The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-27
A singular and shocking murder was

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While the people were Il church, Mrs. Barnard,
wife OF prominent lumbcrman at 0rcenvtlls,
went TO tho residence Of Rev. f. Curtis, At
tackled his wife, threw her down, poured gaso-
line over her clothing, md cot her on Gre. Tho
unfortunate lady Was terribly burned, and died
within few hours. 40 there Was no apparent
motive for tho crime, Il IL believed the murder
COS ID insane.
J. Philip Kriegcr, Jr., at one time one
u tho prominent men Of St. Louis, and ex-
hshisr Of the dcfnnct Droadway savings Bank,
was found dead In his room At tho Western Ho-
tsl In that city. An empty morphine bottle aud
: letter to his father told TINT II was suicide
A Greek Indian has arrived at Abrams,
Battle rver, from Cypress hills, with tho 70
port that six hAli-brecds and thirty Greeks were
hlled In eight with tho Sioux.
Tho body Of jeremiah Sullivan was
stolen from tho Mount Elliott Cemetery, De-
troit, and tho jani,or OF tho medical college
has been arrested for participation in the crime.
Near Plain City, Ohio, Mrs. Ophelia
Clark, her niece anl an adopted son were killed
With club. Robcrt 0aines 4 colored man,
who formerly lived with them, has been ar
rested.
Capt. George W. Chilsoa, of the
Eighth cavalry, committed suicide at Eaglc
Pass, Tex, tho Instrument OF death being re-.
wolves.
Sitting Bull, having grown tired Of
negotiating with the military authorities, has
started for tho British possessions, accompanied
BY forty lodgea
The directors Of thu Illinois Central
road have declared ! ssmi-annuAl dividend Of
81 per cent, payable March l. The Now Or
leans branch 10 In position 70 iQuidats its
BONDED Indebtedness Of ei2.0oo,ooo.
Floods in Oregon and Washington
Territory caused tho destruction Of half .
million do!lars' worth Of property.
On decree of foreclosure the Green
Day and Minnesota railroad was sold, ut Mil
waakcc, for e2,ooo,0oo. to John l. Blair, for
tho bondholdors.
The Illinois State Grange, in session
At rrceport, Endorsed the Reagan bill to rcgu-
late commerce between tho States
A mortgage Of colossal character has
been fled In the Recorders Office in Chicago.
by lts terms the Wabash, st. Louis aud Pacific
= ilroad pledges its entire property for the
raymcnt Of $4,000, 900 TO tho Central Trust
Company, OF Now York. and James Cheney, of
Indiana. The mortgage runs for forty years,
with interest At 8 per cent, payable scmi-annu-
ally.
During the progress Of . fire on Canal
street, Chicago, which destroyed the furniture
factory Of T. Mayer, ono of the wallis Of the
building fell outward, injuring fourteen firemen
aud policeman -threc or four OF tho former,
II is feared. receiving fatal wounds.
A terrible smash.up occurred ON the
Chicago. Rick Island aud Pacific railroad, near
Pond Creek. III. Tho Omaha express was
thrown from tho track by . broken rail- and
two coacLes wcre completely wrecked. Ono
car took firc from lamp. and one passenger,
Mns Kirby. of Nevada, Ohio. was 50 severely
burned that she died. Five others wcrc So
vcrcly injured, two Of them perhaps fatally,
and several received slight bruises or burns.
Two Illinois Central trims, about mid
night ON Thursday, following their instruc-
tions came TO stopat a weak bridge between
| Anna aud Caraon,iale third train came
dash,ng areanl the eurso and a fireman aud
brakeman were killed. an engineer seriously
| injured, and two engines wrecked.
A playful scuilie between rough aud
| gambler. at Delie. Col, ended by their winl-
ing themselves about each other and shooting
| until ono was dead and the other mortaily
| wounded.
Jay Gould is said to have purchased
an interest in Tho kcokak Northern Line Packet
CoMpany.
Application has hccn made for a re-
ccivcr for the Missouri River Packet Company
| II St Louis.
| Frederick Kestcr, who killed his wifc
at Buckley. ILL.,, was hanged At panrills on Fiji
day, JAM Il.
James NJ. Walker, formerly President
aud of late solicitor Of the Chicago, Burlington
aud oaincy railroad, died in Chicago last
week.
/ Reports received Mt Evansville, Ind.
Indicate the failure of the wheat crop in South.
srn Indiana and illinois,
An oil we'll recently opened At Canon
City. Csl.. Yields avc 10 eight barrels per day.
Somo wealthy citizens of Chicago.
among them n. X. fairbank, Oeorgo W. DUN,
lap rerry II. smith, 0colgc g. Walker, Wirt
Dcxtr. Henry W. King. John b LYON. and
others. have taken STEPS to organize new ta
cgraph company, to b. independent ot ths
Western Union consolidation.
Haverls's New Mastoslon Minstreis
after one very successful week At his Chicag
house, Will remain fer seven days moro, th
business having justified this change Of pro
sranme. Haser.y's immense auditorium ha
been tested to its full capacity the past week
and will doubtless continue the same way TO
the present one.
Dr. Levin Smith Jones, LII y, on,
Of tho most prominent physicians of virginia
died At Richmond.
| Miss Bessie Werts. living near Pros
pcrity, =. C., was brutal,y oatraged BY tw
negroes named spearman aud Fair. SpcaEma
was ahos to death and Fair hanged.
| A fend Of long standing led to severa
assass,nat,ons near Augusta, Ark A plante
named Charles johnson, school tcache
named George Finn, and colored man wer
killed in their homes, and Dr.. d. f. Dale wa
dangerously wounded
Henry Yarnell and man named How
were shot near Chattanooga, Tenn, the forae
being killed and the latter dangerously wound
ed. The assassins were concealed in the daia
ness. Next day two men named Brooks an
Gr.Eey were arrested on suspicion, and. bein
come distance from JAIL they were confined i
blacksmith shop where they were guarded b
, two men. During the night noise was hear
! II the windows, and almost simultaneously tw