The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-30
NEWS Of THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

AS&OASxAAN
Enst.
Henry Draper, Professor Of Analytic.
Il Chemistry in the University OF New York,
Is dead
Daniel Ruffncr, the Pennsylvania
hermit, whose life was largely insured In
graveyard insurance companies, was found
dead In his cabin near Reading, ra
In excavating beneath the old church
which so long served New York for a post.
Office the workmen reached two cofilns
VIII Oh crumblcd into dust, but plate shows
Shat the interment was made in lsla
Fire broke out in the Calender
building, at Providence. n. l., cutting of
she eprcss Of number Of male and fem ,le
employees OF W. II. Robinson Co. gold
chain makers, who were ut work In the
fourth story. Across iifteen-foot alley was
a two-story wooden structure, and to the
roof OF this many OF the workpeople sprnng,
suffering erievous injirics by the fall
Emma Gassett, Bessie Cobb and Thomas
Mann fell between the buildings; the two
former were killed, and Mann had an arm
and log broken. Mary McSorley fell on a
picket fence, and was shockingly mutilated
Another man hung from telephone wire
until rescued by fireman. Five young
women who jumped from the windows OF
the burning building to the ~oof below were
satally injured.
Col. William Henry McNTahon, mem
Der Of the Tariff Commission, died suddenly
at his residence in New York.
Capt. Nathan Appleton, Of Boston,
who has applied for new charter for .
Cap, Cod Canal Company, states that Count
de Iesseps will le interested with him, "a
also Gen. Turr, the Austrian engineer The
cut will require two years time and cost
s3,o0o,00 and the estimated annual revenue
therefrom is s250,uM
The petroleum gamblers of Pitts
burgh, Bradford and other speculative Gen.
ters have been going through terrible ex-
rcrience recently. Under the pressure Of
| the bear Influences the market, which had
| gone up to an unusually high figure, took n
sudden tumble, dropping from $Lca to "
cents In one day. The spectators, who had
forced up prices. founl themselves over
whc med In ruin The excitement through
out the oil speculative regions was unprece-
dented.
Gilbert w. Patrick, familiarlv known
as Gilpatrick, famous jockey of the days
befor, tn war, died the other day In New
York, lie rode Lexington four miles against
time at New Or ems In i:las..
The remains of Thurlow Weed were
taken to Albany for intcrment
| ]. N. Collins served four hours in the
Ohio penitentiary for illegal voting, when he
was liberated on n pardon from Gov. Fos-
ter
President Hitchcock, Of the st. Louis
Ore aud Steel Company, in,imates that the
Vulcan It Il works of that company will be
shut down il the lrice of pig iron l. not
materially reduced. He believes the demand
for rails VII he cons derably less mel the
coming year. and thinks already the outpu,
Is far ahead of the consumption. Ii the
out Of employment
Chester Waite was stopped by q
masked iohhcr near Cod Springs Mum, and
eompele | to hand over si,6sa
The case of Editor Cockerill for kill.
lug A. W. Sla back was called in the Court
of Criminal Correction Mt st. Louis the othel
day. but the Judge announced n postpone
ment to await nh invest gatioa by the Grand
Jury Opinions differ ms to what will be he
result of his ac.ion, and some attorney.
M intain that the case will never reach
forma trail.
Douglas II. Hale and wife were ar
rested by the police at Milwaukee. Mrs
Hale confessed to entering jewelry stores
aud pu,loining ya'uablcs She is the tx
vie ot the notorious Mike Weaver nov
serving term in the penten.iary. Hale al
one time 5 manager OF ths Chicago Clear.
ing House,
The Northern Pacific road has closed
9S acres east OF the Missouri ut 81 per re
There are 542 odd Fellow lodges il
Indiana with membership of a,6ra III,
amount expended Tor relief the past yea
was ST., IN
The Grand Jury of the Third distric
of Utah found three indictments for polyg
amy under the Etimun,is law, out of twent,
eases presented To its notice, The nisirie
Attorney was unable To rid himself of tw,
. Mormoas inspaneling the jurors. and the,
are said to have gisea warning To witnesses
TIE systematic robhing Of the mail
= between Denver and the East has been prac
ticcl for long period. and the postotfic
authorities are at l.ss as to where to locat
he thefts Drafts, cheeks and money OF
ders 10 the amount of over $tDo,Ni hav
disappeared, while the loss OF money an
va'uables cannot be es mated
Passenger fares over the Milwaukee
and 81 Paul between Chicago and Rock Ii
land were reduced the other day to - cents
and over the Rock Island road tickets wer
sold at 81 between Chicago and Albert Lea
Mimi. 4 fierce war between these riss
lines was what brought about the cut,
The winter-Mheat crop Of Kansas
in sNeelient condition, and an immens
Yield is promised
4 bloody conflict is in progress i
Nevada between the Washoe and P.ute In
,tians
There has just died at Mehama, Ore
Mrs Capt. John Smith, daughter of Vii
lam Morgan, who is alleged to have bee
murdered hy members of the Masonic ordt
III is.6 She steadily refused to give any IL
formation in regard 10 the tragedy.
South.
4 murderer in the Owensford tGa
JAIL sentenced 10 hang, alta Ike and kilie
Jailer Bar on with am otd chair, and the
He'd ew recap.ured
A stage containing three passenge,
was sto, ped near campbellyille, XIV, al