The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-01-19
LATER NEWS ITEMS,

Gen. Carr, the gallant officer who was
reported to have been massacred with his en-
tirc command by Indians at Fort Apache last
summer, but whose bravery and ability founda
way out Of the perilous situation and ayerted q
sickening horror like that OF the Custer butch
cry. is under arrest at Fort Grant, BY order OF
Gen. Wilcox, commanding the Department OF
Arizona, for trial by court-martial
Caroline Richings-B Bernard, the well
known cantatrice, died At her home in Rich
mond, Va. Of smallpox. after an illness OF
thirteen days. Two days before she was
stricken down, . lady friend told her Of the
spread Of smallpox all over the country. and
begged her to be vaccinated, but she declined.
rs she had no fears Of having the disease.
The superstltious recall some singular CO.
medicines connected with her illness and
death. few days before she was attacked
she celebrated the thirteenth anniversary Of
her wedding, and at the dinner table on that
Occasion thirteen people were seated. The su-
perstltion which makes the number thirteen an
omen OF disaster was commented upon at the
time and laughed At 1t ia remarkable that the
unfortunate lady died after a sickness of thir.
teen days, and on the 18th OF the month. Mrs.
Richings- Bernard was born in England 4s years
ago. and came to this country when year old.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is an inmate
OF Turkish and electric bath establishment in
New York. DR.. Sayre finds that she sufYers
from chronic Inflammation OF the spinal cord
and disease Of the kidneys, and that cataract
! has appeared in both eyes.
For passing resolution over the veto
Of the Mayor after an injunction had been
granted BY the Circuit Court, fifteen Aldermen
Of Brooklyn were fined s25O each and sent u
jail for terms Of from ten to thirty days
+! Brakeman Melius. who is charged viii,
criminal carelessness in the New York Cen,r,,
disaster, admits that he can neither re.a ~
~f'te. He has been on the road for over .
| quarter century.
/! Nathan Davis, the famous Englisl,
traveller and writer, is dead.
| 80 intensely cold has been the weather
on the Sahara frontier Of Algeria that hundred.
! OF soldiers and camels perished
/ The President and Secretary and two
members Of tho committee OF the Drum
! collagher branch OF the Ladies' League have
been committed to Limerick prison in default
for holding illegal meetings snce the lst ol
January.
The leading church officials OF Great
Britain are maturing plan to relieve or re-
move the homeless Jewish families or Russia
A prominent Israelite OF London offers flO OOi
10 start the movement.
The suspension and voluntary assign
ment Of sibley, Dudley & Co., a welLknowi
wholesale grocery house OF Chicago, is an
nonnced. Their liabilities amount to aLou
s210,0oo and their nominal assets to abou
| S240,000
Six Northwestern capitalists, including
Senator Windon, have made an agreemen
with the Northern Pacific road to lay tract
OF standard gauge to the geysers, at cost o
$1,000, 900. The syndicate will deposit 900, 90,
as forfeit money, and has received assurance
from the Government that it may construc
hotels in Yellowstone Park.
Depredations upon Government tim,
ber-lsads in the West have incre ased to sucl
an extent that the Secretary of the Interior la
addressed = communication to the Attorpe
General urging him TO use al! means in li
power to arrest and punish the Offenders,