The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-08
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

lEast.
Fire inflicted damage of $1OO, 900 on
tho Wyoming Valley Hotel at W,lkeaba,re, In.
Wheeling, w. w., mud Putnam, Ct,
Ind each 100000 fire, and Lancaster Pa,
one Of $4,000.
West.
Tho annual meet Of the bicyclistsof the
United States took place III Chicago. and passed
OF without serious accident. About 400 whcol-
men were In attendance.
DR.. Il. G. Hoffman, German Jour-
nalist of Quincy, H., was shot three times by
tho brothers Hellhakc for publishing the at
tempted suicide Of their sister.
DIR. Hoffman, editor OF tho Gcrnaani0,
n daily German paper at Quincy, ILL.,, published
rn account Of tho attempted suicide VI Miss
Johanna Helhakc. The article spoke In high
rrai.e Of tho girl and her family, coupling DR.
Spear with the affair AZ the lover Of the girl,
ana to whom her parents objected. DR.. spear
and her two brothers, Gus and Casper, the lat
ter Just home from bridal tour, took umbrage
nj the article, and, arming themselves, drove
TO Dr. Hoffman's residence in tho northeast
part Of the city, called him ont, and Immediate
ly all began firing on him. Some dozen shots
were fired, four taking effect, two In the abdo-
men and one passing clear through the body
n.ar the region OF tho heart. The wounds are
pronounced fatal. The parties were arrested.
DIR. Spear was held in $40, 900, and the Helhake
brothers in $4,000 each, in default OF which
all three were sent to jail
The town of Willows, in California,
WAS almost wiped out by confagration, the
loss being estimated at $4,000.
The decision Of the Ohio Supreme
Court on tho question OF tho constitutiona!ity
Of the Pond law taxing saloons $500 year was
announced the other day, and was in effect
that the law is unconstitutional, since 1t inn
poses license tax, the constitution containing
no provision which authorizes the licensing Of
saloons.
At the annual meeting Of stockhold
err OF the Illinois Central road held in Chi
cago, 192,079 shares were represented. Tho
lease Of the New Orleans line, which takes ef-
feet July /, was ratified bya unanimous vote.
Near the Court House Of Sans Bois,
.
shot by the authorities for the murder OF
Thomas Mckinney in December last. He con-
fessed his guilt, but exhibited no remorse.
Buffalo Bill was robbed Mt Denver Of
money and jcwelry valued at $4,000.
Gov. Crittenden, Of Missouri, denies
having offered to pardon Frank James or hay-
ing received an application from him for Glenn
ency. Littleton Younger, an uncle Of the BAN
lits now in the Minnesota penitentiary, has
held consultation with tho wife Of Frank
James at Independence, Mo.
At the annual meeting Of stockholders
Of the Chicago and Northwestern road, held at
Chicago, the Directors and officers were re-
elected, and dividends Of per cent. on the
preferred stock and az ON the common were
declared The gross earnings for tho year were
@23. SOC, ,O00. 81 per cent. Of which paid the
operating expenses.
Commander Terry, Of the United
/ States navy, a brother OF Gen. Terry, died Of
consumption in Colorado.
Fully $4,000 emigrants, mostly Scan-
dinavians, arrived in Chicago during May,
one fifth Of them to stop there
Soutn.
A bill has passed the Louisiana Leg
islatule making it misdemeanor TO sell or
offer to sell, TO ship or place upon the market
for sale, any sugar or molasses adulterated
with glucose or any foreign substance without
branding or stamping tho same.
Sandy Mathews, colorcd, was hanged
at Memphis, Tenn, OH the IA inst, in the
presence OF q large concourse Of people. He
murdered the man who enticcd his wife away
from him. James A. Harvey was hanged at
Carrollton. Ga, for the murder OF Arthur Nc
Mnllan. William L. Moore was to have hecn
| executed at the same time, but he nearly de-
stroyed himself with poison, causing a post
ponement for ono day Of the hangman's work.
| George Ellis, one Of the trio who mnr-
dered the Gibbons children at Ashland, Ky.
was convicted OF manslaushter, and sentenced
/ to the penitent.ary for life.