The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
A loss a $40, 900 was incurred by the

A loss a $40, 900 wns incurred by the
burning OF tho Phoenix pharmaceutical works,
In Eighty-eighth street, New York.
The residence Of Elisha Sperry, in
New Haven, waa robbed Of ea5,O00 IN bonds,
tIis nephew has ieen arrsste.i ou snspcion.
The Dixon Crucible Company, Of Jer-
ny City. has suspended, the liabilities being
about el.OO0.o0o.
Fowler. Champion 4 TO-, Of New
York, engaged In tho importation Of chemicals,
havo made IN assignment thcir liabilities bo-
tns eCOO,0OO.
A fro at Lockport, n. L, destroyed
the Hodge Opera House and the 0argling Oil
building, the loss being ei50,Oo0. In the lat
ter structure there were the postofice, internal
revenue and telegraph Offices.
Gov. Porter, Of Indiana, was married
to Miss Stone, At tho residence OF tho brides
uncle, Mr.. Walter q 0urnee. Of Now York.
Only few relatives witnessed the ceremony.
BY the explosion Of vat OF varnlsh
in tn, brewery Of Peter Dodgor, in ,ew York,
tonr mon wsro envelopei in l,nles anl
scorchod TO degree winch leaves no hope FOR
.nclr recovery.
By the explosion OF boiler in the
Allentown (PA) rollin,-mi six mon were
killed or fatally wounded, and Ave men seri-
,usly hurt.
A mail train on the Passumpsic road
Nas thrown from the track, near Newport. Vt.
hv n hr,.ean rail Nus - ~
H., was killed, aud twenty others more or less
injured.
The New York Stock Exchange has
i,l00 members. 4 ssat was ssld the other day
for $4,000.
Tho county poor-house. near Dover,
n. H., caught fire about daylight on the morn
ing OF the 7th inst, aud was totally con-
,uned. There were l6o paupers in tho bnild-
ing. thirteen Of whom were sufYocatcd
or roasted alive. Those who escaped were
clothed and sheltered BY families residing in
the vicinity. The building Was an immense
brick structure, and the pccnniary loss was
$4,000, on which thcrc y insurance to the
amount Of t25OOo.
The burning Of Temporary factory
etonYing to tho An,onil Watch AMI Clock
company, in Brooklyn caused loss Of
siuOM.
The case Of Mrs. Sarah Z. Howe and
Yrs. Julia A. Goald, the managers OF the
Nanans Dank. or LADIES' Depot. Of Boston,
Ills resulted in indi> >tments against both
arsicS.
Bernard McCanc. Of Philadelphia,
,ho disi, ihuted s2oo, COO in charities within the
sst tn years has ended his days, leaving
s300. coo more to forty hcnefc;aiieA
The Grand Jury Of Washington county,
Maine, has brought an indictment against
Nansn T.cuen.ore, Of Pembroke. Tor the murder
u rrcsmsn Wright. Longmor, j. only > years
I'D aud Wright was but :.
Maj. llgcs had q light OF an hours
Duration. on New Years day. with band Of
Uucapapa Sioux, when the latter displayed .
dag Of truce aud formally surrendered.
While engaged in dancing, ut Ad,ii-
con, Mich. Nra. Canheld fsu 70 the door, and
hor hand was 20 laceratsd BY her husbands
booe-hesl that she died in twclvs hours.
E w. Halford, Of Indianapolis, has
accepted tho cllloriAl management Of the Mil
saukec SsMfiAck
Mrs. Harriet n. Cooper, . neRress,
sho died at Cheltcnham, Mo-, was ll5 years OF
ge, weighed 600 pounds, aud was the mother
i twenty-five children
Gen. Charles B. Stuart, tho eminent
avil engineer, haa just died at the Forest City
House. Cleveland.
The losses by fire in Chicago in 1880
aggregate el.l64.l5a
A passenger train on the Chicago. St.
Paul and Omaha road. q : curye near Middle
crcck. Nch., crushed into ! party q lahorers
engaged In en.areiny . snow cut, lilias >ix
men and woundinS one.
Bowman { Bleyer. wholesale liquor
lealers IN y. Lcnis, have made an assignment,
. Isador bush. The tirm oaes sl3o,ooa, and
,hovs assets of nearly that xnonnt
Over lo1 representative men cf the
X Louis har have signed petition urging the
appointments of Judge Cooley. of Michigan. to
the GATED States supreme bench.
Two brothers named Heilman, at
Surseon bay, VIA, host six children each By
tphtheria.
At Ccalvale. Kan, the dress Of Miss
Davis caught ire from an open crate, and her
ELF aud her mother were burned TO death.
The Brown murler trial in InLianapo-
Is hss ended. Mrs. Droan was sentenced t.
the Female Reformatosy for kfc.
George d. Carpenter, manager oi
Central Music Hail. CLiaso, Is dead.
\ ir at Lancaster, Ohio, destroyed
the driving department Of the hcnt-woo.i work,
of Mcssrs. Neil. T,ppet 4 Kil6an. The loss ex,
Neds ssa.ooo and loo men are thrown out oi
work.
Considerable damage Was done Gu
saturday By tho breaking up Of The ice in thu
Ohio river It Cincinnati Fifty empty con
bargcs were swept from their moorings and
carried down the river from ten to twenty milcs
The loss is estimated at ei0o. 900 TO *l50,0O0.
south.
| For the tirst time since lts occupation
BY civilized zacs. the ponds and c,eAs oi
southwestern NxAs AFFORD good skating.
blshop Atkinson, Od tho ElMscopa
psoesse Of North Caro,inA, died At wilminyto:
| last week.
A party of eight fatboatmen wer
found frozen 70 death On their craft, near Tor
Royal q G.
At Henrietta, Tex, the refusal oi
Mr.. Rice tc drunk with Mr.. Curtis hroagh
about shower Of bullets. When the snok
had cleared away the latter gentleman wA
io0na 0ead on tho noOr Of the saloon. R,e
| wAs taken for treatment to 3 doctors ofics
xhcro an assassin dnished his carver By sAo
through the window.
Prince Hannibal, the son Of an African
King, was i,oxen to death in the recent storm
| at Msrrcntasl. Va. lie owned slaves before III
war, and retained them after its close. Hi
devotion ta the South caused his mprison
nlent fur some nonths in the Old Capitol a
Washington