The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-03

James @. vandervoort, late Snperin-
tsndent Of the Poor Of Ulster county, N. +, u
charged with Wholesale plundering Of public
property.
4 clearinghouse keeper in Charlton
street, New York, named Catherine Crane, was
fatally shot by printer whom she had elected,
named william Lindrum.
A savage bloodhound Of great sine ran
about tho West Side OF New York, biting NUM-
Der Of people. It was finally cornered in alum-
Der yard and hilled BY policeman. The AMI
NAL Was supposed to be mad. II this was really
the case the consequences are likely to prove
serious, for many Of the persons attacked were
horribly mangled.
Ex-Gov. Sprag,ie hns filed in the Of
dce Of the Clerk Of tho Supreme Court Of
Washington county, r. l., petition for d.
vorce from his wife, Katherine Chase SprAgne.
He charges her with desertion, adultery, ex-
travagancs and other Nickedness.
The store Nos. 365 and 367 Broadway,
New York, occupied BY several dry-goods Inn
porters, was nearly destroyed By 6rs, tho loss
being e6o0. 1000.
The President has nominated George
II. Foster, State Senator and foe to Conk-
ling, to succeed Stewart L. Wcodford q Dis
txict Attorney at Now York.
William r. Thornton is declared in
eligible to the Office Of Judge Of Sullivan coun-
t., n. T.. TO which he WAS elected. Mr..
- fx~~A o. m
ary being e2,5O0. This pledge, made to the
voting taxpayers before election, Is held BY the
court TO be hribA
Hughes, the winner Of the interna-
tional walking match, in New York, made .
fraction over 58s miles. This is the best
pedestrian work on record.
Eight men were killed near Bradford,
Pa, BY the explosion Of forty quarts Of nitro
glycefine.
The building occupied by the Down
town CLUB, Of New York, was damaged to the
extent OF eS5, 600 By are.
The Sprague divorce case is set for
trial At Kingstown. r. T.. on Feb. Il.
West.
A safe in the Office Of the Union Iron
and Steel Company, on the corner Of Ashland
avenue and Thirty-second street. Chicago. war
blown open By burglars, . fcw nights ago, and
900 in cash distracted therefrom.
Justus @. Ramsey, Of st. Paul, a
brother Of tho Secretary Of War, was found
dead in bed, having shot himself through The
brain. For some weeks he had bsen depressed
on account Of disease Of the heart.
Five children Of one family recent,
died Of diphtheria q Chrisman station, III
Water taken from the well constantly used b.
tho afaioted family WAS submitted to chemis,
Of Chicago for analysis, and found to be ittl.
better than sewage. No case has moro clearly
demonstrated the connection between Allh and
liphthcria.
The fifteenth annual meeting Of tlit
Northwestern Dairymcn's Association will be
held at Janesyilc, Wis., on the Sih, 9th and
10th OF February. A cordial invitation il ex-
tended to all dairy men. butter and cheese man
ufacturers. dealers. manufacturers Of dairy inn
plements, and all others interested in this great
and growing industry, to be present on this oc.
oasion.
been surveyed from Mandan, on the Northern
Pacific, to Deadwood Coal was found at vari.
ous points.
Toledo chronicles seizure of Fenian
stores, 5000 cartridges having been found nn-
der building in st. Clair street. formerly oc-
cupied by one of the army of liberation.
Lieut.. Archibald Gibson, Of the Sew
enth Cavalry, son Of : prominent lawyer Of St.
Louis. died OF Inflammation Of tho brain, caused
By the bite Of spider.
Smallpox has broken out in the Iowa
penitcntiary at Fort Madison, and tho foremen
on contract work have aed, which will cause
delay in filing contracts.
Theodore vatrim, Frenchma, living
ON farm near Assumption, ILL.,. dcliteratel.
shot his vito dead, and made what will prob
ably provs fatal attempt ON his own life.
Mr.. L. z. Letter has Withdrawal from,
the firm Of Field, Letter 4 Co., Of Chicago, t.
engage in extensive mining and real-cstate op
eratiops. The business viii bs conducted
hereafter under the name Of Marshall Field
& Co.
A German woman ut Dundee, III,
gave birth to five children at one time.
Three persons lost their lives in q
snow-storm, near the Monte Cristo mine, II
plumas county. Cal
New Mexico advices report that fear
fui atrocities are being committed BY band oi
Indians in the region OF San Jose. Among
other excesses mentioned is tho burning t.
death Of four women aud children.
The Military Headquarters At Pres
colt, Arizona, have been burned.
The annual report Of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company shows that tho gros,
esrnings for the yoar 1880 wcrs eS,3oi,Sll
against s7,2S4.l6l for 1879.
A row Of frame stores on the Pnblis
square at Wooster. Ohio, has been reduced 4
ashes, the insurance companies suffering to th,
sxtcn. OF e25,OOo.
A bill has been introduced III the Hi
nois Assembly providing that men convicted o.
beating their wives shall receive not less thar
hare back with : rawhid0.
There have been sixty cares Of small
pox among tho Canadian immigrants in unio,
county, Oak, one-half Of which have terminal
I'd fatally. The Legislature has authorized |
rigid quarantine.
The death Of Ezra Elliott, one Of tn
o,dest merchants OF Cincinnati. is reported.
Miller Dewitt, farmer Of Angola, Ind.
died 1t tho advanced age OF los.
Gen. John Love, Of indianapolis. die'
in that city Of heart disease.
The flour-mill Of w. Trow & Co., q
Madison, Ind, was destroyed by lire, causing
loss Of Sl35,OO0.
The Talbot boys, convicted Of the AZ