The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-28
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

| two physicians Melville telegraphcd to his
sister In New York to take care Of his home
| and children. His friends claim that great
| Injustice has been done him in the statement
that he deserted his family, and they assert
| that his wife has not only been derangcd for
several years, but Ia under the influence OF
liquor great portion of the time. She Is a
daughter of Judge Waldron, of Buffalo
There is n genuine craze for oil
| gambling In the petroleum ccntcrs OF Penn
! kyivania.
! After conference ut Pittsburgh Of
five hours duration between the Executive
| Committee Of the Iron Manufacturers and
representatives Of the Amalgamated Associa-
| tion, the S. 80 scale was signed.
Burglars, with powerful lever, tore
the stonc-work from the vault Of c. +.
Smith 4 CO., manufacturers Of icwelry at
North Attlcboro, Mass, and carried away
| goods and materials valued at $4,000.
! 4 treste-work belonging to the West
| Branch railway Mt Wilkcsbarre, Pa, gave way
while twenty-scvcn loaded gondolas were
standing upon it. Six men were carried
down fifteen feet two OF them receiving
4 fatal injuries
Somebody in Wall street has written
letter declaring that Jay Gould has retired
| from active manipulation Of the market as
he lis worth sl0o,o0O,OO GOO, and is about to take
| the Presidency Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company.
In the United States Circuit Court
at Buffalo, John g. Bgelow filed n petition
for a writ OF hobeas corpus in Scrgt Mason's
case, setting forth the non jurisdiction OF
the court martial to try Mason for breach
of the civil peace, the illegality OF the order
! by which Mason was assigned to guard duty
Mt the Jail, and the reversal by Judge Advo-
| cate General Swain of the findings OF the
tribunal by which Mason was tried and con-
victed The petition was granted by Judge
| Coke.
Part Of the Stewart store at the cor
ner of broadway and Ninth street, New York,
will he occupied by wholesale dry goods
| firm in which two sons of Judge Hilton are
| junior partners. The remainder of the
building will be used for retail trade by the
| former superintendent of the house
! In the Fourth avenue tunnel in New
i
accident, when n Harlem train crashed into
the dark chamber Mt high rate of speed
! Two persons were killed and nineteen in
! jured
Six leading milliners of New York
arrived home by the steamship France A
!! hins having been received by cable, the Gus
! toms detectives found ON the person of one
woman silks and laces valued at ,ssa.5 francs,
/ while another carried dutiable goods to the
amount of $500 francs
West.
| Incendiary fires caused the destruc-
tion Of the greater part of the village Of
Grand Meadows, Mimi, and numerous build
inys were consumed at Red Wing by the
same means
The agricultural products Of Kansas
this year are estimated to be worth Mt pres
ent prices slis ss5,3l5, and the other prod
ucts of the farm, garden AMI pasture, in
cludng live stock, will bring the total up to
] $lsi,ooa,o ,otN. or an average OF sl1b for every
man, woman and child in the State.
Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago. returned
home the other day, after six weeks ab-
| sence in Europe, and was accorded big
/ public reception. His arrival was signalized
by the booming Of cannon and the firing Of
rockets, and he was escorted to his home by
a long procession.
! Farmer Harden and son, living near
Columbus. Ind, fired on trio who were
rohbing their melon patch, and Thomas Kel-
| ly was instantly killed
The new comet was seen on the 10Th
of September from Mount Tamelpais,
on the Pacific Coast by Prot Da-
! wilson, Of the Coast Survey The
director OF Warner Observatory, at Roches-
ter, Is in receipt Of messages from all Sec
t.ons of the American continent, claiming
the honor Of discovering the visitor.
The Army of the Cumberland held its
annual reunion in Milwaukee, and was
largely attended. Gen. Sheridan presided Mt
the business meeting Gen. Grosvenor, Of
Ohio, delivered the annual Grafton, and ex-
Gov. Cox, of Ohio, delivered a eulogy on
Garfield 4 feature of the reunion was the
gathering OF 100 members of the Iron Brig
ad, to whom Gen. dibhon read an original
poem and Miss Aubrey presented silk
gui,ion Speeches were made by Gena
Bragg and Fairchild
The National Association Of Burial
Case Manufacturers held their annual meet
ing at Cleveland Ohio and the National Dis
tillers' Association met ut Cincinnati
\ party of Greek Indians who are OPP
posed to the results of the late election in
their nation, are killing and driving out the
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south.
Negotiations are nearly completed
| tor the transfer OF the Little Rock and Fort
smith road to the Gould system, as feeder
to the Iron Mountain road.
oklahoma Payne and eleven of his
+ followers were taken by rail from Fort Reno
to Fort smith, under the escort OF Lieut..
Taylor OF the Ninth cavalry Payne refused
to go overland through Indian Territory. for
fear of being put TO death by the reds On
reaching Henrietta, Tex, he obtained n writ
of haheas corpus from the District Court,
but tho Lieutenant refused to recognize 1t,
andan order for the arrest OF the latter was
issued The prisoners were packed in cal
and guarded until the train left, the Lieu
tenant defyins the courts
Presiding Elder Dye, Of the Scare,
tArk) district, met Editor Mccall, OF tn.
Record, on the street in that city and knocke,
him down and pnmmeled him. because of
bitter article by Mccall against prohibition
Jack Chapman. colored, was execute,
at Bellevue. Louisiana, for the murder o
John Williams
Oklahoma Payne and his followers
i. who had been brought prisoners Ia For
Smith, were released by the United State
Court.
The demented daughter oi jane
! Cleveland poisoned the whole fanny OF six
! except her mother ut Nashville, Tenn, b,
putting strychnine In the coffee, Mr. Cleve
. land has died, and one uf the daughters IL II
n Ifagariats condition