lp.r,icd tho
stesm yachts farrlnsion and Josephine, with .
stew 10 visiting Kingston, int, and other
pnitis, A. tho Josephine Ma 4 slower boat
Than III" harrington, u WAs proposed 10 lash
TIN swn hoat~, ami tluas keep The party
together, A. roon m thl~ MAS .lonr. ihoy
praeceeed on their Journey, hut had no. gone
forty rods when II was found the rlsyr wore
nat properly adjusted. aud Tho Josephine
commenced taking water without lcv~ening
the sree,i, Al effort WAS made 10 loosen tho
HlAs., Tho INV line wAs lct ont TIN thu Io.e-
pl,ino had swung around sideways, when 4.
caught IN knot and sim cxprxcl and sunk In
eighty fnnt of water III half minute An tho
hoAs tipped over every ono on hoard fell in,o
The water. and many were drawn down 4. tho
boat sunk. Five lAdiea we're drowned. Orcat
bamc Il attached 10 ihc Captains of botl, boats
for their mismsnasemcnt and lack of judgment
Lightning struck the large vcsta OIL
W0rks, IT Pittsburgh, Pa. and tlc entire ewsab-
lishmen.. containing nine immense tanks Of
oil, WAS destroyed. lOsr estimated n siO,-
uMl
West.
Crop reports: Intelligence received
At ~ l'AHl frnm two thirds of the counties In
Minnesota pierced hy railroads shows sle WHEAT
hsrvoss 70 he progressing rapidly and under
thu moss favorable circumstances. Oats and
corn never looked better. aud bosh promise Z
hotter Yield than cvor before. especially Tho
latter From reports received =. fHAvcnwortl,
from III parts of Kansas. II II evident tho cortl
erop this year win be tho largest over know n
and will hc 1impiy immense. Tho
only question IN regard u this crop
will ~ what 10 10 with tho crop, n tho
snppiy u very great Tho wheat crop u this
year. too. will b. lArg,r than WAS expected
iloportA received Il Milwaukee from nearly III
points ~ tho railroad north aud west In The
wheAs-srowlng region predict perfect harvest
aud ~ unusually large crop. On tho limo 0i
tho Northern Pacific u least twenty -dvc bushels
of splendM wheat 10 tho acre " cxpectesl. 1'he
lowest estimate Tor Hou.l,srn Mnn0sot~ u IN
bushels - Tim acra Tho reports Ars nearly All
positive 70 Tho eject of largo yield md good
quality. Wheat u considered entirely out Of
danger. Mcporss from Tim inieriorof Wisconsin,
arc very favorable
John Kranx, oi East Pennington,
Polk county. Wis., drove Into lako with rIs
children IN hla wagon 10 wAter his horses The
horscs. becoming frightened. ran Into deeI
water. thu wagon wAs upset, and Eranx anil 6vs
of thn children were drowned. Onc loy 40.
eal'ed BY swimming Tho eldest child wa@ /
girl VI II.
Dubuque dispatch sAys ~ disease
akin 10 cl'olesA h ravAging ucnler Point tlni
county, this sHsAte. Fully twenty prrssns l.Avs
dsad from tho effects during Tho past thirteen
days, and ~ a1nal number are prossratci i,
u Ils dsacs4e u Also raging In Walker. ! liatls
town seven milo~ from Center Point. several
deaths having oeenrred there. An order 10,
forty coflins N. received from Center Point 10
dsy by Dahalque undertaken The physician,
- Center Point Aro worn out. aud residents ars
nfctns fronl thc place"
Chicago elevators contain 2,r;lb, ~:
n~lals u wheat. I'M. s.h,d bnsl,els II corn
ihi,'lp bnrl,el~ " oats. tA.'a' bushels ~ ryc
and ". ssx, lal~heis u harley. making 4 KrAna
oi~l q a,77a,MN kusAei4. against .tssl,.tl
bushcls ~ 'hls periM LAST year.
A fatal duel with reviewers bctwec.
Two brothers u the breakfast sAhlc nrsnrres
n'ne mlie~ from roia,nbus. Ind, ann moruiu,
last week 10th nsen were killed. They wer,
Henry and AleAAa,sisr Coverl, anna ~ iuk,
c0voti. aud wsfe living with lhsar father
iienfy hAd been marrlsd. bat had ssparaic.
from hia wifc some time Aso They had be
como rcconciled and Axrscd " 1.-Two to9cthe
again Tho qaarrel camo up ID oonvsruasio,
y ths breakfast tabls. whsa AlsHandss 10
no'i.,eed Tho vito of Henry = : common pros
tI'nss ~ that Hsary drow : revolver, hi
hrOthav drsw anoshsr. end both nreA u III
sAins Ane across NJ table H0>A sAoas poI