The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-31

=
The father Of Roussakoff, tho assas-
sin. has shot himself.
A huge petard exploded at the door Of
. Carmelits church in Madrid, lately, doing
considerable damage to the structure.
The Sultan has asked Of Egypt con-
tingent or troops in tho event Of war with
Gxoece.
DOl1ESTIC INTELLI0EN01.
East.
Gen. Grant has resigned tho Presi-
dency Of the Worlds Fair Commission.
Tho Edison Electsic-Light Company
has been granted permiGsionto to lay tubes, wires.
conductors and insulators, and erect lamp posts
in New York.
Hugh j. Jewett has been chosen to
succeed Gen. Grant as President Of the Worlds
Fair Commission.
The Connecticut Legislature has re-
pealed the law providing for tho examination
Of railroad engineers aud conductors 80 ~ TO
guard against the employment Of color-blind
persons in those positions.
Seven masked men robbed the house
Of John Connor, Of Catfish, Pa, Of e15,OOO in
money and bonds, after binding and gagging
the old couple.
William A. Hunter, son Of IN ex-
Mayor Of Brooklyn, having been detected in
embezzling money for speculation, shot
himself in grove near Fall River, Mass.
Joseph W. Milne. who was paying
teller in national bank at Fall River, Mass,
pleaded guilty to the embezzlemsnt Of $1,000,
and was sentenced to ave years in prison.
Ex-Gov. William Beach Lawrence, Of
Rhode Island. 10 dead.
Rev. Abiel Silver, q venerable Sweden
borgian clergyman, Of Roxbury, Mass, Was
drowned in Charles river.
A young lady, in New York, who re-
fused to difclose to two robbers the hiding
place of some jewels was stabbed in tho arms
and face until insensible, and has become
partial paralytic. One Of the Villains has been
captured ani identified.
West.
Hon. John u. Petit, ex-Minister to
Brazil, and formerly United States Senator
from Indiana, died at Wabash, Ind, last week.
A boiler in White & Russell's mill, at
MiddleHeld, Ohio, exploded, killing Joseph
Hamilton, Seldom sprague and John Patchin.
Rev. Father Edward Pagan, Of Wi
mona, Minn., committed suicide in Chicago a
few days ago. The deceased had frequentl,
manifested symptoms Of insanity.
Charles Cram, of the boot AMI shoe
firm Of Dosgett, Bassett 4 Hills, OF Chicago,
was shot and killed by William Seymour, =
Board OF Trade clerk - years Of age, who sub
s.quently committed suicide. Seymour was .
suitor for the hand Of Mr.. Grams daughter.
but had been forbidden the house. He forced
his way into Mr.. Grams residence aud the
tragedy ensucd.
]. 81. Havcrly, the well-known Chi
cago theatrical manager, has insured his life
for $780, 900 in . Milwaukee company.
A Lake Shore express train going
west ran on the track 1t nottingham, Ohio. at
high rate Of speed. Engineer Lace and Fire
man Henderson were killed, and Express Mes
sengcr Schneider Was severely injured
Illicit distilling is carried on to con-
siderable extent in Indian Territory, and Com.
missioner Raum i getting ready to sup
press it
The annual report Of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad shows that
the gross earnings for the year 1880 were
$40, ,492, ,O46.
Big-nosed George, : notorious Wy
oming road-agent, WAS taken out BY party O
masked men and hanged on tho cross-arm Of I
telegraph pole, at Rawlins.
An insane saloon keeper Of Sioux City
Iowa, shot and killed l4-year-old girl name.
Helen Eberhardt. and then committed suicide
Col. Fred Hecker, one Of the leader
Of the German revolution Of l8AS, for man
years well known in politics in the West. die
last week near Summerfeld, Ill.
After deliberating for twenty-foul
hours the Jury in the Kalloch case, At San Fran
cisco, acquitted the accused Of the murder Q
Charles Dc Young. Tho horses were detache
from Kalloch's carriage, and he was draw
three miles BY the crowd.
A Dakota man who lately arrived q
Dubuque tells horrible story Of his expert
ence during the winter. He homestcaded l6
acres at Big Lake. Dakota, two years ago, AM
| last year harvested sixty acres Of wheat, yield
ing twenty-five bushels per acre, for which b
realized Sl 200; with this he laid ia . suppl
Of fuel and fiAed up his Eouse for winter
otherwise the family would have perished. Tw
neighboring families, not 40 we'll fixed, cam
| to live with them, and the three families i
one house had hard work to kee
from freezing. Tho fuel ran out and the
used al the railroad ties and TELEGRAPH
poles they could dig out Of the snow; then th
houses Of the other two families were, little
title. torn down aud burned, and nearly .
their furniture went the same way. A Gcrma
neiRhbor named Becker, with dve-horse team
attempted to reach the station for supply {
coal. He was caught in snow-drift, and tw
DAYS afterward he WAS found frozen sti6
the sleigh, his faithful dog lying on his breas
also dead. The five horses were oil froxe
stifI, standing upright in the drift Becker
body was taken home to his beroaved wife ~
children. II was nailed in : stout box ~
placed in corn-crib until it could be buried
the spring. Another family had lived son
time ON soup made Of an OK hide.
Col. j. j. 8. Wilson, who has bee
connected with telegraphy almost ever since
! came into practical use, has forwarded
resignation = District Superintendent Of =
Western Union.
The famous Wisconsin war eagle, o
Abe, il dead.
South.
A food at Rome, Ga, has caused u
destruction OF nearly half : million dolla
worth Of property.
The San Antonio and Corpus Chris
stage was stepped fifteen miles north Of o.
vile, Texas, by four armed men, who robb
the passengers Of slO0 in money and seve
watches and other pieces OF iewelry.
Maj. Kirby, Of the internal-reven
service, has made . bloody battle with tho 10