The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-12-21
NEWS OF the week.
AMERICAN ITEMS,
lt.,,st,

4 practical reduction Of tho supertlu.
ous alcoholic product was effected by \ de-
s,fuetive iire In a di~tillcry Al tsihsontown,
fayc,tc county. Ia over aunWN gallons
of whisky we're stored on the premises, n
large proportion of which was destroyed
The total loss II estimated ut sa|AoM
Ea'rrt l., Stuart, tho retired sugar.
rrhnrr ut New York, died ut the are ot ~
lie leaves fortune variously estimated vt
from sa>oeusN to ss,oAu0
During the week ending ncc. II. tho
business failures In tho United States num-
| hcrcd I'M. being 4 decrease VI seventeen
from the previous week, hut stNts-hve more
than In thu same period In iSSl,
A lalowr in Brooklyn said to res.
| taurant waiter that, although good Catholic,
| he had 4 Protestant stomach, and within 4
| few minutes he was stranglcd by piece Of
mea, lodging In his throat
Parks Lemaine aud his two sisters.
All young persons while returning from 4
prayer meeting at Upton station, Pa, were
killed hy u locamotive
| West.
The Edwards County Bank. At Kins-
ley. Kan, was robbed of slaNM
So>iah A, Noonan. for many years =
leading politician and journalist ef wiscon-
sin. died In the insane asylum At WauMatosA
| Patrick Sla,tery, aged -, shot his
/ step -mothvr dead AT their home near Mount
Pleasant, Iowa and then put bullet through
his avn hrain 4 note left by the suicide
states the tragedy was caused by whisky
| While depositiens were being taken
before notary In 81 Louis In the suit III
| Mrs Slashack against col ceckerill, an
ast,av t.ek place between the attorneys in
| which John " Glover scised Frank Bowman
by the thrnat and scn, him 10 the acer
| The corner stone oi thu new Chicago
| Chamber of Commerce.. which il Ia cost
| $i,as.ase and Ia hc completed in \ year
and a halt, Was laid the other day with inn
posing ceremonies
!, \ Cleveland iewcler VAS robbed Al
stranger who called estcn>ihly to yct awa,ch
repaired
There is an epidemic of disappear.
anees In chscag,N Within lcsS than u mansh
| u aosen easeS ri mysterious disappearance
of girls anil seany wamen have hecn report.
-. t. tn. rolicc ~ taa, city, In milwaukee,
a number II similar ,asc> were reportsst
4 iir at Toledo, Ohio, totally dc.
strosed the Hall hlaek, At the een.er et 81
Clair and lesi.rsun streets the finest hasi.
ness structure in that city The main occu,
pants wefc Taylor, Rodgers 4 ca, shoe.
dealers, l. \ Raamgartner, no,ienss and
Weed 4 Acklla, yreecr~ The building had
iall,n INTO the hands ~ the Connecticut MI
tual lafe- Insurance Company, and the ,ota
loss il s.sssaN
The jury in the case of Teresa Stnrla,
charged With tho murder Of Charles Stiles
at the Palmer House, Chscaxss resasnea i
verdict ai guilty uf man>laayhter iiNsnS ths
penalty At oae year in the rca,,ea,aarN
Tere~ days continuous rain caused
great tee,ts in Washington Territory and
Oregon, m,lls heases and hs,iycs ecms
carried away,
South.
Capt, Ell Cox. who killed Col, Robert
A. Aston in Georgia four sears aye, has eces
par,lui,ea hN 0ov, stephens
4 serious riot ey~usnsl at Onclika
Ala, sc,Mrea the factions supporting III,
tiva, CITY Councils, in which ntae white me.
anu asssve VIEW shot aema Thc less>la.
se has pa>>.ss aa AT va,a,lay the esassel
st tho eitx sal au,herisa,s The Governor 4
Npruim a@sA saSesasncMs
Robert s, Champion, Cashier and
rasmaS,er IT the Little Rock and For
Saith rsslr,,at, has ahscendcsl leaving lie
fslca,ica~ which viii oN,cca s,NaN
The iron and steel bridge over tn,
McNieaa Pacific rai,n.sd extension near Sas
Aa,aa,a Texas collapsed and seven me,
wsrc killed.
The Princess Louise and her husband
Will remain in the Southern states unit
February,
4 ssadtea,e Of British capitalists ha'
purchased lusua acres ot crtten land il
Chs,N,s e>,s,a,s, Ark, and Will yo into tn,
cultivation Ut the tlcecy staple alsea an eN
teasive s,alA
The steamer Kate Kinney. with ,
valuable casss,s haiacd At Erry Landing
Ia Many hailaiays in the tewn were con
sau,ctt> u high wind carrying hlas,ag hram,i
, fs>aa the Kinney inland The crew and las
senyers lost all their hAgyaSN
The cotton report Tor neeemhe
shows lasge perentaxc IT meaessc I
seme states 1T the cotton belt, AMI approx
mates the crop al NaA,sN haleS " n
pounds each