The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-21
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Ex-Attorney General Devens has
been re-appointed to the Supreme bench Of
Massachusetts,.
J. L. 4 L. F. Kuntz, the we'll known
lager-beer brewers Of New York, have made IN
assignment to their father, their liabilities be-
Ing esl5.ooo.
Jay Gould has bought Col. Tom
SCOTS interest in tho Texas Pacific railroad.
James O'Brien, better known as Bob
Lindsay, pleaded guilty in . New York court TO
perjury in tho famous Morey trial. and was
sentenced to State PRISON for eight years.
In billiard contest at New York
Schaefer scored 4, 200 points while Slosson was
making 2.7sO.
The typhus fever has made its appear
ance in New York. II is the most dreaded Of
all diseases by doctors, for it docs not respect
the profession.
The Bankers and Merchants' Tele-
graph Company, OF New York, organized with
capital of $l, 0OO, 600, has begun the construc-
ton Of twelve-wire limo between Boston aud
Washington.
West.
Mark Beaubien, doubtless the most
noted Of al the pioneers Of Chicago. who kept
the first hotel and ran the earliest ferry across
the Chicago river, died ct Kankakee, H., few
days ago. aged 81 years. David Mckee, an
other Of tho early pioneers Of Chicago, has
also passed away, at tho age Of %.
Sioux City dispatches Of the 1lth
inst represent that snow covers the prairies to
tho depth Of ono to three fest, and farmers In
that section cannot commence plowing for
several weeks. An aid society has been formed
to Distribute relief in tho flooded districta,
where the destitute number over 5000. 4
Yankton dispatch Of tho 18th states that twenty
families residing ct bend in the Missouri
river fifteen miles below Yankton were impris.
oned BY fields Of heavy ice. A colony Of $50
people, who had been surrounded BY water q
Mayville for two weeks, had been rescued. Two
relief parties were endeavoring to reach Neck.
ling, whore 6fty persons we're imprisoned BY
,iells Of ice from Ave to twenty feet high,
Probably 5000 settlers have been rsndersd de-.
titute ON the Dakota bettomA
Charles Marmon, Leadville stage
driver, entered tho theater at Durango Col,
and, without provocation, killsd ono man and
wounded another, both strangers to him. Id
was hanged by vigilantsa
The annual report Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe road shows gross sarnings
Of eS,556,975 ani . net income Of e4,2l3, ITO.
Tho length Of the road il 1859 miles, and its
funded debt tl5.S73.O00.
At sLort-horn sale in Waukegan.
H.. one heifer brought tA,2so. and another
s2.25O.
The Chicago Times says: "A thor
ough canvass Of tho winter-wheat region ha,
been made BY representative OF the Times
| II 10 evident that tho damage done in Illinoii
and Indiana il munh greater than in the othe
States, aud has led to anticipations altogethea
too DISMAL There il good reason to believ
crop 10 very backward goes unquestionei, bu
the prolonged snow-storms have proven bul
wark OF defense against nipping frosts."
Mayor Means, OF Cincinnati, hal
issued an order closing al the Sunday theaters
that the yield Of the country at large viii b
nearly ~ great - for the last two ye:rA, - th
acreage has very greatly increased. That th
Judge Mallory, Of Milwaukee, ha
declared the Wisconsin Anti Treating law il
operative and void, on the ground that the BIZ
as enacted presupposes the existence Ct lA'
which, since the revision Of the Wisconsin
statutes, has not been in existence.
| Chicago papers chronicle the death Q
Col. H. W. Farrar, for many years busines
manager Of the Evening Jcusnai. Of tha. cit,
"The Legion If Homer" an adapts
ton from the French. continues this week
Mcvicker's Chicago Theater. It il play I
considerable strength and Is presented vel
satisfactorily. Following Miss Ward, will
produced the play Of "One Hundred Wives
written by Col. q. A. Pierce, OF the Inter Oce1,
J and james B. Runnion, Of the Chicago 1tib2sl