The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-21
NEWS OF The week.
DOMESTIC INTELLI0ENOE.

DOMESTIC INTELLI0EN0E.
East.
John A. Appleton, of the famous New
York publishing house, ID dead.
Judge Clifford, Of the United States
Supreme Court, underwent amputation Of the
foot for gangrena
Ralph E. Richards and Edward F.
Gross, two young ruffiana, the ono II years Of
age and the other II, drowned companion,
Willie Carr, boy Of 10 years, near Portland,
Me-, because he refused to give them Is cents
which he had.
A fire at Bradford, Pa, destroyed
100000 worth Of business property.
Pittsburgh reports great boom in
the iron trade. Mills arc sold from three 70
six months ahead
Gen. Pemberton, who commanded the
rebel forces ct vicksburg, died recently at Penn
Yam, Ps., aged Ga.
A brewers clerk and an Office boy in
New York drove down from Ninety-second
street to deposit $9, 800 in currency and . bag
of silver dollars. At Forty-seventh street
their wagon was run into BY peddler's cart,
containing three mon. the latter soon seized
the package Of bills and drove OF down Lex
ington avenue, letting the bag Of silver fan
into the street.
At the conclusion Of the second heat
Of a race ct Pittsburgh, the welLknown trotting
stallion Bonesetter, owned by H. Y. Bemis, Of
Chicago, dropped dead. Hs was valued It
$4,000.
A hail-storm broke Thousands Of win
dows at Winona, Mimi, and cyclone swept
away the repair-shop Of the Northwestern road.
The Williams brothers, fugitives from
justice in Illinois, killed Deputy Sheriff Colo
man, Of st. Croix county, VIA, and Charles
Coleman. formerly Sheriff Of Pepin county.
The slaughter occurred It Durant twenty-five
miles south Of Menominee, while the officers
we're attempting to arrest tho outlawa Gov.
Smith offers $500 reward for their capture, and
has authorized the use Of the Ludington
Guards in running them down.
The Illinois and Mississippi River
Improvement Commission are busily engaged
in prosecuting their effort for an appeal to
Congress 1t It's next session for the needed ap-
propriations for the Improvement Of the rivers
Of the West, and also for the construction Of
the Hennepin canal A meeting q the COM
mission will be held in Chicago some time in
August.
The chinch-bug has seriously dam
aged the wheat crop Of Northern Iowa. All
other kinds Of crops except wheat are good.
A recent dispatch from Leavenworth
says the Prohibition law continues to be dead
letter in Leavcnworth, Atchison, Topeka and
other large Kansas towns.
There were 363 deaths from tho ex-
cessive heat in Cincinnati in one week.
The Iowa farmers expect to have an
excellent corn crop this year, except in those
portions visited by hail-storms recently, where
the yield will be scarcely half an average. The
cheat crop is now being harvested, and will
yield fair average. Oats, barley and Other
crops will be fully up to the average.
The wheat crop Of Kansas is estimated
at fully 10000, 900 bushels. That Of Michigan
at II, 100000.
Oregon promises wheat yield ol
nearly 100, 900 tons from the territory east ol
the Cascade mountains, gain over last year ol
at least so per cent.
A native of Japan, while travelling
through New Mexico with team, was robbed
Of his horses and money and tied to tret
near Engle's station, on the Santa Fe railway
A Sheriff's posse went cut from Socorro, shot
both the robbers dead aud restored the stolel
property to is owner.
In Pcmiscot county, No., James At
k:.son killed his wife and child and then threw
their bodies into the Miss,ssippi river.
A train robbery occurred on the Rocl
Island road, at Winslow Station, near Cameron
Junction, Mo-, on the night Of July Is. Whel
the train which left Kansas City in charge o
Conductor Westwall reached that point, 1t 50
p. m, gang Of desperadoes appeared, an'
! side-tracked the train. Every car was boarded
The conductor was killed and tho passenger
robbed.
South.
i
Thomas X. Pugh, q son Of the ez
Senator from Ohio, who was taken by the rem
nant of Victoria's band from stage near
PAso, wrote and left on the roadway not
stating that he was prisoner. His mutilate
corpse was afterward found by scout OF Me,
!, lean troops near CarrezaL
Frank Brown and Jesse Myers, tw
Of the gang Of desperadoes who terrified Il
people OF New Madrid county, Missouri, h
| spring, were hanged 1t Sikeston. About 6,0(
persons gathered to witness the execution.
Willis Reeves, negro, was hanged
Van Buren,, Ark., for the murder OF Josep
Drake, also colored. Neeves made three d
termined efforts to escape from the platfor'
Of the gallows, the Sheriff falling through Z
trap with him.
At Mariana, Ark, Isaac Green an
John Hardin, two negro murderers, paid Il
penalty of their crimes on the galiows, in pre-
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