The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-23
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

H0At,
Aunt Judy Powell, colored, died In
Pittsburgh At the alleged ago Of lis years.
she remembered leading events Of The nevolu.
tionary war, and saw Gen. Warrington Just
after the Yorktown surrender.
The citizens Of Greenwood, Steuben
county, New York, resisted tho sale Of property
to pay interest on railroad bonds, aud Gov.
Cornell declared the township In : stats Of In
surrcction, and warned the people to dssist
from unlawful acts.
Boston has made 4 contract for light.
ing part Of tho CITY By sleotrio-lamps.
john T. McDonough, the actor, died
Of starvation In Philadelphia, cancer In his
throat making him unable 10 take nourish-
ment.
The Coroner Of New York demanded
bail In tho sum Of $4,000 from Orlando b
Potter, owner Of the old World building, pend
ing his indictment for maintaining . man
trap and refusing to mako Il safe after being
warned.
Enos Sylvestcr, Of Providence, r L,
had an "inspration which told him to ofIer
up his 6-year-old boy a. > burnt-ofcr,ng to the
Lord. Neighbour interfered In time TO prevent
tho consu.amAtion OF the sacrifice, and Bylvss-
tor will 60 10 the asylum.
Joseph E. Sheffield, who died In New
Havoa last week, went to Chicago in 1850 and
caused the building Of the railroad to Rock
Island. He has given for educational purposes
no less than e600, 600, ono OF his good works
being The scientific school attached to Yale Col.
legc. He leaves 10 widow and six children IN
estate valued 1t e2,00O O00
DR.. ]. Emilio Howard, whose impris-
onment In Cuba some years ago created much
feeling between the United States and Spain,
died II Philadelphia.
". w. MacFarlane 4 Co., Of New
York, lard ro6ncrs have suspended. Liabili-
ties about 100000.
Another sea serpent has appeared at
Long Branch, N. ]. II WAS tish-hke monster,
forty feet long and had horns on its head.
Seventeen railroads in Pennsylvania
have incurred penalty Of $4,000 each because
Of failure 10 make their annual reports, and
the Attorney General win bring them to tudg-
ment.
West.
Spring plcwing has begun in many
parts Of the Northwest
The Chicago papers print what pur-
ports TO BE- letter se1 TO MrA Garfield by
Mira Scov,lle praying forgiveness for the
assassin Of the President
Mr.. Emil Dreicr. Of Chicago. has been
sppointed Consul for the Danish Government
IN the Middle and Western States
Jacob Gesscrt. lately Superintendent
cf Police at Cincinnati, killed himself with :
revolver. leaving wifc and nine children.
Iowa has l,Oa7 deaf mutes, few Of
whom met At pes Meines and called state
Convention for September.
Several failures on the Chicago Board
al Trade arc announced.
Smallpox is decreasing rapidly At al
points.
The authorities af Wyoming Terri.
terry have signed contracts for keeping their
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Only one store WAS epared from a
ccnilasratioa a. Robinson. Kan, the loss being
estimated =, s7s,oea
Four quarts of Strawberries from
Florida arrived in Chi,aga and found pur~
el.ascrs At u rcr quart.
In Chicago a confidence operator
named Thomas Ward. who had a heavy heard
and muslachc when arrested, succeca.d in
pulling eat the lsttes. hsir by hair, aud would
have made way with every trace of his
whisl,rs had hls hands not been ironcd be-
hind his back.
Mrs. Garfield acknowledges the re-
cespt Of a letter from Mrs. Scoville. and aa-
thasisce tho statement that abe cllcrishes no
malice toward GaiseAu. aud feels profound
pity for his sister and other members Of his
family, but ssks 70 b. lcit alono with her scr-
row.
South.
A number al cotton Lrokers Of New