The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27
NEWS OF The WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

AMERICAN ITEMS.
Hast.
The Rev. Samuel Q. Fessenden, Rep
resentative from Maine in the Thirty-seventh
Congress, died at Portland.
The trial Of tue Malley boys and
Blanche Douglas for the murder OF Jennie
Cramer Was commenced ct New Haven on the
18th " April.
Charles Francis Adams, since his ad-
venture with the bunko men, has given entire
control Of his business affairs to his son, John
Quincy Adams.
A cyclone which ravaged the north
ern portion Of Fayette county, Pa, killed three
persons, fatally injured six others. and des-
troyed property valued It nearly 100000
The Governor Of Maine has appointed
Nathan C;eaves for Justice OF the Supreme
Court, in place Of Artemus Libby.
The Rhode Island General Assembly
has elected George u. Carpenter Associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court, to take the place
OF the late Judge Potter.
Gen. w. L. Burt died at Saratoga Of
paralysis. He was President Of tho Hoosao
Tunnel road and one Of 1he most active rail-
road builders in the country. He graduated q
Harvard, WAS Judge Advocate General Of Mas-
sachnsetts under Gov. Andrew, and Postmas-
ter of Boston under President Grant.
West.
The widow Of Jesse James went 10 81
Joseph last week and secured from Marshal
Craig revolveD and guns valued at e500 oe
more.
Col. John NJ. Connell, Of Lancaster,
Ohio, renowned a. soldier, lawyer and pol
itician, is dead. He Was relative Of the Sher-
man and Ewing families.
A Chicago firm was fined 800 and
costs for manufacturing spurious worcesteE-
shire sauce.
Crop reports from Minnesota and Da-
kota show seeding well begun in most sectionA
Col. Ozro J. Dodds, Of Cincinnati, ex-
member Of Congress from Ohio is dead.
Six inches Of snow fell in the region
Of Marquette, Mich, on the 18th q April
Denver, COL, has big sensation in .
suit for separate maintenance, which has been
instituted By Mrs Il. A. W. Tabor against her
husband, Lieut.. Gov. Tabor, OF Colorado
The Legislature Of Missouri has been
convened in extra session for the purpose Of
redIs.r;cting the State.
Arizona advices report an Indian out
break at San Carlos agency. Chief Shreve,
f.,,,r cls ~ tlr<v c.,,,o r. e,,A chA~.,, 1as>
the reservation John Sterling, chief Of tho
Indian police. WAS killed. Chief Laco, with
thirty bucks Warm Spring Indians), also left
thu reservation
There is fine prospect for winter
wheat in Wisconsin.
Twenty-one counties in Kansas re-
port crop prospects unsurpassed. Grass was
never SO promising. and cattle and sheep
passed through the winter well.
Capt. Robert Baldwin, the Oldest
steamboat man en- the Ohio river, died at New
Allany. Ind.
The annual report of the Santa Fe
road shows gross earnings Of tl2, 5s4. sos and .
net Income of q. 5i6,6s2. There were three
each dividends o s. per cent, and surplus
rename Of sl.ls2.o7l
Gov. Tabor and others have sold tho
H,nrlet mine at Lcadvills to q party Of
French and English capitalists for 81, 500, 900.
South.
The first Of the election trials at
Charleston, $. G.. resulted in verdict OF guilty.
The jury was composed OF six white men and
six negroes. Three Of the white men we're Re-
pnblicans. Two Of the white jurors subse-
quently stated that they signed the verdict nm
der threats. The trials are causing good deal
OF excitement throughout the Palmetto State.
A band Of Arkansas convicts, en-
camped near Little Rock, made , dash for
freedom. Eight passed the guards, but ono
Of them was shot dead. two were badly wound
ed. and tive escaped to the woods.
Capt John w. Cannon, a veteran
Mississippi steamboat man. and owner 81 the
famous steamer Robert Z. Lee, died at Lexing-
ton, Ky, asci 81.
Tho prospects for fine crops in Ar
kansas aud Texas xere never 20 favorable .
tEis season.
Gen. d. H. Hill, noted Confed-
crate leader. has resigned the Presidency Of
the Arkansas industrial University.
A Bohemian named Mosig has been
arrested in Texas for having forged tl0O, 600
worth of bank paper in Austria two years ago.
He will be cxtradited.
At Tanner, Miss. 3 waterspout, which
lasted twenty mnutes, washed away cattle and
did other damage. No lives were lost
Brown Pierce, . farmer livingnear Rich
ardson, Texas,going from ield to dinner, found
his wife hanging from door-knob and bis
three children lying dead on the floor, side By
side. The supposition is that Mrs. Pierre
strangled the children and then took . strong
! doee Of landanum and bnestone, after which
she hanged herself.
| Rev. DR.. Leroy NJ. Lee, noted Meth.
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