The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-11
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.
The suit brought by Gen. Butler to
stop the sale Of tho sprague estate has caused
the closing Of all its factories. Tho temporary
injunction forbids payments to operatives OF
expenditures for the preservation Of property,
thus throwing 10000 men out Of employment.
Orville Grant, brother Of Gen. Grant,
died At Morris Plains, N. j., . few days ago.
He was ~ years old.
Announcement is made Of the death
Of Gen. Robert Patterson, who with the rank Of
Major General commanded portion Of tho
Union forces 1t Bull Run, on tho 2lst Of July,
1861, and who WAS much blamed for disposi-
tion Of his command that permitted rebel rein
forccmcnts to reach the battlefield and decide
the day against the Union army.
At East Taunton, Mass, the large
nail and wire mills owned by tho Old Colony
Iron Company werc burned. The loss 10 nearly
5000, 900, and several hundred mon are thrown
out Of employment.
Speculative insurance caused the muir
der OF Joseph Miller, an old man Of Montgom-
cry, Pa, by his son Samuel. The policies on
his life aggregated $4,000.
An alleged genuine case Of Asiatic
cholera IL reported to have occurred at Fcnni-
more, Grant county, Wis. The patient died,
and the physicians called Il Asiatic cholera.
More likely case OF cucumber cholera.
At Chico, CAL, J. T. Nookes kicked
to death an old man named A. J. Crum. A
large party OF masked citizens took the muir
derer from the jail 1t Oroville. and hanged him
to tree.
Crow Dog, Captain Of Police at Rose
bud Agency, recently shot and instantly killed
spotted Tail. There had been An il-feeling be-
tween them for some time.
From Darlington county, s. G., there
comes an account Of ! terrible and extraor-
dinary casualty from lightning. grorp Of
twenty men were standing close to : house,
when stroke OF lightning killed four aud
wounded ten Of the number.
The corn and tobacco in Central Ken
tucky arc being killed by heat and drought.
Oats and hay have done well, but only half 4
crop of wheat, barley or ryc il expected.
The peach crop in Delaware is total
| failure.
Gen. Dudley, Commissioner Of PEN
slons. has issued an order forbidding the clerks
reading newspapers during business hours.
| Second Assistant Postmaster General
/ Elmer reports net reduction in the star-route
and steamboat mail service during July amount
ing to sal4. 4.tGl. and that the total amount oi
savings by reduction aud discontinuanccs since
March 1 is u, ,3sl, ,4l2.
Mr.. Heap, the Charge d'Affaires oi
! the United States Legation at Constantine
| pie, has informed the state Department u
Washington that the order issued In the spring
Of this year against tho importation Of Amcri
can meat ia practically dead letter.
The Postoffice Department has .
formal report from special agents that nine
/ tenths Of the mail .bags used in Canada belong
to the United States.
Two children Of 4 Mira. Fisher, I
| widow residing near Queenstown, d. O., aged
I respectively and 10 years Of age, werc butch
cred by . negro with an AZ. Tho older OF tn,
children. \ girl, was 40 horribly mangled about
the head ~ to bo almost beyond recognition
The murderer iicd.
ten. Chalmers, who represents tht
..Sho,strinE district" OF Mississippi In Ton
gross. has taken ! new departure. He an
nouncee himself Grcenbacker and the Green
back candidate for United States Senator from
Mississippi. vice Lamar.
Francis Murphy, temperance orator
sailed for Liverpool last week. He intend
to organize temperance movement in En-
gland and Ireland
Experiments have been made in Can
ada with paper pulp made from sawdust, an
samples sent to England for manufacture int
paper. II the material proves to be satisfaetor
a mandatory will be started BY capitalists II
Welland. Ont.
Greenherg, \ Nihilist Of noble birth
has been arrested 4 Belgrade. Document
found on his person show designs on the live
Of tho Car and Emperor William.
For radical criticisms on tho conduc
of the Prince Of Bulgaria and the exposure Q
disorder on board Russian men-otssxar, th
t;o,os, Of 81. Petersburg, has been snspende
for six months.
The striking laborers Of the South (
Ireland have triumphed. The farmers hay
been Obliged to concedc their demands. +,
the future the lAborcrs will be paid shilling
80 centsl per day during the harvest tiEic. an
will be- given half an acre Of ground and
house .srent free"