The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-08-24
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITENS.
yEaaf.

Jesse HOyt, one Ot the Dost-knOwn
New York merchants, died at his residence, In
that city, where no was born In lSlh Mr..
Hoyt was prominently Unidentified with Tho
elevator syatem OF Chicago and Milwaukee,
lavlng hnilt tho ilrst railroad elevator IN tho
latter city. IIe had largo property interests In
Michigan and Wisconsin. AT the time Qf his
death ho was President Of tho Flint AMI rcro
Marquette lsailroad Company, aud IN officer In
many business corporations and associations.
He leaves an estate valued at ei0, 00o, 600.
The bi.centennial Of tho landing Of
William Penn will be celebrated at Philadelphia
IN October, and extensive preparations are IN
progress to that end
Bangor, Me-, was visited by tornado
accompanied by thunder and rain. Several
buildings were wrecked, and trees and sheds
blown down.
The Spraguc mansion At Canonchel
Was sold At auction the othcr day for ts2, 96o
to Frank D. Moulton, Of Now York. William
spragno had torn down tho bridge leading to
the place. aud pAtrollad tho avenue with riaA
The auctioncer stood on the wrcck OF the bridge
to complete the sale.
The Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers'
Association have voted 10 pay $1,000 to any
person who shall detect tho presence At poison
ous or deleterious matter In the beer brcwed BY
any member Of tho association
Six italian railroad laborers, while
intoxicated, went out In : skin on the Youghio-
gheny river, near Shancr's station, Pa, whom
the boat capsiscd, and throe Of tho occupants
we're drowned.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com.
pany has completed two additional sections OF
its road. Ono 10 In Idaho and the othcr IN
Montana. Tho two sections cover about l4O
miles
Inoendiaries attempted 10 burn Man.
kato. Kan. Several buildings were destroyed,
and the loss 10 placed II e5O,O00
Chetopa, Kan, was the scene Of :
destructive nro. consuming several business
buildings and INJECTING loss estimated q
$4,000.
"Little Thunder" the orator Of the
Chippewa Indians, and ono Of the two survi-
vUt0 Va SA4O SuckoI uloeu&uHVt ubVSA ia NAcINy
Hospital, In Chicago He was about 65 years
Of aga
Richard Leibst, brakeman Of So.
Joseph, No., got drunk and wanted to shoot an
unoffending person named Olaker. Lcibsl's
brother interfcred aud was fatally shot In tho
abdomen Tho drunken man then shot At
Olskcr. tho bullet breaking his teeth and Jaw.
cutting ont his tongue and lodging near the
opening OF the wind-pipe.
Over 5000 people we're present At
the demonstration OF tho Irish Nationalist at
Ogd,n's Grove, near Chicago, on tho 18th inst.
Addrosses were made BY James RedpAth, Rev.
Geo. G. Belts, Of St. Louis, Judge Moran, Of
Chicago and othera Immense enthusiasm
Was manifested.
Il has been decided 10 invite ex-
Confederate soldiers TO participate In the
soldiers' reunion 10 be held at Milwaukee In
September.
An English syndicate has purchased
10000 acres Of land in Southern Minnesota,
owned BY tho Chicago Milwaukee and q. Paul
Company, At $A.5O per acre. Il u tho inten-
ton 10 establish colonies Of Englishmcn ON tho
lands. Tho eamo company sold James Thomp-
son, banker OF Davenport, Iowa, $4,000 acros
IN Rock county, Num-, the price beiag frsc-
ton less than e5 per acre Mr.. Boyson, Of
Milraukee, tho Danish Consul, has completed
arrangements for purchasing s., 900 acres from
the Same company in Faribaalt aud Martin
counties. Minn.. upon which number Of DA,-
ish families viii settle.
Official information received at Omaha
shows that An outbreak OF tho Sioux Indians at
Plne Ridge Agency y liable to occur. and .
sible. Dr.. McGillicnddy, Agent of the Red
Cloud Indians, has been notified that unless
he is removed BY October they viii rise. The
same statement b made By them 70 the military
commanders, who have notified the army
headquarters at Omaha About 800 Indians
arc engaged in the trouble. and in their neigh
borhood about 1900 more. II 10 estimated
outbreak. Red Cloud il thought 10 he actaat-
ing the Indians in their demand for the removal
Of DR.. McGillicuddy.
Six smugglers. with forty pack mules,
encamped at Bowie, Arizona. we're drowned BY
cloud burst.
At Socorro. eighty miles south oi Al
buqaeraac, New Mexico Juan Elverad. !
gambler. was taken from jail by . mob aud
lynched. for outrasing the parson Of ia.year-
old girl.
Heavy yields Of spring wheat to the
aero arc reported from the threshing~ machines
In ths great grain Aslds q DakoeA 4 fazmsl
near Aberdeen threshsd $50 bushels iron,
/ seventeen and onc-half acres, an average ol
th,rty seven bushels 10 the acrs Of No wheat
weighing sixty-one pounds 70 tho bushsl.
The Governor Of Texas has proclaimed
/ : quarantine against al Mexican posts On -
count Of tho prevalence Of yellow fever.
In Putnam county, Ga, Mr.. and MrS
Carter went to church and locked tho children
in tho house, which took 6re and three chill.
dren burned to death.
The first bale ef this years cotton cr,p
was receivod at Mobile on the 18th Of Angusl
Benjamin b. Hill. United States Sem
ator from Georgia, died 1t Atlanta on thu
morning Of Aug. l6, aged 50 years About
o'clock .. N. he was discovered to b sinkias.
and by 6:l5 he was dead. -Four hours hefors
his death he made sign for = hypoiermlc in.
ject,on Of morphine. He appeared to be awake
and conscious several times hut could mol
speak. At CHS he WAS appareatly awake, ~her
be closed his eyes gently, aud dei without .
iremor
The National Board Of Health do moi