The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-02
NEWS Of TIE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Eaat.


AMERICAN ITEMS.
Eaat.
The Albion print works, in Philalel.
phia, and tho stocks OF several firms In the
same building, we're swept away BY Arc. A
charrcd corpse was found on the second noor
The loss foots up ti50,000.
BY the burning Of tho cast wing Of
tho insane asylum At rlatbush, l.. l., ono pa
ticnt was snffocated and threc escaped from
custody.
Arthur Lucas, Freshman at Dart
mouth College, who ~as to speak At = class
supper In Montreal, was abducted to White
River Junction and locked up by sophomorcs,
rgainng his liberty by promising not TO re-
ua' the names Of tho Offenders.
There is an alarming increase in ma.
rgnant scarlet fever in New York city. TLo
deaths in 1880 wcre 6ls, and last year were
l,96i. The deaths for the first seven weeks Of
this year were go.
William Phoenix, Of Maiden, Mass,
went home late Il night, and, not finding any
thing elsc TO cat partook freely Of poisoned
ish, which his wife had placed in meal
box to kill rats, and died from the effects next
morning.
Troy, N. u, has a little girl, aged II,
who il an expert safe.robber. A large quantity
o. jewelry was found III her home, tho result
Of hcr thicvish akin.
The Mayor Of Chicago, spurred BY
attacks Of The press aud pulpit, has determined
upon war Of determination against the gam
blcrs and criminals Of Chicago
A committee, representing the ex-
Confederate soldiers Of Cincinnati, visited Mira
Garfield at Cleveland, and presented memo
rial tribute to the late President IN the formof
engrossed resolutions framed in Tennessee
marble. The widow and mother OF the clief
magistrate were both deeply affected.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held in Farwcll Hall, Chicago, BY the people OF
that city who favor tho suppression Of Nor
monism. Judge Cation presided aud made an
addrcss Other speakers we're Thos W.
Smith, son OF Joc smith, the original Mormon
prophet, the Rev. DIR. Thomas, Bishop rallows,
and the Hon. John Wentworth. Anti Mormon
meetings were also held in various other cities,
At which resolutions were passed asking Con-
Hross to put stop to the evil
The Legislature Of Michigan met in
extra session Feb y aud listened to tho mes
s,sc prssented by the Chief Executive Of the
State. Gov. Jerome recommended the passage
% lava granting State relief to the sufferers
from the recent firCs in the Huron Peninsula
district, including The entire remission OF taxa
ticn in the burned section. The proposed Gen.
cral Tax law aud the question Of reapportion-
mcnt vii also bc considered.
The Illinois State Board Of Health at
Springfield report general decrease OF smsll-
pox throughout the state.
A Salt Lake City dispatch indicates
feycrsh condition OF Mormondom. Petitions
10 Congress asking 40 bc let alone arc being
circulated, and other measures are Icing ur-
gently pressed to sweep hack the rising ilocd oe
anti-Nlormon feeling IN the nation.
At New Carlisle, Ohio, the boiler of
portable saw,mll exploded, killing three men
ard woanding two severely.
The report Of the Chicago and Alton
rcsd for 1881 shows l.o15 miles of track,
SaS, 5aa ST. in stock and bonds, s.sS7. 1iD in
gross earnings, ana q net revenue OF lis per
cest, on sl the capital stock. The company
owns aiS locomotives, l2i coaches. ana 6,0i3
itelght cara
One of the boilers IN the Vulcan steel
works in South ST. Louis exploded, fatally i'm
| juraS foar mel.
l,anW 81 he in Big Cottonwood canon,
| U an, buried William q Ticket, wooa-chop-
| p Z, ass Vie and five children.
South.
| Rev. q. q. Barnes, tho mountain
evangelist of Kentucky, claims a,a7s CONVEX
sions n the result of seven weeks work in
/ Louisville, and the restoration to health Of
nearly "a many more by the prayer cure.
New Orleans was favored with fine
| weather Tor tho Msnis-Gras festivities. Tho
day procession was over two miles in length,
and comprised tifty>tiyc cars. The pageant Of
/ the Krcwc of Cemus in the evening filled
| twenty carr, illustrating the religious Of tho
world, and 9s,0tN invitations 10 the Kings bali
j we've issued.
A hloosl-curlling tragedy was enacted
] al = hsrn.raising in Rowan county. \. {. John
| Held and Peter Joseph, two Of the workmen
| upon the building. got into quarrel, aud Held
+, thrw an ax At Joseph. the keen blade literally
splitting his head in two, scattering his brains
and li,lsng hun instantly. As Held threw
| ,h Ak he lost his foothold aud fell
down nom tho building. breaking Ais
neck. Three men were on the ground II the
,ime,-James Ccphas, Richard Wiley and Ned
| Mandford-engaSsd in raising . heavy log.
| They became 80 much excited at tho tragedies
they had Just witnessed that Ccphas lost his
hold on tho ioH and caused il to fall An i
| came down il caught Wiley and crushed his
! abdomen. inilicting injuries from which he
i dl.,i.
Maj. Hicks, colored man. was exc
ca,sd in the jail At conngton. Ky, for the
/ murder OF Henry Williams. Two murderers,
both Mcxcans were strung up At Austin, Texas.
White Brown. colorsd. was executed At Pine
| Riaff. Ark.
Dr. J. N. Brandon, If Caneyville. Ky..
confirmed ON his doatL-hcd that he WAS one Of
the three tends who caused the burning to
| death Of Wiley E.ahry and six children last
year.
The fiint-glass manufactory Of Hobbs,
Rrockmicr 4 Co, at Wheeling, W. Va, one OF
| the largest in the United States, Was destroyed
| Ly tire.
4
WARRINGTON NOTES.
Charles H. Reed still clings TO the
belief that Guitean il insane. He has recently
| received number Of letters from him. which
he regards ~ the cffusions OF lunatic, and he
believes that they will strike the pubic in the