The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-01-05
NEWS Of the WEEK.

NEWS Of the WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Hast.
The messenger Of o Wall street house
lost on the pavement ) package Of bonds valued
1t $4,000.
The tanning and currying establish.
ment OF F. L. White. 1t woburn, Mass, WAS
destroyed BY fro at . loss OF Sl50,0O0.
The Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon died at
New Haven. Ct, Of heart disease aged - years.
He was born IN Detroit Mich. Fob. 10, 1907
AT Blddeford. Me-, young man
named Moore shot his afianced, Miss Belle
Cushman, dead aud then shot himself.
The business of New York for the
year, a. exhibited by the returns Of tho clear
ing-honsc, reach tho unprecedented total Of
s40, ,4Oo, ,0oO,0Go.
West.
Mayor Carlton, of Port Huron. 70
ports that In the burned district Of Michigan
winter wheat looks very finely, but for lack Of
fences Is being badly trampled by cattle. The
shanties are OF green lumber, sixteen by twenty
feet Families have reasonable quantity OF
bedding and full supply Of clothing. The
provisions on hand will last until tho middle Of
January. Sickness y on tho increase. Many
clergymen have been efficient III attending to
the temporal wants OF tho sufferers. Food for
stock will last through January. There is no
seed for spring sowing. At least 100000 4
deemed necessary for winter maintenance.
Dr.. Patterson, well-known physician
Of St Paul, Minn., shot and killed himsalf 10
twccn tho graves Of his children.
Knowles, Cloyes 4 Co., Wholesale gro
GERS Of Chicago, have failed for eS25,O0o o.
more, in consequence Of 4 clog In country col
lections Their assets are placed At $3.50, 900.
They claim to have done business Of e20O0,-
600 during the year.
A fire at Durand, Wis, destroyed
twenty-one buildings, the loss being estimated
at $4,000.
Dan p. Eells, Of Cleveland, announces
that the bonds recently stolen from him arc
again in his possession. Il il runlorcd that he
paid $4,000 for the recovery of his securities.
Ats meeting Of leading citizens oi
Bismarck, resolutions wcrc adopted fsvoring
division Of Dakota, tho southern half to enter
the Union 80 State.
South.
Edmund G. Hctield, foreman Of pillow
factory ct Louisville, killed his vito 8 she lay
aslscp BY cutting open the large veins in her
aIMA
Peter Herring and two sons. in cross.
ing tho river at lock No. ., Charlestown, W.
Va, were swept over and drowned
Helenwood, q Tennessee mining town,
WAS tho scene Of family row, in which six men
were shot, three Of whom aro dead.
Details Of q fearful atrocity are re-
seivcd from Ashland, Ky. Two daughters,
aged IA and II respectively, and son Of J. W.
Gibbons were left at homo at night while their
father and mother won't out TO pay visit,
when the house WAS entered By unknown fends,
who first outraged the girls, killed their brother
- he attempted to give tho alarm, Glove the
skulls Of oil three with hatchet, saturated
their clothing with oil and then cot the house
on dire, burning it 70 tho ground. There u ne
Glow to the perpetrators Of the awful crime, but
It u TO BE- hoped that tho offer Of reward Of
ol $50 will lead to their detection.
A Han Antonio (Texas) dispatch states
that the result Of tho Fhpper court-martial. re-
Gently held there, viii be Dismissal from the
, army.
A London firm has purchased from
tho State Of Mississippi 1900 0oo acres Of land,
mostly located III. tho Yazoo delta, which viii
b colonized and cultivated.
Mrs. NJ. I. Coppegc was killed 1t New
Orleans Willie playing with her i-year old soa
| The mother Was giving the child Instructions
| In the use of toy pistol The child ahmed
and fired, aud tue tullet entered the woman.
brain.
| A terrible tragedy occurred at Bell
font, Ala, . email station On the Mobile Ant
Ohio railroad. fory-four miles from Chatta
nooga, resulting in the fatal shooting Of w. D
Martin, his son John and c. NJ. Pennel. The,
were the only merchants In the place, and tn
difficulty originated through Jealousy. The.
used pistola.
| Joel Johnston, q we'll. known citizen O
/ Baldwin county, Ala, was shot from behind |
| tres BY negro ~ he Was returning home IL
was stunned hy the shot and fell from his horse
! whereupon tho assassin shot him twisc
Though mortally wounded, johnson manages
to crawl to his house and told his brother o
the assault. The brother started out and i,
an encounter with the murderer WAS fatall
shot. Tho murderer also received morta
wounds.
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