The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-25
NEWS Of THE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

NEWS W IhE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Hast.
The engineers Of the Hudson river
tunnel have made = success IN boring from tho
New York side. Tho work Is expected to cost
$1,000, 600, and to require five years yet
The Longfellow Memorial Association,
OF Boston, have issued circular asking for
contributions Of &1 each for the purpose OF
permanently preserving the residence OF the
poet, and erecting IN enduring memorial to his
famo on the grounds Of his residence.
James Wick, the famous scotsman, OF
Rochester, who WAS . playmate Of Charles
Dickens and set type beride Horace Greeley,
died few days ago Of pneumonia.
The steamship Bio Grande, With :
valuable carge Of cotton, arrived. At Delaware
breakwater ON fire. Loss. e17GU0O.
The Assembly OF New York has
passed bill permitting call loans to be made
1t any rate on which borrower and lender can
agree. -
A. D. Leighton, q negro, at New FORK.
was hanged for the murder OF Mary Dean. Tho
moose caught under the chin, and hs slowly
etrangled to death.
West.
A mournful calamity occurred at the
manufacturing town of Pullman. just south Of
Chicago. In the teeth Of fresh gale An sx-
curson party Of twelve set ont for . sail on
Calumet lake in plessure-boat, which Was cap
sized by the wind and waves, and in spite OF
heroic efforts to rescue them the entire twelve
perished. The efforts to succor them were
made in full view Of hundreds Of agonized
relatives and friends on shore. but tho lack Of
suitable boats and OF skillfnl men to work them
rendered the rescue impossible, and darkness
soon shut out the fearful scene The victims
were nearly all employed 1t the Pullman Car
Works.
-Four young men from Chicago were
drowned while fishing in Wolf laks, few miles
south Of the city, BY the capsizing Of . small
ssn boat
Near Spiritwood, Dak., Northern
ac,fc train was thrown from the track BY tho
breaking OF an axle. Thgee men were killed
and number seriously wounded.
At Minneapolis, Minn., Z student
named Paine, who was ont ION . lark, was
pursued by one Of the professors. Paine having
aimed q revolver at his pursuer. the latter
promptly returned the compliment by shooting
Paine in the leg.
Isaac Gardner and his three daughters
were drowned while attempting to ford the
| Tuscarawas river at Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Gardner drove his wagon into the water
against the protests OF number OF his neigh
bors.
The cattle round-ups in Wyoming are
progressing rapidly, and an immense number
OF beeves will soon be thrown upon the market
A report has reached Little Rock,
Ark, from the Cherokee Nation that Capt
Payne and his company OF Oklahoma invaders
had been captured BY the United states author
itica.
Dave Sharp, gambler, was arrested
At Caldwell, Kan., for opening the grave OF
George Woods and taking from the corpse .
diamond pin valued 1t s250
When twelve miles out OF Sandusky,
Ohio. and engaged IN race with the Jay
Cooke, the American Eagle exploded her boiler,
killing the fireman, F. Bittle. and two deck
hands, and fatally lnjuring Engineer johnson.
Six passengers were badly scalded
"Polk Wells, one Of the Missouri
gang Of despcradoos, . convict in tho Iowa
State penitentiary at Fort Madison, who re-
Gently murdered prison-guard while making
xl,aA
and convicted OF murder il the first degree and
sentenced to life imprisonment Ono of his
fellow-convicte, implicated in the murder, met
with like fate and another was convicted Of
murder in the second degree.
South.
The people Of North Georgia enjoyed
the rare phenomenon OF a snow-storm on the
| 18th OF May.
| The Tennessee Senate has passed the
bill to fund the State debt At 60 cents and from
to 8 per cent interest
The Conference of the Methodist
Church South, at Nashville, elected the follow
ing Bishops: DIR. c. Glanberry, . professor in
Vanderbilt University, but delegate from the
/ Virginia Conference DR.. Atticus q. Haygocd,
Of Georgia the Rev. II. X Hargrove, Of Tenn
essee: DIR. Linus Parker, Of New Orleans, and
Rev. Alpheus W. Williams, Of Baltimore.
The State Auditor OF Arkansas, who
is now serving his third term, is found to be .
defaulter in the amount Of about $35OOO.
The Court House, at franklin, KY,
was DESTROYED by an incendiary fire, with nearly
oil tho records Of simpson county.
At Leadville, Col, . fire burned the
Academy Of Music, the Windsor Hotel and
several adjoining buildings. Loss, $500, ,OOO
II is believed that three or four persons were
burned to death.
The will Of ex-Goy. Washburn was
hlcd at La Crosse the other day, and covers
property valued at "a, 10000. Full details will
not be given to the public for several weeks, but
1t is known that $5oO 900 is set aside for public
library at La Crosse and tS75, 900 for N orphan
and half-orphan asylum ats Minneapolis, in
memory OF the mother Of the testator.
| During tight-rope performance ct
Edwartisvillc, Ill, . chimney gave way, injuring
SIX boys, two Of them receiving fractures Of
the skull.
At Waxahatchie, Texas. flames swept
away 100000 worth Of property in the bust.
ness heart Of the town.
w. w. Rea was executed at Pulaski,
Tenn, for the murder OF ]. r. Goodrum. !.
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