The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-02
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Enat.


Mrs. Langtry. tho English profes-
sonal beauty, arrived Mt New York Oct. 23
She ~ accompanied by Mrs. Labonrchcre,
the wfr Of tho famous London editor. Hhc
will appear on the stage III the principal
cities Of the country under tho management
o, Henry Abbey, OF New York. Her roper
tore comprises only four plays-@As You
Ike 1t, The HONEYMOON, @shc stoops to
Conquer, and An Unequal Match"
Ex-Gov. l.. 4. Straw, Of New Hamp-
shire aged n, died ut Manchester, Of soften
! ing oi the brain.
! William Bartel, ope Of the wcaltliiest
men IN Delaware county, Pa, committed
suicide
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has
closed a career OF thirty-ive yenrs rs
Professor Of Anatomy ut Harvard Universi-
~, desiring to give more time to literary
pursuits
Charges Of embezzlcmcnt, perjury
nnd conspiracy to dcfraud were lodged In
New York against J. G. Tiffany, late Indian
Agent at san Carlos Agency, In Ariz M. by
the Assistant United States District A,tor-
NY. under instructions from the Attorney
General In Washington. Tiffany was arrest
cd and held in s6oV bail, which he fur
nlshed. and was released
West.
Charles Ford while attending the
trial Of his brother, Robert, at plattsburg,
Mo-, was arrested on charge OF completely
Al. e.i. 4 ls..l~
mond stage-coach last year.
Ex-Congressman John Hanna died ut
his residence at Plainiield, Ind
Gen. Crook is said to have checked
an Indian outbreak at San Carlos by putting
n stop to frauds which were being practiced
on the reservation.
A. Bsckus, Jr.. & Sons lumber and
planning mill, at Detroit, was burned together
with l,on,oO feet OF lumber. Loss, si5o-
ONl
The storehouse of the Goss &
Phillips Manufacturing Company. located ON
the corner oil Fisk and TWEEN y-second
streets, Chicago, burned down. The loss IL
estimated at sGa,oM.
After an hours fight with the officers
of the law, at Norton, Oak, mob dragged
Charles Thurber, negro, from his Jail cell
ana hanged Inn lie had committed .
Grimm assault upon two respectable white
women
In the suburbs Of Leadville, Col,
stage coach was stopped by two masked
men While one covered the driver with a
revolver, the other ordered the passengers
who were on the stage 10 dismount They
did 20, and. being arranged in a row, one Of
the road ayents covered them with rcvolvers,
while tho other relieved them Of their vau-
aides, amounting to som thing over 5000,
after which the passengers were allowed to
continue their journey, while tho robbers
escaped.
A farmer named kingaite. residing
near Saltwater, MIMI, WHO had served two
terms Ia thu pcnit ntiary for manslanghter.
arose from hca the 9th night, stabbed his
wilc fatally, Killed his son, and resistei cap
turc IN, | mortally wou aed by sheriff
llolcomh.
The kewance Illl bank robbers,
Pratt, Welsh IN 1 Dunklc. III eale !gu lts. and
we've scatcnccl to - years hard lahorin the
penitntiarv, Scott, an accomplce, was
given fur years
I John cCul'ough's matinee n. st.
Louis tor the benefit Of tho family OF Col
S.avha, X ncttcd nearly sS.uA
Bob Ford, 4 participant in the "rc-
m val" of the notorious Jesse James, was
\ acquitted at rlattshug, Mo. II the murder
/ of Mood liite,
Thomas II. Talbot, ono of the Oldest
residents OF Cheyenne, was mnrtallv wound
eel hy his wife in self-defense, he hesn,s n
y toNIcvied and ugly They have nine child
r,n
Ell Johnson and Charley Williams
fought duel with horsewhips near Greens.
4 bno, n G. The fight lasted four hours and
| was witnessed by nifty spectators both
men were badly injured All on account ol
/ awoman.
Homer Oldson, a l4-year-old lad, of
I Paris, Kv., shot his teacher. Prof. ierkcs,
! through the right arm for having requested
awrittcn exercise for tardinesS
An earthquake shock ut Newhern,
n. e., 50 alarmed the negroes that they fled
from their rocking houses and for hours
prayed in the fields
A man named Newton, aided by his
wife. cut OF the head Of Mr. McMiilen, who
lived near Sandford, Fla, and tied an iron
pot To his body and tarew II into a we'll
Arthur Payne. of Washington, who
stands charged with an attempt 10 hriba Mr..
Brown, Of the star route jury, was ar
raisl,ad in the Police Court an held in S. %,
bah
The operations of 5,i9i monev-orael
offices rowhich number iia have been aldes
snoe June3n 1881, waiie one ofiice has beer
discontiuuedl reached the sum o. sii3, 400
us in ord, rs issued, and slls.:ssS.:,Gi in or
,leis paid and repaid The gain in eacl
case is about Spcr cent The fees receives
from he public were II, Us, 'io. aa mcrea.,
OF nearly 9per cent
Fountain Tankersley, Jr.. residing il
loved county, ky., poisoned his wife an'
two children by strychnine. and fed
Near Tazewell, Ga, Charles Heard
a boy, tried To whip his grown sister, Sh
shot him in the abdomen and killed him In
stant'y.
George Williams was fatally wonndc,
hv Charles Brown, desperate, nj shepher,
station, but as he fell he shot and kille,