The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-01
NEWS Of The week.
DOMESTIC 1NTExIyoCNOB.

East.
shinkel, Of the Cornell crew, II charged
BY tho lthica (N. ~ Daily Jourma, With hay
Ing conspired with Casey, asaloonisk and Rsed,
wholesale liquor dealer, TO cause tho crew to
bo beaten In every raco after the nrst ons
Honiey-on-ThAmcM
The fruit warehouse Of Warner &
Merit. al Philadelphia, has bcen destroyed By
fire. The loss on tho building, stock and ms
chinery Ia estimated at ea0c,0C0. Two en-
ployes were b~rncd 10 death.
Mayor Grace has removed the Police
Commissioners OF New York on their conviction
Of failing to keep the streets clean.
Little Brown Jug astonished the crowd
on tho Hartford track by pacing three oonsecu-
tive miles In 2,lilA, 2.llsl and AJAX.
At the Portland (Me.) soldiers' and
sailors reunion there WAS sham fight between
Americans and their French allies and British,
which was witnessed hy 10000 people
Mucllers brewery, at Philadelphia,
was swept away by flames. tho loss being
sGo,OOo. Several Aremen were injured BY I
falling cornicc.
The failure il announced of tackman
4 o'Hara, manufacturers OF cloaks and suits
Of New York city. The failure WAS due 10 the
losses Of Jackman, the senior partner, ON Wall
street.
The insurance men 0f 81 Louis are q
,,%l, tl,r A. <1>s.~s,~ tl,at ~
the inefticiency Of tho latter they are paying
out $50 per cent. on premiuma while Chicago
disburses only 10 per cent
Hon. w. 81. Reagan, President Of the
Indiana Board Of Agriculture. who has recently
traversed the State, estimates The corn crop n
less than half that Of last year.
Jesse Meharry, pioneer who recently
died near Shawnee Mound, Ind, loft funds "a
be given to namesakes, at the rate OF e25 each,
open TO all comcs for one year, tho only condi.
ton being that the parents should b Of good
moral character.
The Union Stock Yards, near Chicago,
has been visited by very destructive conha.
grafton. II was confined to tho packing house
Of J. G. Hately, which was entirely consumed
The loss win exceed e75o, 900, the insurance be-
ing about 50 per cent.
The Chicago Times prints exhaustive
reports from the chief corn ccnters Of the
Western States. Tho crop of Illinois promiae,
TO be about three-6fths = large - last ysar
The yield in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas win b
cut down from - 10 50 per cent by drought.
0ousn.
The citizens Of Orange, Tex, . town
on the Texas and New Orleans road, grew
weary Of the acts Of desperadoes, and have sho
six aud hanged two Of them.
Some time since Ben Blanton, ex,
sheriff OF Cook county. Tex, and : dcsperat.
man, met James Todd, Who had been witnss
against him in . lawsuit, and abused and in
snltci him in . most outrageous manner. The,
separated. each vowing to meet tho other 10
final settlement. Tho men met : few day
! ago in the road, aud both drew weapons an,
fired. Todd Was shot through tho heart An,
in the breast. Tho top Of Dlauton's head wa
blown on. Both mon were lying dead whcl
discovered.
Two negro Mnr,lerers were taken iron
Jail ut Monroe, La, and lynchcd.
A feud Of long standing resulted in n
aflrav At Johnston, \ q. in which J. W. Tim
mcrman was killed. andJ. W. Baxxarsi and hi
son seriously wounded, with douhle-barrelc,
shot-guns.
Forest fires are raging in Arkansas
where no rain has fallen for ten weeks, aud il
many sections trees arc shedding their foliag
| ~ If struck by frost.