The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-08-17
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEM9.
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Interested in matching pennies from which
they changed to nickels and then to dollars
When one had lost 1880 his opponent gavc
him three chances TO double or quit Tho re-
suit was loss Of $4,000 in three matches.
Sections Of the New England States,
New York and Pennsylvania were visited by
terrific thunder and rain storms. Lightning
struck and demolished churches, residences
and barns, and severely shocked many citizens
The loss from oil sources is very heavy.
A condagration broke out at Gardner,
Me-, in = planning mill, and WAS only stayed
when property valued 1t 100000 had been
destroyed. ABOUT twenty acrcs were burned
over, including all the factories on the lower
dam. Two lives arc reported to have been lost.
Severe storms, accompanied by light
ming, are reported in the East At Stamford,
Ct, lightning struck in several places, ard in
consequence the Presbyterian Church, two resi-
dcnces and hat factory were destroyed ny fire.
Four men were killed and three badly
injured. At Scranton. Pa, the Court House
struck; at Harrisburg, Pa, two barns at
Long Branch, n J., . summcr-house and =
policeman fatally injured by the electric
current; and in numerous other places loss Of
life and property is reported. The Cumber-
land valley in Pennsylvana and MARYLAND suf-
fered greatly from . terrific storm Of wind and
rain. Tho city Of Chambersbnrg, Pa, was lit
orally inundated.
A fire at Gardner, Me-, swept away
e2Oo, 600 worth Of manufacturing property.
Joseph Doelger. who began to brew
lager beer in New York at the outbreak OF the
war, died Of paralysis, leaving u, oOO, 900 to his
heirs.
The Captains Of police in New York
have been instructed to prevent glove-fghts
and Capt. Williams Is ordered to obtain war
rants for the arrest OF Sullivan and Wilson, the
pugilists, in order that they may be bound over
TO keep the peace.
The Buffalo Board Of Trade has let
contract for fire-proof building Of seven
stories ON the corner Of Seneca and Pearl
streets, to cost &lll,770
The members of the Tariff Commits
sion spent day in New York in examining the
| Appraisers office and watching the process OF
weighing and gaugins goods at the steamship
! wharves.
Gen. G. X. Warren, of the United
States army, died at his residence at Newport,
II. L
! In the valise Of Frenchman who ar
rived at New York by the steamer st. Laurent
. customs inspector discovered rings pins,
chains and diamonds valued at $4,000.
Ten Of the jurors in the Jennie Cramer
/ murder trial held reunion at tho Malley
/ homestead in West Haven, Conn
The wholesale price of matches at
Philadelphia has been advanced from rs cents
/ sl.5o per gross.
BY premature blast explosion on the
/ West Shore railroad, near Cornwall. N. Y, four
men were killed and several others badly mutt
lated.
/ Bright's disease swept off Rear Ad-
miral David 8. McDougall, at San Francisco
The wife Of Bishop Talbot died in In
dianapolis, at the age OF "a years.
The revised return of the Indiana
wheat crop show it to be the largest ever raised
ly any State in the Union-47, COO, 900 bushels
being the figure stated.
The earnings of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company for the last
fiscal year amounted to $23 6s5, 900; profits,
e5,37aO0O.
Diedrich Peters, Chicago cigar
maker, shot and mortally wounded Frida
Kreikmeier. bullet intended for the unfort-
Frances Mans. Peters ended tho tragedy by
shooting and killing himself.
A fire which broke out at Dwight, ILL.,,
destroyed row Of business houses on West
street, valued at $4,000 The Wabash depot
at Jacksonville, NJ, which cost *2s,OOO, was
also swept away.
In suit brought by tho Denver,
Utah and Pacific Company against the Long
mont road it is alleged that the latter is bonded
for $444, 600. when its total value is not over
$9O,0O0 and that tho expenses Of the concern
are moro than $500 per day, while ita receipts
are not $50. Trains have been discontinued.
Victor Leseurc, one Of the Oldest and
wealthiest citizens OF Danville, H., died Of
what is called genuine Asiatic cholera, after an
illness Of three days.
The Burlington road refuses to pledge
itself not to lay anv more track in Colorado.
It is quite evident that tn. Il ,rlins.oa is push
ing toward piss whic w.ll enable il 10 Lull
TO the Pacific eaa.t.
Administrators of five of the victims
OF the Scioto disaster have begun suit against
the Wheeling aud parkorsburg Transportation
Company for 200 in each case. Many NOR,
suits will follow.
A caboose attached to an engine OF
the Minneapolis and st. Louis railroad, shor
di.tance from Waseca, Mimi, with ffty-scvel
laborors ON board. left the track aud role,
down an embankment, injuring thirty-iye 0
the occupants, many Of whom will die Of ,hei
wounds.
Fire at Spokane Falls, Washington
Territory, DESTROYED property to tho amount o
over 100000; partially insured.
south.
The steamer Goldlust, bound ND th,
Mississippi river from vlcksburg to st. Louis
eXplOueu uef UOicTS WITHIN SUO yATus hlte
leaving the wharf at Hickman, ky.. killing rev
entcen persons outright and wounding forty
eight, many Of waom cannot survive. Til,
boat took fire immediately after the explosion
and burned to the waters edge.
A Shreveport (La.) dispatch says |
west-bound train Oh the East lane railroa
from Jefferson, Texas, was wrecked nea
Winnsboro, Texas, killing Conductor Fowler
Mail Agent Charles Harper, Express Agent Tx
Rosser and passenger named Fetro. severs
others injured
The Health Officer of Texas has ad
<ised the Governor that . yelow-fever ep
demie is impending ct Brownsville.
. At local election at Frankfort, Ky.
anegro named Edward McE!roy fired . dou
ble-barreled shotgun into the crowd at th
polls, aud then shot ct Sanford EgberL ri,
tolls were then drawn by about twenty person,
n.