The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-19
NEWS Of THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
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AHlIO1y SOHlSlOsh IulNel viz IvoL-
rooms In Long Island City, captured prop
erty valued at $4,000 and made three
arrests At each place visited he was com
PEELED to force an entrance.
At tho autumn meeting OF the New
York and Brooklyn Association Of Conyrcga-
tiona Churches, held In the former city,
II. nry Ward Beechcr, who had been assigned
to open the discussion OF the subject OF
Spiritual Barbarism," made 1t the occasion
of announcing his withdrawal from mem
hcr hip IN tho association. He delivered an
elaborate exposition of his beliefs respecting
the doctrine of the Bible and of Christianity,
and assigned rs a reason for withdrawing
from the association that ms a Christian gen.
tleman he could not afford to lay on any
body the responsibility Of his views.
President Arthur was enthusiastically
received at Boston. A battery thundercd
its welcome, and he was escorted to his ho-
tel by brigades OF the State militia. At his
reception, ut Faneuil Hall, he addressed
large multitude. The party went from Bos-
ton to Marshfeld, where they participated
In the Tooth birthday of Daniel Webster.
George D. Rice. cashier of the Dime
Savings Bank, Mt Lebanon, Pa, brought
home from Philadelphia, in n sachel, $500
in currency, and laid it aside to cat supper
with his family. About : o'clock In the
evening he left for the bank, to place the
money in the safe. When he had walked
few yards he was assaulted by two men, who
felled him with billy. He clnng to the
sachel and shouted for help, but was clubbcd
until sensc.ess. and his treasure taken away.
The Tooth anniversary of the birth
OF Daniel Webster was celebrated with pc
culiariy interesting exercises Mt Marshfield,
Mass. President Arthur and Secretaries
Lincoln and Chandler, Senators Hoar and
Dawes. Gov. Long, Mayor Green AMI other
notables were present, the President max
ing several speeches in response to the at
tcntions bestowed upon him.
The city Of Buffalo is flooded with
gang of counterfeiters have their workshops
in the vicinity.
John Hurls elevator, at Bridgeport,
Conn, containing 10000 bushels of grain,
was destroyed by fire. causing loss Of
sla,,en.
The registration of voters iii Utah
covers "a, ,0oo names, four out of nine being
women and three out OF four Mormons
Near Deckervillc, Mich, farmer
named Davidson quarrcled with and shot his
wife dead and then fatally wounded his two
sons, The murderer then escaped
An entire block OF business houses in
East Front street, IL Paso, H., was con-
suncd by fire The loss is estimated at
sloo,ooe, with hut small insurance,
The people of Lincoln county, No.,
have rcbcllcd against an order of court levy
ing tax Of per cent to pay Judgment
for sa0o00 on railroad bonds. aud declare
that they viii resist the collection in every
manner known to the law.
4 fall Of rock in the Republican Iron
Mine, at Republic, Mich, instantly killed
four workmen and seriously iniuro another.
Seventeen members of a gang Of
countarfcitcrs were cobbled by the United
States Marshal ut Upton, Ind, after mount
tcctiyes
The laborers IN the Northern Pacific
dcmm led an increase of wages, and the
men We're very turbulent and threatened
Superintendent Of Construction Hailet with
hanging Ali the Cinnamon We're driven Off
lia let demanded the protection Of the mill
taiy
The garris, mt Salt Lake is to he
increased hy four companies Of the Sixth
infantry, hut officers in the War Department
deny any fears of trouble with the Mormons.
Sixtv-one head of polled Angus and
Galloway cattle were sold at the Kansas City
ir-.raunels, bringing sT.sah The Angus
cows averaged s;ls and the Galloway cows
siG,
Gill, Floyd and McFadden. the threa
raiders from rosey county, implicated in the
lynching of Re,lman II, Evansville, We're in
dictca and halled in 81 900 each.
Bob Taylor, one of the Tennessee
dcsperalocs for whom q reward of sl6oN is
standing, was killed on a train near Marsh
field, Mo, by L. L. Goodall Sheriff OF La
clcde county, While attempting to draw q
revolver
south.
The Rev. J. T.. Denton, State Super
intentlent of Instruction of Arkansas sui
citl,d at Fayetteville. while mentally de-
ranged, by throwing himself from the balcony
| of u residence.
Ten wears ago Andrew Walker mur-
/ dered Green Butler in Galveston county,
| Tex Walker hal been sentenced to hang
I eight times, but each time the sentence has
! hpeu revised Last week he was convicted
for the ninth time, and again sentenced to
/ death
There have been l,500 eases of yell
| low fever with a total of laa deaths. at Pen
saco'a, Fla, since the breaking out OF the
/ epidemic Contributions are greatly
| needed
4 collision occurred on the new rail-
way between Chattanooga and Atlanta, kill
ing an engineer and pilot, and causing the
! burning of their bodies
The Adiutant General of Texas, who
has been ON a trip along the frontier, reports
rich discoveries OF gold, silver and copper in
the vicinity of the Guadaloupe and Waco
| mountains Gen Rust has found an extensive
deposit of gold and silver near Carizza
George ID. Wise candidate for Con.
gress in Virginia, challenged his opponent
j Amber smith The latter accepted and
named shat-euns 1t forty PAGES. Wise
thereupou came 10 the conclusion that duel