The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-21
NEWS or THE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

East.
The secret order known ms the Sons
OF Columbia, claiming s. 600 members In the
state ot New York, is running n line of steam
boats on the Hudson, carrying passengers
up to Poughkcepsie for ~ cents, in order to
test the cost Of water transportation and to
settle the question Of monopoly OF docks
Mrs. Charles s. Carter sues Brook
lyn saloon keeper for s25,O0 damages for
causing her husband to become an habituM
dIunkar,l The latter received $1,000 for
injuries received in the Ashtabula disaster,
and has been on a spree four years.
A daring midday burglary was COM
mittcd ut the residence Of Mr. McSorlay, at
West Brighton. Staten island The burglars
stole $4,000 in railroad and Richmond coun-
ty bonds, $500 In gold and silver coin, gold
watch and some plate No clew
The Prcsbytery Of Allegheny. Pa. by
a vote of eleven to fifteen, refused to permit
Rev John Kerr to travel on Sunday to Ma
trona by rail to minister to u weak congre-
CATION, after holding service at Allegheny
City.
The Superintendent Of Police in New
York has issued orders to close all reputed
gaming houses, lottery and policy offices,
and instructed his Captains to visit such re-
sorts at uncertain hours each day and night
A monument to the memory OF Capt.
William Morgan was unveiled at Batavia, n
Y, by the members of the National Christian
Association Jonathan Blanchard led the
singing. Rev B. I. Roberts prayed that the
people might be emancipated from the evils
of secret societies DR.. Ray classed Morgan
ms martyr, and Prof c. A. Blanchard ac-
cused the Masons Of numbering Morgan.
Moses Williams, Of Boston, who died
at the age of ae years, leaves an estate val
ued at s3,i5i5,OoO
Three survivors of the Jeanette ex-
pedition, Melville, Ninderman and Noros, ac-
companied by Lieut. Berry, of the relief
steamer Rodgers, arrived in New York last
week, and were deluged with greetings
The puddlers of Pittsburgh held a
mass meeting the other day, and, after dis
cussing the situation for several hours, de-
cided to propose to the manufacturers q
compromise scale of s5s - per ton, to be &C.
ccpted within ten days.
The attempt to bring about COM
promise between the iron manufacturers OF
Pittsburgh and vicinity and committee ol
the Amalgamated Association resulted in
failure the manufacturers rejecting prop
osition to adjust differences and end the
strike by paving puddlers s. per ton, an
advance OF - cents, The manufacturers adj
here to $3.50, the rate prevailing wnen the
strike began.
Dsinht 5. Lathrop. Assistant Cashier
of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, has
abSconded, after embezzling saN,o0. His
plan was to alter deposit tickets on his way
to the bank and pocket the difference
Anton Pelata, of Pittsburgh, awekt
the other morning to find his babe dead in
bed with a large black cat sitting ON its
breast The Coroner held an inquest, and
the Jury formally declared the cat to be the
destroyer of the infant.
The international rifle match at Creed
moor Long island, resulted in = victory fol
! VIVA
score being ,9ia to a ,S'6
West.
4 George Nesbitt, ranchman, living IL
Tulerosa canon, New Mexico, started fo
Las Cruces in a wagon, accompanied by hi
wife. Miss Woods and Il stranger. The dca,
bodies Of the last three were subsequent,
found 1t is thought Nesbitt, who had beel
drinking, murdered them and then droy'
/ off, as he and the team have not been seel
since.
A dispatch from Albion, Neh., says
( The bodies of William c. Griffith and his son
Lester and Willie were found dead under tn
ruins of their sod house in Wheeler county
where they had lain for several days. The,
were probably killed instantly while ASLEEP
The dispatch does not state how they wer
killed, but the supposition is that the hous
fell on them.
During children's mass ut ~
Thomas Church in Cincinnati flames up
peared near the altar. The little ones he
came panic-stricken, and trampled eac
other under foot, but no lives were lost
An infected mattress thrown into tn
Mississippi river lodged on an island an
carried the small pox to n laborer name
Hunter. He went to Prairie du Rocher, Ill
where he died, and there are now five case
under treatment ut that point
The widow OF the late President Gal
field has just paid $4,000 for a residence o
Prospect street. Cleveland
Fl. M. Vale, the star-router, deede
to his wife residence at independence, Nc
for n consideration of $4,000.
Stamps and money to the amount {
$1,000 were taken by burglars from the pos
office ut Huntingdon, Ind
The Crescent mills and elevator ,
Denver were destroyed by fire. Estimat'
loss, s..aa5, coo; fully insured.
4 dispatch from the West states tn
"a band of 400 or 500 Indians have appear
in Beaver Creek, kas.. south of Dune
county, and are stealing horses and murde
ing the settlers The Indians are in {
same route followed by the Cheyennes VIII
they escaped from Fort Sill some years az
Intense excitement prevails"
Eastern Kansas has been sufferli
from simoom blowing from the Stalk
IIiains in Indian Territory. The wind W
the hottest known in years and wise ones $
is Il pregnant forerunner Of malarial feyc
The thermometer rose rs high as los at sol
places
The rumor of an Indian invasion
the southwestern part of Nebraska, viii
was started in Dundy county and te
graphcd broadcast over the country, prov
to be entirely without foundation. The sto
was started by frightened settler, W
magniied small party OF pcaceable India
into an army OF hostiles
William J. Beck recently married
Bartholomew county, Ind, but the bri
soon discovered that he had another wi
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