The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-28
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The butter.dealer Of Washington
MARKET New York, have resolved mot 10 deal in
olcomarHaEine.
The medical profession in the State Of
New York 10 making an earnest effort to secure
tho repeal OF the law forbidding vivise,tion.
An atfray at Troy, n. Y, growing out
Of quarrel oycr last falls election, resulted III
tho instant killing Of one maa, two others being
fatally shot,
Two explosions Of nitro-glycorine at
the Dlttman powdcr-works Ut Bnghamton.
N. Y. wcrc followed BY the ignition Of 10000
po0nds OF sporting powder. No hives werr
lost. The shock wan felt forty miles away, aud
buildings were shattered aud trees uprooted in
1 wide circle.
Four business houses and three dwell.
ings in Shamckin, Pa. were destroyed by ali
'nccndiary fire. Tho loss Wan &lO0.O00
II has been discovered that domestic
s, Mddlesex. Pa, named Hattie Mos!cy, wa,
recently buried alive. The agony she endured
uas plainly depicted on her face.
The Central Pacific road, With AGA
milcs Of rail, reports gross sArnlngs for March
Of el.eaSooo
The Federal Court at indianapolis has
ordered the sals OF the Fort Wayne, Muncie
and Cincinnati road within sixty daye
The northern wing Of the Illinois
southern Hospital for the Insane. located .,
Anna, III, was destroyed BY nra One patient
pcrlshcd in thu dames. Tho loss i estimated
II &2OO, O,0Oo
Reports from every section in Kansas
Indicate that the wheat crop promises exceed.
ingly we'll Only very small proportion has
| been winter killed.
e r. Blskeslee, postal clerk on the
New York aud Chicago fast mail WAS arrested
as Toledo with several packages Of opened lot
tsss IN his possession, and at oncs confessct
bis guilt He vas formerly > Lieutenant
Colonel in the regular army, and owns larg'
farm near st. Johns. Mich.
Floods in tho rivers Of Illinois and
wiscon0n have caused great damage to prop
erty and some loss Of life. A part Of the Roci
river dam, at Dsloit Via. was carried away,
and ave men who attempted 70 cross tho rives
in row-boAt were drowned. A bridge span
ming Rock river, at Rock Island, H.
went down, carrying with Il sevcn persona. tws
OF whom we're drowned. At Watertown, Wis.
one bridge was destroyed and two others In
jurod. Tho Chicago and Desplaines rivers, .
Chicago, were higher than they have been u
twenty ysazs.
Thirty lodges Of Maricopa Sioux In
diana lately surrendered 1t Fort Keogh. The.
are allies OF Sitting Bulls band. It 10 salt
that q. b. himself viii shortly come in and giv
himself up. He has only $50 braves left wltl
him.
| The Elkhart paper-mill, at Elkhart
Ind, has been partially destroyed BY frs
Cause Of the 6re, spontaneous combustion
Loss estimated At $4,000: fully insured. Til
mill was owned by the Hon. Rufus Beardsle
and the Hon. John Cook. The work Of =
pairing the building will begin At once, and th
mill viii be ready again within few weeks.
A shocking accident, resulting in til
death Of half dozen people. happened on Il
Rock Island division Of the Chicago. Mllwank.
and st. Paul railway, about mile below
bany, Ill. The Meredosia river 10 crossed
that point by trestie bridge, 200 or 500 fe
long. This bridge had become 20 weakened
the strong current that 1t gave way beneath
express train, and the engine, tend
and the two forward cars went dow
into the river. The locomotive =,
J tender, with the engineer and hrema
went TO the bottom. The express uaessengs
baggage man, conductor and brakeman hs
pened 10 bs In the passenger car, sni escap
. by climbing to the roof, - 1t was sinking, q
!. leaping thence 70 the sleeper, which remains
on the bridge. The passenger car, with
\ eleven passengers, doated o. until ground
near On island. Five Of the passengers !
. capped. The three passengers in the sleeper 4
= out without injury.