The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-23
NEWS OF The WEEK.


" No VI U6 U66ks
AMERICAN ITEMS.
East.
Two hotels at Biddeford, Me-, were
swept away BY flames.
At sale of coins in New York q Con-
fcderate half dollar Of 1861, OF which only four
we're struck, brought $50.
Nearly 200 citizens Of South Beth
lehem, Pa, are PROSTATE with smallpox,
and tue Board OF Health ordesDd the burning
Of forty tar-barrels in the streets.
DR.. John P. Gray, Superintendent Of
the Lunatic Asylum at Utica, N. T., while read
ing in his Office, was shot through the left
cheek by IN assassin, who escaped in the dark
ness after firing twice at his pnrsuers. Henry
Remshaw, fullfedged lunatic, armed with
four revolvers, knife, and number Of other
formidable weapons, surrendered himself It tho
Jail as an ambassador from heaven sent to kill
the doctor. DR.. Gray will be remembered -
ono Of the leading expert witnesses in the
Guiteau trial
Mrs. Winnifred Lally died in Chicago,
the other day, at tho ripe age Of los years
She WAS born in County Galway, Ireland. IN
1773, and settled in Chicago in 1889.
A fire ct Winnipeg consumed eleven
frame storeA BY which 100000 WAS swept
away.
The residence Of William Stewart,
near Greensburg, Ind, was burned TO the
ground, and Mrs. Mary McElroy, l06 years Of
age, perished in the flames
Samples Of -four made from Hun
garian wheat, shipped from Duda Pssth, Hun
gary, were exhibited on the Chicago Board
Of Trade, and the quality was pronounced su-
perb.
In the case Of the man Armstrong,
killed during the labor disturbances 1t Omaha,
the Coroner's jury decided that he came to his
death at the hands OF soldiers In the faithful
discharge Of their duties. All the labor unions
turned out In procession at the funeral and
much feeling Was manifested.
Gordon Lord, Of Lisbon, Ill, is su p
posed to have murdered his wife and hidden
AGk COARW0e AAO AAAAo0 IA 0uOPt0u CUAlU WAt0
an AZ, and then made way with himself.
A bill for the restoration of capital
punishment was defeated by close vote in the
Wisconsin Assembly.
The Union Pacific railroad began q
war Of determination among its conductors,
many Of the Oldest men on the line being sum-
marily discharged.
A convention Of Illinois farmers to
protest against railway irregularities was held
1t Springfield, March Is. About 100 delegates,
mostly farmers above so years old, were In
attendance. Resolutions were adopted in favor
OF the enforcement Of the existing railroad
laws, condemning the giving Of passes, declar-
ng that the r abroad and Warehouse Commis-
| sion would fail in its duty unless it gave the
people passenger rate Of 2 cents per mile and
freight rates ~ low as the lowest, and up
braiding the commission for acting as servants
or the railroads rather than or the people.
At Omaha the Grand Jury have found
indictments against twenty of the leaders OF
the labor riots. Walsh, the President Of the
Labor Union, Was arrested and held for trial
Two deputy sheriffs Of Milwaukee,
armed with an attachment, threw the cashier
at the Academy Of Music over . steam heater
and grabbed the funds belonging to the Alice
Oates company. Judge Small happened to be
present, and secured the return of the money.
The Simms Automatic Car Company,
of Columbus, Ohio, has made an assignment to
cover liabilities OF $4,000. The court direct
ed that the works be kept in operation.
The Legislature Of Iowa, on the last
day OF Its session, adopted joint resolution
asking for the unconditional pardon Of Sergt.
Mason.
;, Gov. Crittenden, Of Missouri, has ad.
vertised to sell the Hannibal and st. Joe road
in October, ut the door Of the Court House in
St. Louis, all efforts toward compromise having
failed.
South.
]. N. Davis, Deputy United States
| Collector, who had made himself peculiarly OBJ
was ambushed and shot to death by moonshin'
ers near McaIinnville, Tenn.
Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, of Boston, has
been sentenced to three years imprisonment il
the House Of Correction for her swindlina
operations in connection with the Ladies' De
posit Bank.
Ex.Mayor Thurmond, of Dallas
Tez., was shot dead in the County Courtroom
by Robert Z. Cowart, prominent attorney
The Coroner's jury found verdict Of self
/ defense.
Robbers fred the house Of Josial
Hodges, near Llano, Tex, and Mrs. Benson
and two grandch ildren were burned TO dealt
Four school children were burned Il
death in tho Indian Territory, near Fort Smith
Ark, by the burning Of mission school.
The Secretary Of War estimates tina
about $4,000 persons have been rendered dcs
titute by the overflow Of the Mississippi and It
tributaries. OF these so 600 arc accredited t
tho State Of Mississippi, 10000 to Arkansa
| ana 25 OOO to Louisiana. 1t IL believed that til